For the love of agility! Most dogs that do agility LOVE it. Training the obstacles and sequences with positive reinforcement creates a strong desire to interact with them. “Going” becomes a highly valued reward for the dog. If you do not train or handle the stopped contact performance properly with clear criteria and cues, then your dog can get confused. Then those lovely stopped contacts will start to deteriorate - maybe without you even recognizing the first signs. Your dog’s behavior might st

Puppy Training for #DogAgility. It is foundation, foundation, foundation. It’s fitness, strength training, flexibility training, balance, proprioception, understanding of flat work, understanding of verbal cues, it’s all this in more. Cavaletti training starts young for my puppies (3-4 months old) and carries on throughout their entire lifetime. It’s doing the “boring stuff” well that allows us to do to the “exciting stuff” well! #AgilityNation #Handling360 #ThisPuppy #AgilityFoundationTraining

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