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Originally Posted by yorkiemini  If you are working your dogs outside be sure you do NOT jump your dogs on concrete! Put down rugs or rubber mats for them. The lawn usually has cushion but the concrete is hard on their joints. Even in the house/basement I put Rpet down when she jumps -- and she is a jumping machine!
If you get a board that is not too slick/slippery and Make it a little teeter with just a piece of PVC it will help them get used to the teetering without it being to drastic a movement. |
Oh thanks! We're on hardword floors now so I put down 4-5 little rubber backed rugs to prevent slipping. I'm not asking them to jump too high, 6 inches at the most (for Tink who's 16#) but Sapphire jumped it anyway. Right now I'm happy if they just walk over it, lol.
Is it just the movement that makes the teeter totter hard to train? I was looking at some of the training equipment they use to teach balance and all that. What got me thinking of doing this is I have a Little Tykes doll cradle that they've been using as a bed for forever. I usually stick a shoe under it to limit the rocking motion, but it always slides out. Sapphire jumps up onto it and stretches up to try to climb in my bed, and the thing is rocking back and forth like crazy the whole time... her and Tink's balance on that cradle is amazing. So that's what got me thinking I should try them with agility, lol. They've also all been kayaking (no rapids) and they love it!
I do plan to start with anything they do being close to the ground for safety's sake, then gradually making things taller working up to what one would see in competition. That's a great idea for a beginner's teeter though... thanks!