Sadie learns..agility?! (picture overload)

For Christmas my parents bought me this little agility set thingy, since I've always wanted to try it with Sadie but there's nowhere nearby to do so.

Today was sunny and 80* out sooo.. we broke out the box ^_^ Last winter, when I opened it, Sadie was deathly afraid of the tunnel thingy. Therefore, I decided to work on that first, with a few jumps thrown in since we've been doing THAT for years.

First, we played a little fetch
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Followed by Sadie running into me, me falling over and Sadie forgetting the meaning of personal space.
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Then...the scary tunnel. At first, she was appalled that I would even THINK of making her go through it. BUT...with a few treats (her normal food, lol) and lots of encouragement....
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Everytime she did that good, I rewarded her by letting her jump bahahaha
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I'm so proud of her!
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What a happy looking Sadie. Way to go Sadie. It looks like she was having a blast & lots of treats too. Thank for making me :).

What a cutie Sadie is!! Looks like she's having a blast and burning that seemingly never-ending BC energy!! Thanks for sharing :)

What fun!! Way to go Sadie!

Woot, Congrats :love:

Question, whats the name/brand of the kit?
That is something I would LOVE to get Digi, as I believe it'll help her build even more confidence in herself. :)

Fun! They are so pleased with themselves when the "conquor" something scary, all by themselves! Great photos!

I have this set:
http://www.builderdepot.com/browse.i...odstoreid=5305

The Kyjen Dog Agility starter kit. It includes tunnel, weave poles, jump, starter "box" and award ribbons. Easy to set up, too. When I bought it, that link above was the lowest price.

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Woot, Congrats :love:

Question, whats the name/brand of the kit?
That is something I would LOVE to get Digi, as I believe it'll help her build even more confidence in herself. :)

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I'll have to check, I can't remember the name right now. It came with quite a lot - the tunnel, a jump, weave poles, some blue lines that I'm not quite sure what to do with, a start and finish line, a stopwatch, and training tips. :)

Thanks everyone! She came inside, crashed for a few hours, and was a spazz by the time jeopardy came on hahaha. I swear, she NEVER gets tired. -_-

The funny part was that I wasn't really feeding her treats - I just grabbed a handful of her food! But she's such a pig she didn't notice the difference. :D

Good girl pretty Sadie!:cool:

Yay! agility is such a great way to get rid of all that energy. Lol I started Delta in agility, she LOVES jumping... but actually, the tunnel is her FAVORITE thing. Lol she zooms through it so freakin' fast, I have to sprint to keep up with her. Ugh!

Good girl, Sadie! :)
I've always wanted to try out agility with Ethan. I think it might help burn off some of those neurotic habits of his. lol

the kit is, I believe, Doggie Games Dog Obstacle Course.

Or something like that.

Thanks everyone...we couldn't do anything today cause I didn't feel good but yesterday Sadie went through the tunnel. ON HER OWN! :D

So cute! Sunny loves agility. I'll never forget the first time we did the tunnel...I had to crawl in and coax her in with treats; then she came in and with the both of us in there, we got stuck. :)

So cool :) I've been meaning to buy a home agility set for Taggart too. He's actually really good at agility and definitely enjoys it a lot. Only problem is that he gets easily stressed, so I would never be able to actually compete with him.
Not that that matters too much however. I'd mostly be doing it for the fun of it and because he enjoys it in small doses.