Comments on: Contact Zone Crash-Course

By: AgilityFusion

AgilityFusion — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:05:47 +0000

Yay!!! Do you know why they felt up contacts were important to judge? I was never very certain about that.

By: indabi

indabi — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 07:16:53 +0000

… oops … make that the up contact on the dog walk. The up is still judged on the teeter. Still, HOORAY!

By: indabi

indabi — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 07:15:44 +0000

As of September 1, 2010, the (AKC) up contact is NO LONGER JUDGED. Hooray!!!!!

By: Pamela

Pamela — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:39:09 +0000

Hi Faith,
Overcoming the clicker fear is relatively easy to fix, but will take time (which is half the battle for us I know!). I would suggest using the clicker, but not for training. You can use it often throughout your day, especially at happy times. When your dog is outside romping and playing, for example, and you are relatively far away, do a click. Or when your dog is eating his dinner. You can muffle it in your pocket at first. I have also seen a clicker with a volumne control if this would help. You may not ever want to train with a clicker (there’s varying opinions about them, especially whether they are that advantageous in the majority of agility training) but overcoming any fear for a dog is a huge leap toward increased confidence, especially in environments where that sound is common.