How to make the dog go through slalom faster

[hunden]

Hi! ?

Is there anybody who trains Agility? I have one question. My Tervis loves Agility and he is really starting to understand what slalom is about, but he is jumping like a small terrier or something insted of running through. How do I make him to do right? ? ?

Best Regards,
hunden

[reggenesi]

Hi!

we are training Agility since two years and this spring we've started to compete.

I don't know exactly, what your problem is. Is your dog jumping outside? How did you learned him the slalom?

We have had also a slalom-problem. My female doesn't want to make faughts and so she was doing the slalom very slowly. I've tried to motivate her with food and playing. That was difficult for me, when i motivated her  too much she was coming out.
Our trainer said i should just let her as she want, she would get faster when she has more training. And it's true. She's getting faster and faster, it's a real pleasure to look at her doing the slalom.

Best regards
Monica

[hunden]

Hi! ?

Well, he is jumping(bouncing) with his front legs he is fast(he has the motivation, a ball)...but not enough  
I want him to run slalom like a Border Collie  


Best regards,
hunden

[reggenesi]

Hi,

now i know what you mean ;-)

I've never trained the kind of doing slalom (she is chaning the sides only with one leg), only make her faster. Sorry!

I prefer dogs which are "jumping" as you are writing, it's much better for their legs! The ellbows and shoulders are not so strongly loaded.

So, i wish you good luck that you will find a method to reach your goal :-)

Kind regards
Monica

P.s.: Are you coming to the Agility World Championships (for all breeds or the ones for belgian shepards)?

[hunden]

hehe...I started to train Agility with my dog  6 months ago, he is not ready for that kind of competition. We will start competing in October...maybe next year  


Best regards,
hunden

[reggenesi]

Hi!

We are also only as visitors there  

Best regards

[Saskia]

Dear,

I do not know a lot about agility but in Belgium the is a Tervueren breeder who breeds mainly for agility, has already several dogs who run very well (I even believe in grade 3) and he is a certified agility judge.  He should be able to help you.

His e-mail address is Carl.De.Rouck@skynet.be and his webaddress is http://users.skynet.be/bs138047/

Greetings,
Saskia

[hunden]

Thank you for the info! Im a little bit shy but I will contact him...

[blackntan]

We have been training Agility for 3 years with our Terv.  Recently my wife was told to place "channels" on our training poles to guide the dog on the right path.  Our trainers said that this will give the dog confidence to work only on speed without worrying about being corrected for "popping out" of the poles before finishing.

When we started, our boy was "two-stepping" or hopping through the poles.  After 4 months, he is just now starting to "single-step" like the border collies do.  Right now his speed has decreased but he is just getting familiar with the new stride.  He is gaining confidence and speed each week.

We used flexible plastic irrigation tubing attached to the poles to form a channel that only allows the correct path through the poles.  I would highly recommend this technique for dogs that already understand the slalom (or weave poles here in Canada) to build speed.

Thanks,
Eric

[hunden]

I know that kind of slalom training, but I never tried it with this dog. I will start with that to see how it works

Thanks  

[Nikki]

I think it has to do with the way you introduce slalom to the dog and train. We started that we separated half of slalom to one side and half to other side and lure him through with a ball or a toy. He was allways fast. Then we slowly started to decrese the gap. If he made a mistake I took a step back and increase the gap again. He slowly begane to curve between the poles. And then one day I could put the poles together. And when he knows how to make slalom, you tease him with a ball or toy (whatever he is really crazy for) and you end up with BC speed...

[Saskia]

Hunden,

Did you already contact Carl De Roeck with your question?

Saskia

[hunden]

Hi Saskia!

No, I didnt contact them.. Im little shy to people I dont konw  . Right now Im only training obedience, but in the Spring I will get my self together and ask..