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***AGILITY*** A few weeks ago a new dog park near ours was set up. It contains a few agility obstacles like: *Waving poles (wooden; don’t wave) *A-frame *Low wall jump *High wall jump *Tire jump *Low dog walk (jump down at the end) *High dog walk (come down at the end) I have never seen any of these until the age of 1.5 year. Anyway, I decided to try AGILITY, because some of my friends (and I call them FRIENDS!) and my vet started saying that I am putting on weight. My master said she doesn’t believe them, but anyway agility is great fun and we should give it a try. So here’s how I trained: *A-frame --------------------------------------------------- Peace of cake! Nothing could be easier: my master climbed up the a-frame and got stuck there. She cried for help so I bolted up and licked her face. The day was saved! And I was rewarded with a big stone (yes, STONE; don’t you know that flying stones are much more interesting than these boring balls?) *Tire jump ---------------------------------------------------I didn’t like it in the very beginning: it started swinging when I touch it! Anyway, I was forced to jump through [my master just picked me up and threw through]; after a few tries I understood the tire doesn’t bite and now I’m able even to jump over the real swings despite their movement. *Wall jump ---------------------------------------------------The hardest thing for me! I could complete the lower one when jumping after my master, but the higher one (about 1.25 m high) was just mission impossible (REALLY impossible). Yeah, I tried, and once I even managed to touch the top with my nails, but I couldn`t jump over without help. Now I can do the lower one after the first word [if I’m not tired]. *Dog walk --------------------------------------------------- When I was smaller, my master taught me to run over the bench, so now it wasn’t hard to get used running on narrow places. But climbing up is still quite hard for me: it’s very steep, and I always walk slowly [because once I run quickly and felt on my back]. *Waving poles --------------------------------------------------- Every dog that passes leaves a sign on them, so they smell very interesting for me and I can’t concentrate in waving. I just stop and sniff. To tell you the truth the thing I do cannot be called waving, cause the poles are wooden and don’t move. So I just walk round them. It’s hard activity for me, cause I don’t really understand the reason for it. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<*>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>There are no other obstacles used in Agility competition in the town I live in (Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania). But I still have a hope to participate in agility competition one day, so I try to find other ways how to teach these obstacles. Any other suggestions? E-mail me please! <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<*>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Closed and open tunnel --------------------------------------------------- At first I thought my master got MAD: she laid a wrap on the edge of the sofa and pushed me in the "tunnel". I wanted to turn back, but I couldn’t so I moved forward and finally reached the exit. After I found myself comfortable running through, she laid that wrap on the ground and picked up one its edge. She called that "closed tunnel". And it’s the only tick I can use in "real life" - when my human leave me alone, I do "closed tunnel" under their sheets and blankets. Cool, isn’t it? *Pause table --------------------------------------------------- At first she asked me to jump on a normal table, but it was too big. So then she decided to use smaller table in the sitting room. Well, I am very good at jumping on it and laying down, but I just don’t get why after laying for only 5 seconds I have to get up and run! I always use a chance and take a small nap. Hmmm...I guess that’s all I can do in agility. But just look how cute I am! The future agility winner!
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