Freedom
05-03-2011, 07:37 PM
Agility class tonight, outside for the first time! :D
The weave poles presented a momentary challenge. Seems Willy was focusing on the connecting bars at the bottom and they don't show up in the grass! He quickly caught on to look ahead, at the poles, he hee.
Willy has not seen the dog walk before. Before class actually started, and with him still on leash, I took him across twice, lots of cheese at the end both times. Great job!
First course, first run, he does the walk, no problem. Lots of cheese again.
First course, second run, he gets up on the 12 foot flat, looks over the side and . . . FROZE! Did you ever see a dog FREEZE in the midst of trotting along? Hilarious! (Only cuz I could see he was quite safe, of course.)
The instructor came over, and with one of us on each side of him, and both of us with cheese, we managed to get him to creep across and down the ramp. Two steps, cheese, two steps, cheese. Once on the grass, both of us made a huge fuss over him.
Second course, first run, he balked at the dog walk. I had to use cheese to get him up, across, and down.
That was the end of class. On leash, I did manage to coax him over it twice more, before we left.
I've heard of dogs getting frightened of an obstacle after a fall, trip, etc. But NEVER have I heard of a dog afraid of heights!
The teeter was not part of either course, but I also took him across that several times, no leash and no problems. Hooray!!
That is our update as of tonight's class.
Oh, and being outdoors? The field is HUGE!!! We are still doing just 12 obstacles, but wow I am running a whole lot more!
The weave poles presented a momentary challenge. Seems Willy was focusing on the connecting bars at the bottom and they don't show up in the grass! He quickly caught on to look ahead, at the poles, he hee.
Willy has not seen the dog walk before. Before class actually started, and with him still on leash, I took him across twice, lots of cheese at the end both times. Great job!
First course, first run, he does the walk, no problem. Lots of cheese again.
First course, second run, he gets up on the 12 foot flat, looks over the side and . . . FROZE! Did you ever see a dog FREEZE in the midst of trotting along? Hilarious! (Only cuz I could see he was quite safe, of course.)
The instructor came over, and with one of us on each side of him, and both of us with cheese, we managed to get him to creep across and down the ramp. Two steps, cheese, two steps, cheese. Once on the grass, both of us made a huge fuss over him.
Second course, first run, he balked at the dog walk. I had to use cheese to get him up, across, and down.
That was the end of class. On leash, I did manage to coax him over it twice more, before we left.
I've heard of dogs getting frightened of an obstacle after a fall, trip, etc. But NEVER have I heard of a dog afraid of heights!
The teeter was not part of either course, but I also took him across that several times, no leash and no problems. Hooray!!
That is our update as of tonight's class.
Oh, and being outdoors? The field is HUGE!!! We are still doing just 12 obstacles, but wow I am running a whole lot more!