Guest hazelthehound Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Hi! I was just wondering how many people here do agility with their greyhounds! Hazel and I are not quite ready yet to really pursue it, but right now we are doing some basic obedience lessons at a facility that also offers agility classes. We also sometimes practice (quite small) jumps in the backyard...just two tiny ones set up right now. (Hazel loves it, goes right over with little direction from me, and will jump them on her own sometimes seemingly just for the heck of it.) Anyway, at some point we do want to get started doing some legitimate agility (for fun, maybe competition someday...), so was wondering if you guys had any experiences or general tips, or even book reccs...? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest grey_dreams Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Jennifer of Never Say Never Greyhounds! Her blogs are full of wonderful and creative training tips, even for those not pursing agility. Jennifer has trained two greyhounds who earned their MACH in agility. She's the best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hazelthehound Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Ooh, wow, that looks like a great resource! Thanks so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambuca Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I'm going to start with my 2 soon. Bu has finished basic obedience. Sailor has finished basic and a more advanced obedience class plus hes in a cross training class right now that includes a little but of lots of different sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest greysmitten Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Krissy is into agility ... http://apexagilitygreyhounds.blogspot.ca/?m=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hazelthehound Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I'm going to start with my 2 soon. Bu has finished basic obedience. Sailor has finished basic and a more advanced obedience class plus hes in a cross training class right now that includes a little but of lots of different sports. Would love to hear how they do. What exactly is cross-training, if you don't mind explaining? Krissy is into agility ... http://apexagilitygreyhounds.blogspot.ca/?m=1 Oh, cool, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwnedBySummer Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 We did it for a season. Summer did better at it than me! She would pull at the leash to get at the tunnel, so she could go through it and please me (she didn't work for treats, she worked for lovings). But I found it boring. Quote Lisa B. My beautiful Summer - to her forever home May 1, 2010 Summer Certified therapy dog team with St. John Ambulance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hazelthehound Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Lol! Summer sounds sweet. Hazel usually has a general interest in what the "right" thing to do is, but she's also just super food-motivated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissy Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Yes, we are into agility. Summit did some basic agility but as he was already 5.5 when we got him he was never destined for a competitive career. That's why I got my puppy. She's 5 months and won't start agility for at least another 6 months. So right now we're mostly in obedience and miscellaneous stuff and no one is running agility... but soon hopefully! Quote Kristie and the Apex Agility Greyhounds: Kili (ATChC AgMCh Lakilanni Where Eagles Fly RN IP MSCDC MTRDC ExS Bronze ExJ Bronze ) and Kenna (Lakilanni Kiss The Sky RN MADC MJDC AGDC AGEx AGExJ). Waiting at the Bridge: Retired racer Summit (Bbf Dropout) May 5, 2005-Jan 30, 2019 Like us on Facebook! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreytHoundPoet Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I keep wanting to try agility with one of mine, but between coursing, conformation, working Renaissance festivals, having a job, and getting my Masters I don't have time for anything else. :/ Quote Masquerade Hounds & The Hounds of East Fairhaven & Ibizan Hound Club of the United States Member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest goofydog Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Jennifer of Never Say Never Greyhounds! Her blogs are full of wonderful and creative training tips, even for those not pursing agility. Jennifer has trained two greyhounds who earned their MACH in agility. She's the best! Can't go wrong with Jennifer! Her training skills are wonderful, upbeat and postive. Her dogs just adore her and rarely take their eyes off of her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambuca Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Cross training is a little bit of everything. Heres the link. http://tailsuwin.com/pages/classes_canine_cross_training.htm My boys are both 6 so I have no intention of competing. Sailor needed some major confidence and training has helped and he enjoys it, so we'll continue to do training. Of course hes terrified of the tunnel, but I don't care. I'll just have him do everything else. As long as we have fun. Bu also seems to enjoy training and loves watching dogs do agility, so I want him to give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kudzu Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Love agility. My first Grey was not into it but the next three were/are. I'm not into competing, just love to train. The dogs practically drag me into the training building. They enjoy it that much. For each there have been one or two pieces of equipment that took extra work but there is a lot of satisfaction once they get it, for me & by all appearance for the dogs as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joviemom Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I would LOVE to do agility with my hound! I hope to be able to do it one day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyPoopon Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Both Pink and Poppy have done Agility. Pink (11) has been having trouble staying sound, so she's not currently training. Poppy (7) briefly got totally fried (scared herself by going over a teeter that she wasn't ready for), but is now back on track. She can do all the obstacles at full height except the teeter (we're getting there) and the weaves (still using a short set with wires). She probably could compete, but I don't want to get that serious. We're just having a lot of fun, and I'm learning more about handling. Maybe when (if) I have fewer dogs we'll do more. Quote Standard Poodle Daisy (12/13) Missing Cora (RL Nevada 5/99-10/09), Piper (Cee Bar Easy 2/99-1/10), Tally (Thunder La La 9/99-3/10), Edie (Daring Reva 9/99-10/12), Dixie (Kiowa Secret Sue 11/01-1/13), Jessie (P's Real Time 11/98-3/13), token boy Graham (Zydeco Dancer 9/00-5/13), Cal (Back Already 12/99-11/13), Betsy (Back Kick Beth 11/98-12/13), Standard Poodles Minnie (1/99-1/14) + Perry (9/98-2/14), Annie (Do Marcia 9/03-10/14), Pink (Miss Pinky Baker 1/02-6/15), Poppy (Cmon Err Not 8/05-1/16), Kat (Jax Candy 5/05-5/17), Ivy (Jax Isis 10/07-7/21), Hildy (Braska Hildy 7/10-12/22), Opal (Jax Opal 7/08-4/23). Toodles (BL Toodles 7/09-4/24) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedHead Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I would also love to do agility. I am not sure if Teague would be so good at it though....we are starting to practice very basic stuff for fun at home with weave poles. I don't think there are many places near me who do agility..and if they do I think most require basic obedience first which I am not really so keen on doing. I would love to do something like coursing, but again, there is nothing close by Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Giselle Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 (edited) I never competed with my past grey, Giselle,because I was busy putting all my training efforts into the Dobermutt. Giselle was just as easy to train basic agility skills as any other dog, though. My Dobermutt is highly trained in agility, but we cannot compete (she is dog aggressive). So, we basically train with everyone and watch them go on and earn their letters while we dream of what could have been... Sigh! That said, if you're really into agility, subscribe to Clean Run magazine, and find a trainer who competes. There is a lot of foundational groundwork necessary for doing agility skillfully and cleanly, and it's a process that takes a lot of time and repetition. It's also incredibly fun Good luck! Clean Run: http://www.cleanrun.com/ Edited February 1, 2013 by Giselle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Greyt_dog_lover Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Agility is one of the things that helped my shy girl come out of her shell. She has gotten to the point that when we get into the arena, off comes the leash and she is totally focused on the commands. She loves it and I am so proud of my little girl. Chad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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