mgrams wrote: > Another question I have is: > > What agility obstacles are the most difficult to train a Cavalier to perform? =============== I've trained three Cavaliers in agility, and my observation is that you cannot compartmentalize Cavaliers that way. Our first agility Cavalier, Tyler, had a definite problem with the weave poles. I since have found that Tyler tended to intellectualize agility training and did not suffer repetition gladly (he tends to intellectualize everything -- if an agility course calls for running through the same tunnel twice, he will pause before entering the second time and give me a look as if he thinks I must be making a mistake since he's been there already). Weaves are nothing but repetition. I also attribute the problem largely to not knowing how to train the weave poles very well. I've learned a lot about agility training, especially the weave poles, since I started training Tyler six years ago. With different and more effective weave pole training, the next two Cavaliers have not any "issue" with the weave poles as Tyler had.
Our second agility Cavalier, Dickens, took many months to master the teeter. This was because I mis-trained him initially when he went up one side and slammed the board down on the other side onto a concrete floor. It spooked him, and his philosophy is that he will not fall for the same dirty trick twice. So, we had to start over with the teeter, and it took a very long time. Our third agility Cavalier still is in training. He benefits from all of the training and seminars I have participated in over the years, and he is learning each obstacle in a much more careful and effective way than the first two dogs did. He has not had a major problem with any particular obstacle, but since I am gunshy about the teeter, that is the one we are going the slowest with. Rod Russell Orlando, Florida USA ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
