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Originally Posted by Curlydogs
like he is still figuring out how to control his body (especially his back end) .
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This says a lot. Dogs really are not aware that they have a rear end/back legs so you might have to teach rear end awareness..one of the classic agility rear end awareness techniques is to lay a ladder on the ground and have the dog walk/run through the ladder..at first they hit the rungs with their back feet a lot but they soon learn to judge the distance better..A couple that I like that I learned in a clicker class is to have the dog put the front feet on a stool and then you slowly get them to walk around the stool keeping their front feet on the stool and basically just moving their back feet..also the opposite back feet on the stool and walk around with front feet on the ground and back feet have to stay pretty still (they move a little)..another even if you aren't teaching a 2 on 2 off contact performance is to get about a 3 foot board and teach the dog to get on the board with 2 feet on and 2 feet off.
Hope that makes sense and might help a bit.