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That's amazing!

I mostly use cheese, sometimes cocktail frankfurts or cabanossi.

Just watched videos - kelpiechick you are right - very different handling styles! I need to really work on my handling, I am a bit too frantic/erratic at the moment

There is a heap of foundation work you can do while they are young - shadow handling, wobble board, tunnels, jump bars on ground with uprights, contact training on a board on the ground, through a channel as prelude to weaving, distance commands, start line stays and releases etc. Like many others said though you wouldn't start more serious stuff til 12 months or so.

So sorry for your loss - RIP Monster with your huge staffy smile

Diesel did this earlier in the year (my accident prone doggy - if it can be hurt, it will!).

I agree with Nekhbet, I would try just using a collar and lead. If your pup has a tendency to slip its collar (my friend has Jap Spitzes and we have had a few Jap and German come through the dog daycare and their hair means it can be difficult to have a flat collar the right size so it can't come off) you could try a martingale.

Some of those entries are amazing!

It would be so much work to get high titles in both obedience and agility!

Competition obedience and competition agility focus on different things. You need some obedience to do agility (recall, sit and drop stay) but agility has a lot more distance work and obedience has a lot of close work (until you get to higher levels). Also obedience you work exclusively on the left while in agility you have to work both sides.

I've figured that bit out already Been in correspondence with them for MONTHS on this issue!

Remember too that TOT teaches the dog to focus on your face, great for obedience, but not what you are looking for with agility. What about teaching touch with an external target initially instead of your hand?

I'm have been told that they are doing a bridging course for those of us who did the course before it was Cert III next year so I can upgrade my qualification :p

That clip showed just about every type of seesaw performance! :rolleyes:

I mostly use cheese. Sometimes use cabanossi or cocktail frankfurts.

This dog's seesaw performance is quite nice

Thanks Vickie, will do

Is the seesaw the same height etc here as in the States, if I wanted to get a base from the States?

You'll want to move from show toy - command - comply - reward to command - comply - reward so he will do it without the toy being shown first. Have you tried running the other direction when you call him?

OK so I am going to try to find a full sized seesaw. Does anyone know where I can get one or at least a base?

That would be great. Thanks

I am about the same size as you Kelpiechick! I haven't seen any full size seesaws that are designed to come apart like that. I managed to coerce the club into bringing out their small seesaw at training last week, and even with two people it was really heavy and hard to move :D . It's been really hard to find ANY seesaws to buy in Australia - I spent SO long searching - thought about getting my mum to bring one from the States even

Have you done training specifically on focus? Can you get her to look at you for a certain amount of time? Clickers are one way to do this, I also spit food, easier with a big dog though

This particular club seems to have a communication problem about what is supposed to be taught in each class. I was also told I had to be able to do front and rear crosses to get out of beginners. I can do front crosses, but haven't done rear crosses. But when I asked the instructor last week, she said they weren't supposed to teach rear crosses in beginners. You also have to be able to weave to get out of beginners . . . we are close, but not there yet.

I may take you up on that offer Vickie! Will just require some organisation.