A Sort of flyball |
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To start with I taught Jamie to go over one jump. I threw the toy over it and encouraged him to fetch it back. When he'd got the idea of that I asked him to sit and wait while I placed the toy on the other side of the jump. Being a retriever cross he's very keen to fetch anything. |
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Before long we were
able to build up to two jumps. As you can see I've kept them low and
they're only spaced the flyball distance apart which is ten feet. |
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Away over four jumps |
..and back again |
It looks easy when you see it like this but it does take time and
patience to show a dog how to play this game. It helps if the dog can learn to wait while while you place
the toy. It's possible that this might help with waits on the
start line at a show but I've never had the courage to try that one.
I've made a little video if you'd like to see it. The husband was busy
watching rugby at the time so I set the camcorder up on a tripod.
If you try this at home don't do what I did the first time. Make
sure the camcorder's level or you'll get a lovely skew wiff movie clip.
Thanks to John from the Hillam Hot Dogs Flyball Team for putting me right on the distance between hurdles. |
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