Hi.Olga,

Rod's agility is accurate and loyal to my directions.He rarely fails in weave poles. He sometimes gets one-stride with the last three to four poles.At times his speed differs. If you have any advice about his weave pole, please let me know.Is there any way to keep his speed and form stable?Is it necessary for him to do so?I do not stick at all to speed. I want to make weave poles easier for him to do.Sometimes I think that his way of using legs is clumsy.

Megumi

This is the complete set of exercises and videos that make up Agility Dynamite Video Lesson 19 taught by Olga Chaiko.

Lesson 19 is dubbed "Hard Parts Only!" The course layout is a take off on the difficult parts of an AKC JWW course crossed with a USDAA Team Standard. The featured contact is the Dog Walk, so prepare to sprint. Students are invited to tackle multiple jump discriminations and off course possibilities on every turn.

This is the complete set of exercises and videos that make up Agility Dynamite Video Lesson 18.

In this lesson we concentrate on jumping skills and highly technical handling. Sequences feature sends, straight-aways, pinwheels, serpentines, threadles, tunnel entrance discriminations, weave poles leading to nowhere combined with wicked entries, and diverse spacing between obstacles ranging from very generous to quite tight. Have fun!

 I have a question about weave poles.  For a small
dog like Treena, would it be harmful (i.e. not a good
idea) to practice her on a set of weave poles with a
3/4" PVC base?  My feeling is that it may not be a
good idea as she would have to be clearing the height
of the base.  

Chris 

Here is our second Skill Building Agility Dynamtie video for Lesson 7.

This comes from course 2, and deals with the entry and exit of the weave poles. How to get the most speed in and out. 

01/12/07

My second question relates to burst of speed with Pickle. It looks like you are asking Alicia to run to a position at the end of the weave poles, wait for her dog then pull the dog past her .... to launch the dog toward the next obstacle.Â

 

This is a video of Olga working with a young Border Collie learning the weave poles. The dog is starting to learn the idea behind the poles, which is to weave.