Juno is doing great in her agility class but she's having issues with the a-frame. Sometimes she does it, and if she does it with enough speed she's fine; but if her pace is slow at all, she slips a little bit at the top and that freaks her out enough that she won't do it the rest of class.
Today we tried getting her amped up, I restrained her while the trainer teased her with food and called her, and once she was really excited we took off but she still wouldn't go up it. So next run we got out a toy, squeaked it and played tug, got her super excited about the toy... tried luring her up the a-frame with it and she did slightly better, but still couldn't get to the top.
Any suggestions for what else we can do? I'm going to bring her favorite toy next class to see if we make more progress with that, but wondering if there are other options.
Today we tried getting her amped up, I restrained her while the trainer teased her with food and called her, and once she was really excited we took off but she still wouldn't go up it. So next run we got out a toy, squeaked it and played tug, got her super excited about the toy... tried luring her up the a-frame with it and she did slightly better, but still couldn't get to the top.
Any suggestions for what else we can do? I'm going to bring her favorite toy next class to see if we make more progress with that, but wondering if there are other options.