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If someone were to never take a class, but train agility entirely at home, what is all the things they should be teaching from day one? Unfortunately, most know about my correctional training club I am at right now.. it's not helping Marq, but only continued to make matters worse.
I'd like to start from home, entirely from scratch. He never got too much foundation training. I've taken an advanced agility class from an excellent trainer, but never been to a beginners class to see how the professionals start from day one. I simply started by slowly teaching Marq the obstacles one by one.
What are the foundation/flatwork exercises that you believe should be taught before ever really doing much agility? How do you think agility should be trained right from teh beginning?
I want to fix Marq's problems, and I think starting right back from the beginning would really help him. I can't afford a better trainer. I don't have my license. I don't have a car to get there, and the only other trainer(who is really good and I will attend her classes again someday) is an hour away. But, I do have 9 or so years of experience training and competing in agility and obedience. I know many other people that have trained their dogs entirely at home without the use of a trainer, and I'm ready to this as well. Though I certainly would love as much online help as possible. (And I'd be more than glad to read books as well, but I can't afford to buy any right now.. so they have to be available through my library. And no, I don't have Clean Run.. I'd lve to, but I can't afford it.)
I'd like to start from home, entirely from scratch. He never got too much foundation training. I've taken an advanced agility class from an excellent trainer, but never been to a beginners class to see how the professionals start from day one. I simply started by slowly teaching Marq the obstacles one by one.
What are the foundation/flatwork exercises that you believe should be taught before ever really doing much agility? How do you think agility should be trained right from teh beginning?
I want to fix Marq's problems, and I think starting right back from the beginning would really help him. I can't afford a better trainer. I don't have my license. I don't have a car to get there, and the only other trainer(who is really good and I will attend her classes again someday) is an hour away. But, I do have 9 or so years of experience training and competing in agility and obedience. I know many other people that have trained their dogs entirely at home without the use of a trainer, and I'm ready to this as well. Though I certainly would love as much online help as possible. (And I'd be more than glad to read books as well, but I can't afford to buy any right now.. so they have to be available through my library. And no, I don't have Clean Run.. I'd lve to, but I can't afford it.)