Wow, we had a great response to our first Friday Fusion Contest! It was hard to wait the weekend, but we have a winner. Congratulations to Emily Heitz, who was the 10th person who answered correctly! She won a free practice weave pole set of her choice. (Sorry, so many people participated in this first contest that I can’t unload all the comments for viewing this time. I have to check with my web programmer, but I think it would fill too many pages!)
Friday’s Fusion Question:
In what is known as the “Weave Pole Challenge”, how many weave poles does a dog have to do?
ANSWER:
60
Don’t forget to check back again this coming Friday for another contest to win another prize! Every contest will be different (including its method of winning) so there will be chances for everyone to win.
Meanwhile, visit and comment often! There will be new posts almost every day. And ever once in awhile we’ll even have a surprise contest in the middle of the week!
April 7th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Wow, I just love watching these dogs weave like maniacs! I wish my little Cairn could weave like that, although he is more of a tunnel dog. I wonder if there’s a good training technique in teaching your dog to weave through so many poles and remain so consistent? Does it depend mostly on the drive of the dog, or the training of the handler?
April 7th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Hello “AgilityRunner”, Great question. Definitely both. Dogs aren’t naturally driven to go that fast through weave poles without a trained motivation (reward) It is the handler that harnesses this power in the dog. For some great community comments and ideas on motivating your dog in the weave poles, visit this post, about weave poles, and this one, about motivating your dog to go faster.