So I figured that answered my question.We've had a trainer come over from Jersey who's been competing in agility for 28 years with various breeds. Yesterday morning was 3hrs outside for beginners, 8 of us in total. We normally only have 4 dogs and he's very dog orientated so wasn't sure how excited he was going to be
He's only done the 'A' frame once and we concentrated on that for a while he was fine. We then did the walk which he has never done. One of us either side with 2 leads going slow and doing the 2 on 2 off at the end. He was fine so then it as just me with him on the lead no problems
At the end she set up a course for us to do no lead, no touching the dog to guide it. 'A' frame to start, series of 6 jumps with reverse turn and forward cross overs, through the tunnel, change direction over a jump, then dog walk making sure to stop for contact point then run on to finish. 10 pieces of apparatus I was worried I'd forget where I was going
He did it all no mistakes apart from 2 pauses at jumps, even ran across the walk which he only encountered that day, and I managed the fancy footwork for the cross overs
I was impressed by my boy he did as well as some who have been going nearly a year. He slept for 4 hours solid when we got home, didn't move a muscle. A tired dog is a happy dog
No pictures I'm afraid no camera man :sad:
