Oh, man, Winston, we could use a little Sophie magic! Speed is not an item here! LOL Course, we're just starting out, so maybe it'll get faster as we go along. I'd settle for them being able to walk the weave poles by themselves, and go over the hurdle, through the hoop, and into the tunnel on command. The tunnel we got is a long one and it doesn't lend itself to being shortened for training (it's too springy and wiggly to be compressed and staked) so we're going to have to train it the hard way, by coaxing the dogs through with thrown treats. So far, Lili has attempted a two-body-length foray into the tunnel to retrieve treats, but Grace will only go in up to her shoulders and declines to put a paw into it at all.
Speaking of treats--yep, Lili's surely enjoying that part of it, g~G! She's already gaining a little fat layer, so I'm going to have to start withholding some of her breakfast and using
that as her training treats. Otherwise, she's gonna be rolling through tunnel like a beach ball!
If Lili and/or Grace take to this, I'd love to get a teeter! And a dog walk and an A-frame! They're a little pricey, though, so we may have to look for plans to build our own.
