MericoX

We're in week 4 of our beginners agility class. Lincoln is doing AWESOME! I am still getting used to rewarding him with a toy vs food (he's highly toy motivated).

Tunnels are becoming a problem, as they have become orange poodle launchers. He goes in tunnel, I throw toy. Sometimes he just grabs it, shakes it, and comes back to me. Other times he shoots outta the tunnel and does 20 million zoomie laps around the course (he is doing stuff offleash).

While I love him enthusiasm and speed, I can't have him doing these in trials (yes, I know their a long time off), so I'm looking for ideas on how to fix this? We are going to work on recalls tomorrow, and putting him through the kiddie tunnel I have at the house to see if its the tunnel, or just being hyped up. Maybe I should put him on a long time to stop him zooming, but then I dont want him accidently knocking down equipment and scaring himself.

Other than that, he's perfect. He does mostly everything off leash (the class is a bunch of good dogs (even the english mastiff pup that doubles in size every week lol)