Agility Dogs

I had a similar problem with my girl.

She decided her number 1 job was to gaurd a tree that I had chased a possum out of.

We just couldn't train in the back yard because she was totally focussed on the bloody tree. No amount of correction would solve it so I had to think about the problem a bit deeper. (Who said, 'correction starts where understanding stops'?)

In the end we used Vickie's suggestion - VERY simple tasks, inordinately big rewards (even just for sitting and staying) and then put a command on her going to the tree and even more big rewards when she did it.

She still runs to the tree, but it doesn't have quite the same value on it and she will do anything I ask in the yard now.

hope that helps.

Cheers

T

check out www.adaa.com.au for a list of clubs in Brisbane, The Suncoast fundogs(SCFD) and Pine rivers Agility Dog Sports(PADS) club both offer classes for young dogs...

Also ADCQ (on the same ADAA website)

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me too. im in mackay.

http://www.adaa.com.au/adaaclubs.htm#nthq

Try this........

Poppy has really good 2o2o on seesaw and dog walk. She lovessss doing contacts and is a total pest as she will bolt over and jump on contacts to do her 2o2o, even when we are trying to pack up. She also isn't just touching her nose on the ground, she transfers the weight on to her hind end really nicely.

Half height A frame - no problems. It wasn't that she doesn't understand. She just physically can't stop herself. You can see her really trying. Now she is only young and has only been on the A frame for 4 weeks and only at full height for 1 go so she will obviously improve. Brock had the same problem and about 6 months into his more advanced training just offered the 2o2o one day. I nearly fainted!

The interesting thing is that when I ask for the drop she was coming off the A frame with a heap less impact on her front legs. I can only assume that her attempt to get into 2o2o was causing more momentum.

She is a little, stocky border collie.

Jules, by the sound of it I think you need to do more work on her body awareness. Seems you have gone from 1/2 height to full height too quickly and she isn't controlling her body effectively (as you said.) Is it possible to go back to 1/2 height and then SLOWLY (like one link at a time) move to full height?

This has worked wonders in just 3 trials for us! The self rewarding stupidity has stopped and I now have a reliable stop on the contacts (until next time I don't! ).

She does a brilliant 2o2o at the base of any equipment, and does 2o2o at training no issues under distraction, at distance with me in front, behind and jumping around like a twit. Put it in the ring and because I used to quick release it's become a point of confusion. I can't train in the ring, so I tolerate what she gives me. She hasn't not touched a contact since Novice, and she's 3 passes off ADM.

That's nearly exactly what I went through with Trim. For ages I took what she gave me in the ring, even though she had a perfect 2o2o in training. This year I decided zero tolerance. I don't train in the ring, but if she does not hold her position, I remove her & she doesn't get to continue. She has worked this out really fast. It only took a few times & she has been 100% reliable in trials for a few months now. The big bonus is that she no longer has confusion and her contacts are heaps faster than they have ever been. We still have some striding issue to work through but it was the best thing I ever did, for both of us.

:D This has worked wonders in just 3 trials for us! The self rewarding stupidity has stopped and I now have a reliable stop on the contacts (until next time I don't! ).