Almost to the end of February so decided to go to the club to work with Keegan on his weaves and a jump sequence. Keegan will knock bars not because they are too high but I think it is because he doesn't control his back feet well yet. One of the trainers suggested putting up several jumps in a row at different heights and at a closer distance so decided to give that a try.
There was a teeter, 12 pole weaves, 2 jumps and a tunnel already set up so just added 4 jumps to that to have a mini course. Set the jumps at 20, 16, 24, 12, 22 and 16 in a row; the first couple of times he knocked bars but then got the hang of it and didn't knock any more bars. We do really well on one side of the weaves but need to practice more on both sides so I can do either at a trial. Keegs still needs more practice for his entrances, he is getting better but sometime still misses them or runs right by the weaves.
Worked Kiah on the same sequence, she knocked a bar the first time too but the rest of the time she did them all without a problem. I also realized a couple of times that I could give her better cues to show her where to go or to give her a better angle to successfully complete the obstacles. She really gives me a workout and I love it.
In less than two weeks we will have our clubs 3-day trial and I am really getting excited. Kiah and I have a trial almost every weekend in March. I am hoping we finally get out of Novice; keep your fingers crossed for us.
More soon!
Agility Boxers; Agility training progress, trial info plus photos© & videos© of agility classes and trials.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
February, 2012
Classes have been going well for both Kiah and Keegan.
Keegs continues to improve each week but is still having some issues with associating names of obstacles. His contacts are really good but he does not stay on the contacts which I don't have a problem with as long as he doesn't jump off. Weaves are better but we still have to work hard on entrances and building some speed. It will be interesting to see how he does at his first trial (at our club) in March.
Kiah is still doing well in class but we haven't trialed since early December so I am not sure how she will do in a trial environment. We are on the wait list for her first trial in March but we will have the clubs 3-day trial the next week and Keegs will be there to keep her company. She continues to watch me and pay attention.
My goals is to run both dogs like I do "most" times in class. I need to run them with the expectation that they will follow me and not wait for them. When I wait for them it slows them down and they don't pay attention. I also need to work on front crosses which I will really need to do well so I don't get in their way.
Keegs continues to improve each week but is still having some issues with associating names of obstacles. His contacts are really good but he does not stay on the contacts which I don't have a problem with as long as he doesn't jump off. Weaves are better but we still have to work hard on entrances and building some speed. It will be interesting to see how he does at his first trial (at our club) in March.
Kiah is still doing well in class but we haven't trialed since early December so I am not sure how she will do in a trial environment. We are on the wait list for her first trial in March but we will have the clubs 3-day trial the next week and Keegs will be there to keep her company. She continues to watch me and pay attention.
My goals is to run both dogs like I do "most" times in class. I need to run them with the expectation that they will follow me and not wait for them. When I wait for them it slows them down and they don't pay attention. I also need to work on front crosses which I will really need to do well so I don't get in their way.
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