We don’t have much green-space where we live, just a tad,
but there will still be canine exercise and there will still be funky weave
entrance fun; can be one in the same.
My agility instructor, Merinda, said early on that I didn’t
know how lucky I was that Layla had great weave entrances (she also once told
me in class that Layla had pulled off a jump after getting confused by my
on-time cue; I cannot dispute that observation).
I did have to survive a short spell last spring when even
the weaves turned up some deficits.
Layla would do ten then, TUNNEL; or eleven then, JUMP. Those were times that needed help. I got off my cheap rear, planned my usual Lowe's/Home Depot fix, and added 6 electric fence poles to the real 6 weave set that I already had; admitting even art needs maintenance.
Then we put weave games into the rotation of our small scale practice. After a
while we got this game going where I send Layla through the weaves while I just
stand there with a ball in my hand.
Saves wear and tear on my shoes and gets her to not worry about where her slow human is. Just at the exit, I toss the
almighty Chuck-it ball (preferably a "Whistler"); her toy from heaven, and
happiness ensues. I’d never do that in a
trial (no ball, too much excitement) but it keeps her honest on doing all
12. Ten or eleven doesn't play ball. I am hoping for her to maintain a doggie
memory of finishing the twelfth weave and seeing a blue, rubber ball flying
straight at her head. It’s what dreams
are made of; doggie and human.
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