Ready Peter "Over" ....he's just jumped, Good Boy....."Close" - follow my arm signal, next to me that's right.....and all off the lead - Wow!
We arrive at school on a bright morning and much warmer on the training field! We’re ready to work and show off some of Peter’s new social skills, but there are no classmates to be seen! Has he scared them off? No it’s just holiday time being half term so Peter is the only one not missing school, no skiving for him!
With Chris, the teacher, we decide to put Peter through his paces on the agility equipment. During the week I had read how Fox Terriers love the agility challenge, and do far better at this than obedience because the pace is faster with the focus constantly changing. This makes sense and corresponds with Peter's Fox T character. Put simply - they don’t usually excel at obedience, Peter supports this theory as he gets bored quickly!
Within seconds of showing him how to weave in and out of poles he had grasped it and flew through, with me getting a bit tangled in his lead! The jumps he took to like a duck to water, not surprisingly as he is always leaping about! I got a bit confused with my lefts - back commands and rights - close commands! Once I’d got the hang of it we had Peter jumping over 4 jumps in a row, go boy! Also, worth pointing out that he did this off lead, while Chris was working one of her dogs off lead in the same area - no incidents to report, remarkable!
See Part 2 - play time!
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