Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Agility beginnings

Summit has finished his level 2 obedience and is starting level 1 agility the first week of April! I am so excited! In obedience we did 15 minutes of agility at the end of every class, and Summit has done very well! He does the tunnel, tire, jump, and A-frame (not even close to full height of course) and can do them off leash when asked/directed. We are working on the height of the jump, but considering he couldn't jump before we started I think he's doing quite well. He's jumping about 2 ft right now. After an initial difficult beginning to the tunnel he now offers to run through without being asked. In fact, after class last week I was playing fetch with him, and as he came back to me one time he decided to run through the tunnel. Go figure. Right now apparently the answer is "tunnel".

4 comments:

Never Say Never Greyhounds said...

Cool! Can't wait to see some agility videos. 2 feet should be his full height so you are there.

Apex Agility Greyhounds said...

I'll have to measure and figure out what his height is. It didn't seem high enough compared to when I watch Riley running... but he's quite a big boy so maybe he just makes the jumps look smaller!

Janette Ash said...

Hi I have been following your blog for a few months now. Congratulations on your beautiful pup. I have a rescue greyhound from GRA London, Ontario. We have started agility also. Thank you for sharing your training tips and videos. It is very inspiring to see other greyhounds training for agility and obedience. Thank you Janette, Kingston, Ont.

Apex Agility Greyhounds said...

Thanks, Janette. I hope you will enjoy agility with your pup as much as we have here. Summit is also from GRA originally.