We are progressing towards doing the seesaw. The trouble with the seesaw is that it moves under the dogs' feet; scary! I built a couple of wobble boards for the class to use, one the classic with a thing in the middle so it tips in all directions, the other a very short plank with a pivot in the middle. They seemed to go down well. I was surprised at the range of reactions. My own dog was very suspicious of them, and would only put his feet on for a treat. At least one of the "beginner" dogs was happy to walk over it just to get to the other side.
I also put the A-frame in. Unfortunately our a frame does not lower. I had to tell them to be very careful so as not to scare the dogs. Most at least went over it, but this needs resolving. Someone is in the process of making a training a frame for the class so hopefully this will lower and can be used for the less confident dogs. Best dog in the class at this? A yorkie! Shows you that you can never predict these things!
We had the channel weaves out again. I need to bring a spanner to class as they are tiltable poles, and they keep tilting themselves. One dog has been taught elsewhere and needed luring and cueing for each pole and had a very slow weave. By the end he just needed the handler close and cueing with her knee. I think this dog will soon get the idea. The others are doing OK on lead.
We did a couple of jumping exercises on a double box. This confused people, but we will keep working on this, it's the first handling exercise we have done really.
In all they are all still learning, which is the main thing.
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