We had a lovely, long 4 days at EMDAC last week, and Kim was a superstar and won another agility class and got a handful of placings in some others, I was thrilled to bits! She\u2019s now top of the Agility League, the Jumping League and the Intro Medium DOTY League. She also managed to knock 2 seconds off her CleverDogs time, isn\u2019t she fab?!<\/p>\n
Dylan was introduced to the A-Frame and did really well. With a little help from K (and Jet!) we did a little backtraining to his 4off contact, which he did nicely. I also let him run the whole thing, once, right at the end, mainly because I was interested in seeing how his long stride would carry him over. He got his contact and a bit play afterwards, and so I was pleased. I wish I had a full-sized AFrame to play with, because I\u2019d definitely look into using stride regulators and teaching him a running contact instead, but unfortunately access is limited and so I think this is the best way forward.<\/p>\n
I had planned to do 4off on the dogwalk too, but after I walked him over it a few times, Dylan seems more naturally suited to the 2on\/2off, especially since the angle isn\u2019t as steep and that long stride may mean he misses the contact all together if I do go for a 4off. Luckily, me changing my mind at this stage doesn\u2019t mean re-teaching anything, since we haven\u2019t done enough of the contact equipment for Dylan to have learnt how to do it anyway. I have had to rethink using a target \u2014 obviously his target command requires him to down on a nose touch, which isn\u2019t want I want for the 2o\/2o. I think instead I\u2019m going to use a kind of contact board, and teach Dylan to stand with his back paws on the board and stop in a stand-wait. We\u2019re going to start today (with the new clicker I finally bought!)<\/p>\n
We have a half-size DogWalk to play on now, which will certainly be helpful too. Kim loves it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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