Piper continues to excell in her obedience classes. She is coming out of her shell and will try anything new with encouragement. Belinda has brought out the agility equipment just to expose the dogs to new things. Shy little Piper took on the tunnel with just a little push the first time. The next week, Belinda stretched it out and put a curve in it. I barely said tunnel before Piper was shotting out of the other end. I had to run to meet her. We were all shocked. Maybe she is going to be an agility dog. She was so proud of herself, that I think we will try agility next to build her confidence.
Question for agility people, if anyone other than my family reads this. Are there aggressive dogs in agility? There is one in my obedience class and I know he competes and he tends towards the aggressive behaviors. He gets fired up when the other dogs in class get excited. Does this happen in agility often, or is he just a bad example.
Piper is very passive and I don't want to put her in class with a bunch of wild and agitated dogs. Any suggestions?
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Hi!
I compete in agility with my dogs over here in the UK. There are occasionally dogs who are aggressive or over-hyped, but generally the owners are aware and attempt to minimize any possible damage. Incidents are few and far between, thankfully!
My younger dog Dylan lacks in confidence and can get very upset by aggressive dogs. He has been competing for a couple of months and has been attending shows since he was 9 months old, and has never met anything other than friendly dogs.
If you want to do agility, try going along to look at a couple of classes in your area first, see if you like the trainer(s), how their classes work and how hyper the dogs get.
Sounds like good advice!! Will be fun to help get Piper interested in doing the required courses.
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