Compairing two agility runs, two months apart

by | Jan 16, 2019 | Agility, Sport Training

This is a comparison between two Agility runs, 2 months apart. Ginette and Harper, a 4-year-old Belgian Tervuren, had their first agility trial at the end of October 2018. They definitely struggled. Both handler and dog had a disconnect with each other. While they did...

Target Training Third Lesson

by | Dec 13, 2018 | Agility, General training, Sport Training

I had to take several days off from training Lola since I was away Trialing one of my other dogs. As a result, it’s been six days since Lola has had any training. If our earlier work was successful she should remember what we had done. Normally I would start by...

Target Training Second Lesson

by | Dec 7, 2018 | Agility, Sport Training

Here is Lola’s second lesson for Target. Target is the work I use in Agility for all contacts, to get them to stop, collect themselves, and ensure I don’t get a fault for a missed contact. I spend a lot of time on this lesson so that I can use my...

Target training

by | Dec 4, 2018 | Agility

I am often asked, “How do I begin training my dog for Agility?” My first lesson for agility is always “Target”. Teaching your dog to go to a target, and stand on it will be very useful in the agility ring for all your contact obstacles. Target...