Flyball
 I just didn't want him to learn. Laika learnt and now I am trying to unteach. Everytime we go into a store and people give tears the get a huge smack with the paws. As we know these paws are bigger than most dogs. She promised me that we will move him on quickly to push. Which is the next part. So was trying to teach him and doesn't laika place her paw over his was very cute. This is how you do it guy. |
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| I did some beginner classes with Riley - and we didn't teach "paw".
We went through one session and had to quit, as Riley has no ball drive whatsoever!. A rat terrier that doesn't like a ball, he is an oddity! 
Chewie loved it however 
But, we are doing agility now and the jump styles are too contradictory. But, eventually I hope to have a flyball dog - it is such a fun sport!! Definitely get pictures - please! |
| How do you teach the part for hitting the box to let the ball out? Well he learned paw Sunday night and then I moved onto the part where they hit the top of a yogurt container with there paw. HE got it within 5 minutes! yippee. I will keep with that no more paw. Smarty pants Laika came up and hit the container with no promoting. Tonight I start a Tricks and Games class with Laika. Should be fun. She is very good a the tricks. |
| Sounds like fun |
spacegirl21 wrote: How do you teach the part for hitting the box to let the ball out? Well he learned paw Sunday night and then I moved onto the part where they hit the top of a yogurt container with there paw. HE got it within 5 minutes! yippee. I will keep with that no more paw. Smarty pants Laika came up and hit the container with no promoting. Tonight I start a Tricks and Games class with Laika. Should be fun. She is very good a the tricks.
Well, let me see if I remember, as we didn't spend a lot of time on it - we were in the remedial ball playing group.... 
We went right to the box, and lured them to step on it with their front foot/feet and got a treat (or the ball if they were ball driven). Then you went to stepping on the box and another classmate flipped the trigger and ejected the ball. For those that weren't keen on the ball, they got a trigger and treat. Then once they got the idea, they jumped on it hard enough to trigger their own ball and it was off and running. (In the beginning the pressure was set real low on the ball release so just stepping on it triggered it to spit out the ball) If your dog was nervous over the ball release sound of the box, you worked on fun stuff (something your dog liked a lot) in the proximity of the box. That way they got used to the sound. They also saw how hyped the other dog got, so it made them want to do it too. We hit an impass, as Riley didn't want the ball, so he quit triggering it. He did great while it was trigger and treat however! He loved the hurdles too - just not the ball part.
Is this similar to what you do? or aren't you that far yet? |
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