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View Poll Results: Agility Yorkie? | |||
Yes my Yorkies Love Agility! | 2 | 7.14% | |
Planning/would like to start training | 11 | 39.29% | |
No, not for us, thank you | 9 | 32.14% | |
Would like to but need more information first | 7 | 25.00% | |
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03-01-2005, 12:27 PM | #1 |
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| Yorkie Agility It's come up from time to time so I wanted to hear from you all - how many of you would like to or actually do agility training with your Yorkies? |
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03-01-2005, 01:11 PM | #2 |
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| I have 4 yorkies. All of them have competed in an agility trial. All of them love it!! My Avator picture is a picture of one my yorkie (Ann) at her first AKC agility trial. She is 4.5 lbs. Last edited by yorkieagility; 03-01-2005 at 01:17 PM. |
03-01-2005, 02:20 PM | #3 |
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| I found a lady here in Grand Junction that has a "ranch" and teaches "flyball" but we both pretty much agree that Toto is too small for that. She has a lady who uses her place to teach agility [which is really what I would like for Toto]. Toto and I are flying home this month and I will be bringing my car up as the agility classes conflict with my husband's work. So ... hopefully by the end of March we will be able to go out, look it over and get Toto enrolled! I have to find exercise for her ... she has added more weight to her little frame even on the restricted diet!! I just know it's her lack of exercise!!
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03-01-2005, 03:37 PM | #4 |
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| Small could be a good thing! Bettyanne - Yorkieagility would be better able to answer this than I but my understanding is with Flyball - the jump hight is set by the height of the smallest dog. Having a small dog on your team is an advantage! How small is your dog? |
03-02-2005, 07:23 AM | #5 |
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| Yorkies are harder to train in flyball than some of the other breeds but not impossible. There are 32 yorkies are registered with North American Flyball Club. Twenty of them have points toward a title. Nineteen of them have at least 1 title. Their only limitation is whether they can trigger the box, and small dogs often have to fully jump on it to do so. The hurdle height is determined by the shoulder height of the smallest dog(height dog) in the team. The jump height is 4 (10 cm) below the shoulder, to a height of no less than 8(20.3 cm). So if a yorkie is on a team, the team is usually guaranteed to jump a 8 jump. MOST TEAMS SEEK HEIGHT DOG! The smallest dog to compete in flyball is Dixie, a Pomeranian is owned by Carol Fatheree of Texas AllStar Express weighs in at 3.5 pounds. |
03-02-2005, 08:18 AM | #6 | |
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03-02-2005, 08:28 AM | #7 | |
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03-02-2005, 10:08 AM | #8 |
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| I'm sure there are people out there that are more than willing to work with your dog. Look and ask around at your local agility clubs or agility trials. However, the best thing is for you, if you can, is to be able to run your own dog. Its more awarding and a lot more fun. Plus 75% of agility is learning how to handle your dog in a course. |
03-02-2005, 07:46 PM | #9 | |
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