Tango in the weaves
Hey – it’s “Fran on Friday!” Our agility instructor told us that dog training is like the spinning plates act in the circus. The performer has a dozen plates on sticks that must be kept spinning or they crash to the floor. The same thing with dog training – obedience, agility, basic household stuff, it doesn’t matter.
This was brought home to me today by my boy Tango (Brussels Griffon). He’s in Master Standard Agility, but that doesn’t mean that we can let his training just drift. At a trial a couple of weeks ago he popped out of the weave poles at number 10 (there are 12, and they must all be completed in one run). Not just once but a couple of times. Tango loves his weaves, so I didn’t think a whole lot about it. Until today.
Since he started having start-line performance issues a few months ago I had been focusing on Rally Obedience to get him interested in a different sport. I haven’t taken him to agility class this session, but we’ve been doing some training on our own. And as Tango’s little brother Booker is just in Novice I’ve only been putting up 6 weave poles when we practice here at the shop. Today I set up the full 12 poles. And Tango popped out at number 10. Hmmm. That plate has fallen. Now I know what to work on…
