Video from our agility weave pole class
The foundation, or learning stages before competition, are all on Monday evenings. I have a direct conflict, as I'm teaching classes at The Paw across town on the same day and times. It was challenging getting Chewie to the competition level - I used Kristine (his breeder), local friends and some seminars to gain the skills I needed (and mostly me, not him - he is my 1st real agility dog). It wasn't the easiest process, and took longer than it should have d/t the way I had to get there. But then, I "auditioned" to join the Tuesday class and we made it and have been learning and perfecting our team work ever since. Now along comes Bond - and same issue with the conflict  (and yes, this is the only agility training location near me, so thank goodness its very good!) While he is a busy boy, and me too as a result, he has had some spotty exposure to some basic agility skills. Last month, I found out that my 2 instructors were going to do a 6 week class focusing on weaves. The foundation students were doing well in most other areas, but their lack of good weaves was setting them back. So (overhearing them talk about it during Chewie's class  ) I asked if I could sign Bond up for it too - and they said yes we could.  It's offered for half an hour, and on Mondays before the foundation classes. So I can JUST squeeze it in before I need to drive across town to teach my obedience classes. I am so happy this worked out. I've learned some new skills to try, and best of all, it MAKES me be accountable and practice.  I had a friend get some video last night, because I wanted to see from the front and rear how Bond was doing. It's just not so easy to see when you are with your dog. So here is a short clip. This is week 5, next week is our last night and I'll be sad to have it end. This is channel weaves, with wires, in a full set of 12. When doing channels, he doesn't need the wires, but we move from station to station around the room, and this happened to be the one we were at. It's just a quick set of 4 runs through, but all are in a different direction or off a different side (they need to work off your left and right side). Also, you can kind of see I have one panel from the broad jump before and after the weaves. This teaches them that they always approach the weaves from something else, and never just by themselves. Makes for better approaches and they learn to integrate it into a course right from the start. So he does the little jump before and after the weaves each time.  He's really loving this! |
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| Loved it! Thank you for sharing these |
| look at that butt move!! |
Great job Bond!  Cindy |
Poetry in motion~~~~ |
| Love it! Great work Bond - looks like lots of fun |
He really is getting it!  It is pretty funny to watch him from the rear, he has a good butt wiggle going there. Also his hair gets shaped from the poles on each side, so after a few passes, he has these straight sides - looks like a cube with legs! |
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