Hi all,
I haven't been on here in awhile, but read often. Just wanted to brag a little and update on what we have been up to. Sammy completed his basic obedience class and is now in intermediate class. We were VERY lucky, as there are only 2 of us in this class.
Sammy is amazing! He is SO smart and really deserves an owner that does more with him than I do. He literally learns new commands in 1-2 trials. Today, he learned stand-stay immediately and did stand-stay, down, sit ( from a down which was new), spin and finish all in sequence and from remote gestures.
My trainer was impressed because I don't do everything right and Sammy still obeys. I am having so much fun training him.
Sammy LOVES training. He is also a natural ( I think ) at agility. He has only been exposed to an agility course once and thoroughly enjoyed the tunnels, jumps, A frame, balance beam, teeter-totter etc. He did all of them like he had been trained for agility for awhile.
My trainer does not offer agility. She said today that if Sammy keeps learning this quickly, she will not have anything else to offer us. I am thinking of doing agility with Sammy, but am worried about the possibility of injury. He is very long in the legs. Strong for his size and VERY quick.
I positive he would love to participate in agility. I'm afraid he may get hurt. Would you let your toy poodle do this?
I haven't been on here in awhile, but read often. Just wanted to brag a little and update on what we have been up to. Sammy completed his basic obedience class and is now in intermediate class. We were VERY lucky, as there are only 2 of us in this class.
Sammy is amazing! He is SO smart and really deserves an owner that does more with him than I do. He literally learns new commands in 1-2 trials. Today, he learned stand-stay immediately and did stand-stay, down, sit ( from a down which was new), spin and finish all in sequence and from remote gestures.
My trainer was impressed because I don't do everything right and Sammy still obeys. I am having so much fun training him.
Sammy LOVES training. He is also a natural ( I think ) at agility. He has only been exposed to an agility course once and thoroughly enjoyed the tunnels, jumps, A frame, balance beam, teeter-totter etc. He did all of them like he had been trained for agility for awhile.
My trainer does not offer agility. She said today that if Sammy keeps learning this quickly, she will not have anything else to offer us. I am thinking of doing agility with Sammy, but am worried about the possibility of injury. He is very long in the legs. Strong for his size and VERY quick.
I positive he would love to participate in agility. I'm afraid he may get hurt. Would you let your toy poodle do this?