Toffee's Mom
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he's going to ride that teeter at the bottom to the bottom, lol
not at the pivot point, hahahaha
Just you watch!
not at the pivot point, hahahaha
Just you watch!
Videos from Birchs' agility class
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Justicemom
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Birch on his only second full course and at first at full height on the Aframe and dog walk. Birch turns 17 months in a couple days and I am so proud of him for starting to put all those little pieces together that we have worked on since 8 weeks.
The first mistakes was mine I turned late and gave a beautiful out send with my hand and he took the off couse chute. The weaves I think he got distracted by the people down the line and I was late with the weave command. You could see it but he had a pretty nice tunnel send behind the A frame about 25 ft.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1OALS7LiXY
The first mistakes was mine I turned late and gave a beautiful out send with my hand and he took the off couse chute. The weaves I think he got distracted by the people down the line and I was late with the weave command. You could see it but he had a pretty nice tunnel send behind the A frame about 25 ft.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1OALS7LiXY
Justicemom
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That's really impressive! He looks super confident and of course I'm going to have to ask how you trained him to do it so well
I started when he was 8 weeks old with a board on a block of wood. I clicker trained him to slam the board down. I just kept asking for the hardest slams to reward. I also got him used to balancing on the balances disks so movement didn't bother him. At the same time, I was working on the board for the 2o2o.
After that is was a matter of putting it together. I put the block under the board and asked for the same behavior 2o2o and hard slams. I didn't raise the height for 3-4 months until he was older and the behavior was soild and then I just started raising the height.
He's looking great!
fuzbuttsheltie
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Very nice Birch and Dr. Shelli! The time spent building a solid foundation has paid off. He is so solid on the contacts and there's no hesitancy in him whatsoever!
He just can't be 17 months already! Whew, time is flying by!
Dani
Davina - UDX, OM1
Dalton - CDX, RAE
Derrick - CD, RAE
Rush
He just can't be 17 months already! Whew, time is flying by!
Dani
Davina - UDX, OM1
Dalton - CDX, RAE
Derrick - CD, RAE
Rush
Toffee's Mom
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his wagging tail and super jump at the end so proud of himself is my favourite parts.
Solid foundations and slowly working your way up to full obstacles is the way to go, he is solid and fast and confident, what a joy he's going to be for you to run!
Solid foundations and slowly working your way up to full obstacles is the way to go, he is solid and fast and confident, what a joy he's going to be for you to run!
Another great video, Birch is really coming on so well and I'm very impressed by how controlled he is, especially on the contacts.
I'm working on 2o2o with Epic for now, he's like a rock with a box/step but not quite as good on a ramp yet. We're also slamming cupboard doors shut which comes quite naturally to Epic as he's always slamming doors open to come through (not trained
) so it's good to know that might be useful training for later. I think I remember now seeing a video of Birch doing balance disks that really impressed me
Loving the training videos and I have serious envy over your (warm, dry, clean, useable) training hall!
Justicemom
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Here is the latest in training video featuring Birch.
I am very happy with his progress to this point. The rear cross is going really well. The front cross well lets say I am still having issues preforming them. My timing with him overall in general(not only with the front) is still alittle late and I am not trusting myself to get into position with him. You can see the wide turns I get because I am late with my cues.
Always a work in progress. At least the bars are staying up and the contacts are looking good.
I entered him in a UKC agility trial in 2 weeks should be a good intro into working around crowds. His first AKC show in May 17-18. Hope we are ready.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g57hyg2xKbA
I am very happy with his progress to this point. The rear cross is going really well. The front cross well lets say I am still having issues preforming them. My timing with him overall in general(not only with the front) is still alittle late and I am not trusting myself to get into position with him. You can see the wide turns I get because I am late with my cues.
Always a work in progress. At least the bars are staying up and the contacts are looking good. I entered him in a UKC agility trial in 2 weeks should be a good intro into working around crowds. His first AKC show in May 17-18. Hope we are ready.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g57hyg2xKbA