Building Drive and Speed – Agility Puppy Training
Friday, March 4th, 2011 at
8:32 am
www.pamsdogacademy.com I have been working with Twix on many things, but I thought that I would videotape some of the agility things that we have been working on. He is so much fun to work with. I have a long long road ahead when it comes to agility, but he is really loving it and I love working with him, so it is a win win! Have a great day! Pam & Twix
Video Rating: 4 / 5
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@nicolebodea Well, my other BC Bandit does agility and he runs Open AKC, but I know he will be in Excellent soon. I did trials with Isabelle, but she was not really into it. I think that Twix will be amazing, but I really do hate competition. I do it, but it really is too stressful for me.
Awesome great job!!!!
) How far do you wanna go with agility? Like AKC level?
Fantastic!
That was awesome
@bordergirlsmom You are so awesome Kathy, I love having a friend that is really into agility as well! You are so right as far as his reading my body cues. He is a clever dog. One day I went out and said, today I will teach him a start line stay and at the end of the session, I was already proofing it. He is so smart! Bandit Smart! BC Smart! hehe! Thanks for the nice comment! I really hope we get to meet in person one day! I feel like I know you!
I would think Twix is being a very good boy and reading your body motion-he has already figured out your collection cues and how to read your body and really looks like he does not want to race past you when you are standing still–he is a one smart puppy and looks great! The forward send was an interesting concept for my dogs when they learned it because they watch body motion so carefully
@Rickyagility TOO funny! I thought the same thing about Bandit. He is really fast and I kept thinking that his contacts would just get faster with confidence and that really has not happened. So, I am starting Twix out with speed.
I am actually fine with Bandit’s contacts being slower since he did break his left Tibia when he was 6 months. I baby him and want to make sure he is safe! 
I want Twix to be safe too, but there is something about a broken bone that really makes me worry!
Building drive and speed is the main thing I would change about the way I trained Ricky – I didn’t know anything when we started agility and thought that since he is a naturally fast dog he would be fast at agility. Wrong! You’re really smart to work on it with Twix and looks like he is getting it! Good job!