I don't *think* we've had a poll like this yet, and I was just curious.
So, do you compete in any dog sports (Agility, Flyball, etc.)? Even if you don't compete, have you taken your dog to any sort of dog sport classes? If you don't compete or haven't trained in any, would you ever like to get involved in any of the dog sports?
I'd like to compete with Tango in agility and Rally-Obedience someday, but haven't gotten there yet as she needs to learn to focus on me in public instead of on the other dogs and what they're doing. Right now, I've been putting her through basic obedience classes and private lessons to help with this and socialize her better with other dogs and so far, its working and she's coming along very nicely. She did go to a couple of agility lessons before, but she wasn't ready for them. She knows all of the obstacles pretty much (has trouble with the teeter, it scares her a bit) but as soon as another dog barked, all attention she had on me was gone and she flew off any obstacle just to get to the other dog. She has an awesome recall, so I could get her back to me, but it just wasn't the right time. By next year, I'm hoping to get her back into agility classes as I think she'll be able to handle them by that time and then later on next year (probably in the fall) I'd like to get involved in Rally-O and take some Rally classes. Who knows, I might just focus on agility next year and get involved with Rally later on. With my next Toller, I'm hoping to compete in agility, conformation, and probably just regular obedience with her.
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