Pukipoms Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Has any one done Obedience, Agility with toy dogs? How well did you little one do? Photos also would be great at a show or at home. :D Im quite keen to do this with my Poms. So would love to hear from others that have already achieved this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melinda10786 Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 There is a lady at my club that does agility with her Chi (I think she has two, but I've only seen the one so far). She has apparently achieved a few titles with hers. She also just got a mini Foxie pup which she intends to do agility with as well, from what I've seen her do so far, this pup should do well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretel Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 There are lots of Cavaliers in obedience and agility. I used to trial my girl. She got her CD and one pass in open (beating a top trialler at that time) and winning the ring. We stopped trialling though due to health issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podengo Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Papillons seem to be very successful in agility, there is a gorgeous one at my club who often beats Border Collies! I have a friend in the states who had a Pom competing at UD level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murve Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 We have 1 Pap just started training up for Agility/Jumping & 2 for Obedience :D Our bitch who is 3yrs has not had any Obed training for ages picked eveything up quite well last night at trial training, I was very happy with her, our Instructors think she will be ready for trialing early next year :D Our Agility pappy :D is doing great, he should be ready for trialing mid March after he turns 18months :D Our other pappy pup is also coming nicely for Obed Oh boy next year wil be interesting, fun & full on having 3 Paps & 1 Whippet trialing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murve Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 My daughter & I steward at a Agility trial last Sat, there was about 5 Pappillons, Pom, Tibetin Spaniel & a couple of other toy cross breeds competing, boy did they give the larger breeds a run for their money & they did well score wise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedazzledx2 Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Years ago there was a mini poodle here that worked UD and was regularly in the winners circle. Bob the dog who has just retired in NSW is a small cross breed...he is a Grand Obedience Champion! That is pretty special!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvus Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 I have a friend who is putting one Mini Poodle through UD and another is doing earlier obedience levels and both are tracking. They are doing quite well, but I gather it takes a bit of care with foundation work to avoid potential problems with too much pressure too soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyStar Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 I'm used to training/trialling Labradors, but I am going to try my hand at training/trialling a miniature schnauzer. This is going to be interesting, and a lot of fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podengo Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Oh yes and poodles! Loads of sporty poodles over here Papillons really stand out as the Border Collies of small dogs though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spotted Devil Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 There was an Iggy (from SA) at the agility trial on Saturday - hilariously wonderful to watch - very quick and enjoyed himself immensely! My Dally is not the fastest agility dog but he was beaten by a toy Poodle some months back that was just a black blur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murve Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) There was an Iggy (from SA) at the agility trial on Saturday - hilariously wonderful to watch - very quick and enjoyed himself immensely! My Dally is not the fastest agility dog but he was beaten by a toy Poodle some months back that was just a black blur Hey SD if you are on FB check out Sal Robinson photo's from the WPDOC Agility Trials last Sat, if I am correct there is a great shot of your Dally flying over a Hurdle Edited October 19, 2011 by murve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murve Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Has any one done Obedience, Agility with toy dogs? How well did you little one do? Photos also would be great at a show or at home. :D Im quite keen to do this with my Poms. So would love to hear from others that have already achieved this. If you want to see some great shots of some little dogs doing Agility, have a look at these from last Sat, I was one of the Stewards, Sharon is my name if you are on FB check out Sal Robinson photo's from the WPDOC Agility Trials last Sat, you will get some laughs from the expressions on ppl faces, the comments written & the dogs of course :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzy82 Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 I'd like to do obedience with my poodle x maltese. She learns so fast and is naturally well behaved and obedient. The only thing I wonder about is whether she has the drive for it. We've done some agility and flyball and she's gotten a lot drivier than what she was... And one of my reasons for wanting to do it is actually that some people have commented that fluffies can't be trained, or they don't expect to see it etc. It's always fun when I surprise people with her obedience skills and tricks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murve Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 I'd like to do obedience with my poodle x maltese. She learns so fast and is naturally well behaved and obedient. The only thing I wonder about is whether she has the drive for it. We've done some agility and flyball and she's gotten a lot drivier than what she was... And one of my reasons for wanting to do it is actually that some people have commented that fluffies can't be trained, or they don't expect to see it etc. It's always fun when I surprise people with her obedience skills and tricks. Oh PHOOOOOWWWWIIE fuzzy82 fluffies can be trained I know 2 purebred Maltese that compete in Agility & they do great :D Go for it & make them eat their words anything is possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clover Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 We have quite a few toy dogs doing Flyball in Vic atm, great little dogs & well done to their owners/ handlers for getting them up and running . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerJack Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I do agility with my tiny Silky Terrier Bella. She is only 3kilos. She has made it to Excellent level in both agility and jumping. Now the course times are a bit quick for her but she goes clear all the time. It does take a while for a seesaw to drop with her on the end of it though. I am glad for the recent change to the pairs rules where a 300 dog can jump down at 200. Before that it was hard to find a partner for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alibi Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I used to do agility with my pomX, she was awesome with it and it really bought her out of her shell. Unfortunalty we had to stop due to health issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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