Thanks everyone! Visa has had a busy weekend. Today we went and got her hips and elbows X-rayed.

Backjumping is when the dog ges over the jump the wrong way. Most dogs jump over them and turn back and jump over again, but Visa runs past the jump, I call her, and she jumps over it to come toward me instead of going around it.

Any tips on agility training?
I think the best tip I could offer would be to keep your mind open to several methods of training. There are always different techniques being thought of everyday, and not everything works for one dog. There is alot of trial and error in agility -- you have to find out what works best for your dog. Clicker training has been awesome for Visa and I. It is great to teach contacts with. In training, I use a clear target that I put on the ground after the contact of an obstacle. Visa is taught to nose-touch it before she steps off the obstacle. When she touches, I click and treat. Before we tried a few other methods for teaching contacts, and while they worked for some dogs, they didn't work well for us.