Agility Training for Dogs and Puppies Part One

Agility training with your dog or puppy is great fun and beneficial to your dog's health and well being. Here are some tips to get you started. Many owners wonder how many jumps they should use to begin training. The answer is, as many as possible - at least four hurdles, or your dog will get bored,going back to the start every few seconds.

You can teach a variety of skills, drills and exercises: four jumps will allow you to work on a short jump chute or jump grid. You can setup a "box" with your jumps and practice handling, collection, and 270 degree jumps. Your dog can learn to jumping to left and right. You can be outside the box and send your dog in, or you can direct him from inside the box. The jumps can be set in a horizontal line so that you can practice slalom circuits.

To progress further, ideally you need eight jumps. This allows you to set up two boxes, with one introductory jump. This multiplies the number drills you can practice with your dog. Your jump grids can be of recommended size and quantity of jumps. You can also set up your jumps in a circle with the jump bars perpendicular to the circle or on the circumference of the circle. This pattern also enables you to train a variety of skills.

You can really get ahead of the pack and have two sets of eight jumps. This is the ultimate in training because you can keep a jump grip up at all times that is separate from your course work, and have eight single jumps to have for course work. more Agility Training Tips.. 1) Dog Behaviour Training Problems
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