I haven't been posted much since Lily and I are back to school three times a week
On Wed we have an agility class.
We started agility last year and took two classes and Lily did great! until she almost fell from a "walk" and refused to use ANY equipment. I gave her 6 months break and we were back to agility kindergarten last fall. She did fantastic and I have decided to enroll her in more detail oriented class this winter...that was BIG mistake!
Pyr people will know what I mean
We had two classes so far and have NOT used any equipment. We have been working on teaching "touch hand", FAST sit and FAST down. Now, please, tell me how fast do Pyrs can be? In order to teach it with a clicker we have to do about 15 repetitions of sits and downs...Do you see Pyrs doing that many exersises and still be excited???
Oh, and the best one...the dog MUST DIVE for hand touch. DIVE??? Are you kidding me? I can see lab dive for it or weim but not Pyr.
The teacher is totally ignoring the fact that I work with Pyr and only ONE dog in the whole US gets NOVICE agility title each year.
Now, our homework for the week is to teach a dog to put BOTH paws on a target (plastic plate)
Any advise? LOL
Knowing Lily, I believe all this will be very discouraging for her and she might stop enjoying the training