Comments on: Starting Agility…. http://www.flyingpoodles.com/2008/02/24/starting-agility/ Poodles, Dog Agility, Dog Training... and Knitting Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:17:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: admin http://www.flyingpoodles.com/2008/02/24/starting-agility/comment-page-1/#comment-128 admin Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:38:24 +0000 http://www.flyingpoodles.com/?p=154#comment-128 Hi Vicki-- The absolutely most important thing in starting agility is that your dog wants to play with you. Notice I say "play" and not "work". The dog should see playing agility--which is really very fancy dog tricks--as an enormous amount of fun. Do you enjoy training your dog? Does your dog enjoy the training process? Are you patient? Before I let a dog start a basic-level agility class, I'm looking for a dog that will sit and wait for at least a few seconds, that comes when called even in the face of mild distractions, and that thinks his handler (that's you) is the coolest thing going. If you introduce yourself to the Yahoo Agility Poodle group (http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/AgilityPoodle/?yguid=110613064) someone on the list probably knows a good agility trainer in Idaho. There are 600 people who are doing agility with poodles (of all sizes) on that list. Diana Hi Vicki–
The absolutely most important thing in starting agility is that your dog wants to play with you. Notice I say “play” and not “work”. The dog should see playing agility–which is really very fancy dog tricks–as an enormous amount of fun. Do you enjoy training your dog? Does your dog enjoy the training process? Are you patient?

Before I let a dog start a basic-level agility class, I’m looking for a dog that will sit and wait for at least a few seconds, that comes when called even in the face of mild distractions, and that thinks his handler (that’s you) is the coolest thing going.

If you introduce yourself to the Yahoo Agility Poodle group (http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/AgilityPoodle/?yguid=110613064) someone on the list probably knows a good agility trainer in Idaho. There are 600 people who are doing agility with poodles (of all sizes) on that list.

Diana

]]> By: Vicki Brook http://www.flyingpoodles.com/2008/02/24/starting-agility/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Vicki Brook Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:52:24 +0000 http://www.flyingpoodles.com/?p=154#comment-127 I live in Idaho and an just starting with standard poodles Im looking for advice on starting agility I live in Idaho and an just starting with standard poodles Im looking for advice on starting agility

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