Pawz At Play Agility

14/05/2022

Very Interesting, worth a listen :)

14/05/2022

Would like to welcome Havok (Timatosha Havok Rennes) to our family 🙂

Timatosha BorderCollies

26/08/2021

𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 are found in young dog's bones. They are a place where bone cells grow, mature and calcify. Their main job is growing the length and width of the bone. Closed growth plate (solidifies into bone) means that the bone is done growing. It is the weakest part of the growing bone and can be damaged (fractures, stress injuries), resulting in possible growth deformities.

𝐃𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬, so doing too much of the same thing is not good with them. It's better to strive for less repetitions/time and more diversity in exercise or training. This does not refer to not exercise pups at all, they need and benefit from various activities and exercises, but there are certainly some things we as dog owners can put some limits to in order to avoid putting excessive stress on their growing structures.

𝐃𝐎𝐍'𝐓𝐬
❌ Long walks or hikes, where your pup is not able to take some rest or go at his own pace
❌ Repetitive starts and stops like running after and stopping for a ball
❌ Jumping off objects (such as from the sofa, or down the higher objects in the environment), repetitive running up and down the steep hills
❌ Repetitive tight turns around the objects, sudden stops (landing after jumps, or to pick up a toy), fast changes of direction

𝐃𝐎𝐬
✅ Instead of doing a 5km walk do two half an hour walks where your goal is not the distance but rather the different experiences your puppy can get exploring different terrains, sniffing, playing, etc.
✅ Find flat or slightly varied terrain to prevent running up/ down the hill, jumping off things
✅ Playing gentle tug, food games; nose work games such as searching for a toy or a treat in the grass
✅ Working on puppy manners and useful behaviours you will need when the puppy grows up (recall, leash walking, settling...)

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫: healthy puppies aren't made of glass, and shouldn't be kept on exercise restriction, but we should use a common sense when it comes to encouraged activities - for example instead of exploiting their natural instincts of chasing, by having them chase a toy until they drop down dead tired, spend rather some quality time with your pups with a variety of different lower-impact activities where you let your pup dictate his pace. This will help your dog grow in a confident, capable and fit young adult. ;)

22/06/2021

Your feet play a more significant role in handling than your arms. 👣

When you think about it, you realise that your dog’s head is naturally quite low. So when our students are waving their arms around rather than using their feet, we ask them to get down on the ground and see what it looks like from where their dogs are. 🙃

The direction of your toes, and of the steps that you take, give a lot of information to your dog. You can use your feet to shape a turn, or to help your dog commit to an obstacle, by taking a step towards the takeoff point. The direction of your feet is important when sending the dog to obstacles from a distance, sending the dog to the backside of a jump, or in a Lateral Push, where you are laterally further away from your dog.

Learn more 👉https://hubs.li/H0QL2dy0

30/12/2020

Off Leash Parks are Not Socialisation

Ever wondered why your dog gets hectic in off leash areas and why when back on leash he or she is a bit reactive to other dogs. The cause is too much uncontrolled off leash exposure and not just to dogs.

Most people are conditioned to take their dogs to off leash parks all innocently in the name of socialisation.

Sadly this is not the way to go.

The meaning of Socialisation is "learning to be social within constraints". There is nothing controlled about an off leash park.

Off leash parks are a breeding ground for impulsive behaviour that in the vast majority of cases is detrimental to teaching dogs how to interact.

If you have ever attended off leash parks I am sure you can identify with the following;

The Bully - This is the dog that runs around smashing into other dogs and being a nuisance,
The Herder - This is the frustrated herding dog that is continuously running around trying to herd all the dogs and sometimes kids,
The Ball Thief - This is the ball obsessed dog that just wants every ball being thrown,
The Unsure Dog - This is the dog that never leaves the owner's side and is not at all comfortable.

While dogs enjoy playing and get to expel some energy, the potential for problems to occur is very high.

In my role as an Expert Witness for court, by far the majority of assessments I have to do are from dog to dog and dog to human incidents in off leash parks.

The best place to take your dog to learn how to be social is a well run professional dog training center which allows on and off leash interaction under guidance and control.

Dogs need to play and run but they also need to have their behaviours directed and made socially appropriate.

Check out this link: https://youtu.be/iB8zhvQ4jIQ

For information about us, or if you are in need of help, please visit:https://www.k-9iq.com/

-9iq

04/12/2020

(SHARABLE) AN IDIOTS GUIDE TO DOG SPORTS - Extended Cut

Author: Ruby Welsford of Ruby, Betsy and Milo too

Truffle hunting - Dog Owners That Shop At Waitrose

Search and rescue -.when you want to be really poor...and muddy!

Rally - dogs and signs and s**t

Rally-Free - see above but with groovier moves

Mushing - Furry uber racing

Working Trials - For police dog Handlers who never really retired or for those that want to be dog Handlers when they grow up

Trieball - For collie owners that want to try herding but too poor for sheep

Tracking - you walk around over there, and then go get your dog and walk around over there.

Weight pull -

a. People think you do it to wind up the furmoms online. Little do they all know in all other parts of your dogs life, you are one.

b. Looks exciting, actually a bunch of sitting around doing math.

Fast cat - people training the long recall. 😆😆😆

Lure coursing - for people who can't run and don't have time to train a more labour intensive sport 🤣 just sit back and watch the dog do all the work!

Canine Athletics - for those that got banned from PE but own a canine olypian

Trick dog-

a. when you really want to pretend that your show dog actually does stuff other than sit in a kennel and prance around a ring but don't want to actually do anything

b. You have an over trained collie type that will throw a strop if any other dog but her, is in the arena as its ALL ABOUT THEM AND EVERYONE SHOULD WORSHIP THEIR DIVANESS, take 3 adults to be carried OUT the ring to STOP showing off their MUCHLY SUPERIOR INTELLECTS but when you put the video online you get people accusing you of treating your spoilt canine that gets treated like royalty like a tormented circus animal...

Earthdog - people standing around nodding at each other while somewhere in the distance, a dog is screaming.

Hoopers - fat dog Agility that's why the tunnels wider/legs too short to jump 😂😂/It’s croquet with a dog and no mallet

Barrellers - Like Hoopers but for clubs that have a well oiled comittee

Agility - for people with dogs fitter them them

Jumpers - for agility people that like to complain about contact obstacles

Tunnellers - for agility people that complain about contact obstacles AND jump heights

Helter skelter - for agility people that really like running in circles

Conformation Showing - for billionaires that want to become millionaires

Canine Dressage - for those that always asked santa for a pony but never got one

Flyball - demand barking as a sport

Gundog - dead thing fetch

Working Trials - for those that didn't get into police academy

Canine conditioning - people with dogs fitter than them that like colourful blow up shiny things

Carting - for those who fancy a horse and carriage but on a budget

IPO - They spell k9 with a numeral

Disc - the opposite of what you teach in obedience

Toss and fetch - nothing to do with Wi***es, everything to do with fetching frisbees

Obedience- for when you really enjoyed marching drill

HTM - people walking with their dogs in fancy lines to music

Freestyle - socially acceptable adult dressing up with dogs doing cute tricks

Bikejouring - fancy doggo scootering

Canicross - marathon runners who realise no dogs allowed

Dock diving - essentially a doggy belly flop competition

Mondioring- so hardcore you don't even spell things k9 any more

Sheepdog trials - people with collies that never played Joseph in the school nativity play

Barn hunt- you only enter for the hilarity of watching your great dane squeeze through tunnels meant for jack russells.

Scentwork - spaniel owners who watch too much 24

Lure coursing/terrier racing - no I promise the lunging and screaming dog is NOT being abused

Parkour - Imagine tony hawk as a dog

Conformation - a highly athletic sport consisting of a really long stand stay whilst getting fed sweeties whilst letting a stranger measure your dogs baubals. When you write it like that, it looks a bit Dodge.

Once again inspired by Aimee Gardner when asked by a client what rally is responded with the very descriptive answer "it has like signs"

To see our very informative guide to canine careers, check this out:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1358263837851838&id=723694491308779&sfnsn=scwspmo

Disclaimer: The above is for people that actually have a sense of humour. If you are offended by this, this probably not the page for you 🤣🤣

02/12/2020

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18/11/2020

How to Develop a Focused, Motivated Dog Who Loves Tugging (even if you've tried and failed before)

25/10/2020

So true

The importance of smaller steps

07/10/2020

I saw this without credit to the creator but the statement came from Chad Mackin of Pack to Basics

05/10/2020

As promised for all of you wanting to know more about teenage collies:

UNDERSTANDING THE BORDER COLLIE: LIVING WITH A COLLIE TEENAGER

Most of us appreciate that adolescence - or the transition through puberty to adulthood - can be a time of considerable physical and mental upheaval for humans. But not all of us realise that the same can apply to dogs, as they leave their more puppyish dependency on us behind, and begin to develop - or experiment with - more independent ways of thinking and behaving.

Canine adolescence, too, can be tough for dogs. And something of a watershed moment, where all the different growth pressures, as well as neurological and hormonal changes, going on in their bodies may more strongly expose any deeper weaknesses in their physical construction (such as Hip/Elbow Dysplasia) or inherent nature. If a dog is going to show more marked tendencies towards fear, aggression, more obsessive behaviour patterns or heightened social anxiety when out, it is likely to be around this time.

Adolescence will typically begin in collies around 6-7 months, and will be more obvious in changes like bi***es having their first heat, or male dogs beginning to c**k their legs and scent mark. Thereafter it can last until up to two years. However, in every dog adolescence can be a different experience, in terms of the changes it brings in them, and how long these will last.

