Sled dog breeding

[SternRose]

My agility trainer says Rascal will be awesome at agility. But we need to work on my son who is handling him. My son took him on the high balance beam without permission or a spotter. When I saw Rascal up there I couldn't believe my son did that, I nearly had a heart attack. The trainer and I both got there as quick as we could, without running to spot, then got on my son for recklessness. Rascal was unfazed by it all and then did it again, properly this time with the trainer spotting. Gotta teach my son to think safety first or he will lead Rascal to injury and ruin. Rascal does have a problem with the weave, but he is willing, just don't know what's expected of him yet. Which is OK, we have only done 2 agility classes and he is already doing some of the sdvanced obstacles well. The biggest problem is my older son thinking Rascal is invincible. He needs to learn to watch out for and protect Rascal from possible harm, but not taking advantage of the dogs willingness to do whatever is asked of him.

Phantom is great at weaving, loves the A-Frame, will do tunnels but needs coaxing, and does the low balance beam well. He does not like the teeter-totter or the chute, and gets lazy on jumps sometimes knocking bars down. But I think he can become a good agility dog with more time and practice. Again we have only gone to 2 classes in agility so he is doing great.

Sasha will only be an OK agility dog. Many of the obstacles bother her. She takes the jumps and A-Frame well. Won't stay on the balance beam, won't get on the teeter-tooter, has to be coaxed through tunnels and forget the chute, lol. We haven't even tried her on the weave yet. But, it's good exercise for her, she is about 3 pounds over weight and so I'm looking at agility training as part of her weight loss program. I have no issue with my youngest son training with her and Phantom, it gives me a break cause I'm too old and have too much back pain to run the coarse. Sasha is his dog, and she will only work for him. The bond between them is something I don't want to interfere with. The way we work it out now is my son trains her in obedience, he also trains her in agility until she gets too tired. Then he gives her to me and takes over with Phantom while she an I rest together. Guess she is my lazy partner, lol. Once she is rested, my son and I swap dogs again. It was the best compromise we could come up with, and it means my son is learning to handle 2 very different dogs. Phantom is non-stop, overly confident, and just a natural, when my son has him i have to watch to make sure their recklessness dont take over. Sasha is the opposite in every way, she is slow but steady, a great dog to put with a risk taking kid, add in the fact that my son is very concerned about her and she is such a gentle cry baby and he has been learning great restraint handling her.

Sounds like a GREAT match. U have fast lwarners

 

[Americano Blue]

My agility trainer says Rascal will be awesome at agility. But we need to work on my son who is handling him. My son took him on the high balance beam without permission or a spotter. When I saw Rascal up there I couldn't believe my son did that, I nearly had a heart attack. The trainer and I both got there as quick as we could, without running to spot, then got on my son for recklessness. Rascal was unfazed by it all and then did it again, properly this time with the trainer spotting. Gotta teach my son to think safety first or he will lead Rascal to injury and ruin. Rascal does have a problem with the weave, but he is willing, just don't know what's expected of him yet. Which is OK, we have only done 2 agility classes and he is already doing some of the sdvanced obstacles well. The biggest problem is my older son thinking Rascal is invincible. He needs to learn to watch out for and protect Rascal from possible harm, but not taking advantage of the dogs willingness to do whatever is asked of him.

Phantom is great at weaving, loves the A-Frame, will do tunnels but needs coaxing, and does the low balance beam well. He does not like the teeter-totter or the chute, and gets lazy on jumps sometimes knocking bars down. But I think he can become a good agility dog with more time and practice. Again we have only gone to 2 classes in agility so he is doing great.

Sasha will only be an OK agility dog. Many of the obstacles bother her. She takes the jumps and A-Frame well. Won't stay on the balance beam, won't get on the teeter-tooter, has to be coaxed through tunnels and forget the chute, lol. We haven't even tried her on the weave yet. But, it's good exercise for her, she is about 3 pounds over weight and so I'm looking at agility training as part of her weight loss program. I have no issue with my youngest son training with her and Phantom, it gives me a break cause I'm too old and have too much back pain to run the coarse. Sasha is his dog, and she will only work for him. The bond between them is something I don't want to interfere with. The way we work it out now is my son trains her in obedience, he also trains her in agility until she gets too tired. Then he gives her to me and takes over with Phantom while she an I rest together. Guess she is my lazy partner, lol. Once she is rested, my son and I swap dogs again. It was the best compromise we could come up with, and it means my son is learning to handle 2 very different dogs. Phantom is non-stop, overly confident, and just a natural, when my son has him i have to watch to make sure their recklessness dont take over. Sasha is the opposite in every way, she is slow but steady, a great dog to put with a risk taking kid, add in the fact that my son is very concerned about her and she is such a gentle cry baby and he has been learning great restraint handling her.

