This past weekend, our club hosted an agility seminar with Stuart Mah. Although Stuart competes with Border Collies, I learned some new skills to try with my dogs - ie, teach the dog to "find" the obstacle without backing up or turning around so they will learn to go on ahead of you.

Now, if you have Ridgebacks and run agility, you know that many of them have to be "tended" over every obstacle. That might be okay when you're young and agile yourself, but these old bones are looking for some distance and a remote control!

Here's one of our practice runs: This is Prize, she is just over a year old, hence the low jump heights, and she was the youngest pupil with the least amount of experience. I think I see the beginnings of a fast and willing competitor in her - if I can just get her to understand and look for the next jump instead of the treats that MIGHT be in my hand!




Lots of new ideas to try!