We're working on speeding up Jake's weave. I'm shaping for speed at the moment (though not letting him away with inaccuracy). A few different tactics:
- I hiss like a furious snake as he goes through the poles (he LOVES that)
- I do my hurry-hurry arm movement and move my feet quickly (dignity? long gone)
- I occasionally lure him through with ham – (harder for me)
I’m really pleased that hissss is his preferred weave-noise. I had been doing a yodelling whee!whee!whee! which even I was a bit embarrassed about in public parks. (And I'm well beyond normal levels of embarrassment in those spaces.)
At agility class this week we were working with a training weave. This afternoon I copied the effect by tilting the first few poles - the idea being to secure the correct entry. The first time I had the pole at too great an angle and Jake jumped it! Quickly fixed, and from then on Jake was finding the weave entry with no problems, even coming from some unusual angles. (I was also working with a couple of jumps to practice turns and pull-throughs for variety.) I always think of levers on a steam train when I see the weave poles angled like this.
It's the second time we've pitched up in this particular park. The tree kept the rain off very effectively. The picture doesn't show this very well, but look closely and you'll see a full-blown cricket match in full swing in the main part of the park - with all the players in their Whites! Takes me back to my yoof in England. Who'd have thought we were in a Scottish park?
- I hiss like a furious snake as he goes through the poles (he LOVES that)
- I do my hurry-hurry arm movement and move my feet quickly (dignity? long gone)
- I occasionally lure him through with ham – (harder for me)
I’m really pleased that hissss is his preferred weave-noise. I had been doing a yodelling whee!whee!whee! which even I was a bit embarrassed about in public parks. (And I'm well beyond normal levels of embarrassment in those spaces.)
At agility class this week we were working with a training weave. This afternoon I copied the effect by tilting the first few poles - the idea being to secure the correct entry. The first time I had the pole at too great an angle and Jake jumped it! Quickly fixed, and from then on Jake was finding the weave entry with no problems, even coming from some unusual angles. (I was also working with a couple of jumps to practice turns and pull-throughs for variety.) I always think of levers on a steam train when I see the weave poles angled like this.
It's the second time we've pitched up in this particular park. The tree kept the rain off very effectively. The picture doesn't show this very well, but look closely and you'll see a full-blown cricket match in full swing in the main part of the park - with all the players in their Whites! Takes me back to my yoof in England. Who'd have thought we were in a Scottish park?
Labels: Agility
G'day Jake
Thanks for coming to visit me ... I love to make new friends!
Cheers
Charlie
Hi Jake,
thanks for signing my guest book. I'll be back to keep sniffing you.
Love
George x
all the best to ur weaving practise...
hissss.....
Those are cool weaves, do they have tape on them? Here we usually use white PVC and wrap them with electrical tape. :)
The weaves are just plain lightweight plastic poles with spikes on the end - very like the poles I see the local football (=soccer) clubs using for their mysterious training in the park. (They probably wonder what I'm doing too...) Our poles are made by a German company, Trixie. I bought mine from Training Lines but Pet Planet also sell them, and I think Amazon may do as well. I like them a lot but they are very long compared to some of the other weaves you can buy, which completely throws our pals when we meet in the park to practise!