I like jumpers courses. Just jumps and tunnels. my friends dog is great at it

 

[SternRose]

I like jumpers courses. Just jumps and tunnels. my friends dog is great at it

Nala will be great at jumps and tunnels, board walk, swaying bridge, maybe Shutes. But not the cwraling and tire jump. Might do good on the weaving. She can do the 3count wait. But she won't Carrie the dun-Bell. But we will see.

 

[Starfire669]

Sounds like a GREAT match. U have fast lwarners

I was amazed at how fast the dogs learned the different obstacles.

 

[Starfire669]

I like jumpers courses. Just jumps and tunnels. my friends dog is great at it

Lol, each of the 3 dogs loves different obstacles. They definately have minds of their own. But the kids and dogs have fun, burn off energy, and become much more handlable for obedience training.

 

[SternRose]

Do u have a pic of phantom

 

[Starfire669]

Do u have a pic of phantom

Phantom is the black and white puppy with blue eyes I posted a picture of already. I haven't forgotten about getting a picture of him stacked. But right now I am moving Dawn's crate to a more secluded area. She is in a high traffic area and every time another dog passes she is growling and snarling at them. I will get that picture of Phantom in a stack as soon as I can.

See Dawn's crate was put were it was because of how social she is. But now I am moving her to a corner of the living room that has a couch right there. So only the front will be open for her to see the others and I plan on covering that. But that means the DVD case has to move to make room for her crate.

 

[SternRose]

Phantom is the black and white puppy with blue eyes I posted a picture of already. I haven't forgotten about getting a picture of him stacked. But right now I am moving Dawn's crate to a more secluded area. She is in a high traffic area and every time another dog passes she is growling and snarling at them. I will get that picture of Phantom in a stack as soon as I can.

See Dawn's crate was put were it was because of how social she is. But now I am moving her to a corner of the living room that has a couch right there. So only the front will be open for her to see the others and I plan on covering that. But that means the DVD case has to move to make room for her crate.

Ok, no hurry, Dawns props. More in portant. ill look for his pic.

 

[Starfire669]

Ok, no hurry, Dawns props. More in portant. ill look for his pic.

I am so beyond furious. We were getting ready to move Dawn when she went up against her crate snarling and barking. Fiona reacted and started doing the same on the outside of the crate. I had Fiona's collar and was slowly backing her off, I'm not strong enough to haul her around, but she does listen, she backs off 1 step at a time as I talk to her and pull on her collar. My husband decided we weren't moving fast enough and tried to grab Fiona from the front, she bit him predictably. He made a horrible face, and raised his hand. I shouted NO, and stuck my left hand between him and Fiona. I have a jammed thumb from the force of the hit, he did not strike Fiona. He knows better than to grab any dog from the front in that kind of situation, I know I taught him better than that. Plus I had her under control, she was backing and obeying me, Dawn was in her crate. If anything he should have done something with her, like step between them breaking their eye contact, which I did tell him to do. Instead he grabs Fiona shoulder and tries to push her backwards. Of coarse he got bit, the dogs were locked on each other, he made no noise and grabbed her.

I have also repeadley told him to never strike my kids or dogs when he was angry. A spanking is one thing, hitting while angry is not acceptable. I am getting ready to take Fiona out of the house for a walk, I need to get her away from Dawn and my hubby at this point. Maybe the walk will help me cool off too.

But on a good note, Dawn was moved without further incident. And Fiona is safely back behind a gate in my sons room away from the living room were Dawn is. The whole reason this incident happened is my kids forgot to close the gate.

 

[Americano Blue]

Nala will be great at jumps and tunnels, board walk, swaying bridge, maybe Shutes. But not the cwraling and tire jump. Might do good on the weaving. She can do the 3count wait. But she won't Carrie the dun-Bell. But we will see.

you have a different 4h then we do.