How are we doing?

You two are looking great! Definitely keep up the training at home.

The only recommendation I have to add to what's already been said is to teach him to come to your heel and treat him at your heel (both right and left sides) instead of with him in front of you. A recall to heel is very important for tight turns on a course. We start training the recall to heel right from the very first class.

We use Linda Mecklenburg's jumping system at my club. The book "Developing Jumping Skills (http://www.cleanrun.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=1457&ParentCat=171) is a highly recommended book for learning jumping foundations from Recall to Heel through Extension and Collection jumping forms.

Keep up the good work! You'll be in a great position once you start taking actual classes.
 
That looks like so much fun! I really need to think about doing something like this with the boys.

I can just see Bacca, though....little Diva! He would arch his eyebrow, cock his head to one side and say: "You want to me to what???? No, thanks! I think I'll go see how I can mess with Indy's head instead" :lol:
 
BarbV said:
That looks like so much fun! I really need to think about doing something like this with the boys.

I can just see Bacca, though....little Diva! He would arch his eyebrow, cock his head to one side and say: "You want to me to what???? No, thanks! I think I'll go see how I can mess with Indy's head instead" :lol:
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You might be surprised. Ember,the Queen of "You want me to do what" goes crazy for agility. Nothing else matters when she is running. Sometimes not even me.:smile2
 
That's very cool!

How long have you been training him?
You said that was an agility set? Is it from PetZoo? They had one here a month ago for $100.00 that looked really cheap in the box but if that is how it looks put together, I might be buying it. hehe. very nice!

I probably won't do much with Deja and Darby until spring time with agility. We will need the snow off the ground in the back yard. We do have three jumps, a dog walk and a teeter that I made for them buried under the snow at the moment but I didn't see any plans for a weave pole set that looked easy to build.
 
We've been training since last year, but got more active with it in June. I'll have to ask my mom where she bought it. The set was a Christmas present for me and Treader.

ETA:
Here's the set we have, but I'm not sure if this is where my mom bought it:
http://www.overstock.com/Gifts-Flowers/Dog-Games-Doggie-Obstacle-Course/3905915/product.html

It's okay for dogs like Treader, but if I were to use it regularly with my German Shepherd, she'd end up breaking it.:P
 
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Yeah that looks exactly like the kit at Petzoo for $100.00+.

I'll have to have Dawn pick that one. It looks great!
 
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