My dog is 14 months old and so capable of doing agility, he is eager to please and loves jumping and has the energy for agility. What he lacks is proper training and proper social skills for this sport. I know, it is my faulthe hasn’t had a healthy social life with other dogs, but how can I fix this. He doesn’t hurt other dogs, he just likes to be dominant. I just can’t find anywhere close to me where I can take him to train for agility. I don’t want to spend much on training because, if he doesn’t do good it’s a waste of my money. But if we get into it and he’s good, I’m willing to spend good money for him in this sport. I’m willing to spend as much time training him as possible. But, with school I don’t get to train him as much so I do as much as I can with the time I have. He knows to bow, sit, lay down, give me his paw, sit pretty, stand up, smile, and walk on his hind legs. He’s a very loyal dog. Please don’t lecture me with not spending time, I love my dog and would die for him I spend as much time with him as possible. He is about 45-50 lbs. And is a german shepard, chow, rottweiler, lab mix. He is wonderful and his name is Biscuit please help me out.!
Is It Too Late To Start Agility Training With My Dog? 10 Points Best Answer!!!!?
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First of all, it is definetly not too late to start training! He sounds like a very smart and loyal dog from what you’ve said. It would be definetly worth it to try and get him into agility. If there are no training places nearby, then you may have to consider training him yourself. But don’t worry, its not that hard! I’m 13 and I have trained my labradoodle to sit, lie down, roll over, spin, sit pretty, stay, come, shake hands, smile, kisses, and agility like jumping, weave poles, tunnel, and see-saw. All you have to do is be patient, never scold your dog for doing wrong (a firm NO! may be appropriate though) and only to award him with good behavior. Equipment can be purchased or made at home with pvc pipes, fencing, and wood.
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its not too late! i have a 2 year old lab i just started training him recently to hunt. and hes pretty darn good at it. you just have to be determinded to do so. im in college and me and my dog practice 3 times a week.
Definitely not too old. Go for it. You can do the classes on Saturdays, but it is a lot more than just one class and you’ll need to work with your dog afternoons after school also.
Your dog should be a good age to start training. It sounds like you work with him when you can so he does seem to understand commands and is on his way of being a well trained dog. Puppies are excluded from racing until they are at least 9 months old. Now would be a great time to start training seems how he’s not too far behind. They recommend dogs older than 8 to enjoy their retirement years. Good luck and I hope it all goes well and remember anytime you can spend with your dog will be the best time for you both.
Not too old … in fact, the regulations used to state that you could not compete with a dog less than 18 mths of age and most clubs would not train impact work (jumps) to animals less than 18 mths because of the potential for damage to the developing joints. Given all the ground work you have done with your dog, I’d think that starting him off on obstacles will not be very hard.
You don’t have to spend a ton of money to train for agility – you can make homemade obstacles for not much (a couple of electric fence warratahs and a length of light pvc tube makes a perfectly good jump, a handful of warratahs or straight sticks can be a weave, an old plank can turn into a dog walk etc). You should be able to find a club that will let you enroll for one term without paying the annual club fee, by the end of which you will have some idea of whether or not you want to continue. Contact your kennel club and local dog obedience / training groups – many clubs are affiliated and you should be able to get an idea of who to contact from them.