Its becuase these dogs are so athleletic they make you feel like you are ten tons and have two left feet and a a memory problem
Hehehe, it hurts, doesn't it .
Thank goodness my dogs are not easily confused and when I think I'm confusing them, they just take another jump (b/c I send them the wrong way unintentionaly) _________________ www.langhaarweimaraner.nl
Paz has just started doing baby stuff and she adores it. Hoping some of you are enthusiastic enough about it to give us some ideas and tips _________________ Helen
Sacha (15 + y o Wei), Paz (10 month Wei), Zena (collie x)
Been doing it with Sherry for the past 3 years - more for fun than anything else - we tend to be the cabaret as she'll set out like a bat out of hell and you hope it's in the right direction
Started training a few weeks ago with Ozzy on an introductory course (just low poles as he's just a baby) but I'm definitely more hopeful with him as he is so much more responsive than she is
We have a very good W/H viz in our club, also weis, and there's another w/h viz in Ozzy's group. _________________ Liz
Hi Liz thanks for replying. So hoping you won't get bored if I keep picking your brains.
We want to do it just for fun too. Part of her high quality R & R and a break from her job.
Lot's of questions .....................
How do ladies 'of a certain age' get fit enough to train them? No-way am I fast enough or agile enough to keep up with this pup
Am I right that she needs a rest between each round to calm her down and rest her bones and mind?
How can I calm her down when she is hyper? At her first session she was giving little barks to tell the others to hurry up so she could go round it again. And her little botty was jiggin' up and down on the floor. I just wrapped my arms around her so she looked like she was in a perfect sit-stay and gave her Tellington touch. (good manners are high on her agenda at all times )
Please don't leave the country ..... lots more questions will arise _________________ Helen
Sacha (15 + y o Wei), Paz (10 month Wei), Zena (collie x)
Helen, don't forget I'm a pensioner and a grandmother, so don't worry about fitness! Looking round the average agility class (excluding the serious competition people) a lot of the handlers are overweight, greyhaired (unless like me it comes out of a bottle) and not at the peak of personal fitness. We're here to enjoy ourselves
Start off by teaching Paz directions - go left, go right, go ahead, come in between 2 jumps, that sort of thing. Don't think about putting her over a full height or anything like it. Ozzy, like Sherry, will be jumping full height, but not yet. He goes over the jumps set for toy dogs, about 8 ins I think, and won't be going full height until he's well over a year. (They can't start competing till 18 months, so there's no need to put any strain on the joints until that age. I know he will be capable of jumping the height when the time comes.)
I find hyper-ness is a problem - Sherry barks her head off when waiting for her turn, something she's learnt from the collies plus she can jump round at the end of the lead like a total loonie, which doesn't do my shoulder any good I've started putting her back in the car between goes, we park round the edge of the field and she's in the cage with the back open so she can watch what's going on, and she's much calmer without me constantly having to tell her to behave and be quiet! _________________ Liz
A BIG thank you for all of the above - luv'n'hugs - H xxx
p.s. would you consider joining the small elitist group of Paz' God-mothers?
p.p. s Will not be putting her over anything higher than a foot for at least another nine months. (can't risk her jumping over the baby-gate at the front door ) _________________ Helen
Sacha (15 + y o Wei), Paz (10 month Wei), Zena (collie x)
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Just wondered who is doing agility now?
plus she can jump round at the end of the lead like a total loonie, which doesn't do my shoulder any good 
I've started putting her back in the car between goes, we park round the edge of the field and she's in the cage with the back open so she can watch what's going on, and she's much calmer without me constantly having to tell her to behave and be quiet!