Heidii Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 (edited) Hey Guys! I am wondeing why Susan Garrett's training method for the 2x2 weaves teaches to dog to only weave from the right entry....shouldnt a dog be able to enter weaves from both sides? Take the bottom diagram below for instance. The blue dog that had been taught 2x2 has to enter from the right side (cos thats only way he has been taught) compared to the red dog who can enter from the left therefor making a quicker time. Edited March 2, 2009 by Heidii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffi Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 (edited) Hey Guys!I am wondeing why Susan Garrett's training method for the 2x2 weaves teaches to dog to only weave from the right entry....shouldnt a dog be able to enter weaves from both sides? Take the bottom diagram below for instance. The blue dog that had been taught 2x2 has to enter from the right side (cos thats only way he has been taught) compared to the red dog who can enter from the left therefor making a quicker time. There is only one correct way to enter the weaves: on the right side of the first pole (so color blue in your pic). That's probably the hardest thing in weave training: training the right entry from hard angles. ETA the red would count as a fault: missed entry as the dog missed the first pole Edited March 2, 2009 by laffi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopuppy04 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 No - a dog can only enter the weave poles with the first pole on their left side. Anything other than this is not a correct entry. They SHOULD however be able to weave from both of OUR left and right side.... Make sense? Dog can only enter the poles one way, but they need to be able to do it from either side of us :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidii Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 Hey Guys!I am wondeing why Susan Garrett's training method for the 2x2 weaves teaches to dog to only weave from the right entry....shouldnt a dog be able to enter weaves from both sides? Take the bottom diagram below for instance. The blue dog that had been taught 2x2 has to enter from the right side (cos thats only way he has been taught) compared to the red dog who can enter from the left therefor making a quicker time. There is only one correct way to enter the weaves: on the right side of the first pole (so color blue in your pic). That's probably the hardest thing in weave training: training the right entry from hard angles. Thanks Laffi! So if a dog enters from the left would he be faulted? or NQ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopuppy04 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Yup Heidii - if a dog entered as the red line, he would be faulted (or NQ as 1 fault is an NQ) for an incorrect entry :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidii Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 Thanks! That makes so much more sense now! GO THE 2x2 WEAVE SYSTEM! :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffi Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Thanks Laffi! So if a dog enters from the left would he be faulted? or NQ? That's correct. Wrong entry is a fault. In ADAA at starters level you can still try again and if your dogs enters the second time correctly and weaves 12 weaves correctly it will be counted as a clean run. However at higher levels the dog has to enter the weaves correctly the first try and weave 12 weaves in order to successfully complete this obstacle. So a missed entry at higher levels would be a fault and NQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 And in ANKC, if the dog enters incorrectly, it is a fault (therefore NQ at least. You have the option of correcting it, and if the dog enters correctly and weaves all 12 correctly, then you still only have 1 fault - although of course you may end up with time faults as well, depending how much extra time that takes. If dog has made a mistake any time through the weavers, and is not corrected, then it is a DQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FHRP Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 (edited) If the dog enters the poles incorrectly in ANKC the dog will be called for a refusal (and incur a fault in most cases). If a dog does another piece of equipment on course without correcting a refusal they will be DQ'd, as it's an obstacle out of order. Goes for any piece of equipment. The reason it might be important to know it's a refusal is for certain games, where there are 'no refusals', so correcting the dog will not incur a fault. The 2x2 method is certainly not the only way to teach correct entries, from all sorts of angles. Edited March 2, 2009 by FHRP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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