Agility training

• agilebcs Posted : 3/8/2006 10:10:52 AM It's actually not just a matter of getting the dog to pause at the end of a contact obstacle.  There are lots of variations to it and ways to teach it properly and improperly.   The suggestions to get some videos or dvds is a good one.  Also, find some trials in your area and go watch, especially the more advanced classes.  A good place to look is the Clean Run website or the Agility Ability website. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• nigguysmom Posted : 3/8/2006 10:38:46 AM Ok, sounds like a plan!  Thanks for all the help, I appreciate it, now just try and do it!  heheheheee    0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• bamaeskie Posted : 3/11/2006 5:12:07 AM Cool!!  I thank you as well!!!  Dakota starts his first agility class next week.  We've got a long ways to go, but at least it looks like we're on the right track.  Dakota already has lots of basic agility equipment in the backyard, and he's done great with it.  It's the attention aspect that is going to be Dakota's downfall in class.  He LOVES people and other dogs and birds chirping and leaves blowing across the ground and....I must remind myself that he's not even a year old yet, so he's still a puppy!!  0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• agilebcs Posted : 3/11/2006 7:14:53 AM Bamaeskie-   Your dog is beautiful (as is your grass - I have a yard full of mud).  Your dog in my yard right now would be brown!   Do you know about growth plates and not jumping your dog until his have closed?  Your dog is almost 11 months old, right?  There's a lot you can do with a jump at 4 inches or with the bar on the ground but your dog's growth plates probably haven't closed yet and you should be very careful about jumping him (in your picture the jump is at 12 inches).  I'd wait another 5-6 months before putting the bars up if I were you.  You want a long healthy agility career with your dog and he looks like he's got a great jumping style, so be patient and it will pay off in the end!   0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• bamaeskie Posted : 3/11/2006 9:03:25 AM Thanks for the compliment, agilebcs.  Actually I raised the bar to the 8 inches you see in the picture specifically for the pictures.  I have read and heard about the growth plates, so that's why Dakota only has the basic agility equipment and why the bar is usually at its lowest height (4 inches).  Dakota doesn't get to use his tire often since the lowest I could get it was 8 inches.  What's ironic is that then Dakota sometimes won't use his steps to get onto the bed but instead jump up over two feet!!!  Not good.  We've also had to modify our baby gates because he was jumping them (over two feet as well).  That can't be good for a puppy that's only 17 inches high.  0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• tessa_s212 Posted : 3/11/2006 6:30:52 PM Wow!  Your equipment is very nice as well!  Did you purchase it? 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• dasher Posted : 3/11/2006 6:51:18 PM Tessa_212, I was thinking the same thing! bamaeskie your grass is soooo green and your equipment is really nice!![] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• bamaeskie Posted : 3/11/2006 7:07:38 PM Tessa, yes, I purchased most of the equipment we have.  The bar jump, tire, and weave poles were all from the same place on Ebay.  You can find "packages" with a variety of equipment for decent prices.  Dakota's tunnel and chute were also Ebay purchases.  My husband made a matching pause table and will eventually make the higher, more dangerous equipment when Dakota is ready. (Dakota was "jumping for joy" when we actually got some snow around here.  The weave poles are in the background of the picture.  Since Dakota learned how to weave so quickly, the guide wires are only on the ends.  Of course the poles are still slanted so he doesn't bend his growing spine too much.) 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• lgoetz Posted : 3/16/2006 6:45:39 PM Bamaeskie - I got the same equipment on eBay! Different color, but same stuff. I agree, great equipment for a great price. BTW, I love the picture inside the tunnel, that's a great shot. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• nigguysmom Posted : 3/16/2006 9:24:28 PM Beautiful pics!!!!  When we get settled I would love to get some of that stuff....for now we'll practice in the house!    PS ~ Sydney went from "touch" on my hand to "touch" on the coaster yesterday!!!!!  Not sure she really understood, but she was so into it that she was "touching" whatever I put my hand next to....it's a step, right? 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login