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Training an agility dog from 8 weeks to 18 months
Description: Step by step training from early puppy stages through to its first competition.
Best features: Roxy is absolutely lovely from day one - a pup that every Border Collie/agility lover would die for – a real credit to her owner and breeder! The video is easily available for agility addicts. It is best watched in small segments so it can be related to your young agility dog. Filmed every two months, this video follows Roxy's training, starting with puppy play training - all done with Agility in mind. Later at six months old, we see Roxy having fun with Puppy Agility. At 12 months we follow Roxy's introduction to jumping and the big Agility Obstacles. Finally at 18 months, we see Roxy at her first Agility Show. I think the best part of the video is seeing Roxy at her first competition as you can really admire all the of the hard work and witness the long winter months of training come together - and it all comes together so well with lovely clear rounds! The video also shows mistakes that a young dog (and handler) can make. This is vital for all agility handlers to witness first hand, showing that even experienced handlers with new dogs do get it wrong from time-to-time but also to see that it all works out well in the end. Could be improved: The only real down side to the video is ROXY! You will want a red border collie just like her. She is absolutely gorgeous and will make all true border collie lovers want such a delightful puppy and young agility dog. Roxy is patient but keen at the same time and demonstrates to us all that you get out exactly what you put in to such a young and intelligent dog! Although I could have watched the whole video in one sitting, not even I love agility that much! The ideas are good and what a lovely result! I'd really like to know how Roxy is getting on now! Production: There is one really windy day when filming was obviously difficult and the quality of sound is not quite as clear as it could be. Apart from this, the quality of filming and the clarity of the production is generally good. Approx. two hours long. How do you rate the outer
packing, introduction blurb and author credit. (as relevant) Overall rating: 9/10. This training guide offers great value for money and is an excellent video to watch when you have a new puppy or rescue dog for agility. The video should get a great deal of use as you will be able to train your new agility dog for each separate stage and also watch and re-watch the clips so that you have something to compare your progress to!! The video also demonstrates that all handlers and young dogs do at times go wrong and I think this is invaluable to both new and experienced handlers! Price: £22 (including UK postage) Europe - £23, Rest of the World £24 Value for money: Excellent value for money – it’s a great way to enhance your puppies early stages and will have long term use in almost any agility home! My pup went to her first couple of shows and had a great weekend as I didn't do any with my exams - she had a fifth in Open Agility and a first in Novice at only her third show at Wye. I'm sure it was the video! Now I just need a new video to tell me how to handle the tricky courses! Orders to: Ruth Hobday Also available from
Her first Agility dog was Riki, a large Sheltie. He did very well running both at Crufts and Olympia, but his achievements were quickly eclipsed when Heidi (Sealight Hurricane) came on the scene. She quickly became the top dog in the UK and stayed there for almost three years. It was during this time in 1987 that she gave up her job as a primary school teacher and began her business Hurricane Dog Training - named after Heidi, not the weather. This was a big step to take but she's never regretted it. She'll never get rich but she's got to see some of the world working in the USA, Canada, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Portugal and Holland. Since beginning agility, she had written several articles and then a friend suggested she write a book. In 1989 Agility is Fun - Book 1 was published. Book 2 followed in 1992. They have sold well aboard as well as in the UK and have been translated into German. In 1998 Volume I of her new books Agility Fun - The Hobday Way was published by Clean Run Productions. This was followed by Volumes II and III. In 1991 she started to produce Agility training videos. These were a great success, and she now has eight different ones on sale, covering all aspects of agility training. As well as doing training seminars, Ruth judges Agility both in the UK and abroad and still competes. Roxy has been competing for just over 12 months now - she loves Agility, is very consistent and has won several rosettes. However this season she and Ruth haven't done many shows. This is because they've been in the process of moving house and business to Anglesey. They are now settled in a lovely spot running a camp site as well as training Agility. The two business fit together really well and with her friends Peter and Delia Roberts, who live next door, they are able to offer Agility and Flyball training with camping on site. This is a beautiful area with super walks for the dogs, a river to swim in every day and many lovely beaches close by. It is hard to drag herslef away from here but next year Ruth hopes to get to a lot more Agility shows and really see what Roxy can do.
She soon began her training at the farm, initially with John Omlo of Valgray Rescue. Almost straight away, she became completely obsessed and has been re-arranging her diary ever since, trying to fit in endless weekend shows and training which she thoroughly enjoys. She really doesn't know what she did before agility!
Lauren is planning on getting a third BC at some point in the future - possibly a puppy from Popi - along with a much needed larger car! It all depends on her ever changing circumstances - one minute she want to be a solicitor, the next she want to be a teacher. Who knows what surprises lie ahead of her and her mad BCs. Whatever it is, she knows that agility will be always be a highly influential factor! |
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2002 after the bug had truly bitten, she purchased my second dog from Tim and Michelle Knee.
Lauren is over the moon with Popi, her black and white Border Collie Popi who is everything she
wanted in my second dog and much more. Popi was 18 months old 17 May 2004, and so she has just
started competing in the South West and already has a couple of trophy’s to her name.
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