I need help. I am trying to start agility training here in China. I am an American and I need excellent material. Can anyone please help. Their idea of training is to put food in a bowl and if the dog eats, it is trained.
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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I need help. I am trying to start agility training here in China. I am an American and I need excellent material. Can anyone please help. Their idea of training is to put food in a bowl and if the dog eats, it is trained.
Do you have a puppy or an adult dog?
Have you trained your dog at all or are you looking for help with everything (basic obedience as well as agility)?
I have two dogs. Both are Border Collies. One is a 1yr. old male and the other is a 6mos. old female. Both have been marker and obidience trained (and they continue being trained). The older dog has just started jumps. Both dogs are well mannered. I have kept them away from local dogs because I don't know anything about those dogs. With that being said, both of my dogs need to be socialized with other dogs (they are fine with people).
Also I have followed Leerburg training to the letter. My dogs are not the best in the world. However they are better looking and better mannered than anything I have yet to see in China.
How about if you look through that while some of the agility experts get around to seeing this thread?
Also, as to the socializing, do they see dogs even in passing during the day? I mean, do you see a potential problem that you need to address or are you wondering how to assess how they will react to agility stuff with the other dogs?
Yes they do see other dogs during the day. I really need to control them, they want to run and play. There is no fighting, only showing who is dominant. I am very cautious around other dodgs (maybe overly cautious). I try to keep others away, especially while I'm training. I am not sure if the dogs are ready for the distraction stage of training (ir maybe I am not ready for the distraction stage). My main concern is that if we get into the agility ring and they see other dogs, their consentration will be on the other dogs instead of what they are supposed to be doing.
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I am not sure if the dogs are ready for the distraction stage of training (ir maybe I am not ready for the distraction stage) - Helen He
Hi Helen
If your dogs are responding well to training without distractions, then bring in the distraction level slowly. You can start with one of your dogs on a backtie close by (for the distraction), while you do obedience training with the other. Teach them that the reward comes when they focus on you, and not on each other!
I am doing what you have suggested. Here is the problem. Others let their dogs run wild and while I am training other dogs come to us and distract my dogs. People here believe that dogs should be allowed to be 'free spirits' and they really do not restrain their dogs at all. People are amazed at what my dogs do, however they don't care if they distract our training or not. Sometimes it is very frustrating.
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