helen Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 (edited) Chazer has just started doing agility trials. We train at night time with a yellow and white dog walk. At the trial in the day time he was presented with a black and yellow dog dog walk. The first trial he had no idea there was a dog walk as it looked wrong to him, until after several attempts I actually moved my hand up along the obstacle. He had is 2nd go yesterday. His first go he went past again but just after he went passed it clicked that the thing was the dog walk and went to jump up from the side but I called him away and got him to go up properly. His 2nd go yesterday he had finally worked out they can look different and went straight up it with no worries PS - This has nothing to do with fear as he absolutely loves the dog walk - he just had it in his mind the dog walk had to look a certain way Edited August 16, 2009 by helen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agility Dogs Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Chazer has just started doing agility trials. We train at night time with a yellow and white dog walk. At the trial in the day time he was presented with a black and yellow dog dog walk.The first trial he had no idea there was a dog walk as it looked wrong to him, until after several attempts I actually moved my hand up along the obstacle. He had is 2nd go yesterday. His first go he went past again but just after he went passed it clicked that the thing was the dog walk and went to jump up from the side but I called him away and got him to go up properly. His 2nd go yesterday he had finally worked out they can look different and went straight up it with no worries PS - This has nothing to do with fear as he absolutely loves the dog walk - he just had it in his mind the dog walk had to look a certain way Yep, I've seen a lot of dogs balk at different looking equipment - all green dogs. My girl has never had a problem, but my boy has been wary a couple of times. Now neither of them have a problem when we go somewhere new. (Touch wood.) It just takes a little time for the dogs to understand that the picture can change, but the job is still the same. It's only your second trial - he will be on top of it in no time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Hi Helen Yes - and not just green dogs. There was one set of equipment at Adelaide Nationals, in the Excellent ring, that was significantly different in colour and texture from 'normal' equipment, and a lot of dogs had problems, particularly with the seesaw - and most of those dogs had no problems in other rings (my Kirra included.) Night and day can be quite different too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FHRP Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 (edited) My dogs have always generalised agility equipment well, but I have seen dogs balk at unfamiliar equipment and like Agility Dogs said, mostly "green dogs". However my younger Vizsla was jumping off contacts at an interstate trial, as a seasoned dog, something very unusual for him! I worked out it was the bright blue contact colour that was putting him off! He'd never seen it before and it must have looked different. From my understanding dogs see blue against green (the grass) very well, maybe it was the big contrast that confused him.... Edited August 16, 2009 by FHRP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FHRP Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 and texture from 'normal' equipment, Very true! I remember travelling to a trial where there was fake grass on the contact equipment and a number of dogs bailed when they touched it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poodlefan Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Lily refused to jump multi coloured (each piece a different colour) broad jumps. In fact any colour but white saw her hit the brakes. She didn't get past it but I have to say the broad jump was never one of her favourite obstacles. She loved tunnels but refused point blank to enter the clear ones set up at the Vic Nationals some years back. She was never the world's most confident dog on equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavik Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Kaos has baulked at a few different chutes as they were a different shaped opening to the one he had trained on before - he had practiced on barrel opening and these were kennel style shaped opening (now fixed as I got to practice on those chutes in training ;) ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesP Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 I've had some going from night to day issues. Same equipment too. Both dogs have also had kittens when going over a dog walk with a tunnel under it for the first time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seita Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 I've had a relatively experienced agility dog get confused over different types of tyres. She had always been trained on one with small frame around the tyre and the first time she encountered one that was hanging from a larger frame with chains/rope holding it up she refused it. She did the same thing with a lollipop style one when she first encountered that style too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptolomy Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 This issue not only affects agility dogs. Put a UD box next to a jump or an A-frame and try sending an experience dog to it and 9 times out of 10 they will have no idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchnauzerBoy Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Aubrey loves going through the tyre jump at Agility training in the evenings.... it is a white tyre and she has no problem. However, take her to the dog park where it is a hole in a black piece of wood at the same height, and she just wont do it. Looks completely different - but same command and same approach and she just wont go through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helen Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 I had no idea that it was so common as my other 2 dogs never had the problem. - Very weird about the UD box, maybe they are looking at the other obstacles instead of the box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helen Posted August 23, 2009 Author Share Posted August 23, 2009 Yep, I've seen a lot of dogs balk at different looking equipment - all green dogs.My girl has never had a problem, but my boy has been wary a couple of times. Now neither of them have a problem when we go somewhere new. (Touch wood.) It just takes a little time for the dogs to understand that the picture can change, but the job is still the same. It's only your second trial - he will be on top of it in no time! Agility Dogs, you were right, he got his first agility quali yesterday on the same dog walk - could have knocked me down with a feather, I wasn't expecting a pass but he went on the dog walk perfectly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agility Dogs Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Yep, I've seen a lot of dogs balk at different looking equipment - all green dogs.My girl has never had a problem, but my boy has been wary a couple of times. Now neither of them have a problem when we go somewhere new. (Touch wood.) It just takes a little time for the dogs to understand that the picture can change, but the job is still the same. It's only your second trial - he will be on top of it in no time! Agility Dogs, you were right, he got his first agility quali yesterday on the same dog walk - could have knocked me down with a feather, I wasn't expecting a pass but he went on the dog walk perfectly AWESOME. Well done! Can't wait to hear about the next one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helen Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 Have to wait for October for the next one, at least I only have to travel 10 minutes for that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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