Great Danes aren't meant to go on agility bridges...
Last night was Winters agility class (which depressed Smudge because he had to stay home...oh I am such a mean mommie at times :rolleyes: ;) ) the class wentvery well except for the fac that Winter gets impatient and won't wait longer then 10 seconds, then again she's only 16 months so still a pup.
Anyhoo after the class I stayed to help the teacher whose a good friend of mine out with the BA (beginner's agility) class, you know just act as a blocker (which was needed the class has a lot, and I mean almost every dog a lot of intact males in it.) and hold up the tunnel and stuff. So they get to the part where the dogs get to go on the bridge for the first time and the first dog was a great dane.
To begin with even dogs the size of Winter and Smudge have problems on the bridge until you teach them to back up because they aren't always aware of what their back legs are doing, so imagine a dog that I could use as a pony (I'm around 5'2") trying to go on the bridge. Their back paws were slipping everywhere so much that it took four of us to get them across the bridge two instructors the owners and me, the dog would go a few steps and the slip so we would have to catch it and put it back up, a couple of times I was used as a stool :o And of course there can't be just one great dane but there has to be 3 to full grown males and pup...whose was soooooooooooooo cute. actually they all were cute, but I'm gonna stop rambling because my head is starting to hurt again and I need to go back to bed now.
