Hi All My wife signed the pup up to agility classes. I was very sceptical so I went along. Wanted to check it all out for myself. What can I say I'm a tad protective of him. The trainer people.. Good no bs and the pups welfare was the priory. He was by far the youngest pup. Strange environment for him six other pups and owners (although they split us into two groups). He was by far the best behaviour/basic training wise. (I really cannot recommend hand feeding enough although I have taken every day of my holidays so I can do this). great socialising and keeping his mind active. He also clearly loved it. Buzz now being totally killed by my mother-in-law and sister-in-law. Having a go at my wife over one of those Alexa things. Over everything we are doing. Sister-in-laws dog is way over weight and will take things off the side. Mother-in-law got rid of every dog she's had. Every professional trainer and vet (UK five or six years training) has said he's perfect keep up the good work. Sorry think I needed to vent. How do you deal with everyone having an opinion? Chris
Ignore them and keep up the good work! I’m sure you know to keep exercise low impact in the early months to protect bones/joints. We started agility at 10 months but there was very little jumping at that stage just good guiding/ hand signals/ balance and building up confidence with strange objects. I did find that a lot of dogs doing agility were highly reactive to other dogs which was slight off putting.
Hi J.D Part of the reason I went was the thought of things being too much for his body. Pleased to say everything was flat on the ground as it could be including the Jumps. He walked over them at the start. Also no weaving. As soon as a dog trainer said it's their job to train the person I thought "yea like this one". I've been told that a lot of competitive dogs can be really reactive. For us the agility classes are going to be about keeping an active body and mind. At the end of the day he's a breed that was originally a working dog but we are keeping him as a pet.
