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jester's mom · 08-16-2010, 08:37 PM

Wow, Olie... that's great! Hope all goes well. Have a great time, agility is really enjoyable!!!

Let us know how it goes.

debjen · 08-16-2010, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by spoospirit

That is so exciting, Olie!! I would love a private instructor as apposed to being in a class with so many dogs and having to wait while every one else does their run. You don't really get a whole lot of time with the obstacles in that hour.

Best of luck and I can't wait to hear more.

While a one on one is good on occasion .. I do like being in a class to watch others run.. I learn a lot by seeing what others do that works and what doesn't work... of course I also teach classes so I am always trying to improve my observation skills in order to be able to help my students better..and yes it does mean I don't always get as much working time but it leaves me with things to try that I saw others do to see how it might work with me and my dogs when we practice.

SnorPuddel · 08-17-2010, 04:10 AM

Both mine love agility, altho Foxxy does not like the dogwalk, it freaks her out a bit. I am the one who needs training my hands are everywhere.

Have fun with it, it is all about fun !

jak · 08-17-2010, 05:02 AM

Saffy love love loves Agility!
She always just gets straight into it, and is always ready to do the next thing!
The only thing Saffy is still unsure about is the See-saw (teeter ??)
But to be fair, we have hardly been near it!

She loves her weaves, tunnels and jumps, and her contacts are getting much better too!

For Saffy, the reward is doing the next jump/obstacle, so the whole course is fun!

ArreauStandardPoodle · 08-17-2010, 05:50 AM

Hope tonight goes well! Please let us know how it was.

taxtell · 08-17-2010, 07:46 AM

Yes!
Keep us posted on how it went.

Flip doesn't like treats while doing agility stuff, I reward him with a tug toy.
Some dogs prefer that, so bear it in mind.

MericoX · 08-17-2010, 10:04 AM

We just finished out 2nd class on Saturday with my Mini Lincoln. Our trainer thinks he and I will go pretty far together. Lincoln isn't really motivated by food either, I use a fox unstuffed toy that I throw and reward him with depending on the obstacle.

I personally like group classes, you're not overloading the dogs brain going from one thing to another so quickly, and you can see how other people are doing things and good/bad things to do.

Trillium · 08-17-2010, 10:28 AM

Oh it sounds fun. Keep us posted.

Ixion · 08-17-2010, 12:16 PM

Good luck! I agree on the private lessons, I like how they seem to be more taylored to your dogs short comings and you get homework that is suiting to what they need. Although group classes are good for distractions, LOL.

Olie · 08-17-2010, 05:38 PM

I am SOOOO proud of her!!

She did fantastic. The trainer said she was very impressed

So one or two private sessions we'll be skipping group one into group two!

I thought it would be just checking her obedience skills but we ended up doing a lot of things and at the end even a mini run through of a few jumps and the table, but Suri was getting tired and I was sweating bullets LOL. It was 90 degrees so you can imagine. My daughter came along and I have some pics and a video I had no idea she took so I will post.

SO HAPPY