I know it’s been some time since I said I was going to post video of Micah’s progress with his weave poles. Our progress has been a little slower than I would have liked, in part due to me! and my lack of organization. But I think he’s coming along nicely.
He is doing 8 poles at home, with a fair amount of speed, but he lacks consistency. He frequently doesn’t complete all 8, but I have a plan for working that. Alas, I was so excited to go to agility class the other night and show my instructor how well he is doing, and he looked at her set of poles like he had never seen one before! Ha! What was that about generalization? And how dogs aren’t very good at it? (That’s why you always have to work something in LOTS of different places, for the dog to really GET it). OK dog trainer – start moving those weaves around the yard a bit. Oh yeah, I remember now. Duh!
Anyway – here’s the video of him and his 8 poles. I have a longer version (still under 3 minutes) of a summary of 2 poles to 8 poles, but I really think the only one who might be interested in that is Gail. Let me know if anyone out there is dying to see it, and I’ll post it.
Here’s the link:
Tags: dog trainer, Micah, weave poles
That was too cute! Go Micah!! What an enthusiastic little man. Mickey, I wish I had your patience; it is really paying off. Love the vids. Hope you post more of them.
Team Micah all the way!!!!
Thanks Gail - it’s so much fun! I’ve never had a dog that would really RUN through the weaves before. Danes can’t really do that, at least Tessa never could. He’s a blast!!
Wow..you are amazing Micah! I need to send my tribe to you. It is probably too late now for an 8 year old Min Pin(Winnie), 7 year old Boxer(Briggsy) and a cranky 8 year old Lovebird (Wilma).
Well, he IS coming along, but we’ve been working on these for quite a while.
Not to brag…but my granddog Izzie or Izzalina as I like to call her. runs like that without the weave poles…she is just crazy. So, it does make me wonder if she would like to try this or if she is too much of a free spirit! Anyway Micah was fun to watch…great video!