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It was a behavior that she enjoyed, and
it enabled us to build some excellent
distance, but it quite quickly turned into
a pounce, which doesn't work for contacts since she can pounce right across
the contact area. It's also not great for
her shoulders to take that sort of impact
from an angled plank. So I signed up for
an online running contact class. From the
outset my main concerns are her stride
length and the particular way that sight
hounds run when they're at full tilt. Their
stride is huge and their entire back bends
as their front feet come out around their
back feet to kick into that glorious stride.
Will Darcey have the motivation to
change her stride as she comes down
the plank? Will habit be enough? When
a dog lacks working drive and you
struggle for motivation, you do have
keep in mind their intrinsic motivation,
or, in other words, activities they enjoy
with no training. Sighthounds love to
run at full tilt; most of them find speed
extremely rewarding. That enjoyment
may well overtake any training that I
can do. That's obviously not a comment
on the method I'm following, simply an
overall appreciation of training sight
hounds. Again, it doesn't really matter
as teaching a stop is easy if that's what
is required. Meanwhile Darcey is having
fun with this training. Any training that
she enjoys is valuable and she's building
a lovely association with planks.

Like most sighthounds, Darcey loves
to run at full tilt.

From previous experience I know that
to turn, Darcey will have to collect and
change her stride pattern. The method
I am using for running contacts teaches
turns later so it will be interesting to see
if she can adapt. Shady will be taught his
turns on the ground before he starts on
a full dogwalk plank. My next concern
is my overall ability to handle a running
dogwalk; again, this is not a comment
on this method. The UK has recently extended the minimum distance between
obstacles to 5 meters, which is just over
16ft. This applies to all obstacles and is
measured center to center, so we no
longer see a turn back to a tunnel under
an A-frame or dogwalk. This is ideal for
running contacts, as the challenge previously has always been those turns. If
dogs overshot the dogwalk, in many
cases a stopped contact was faster if a
turn back was asked for. Those new distances might also make it easier to load
the dogs onto the dogwalk safely from
a distance.

Just because a dog CAN jump...
doesn't mean that he knows HOW to jump.

Dexi seems to have no problems with
the dogwalk. He runs through happily,
sending out to his food toy, I'm happy
with it, as there's no real way for me to
mark a contact behavior at speed given
that he's deaf. I'm happy with the forward focus and I'm only withholding reward if he comes off sideways, or leaps
right across. He's working a full dogwalk
that is perhaps 2ft. high.
Next month I'm going to sit down and
formally teach all three dogs their turns
and then assess where we are with contact training. Over all, I'm really happy
with the way that all three dogs are
progressing. Once they've been systematically taught their turns around
the wings, we can start to make life interesting! Given that I've been running
dogs in agility for more than 30 years,
and what I really love to do is compete,
I'm currently congratulating myself on
my restraint! D

I started agility training and competition in the late 1980's, about the same time I started clicker training,
and have also competed in working trials and obedience. After all these years, I still think agility is the best
of all dog sports for both dogs and handlers, and clicker training is the best way to teach it. I am a positive
trainer because reward builds behavior so much faster and better than any other method. If the solution
to a problem is going to upset my dog, it clearly isn't the right solution. I thoroughly enjoy training my
dogs and teaching others. Over the years I've been privileged to teach all over the world, from Australia to
Japan, and across North America and Europe. I have worked with many talented handlers and thoroughly
enjoyed every moment. Contact me via my website at www.kissagility.com or via my Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/KISSagility.
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