Some dogs will sail through their adolescence barely changed in any way, whereas other collie teenagers may present you with more challenges. They may, for instance, seem to have suddenly 'forgotten' all the earlier training you did with them, or no longer come back to you so readily when called. It can be easy to view this as the dog becoming more 'defiant' in outlook, when really the dog's capacity to maintain greater focus/concentration/responsiveness is being greatly compromised by the pressures of growth.

Every day the dog's body is growing, their brain needs to make new neurological connections to all the new cells and tissues that are developing inside. This can render their brains like constantly overloaded power stations, and poorer memory, focus, or even more impulsive and reckless behaviours can all be the result. Dogs can suddenly seem much clumsier too. These behaviours should all right themselves again once growth is complete, and providing the quality of the earliest training you did with your collie, as a puppy, is really sound. Because adolescence, alas, can also highlight any flaws inherent in our own earlier training of our dogs.

Sometimes, at adolescence, collies may seek to more actively avoid doing something you are asking them to do, not just down to teenage 'brain fog', but because this is an aspect of their deeper developing nature - i.e. one that is more obsessed with control, and a fear of losing or surrendering this control to others in any context. As outlined in my books, this is a part of some collies' inherent wiring that you must know how to recognise, and work with, in all elements of their training and daily management, if you are not to have a far more frustrating life with them.

My books also highlight how a better evaluation of any collie's basic nature - and more personal strengths or vulnerabilities - in puppyhood can make you that much more prepared for the dog's adolescence later, in terms of what is likely to become a bigger issue for them as they grow, and what you might do, in advance, to stop this happening.

In truth, no matter how bad it can sometimes seem for some owners, most collies do get through the trickier waters of adolescence, to become far more civilised adults later on. Expect some bumpier moments inbetween. But never lose faith that the lovely dog you had before adolescence, won't return to you again if you just hold on tight and see the journey through.

One thing I have not had time to mention here is the impact of neutering procedures on dogs, and the effect these can have their later physical and psychological development or health, if done too early; including before or around adolescence. But this will be the subject of a later feature.

All text © Carol Price 2020

24/09/2020

🛇 Use your Manners! 🛇
The Sniff test - Stop doing that!
The sniff test - a badly engrained habit that society has been taught, without a clear understanding of what they're actually doing.

🚩When you reach out towards a dog, you are using body pressure AT them, giving them no time to assess whether you are safe & whether they require further investigation to pick up your information. You are forcing an interaction of a relationship that hasn't had time to develop. To some dogs, this is quite rude & the reason a lot of dogs snap at or bite people. This can cause alot of behavioral issues because of layered stress due to forced interactions.

🚩If they are on lead, they have no where to go if they are sensitive to spacial pressure, so can end up shutting down, shying away or snapping at your hand so you back off. This is an example of how a dog is now using pressure to turn off pressure & make you back off so they aren't so stressed.

🚩People think by offering your hand it can give the dog time to sniff to know you're friendly... they can sniff without being forced to sniff your hand.Their noses are far more superior than ours & they don't need close contact forced upon them to smell you.

🚩Some dogs might not want to know you. You have no relationship with them and that's perfectly fine. They aren't your dog so you don't need to touch them or steal pats for your own satisfaction.

🤔 If you are meeting a dog, what should you do?
⚠Ask the owner if you can interact with their dog. Not all people want strangers touching their dogs. Especially strangers who you are unlikely to see again.
⚠Stand up straight & relaxed, with your hands at your side.
⚠Ignore the dog & talk to the owner.
⚠Don't stare at the dog & don't try to force an interaction by going in for a pat. If the dog wants to know you, it will come up to you & sniff around. Usually they will move away & then come back for a second sniffathon. Some dogs will bunt your hands & wag their tails, which are good signs that you're likely an accepted new friend. Give them a few slow pats down their back (NOT THEIR HEAD) & then stop. Is the dog happy? Has it accepted your interaction? This will determine whether you can give it more pats.

🐶This is a more stress free option for dogs & a reason why in consultations we can develop a good level of trust, especially with fearful dogs & aggressive dogs, without a bunch of negative side effects from forced interactions.

09/09/2020

Interesting

Have you ever wondered what the agility course looks like from your dog's perspective? I recently interviewed agility competitor, judge and instructor, Nicki Gurr, about the effect color choice has on how well your dog performs!

08/09/2020

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25/08/2020

Nitro's 1st Place Jumping Dog Open All Height Classes

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20/08/2020

Business advertising in style. Cant wait to use on the boys

30/07/2020

I use and recommend

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25/07/2020

TRAINING TUESDAY: Using Sight Lines to Accurately Setup/Build Agility Courses. AgilityNerd STEVE SCHWARZ shows you an easy way to set the angle of your jumps correctly. Read more: https://usdaa.com/news/training-tuesday-using-sight-lines-to-accurately-setup-build-agility-courses.cfm

23/07/2020

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04/07/2020

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07/06/2020

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Information session with AKC Agility Director Carrie DeYoung to learn about the new AKC ACT 1 Virtual Entry option where video review is used..

03/06/2020