Agility Training for Dogs : Teach the See-Saw During Dog Agility Training

[silver7z3]

I might get a border collie this christmas and am thinking about training it agility so it gets plenty of exercise and will give uys both something to do :)))

[misspalousepony]

@silver7z3 awww that would be great! I do agility with my staffie and that keeps him occupied and fit lol :)

[horsebaby4ever]

k so, how do u get the dog to GO ON THE FRICKEN SEESAW?! my dogs not trained like tht. i want my dog to learn how to go on it.

[drummer01020102]

@horsebaby4ever first thing you wanna do is get his front paws on it use a treat or his favorite toy and put it jus on it to make him get used to standing on it, once hes okay standing on it then put treats up the seesaw just out of his reach to make him have to move up the seesaw to get them the crucial thing here is making every bit of the dogs training a plesent experience to make him want to do it again.

[nicdhim]

Thanks for the video, it was really helpful. I taught my dog to do the see-saw in only one hour thanks to this video. Thank you! :)

[agileagility]

For everyone saying "this dog is trained" ... duh. It's her dog and sh showed you how. It doesnt happen overnight. It takes LOTS of hard work

[lisad884]

its a good video

[brunofavretto]

foda-se

[WestieAgility]

but its not that simple

[flybybutterflies]

I train my guinea pig and hamsters for agility too, you can watch some of my videos. =)

[EssexTed]

Wow what a simple idea!! but so easy and effective! Thanks so much for putting this on!

[wonder5665]

go to ladies limbo it is adorable!!!!

[jpredwing19]

I agree with jenniloo2. How do you start with a untrained dog.

[JoeDonFan]

With the basics--targeting and 'sit' and 'down' and so on. This gives the dog confidence--not in him or herself, but in you. Then you start with agility training, and the teeter is about the last thing you train the dog for. You're not going to start a dog straight to the teeter.

[KIBAfang90]

oh i started with the teeter its liberty's favorite obstacle to this day.

[HarlieDiva]

Why show a video that has a dog flying across the see saw when this is a "learn how to" video?

[abserdman]

Because making a video with an un-trained dog would take far too long! Go search through you-tube. Most of the "how-to" dog training videos show already trained dogs! It's easier for he person making the video.

It still shows you how and it shows you the end result at the same time!

[jenniloo2]

That tells me a lot, NOT!!! It doesn't say HOW to train your dog because that dog is aready profetionaly trained!!

[arrin2204]

Yes it does, retard. Do those same methods on your dog. First, do the board with a ball underneath it and reward your dog for calm behavior. This teaches it to not be afraid of the rocking movement that the see saw makes, because it can frighten some dogs. Then move on to using the actual see-saw. As a dog trainer myself, i can't see how you didn't understand that. :/ It doesn't matter if the dog is already trained or not, it still shows the basic steps for this obstacle. Are you an idiot?

[arrin2204]

Whoops, this was supposed to be a reply to jenniloo2's comment: "That tells me a lot, NOT!!! It doesn't say HOW to train your dog because that dog is already professionally trained!!"

[TheKandydumm]

okay i would like to know what school you train for. because i would not want to be in your class. you called people retards and idiots because they dont understand something. do you do that with all of your students because you dont sound like a dog trainer at all! because thats not to pro of you!

[dogpup23]

Actually it does tell you HOW to train your dog to do the see-saw. It doesn't really matter that the dog is professionally trained, of course with your own dog it would take much more time for training but at least it shows you the basics for it doing it.

[drummer01020102]

@dogpup23 if she needs to start my using some plywood and a ball shes not a very good trainer i get green dogs doing the seesaw properly in maybe half an hour if that

[dogpup23]

@drummer01020102 Dog training is not a one method thing. So some people train better with other ideas of what they think works with the dog they are training. Take Victoria Stilwell and Cesar Millan for example, they are both very good trainers but with very different methods. I am not trying to brag, unlike yourself, but I could get my dog doing the see-saw in under 45 minues with this method. To be honest i'm a bit shocked that you are not open to other ideas, that to me is not a good trainer

[lillie999]

@drummer01020102 So what if she uses plywood and a ball, where I train agility we used a plank of wood with a wooden post under it to create a mini see-saw which is how all the dogs start work on the see-saw. I made my own mini see-saw and worked on that for a day or two before then moving onto a 'full height' see-saw getting her used to the tip before moving onto small courses at competition speed! as dogpup 23 said you take bits from various trainers + find what works for YOU + YOUR DOG!

[2Monika2]

może sobie pokazywać na wyszkolonym BC...

[vickeyvon]

how do u teach dogs to go over and under and into hoops. my dog is a shelties and wont go near a hoop he just runs away

[mightymikaagility]

It's very important to teach the teeter VERY slowly. My dog Mika had a bad experience on an indoor teeter (much louder than an outdoor one) in March 2007, and now in December we're still working on re training the indoor teeter. Currently I'm having Mika work a mini teeter in the basement. Every week I adjust it so it's a little bit higher. Right now it's about ten inches high at the pivot point.

[jenniloo2]

how do u make one and wat was the accident?

[mightymikaagility]

I didn't make it, I bought it from a friend of a friend. It's a TDAA regulation teeter.

The accident...well, we rented an indoor arena for the first time, to practice. Not knowing how loud the teeter's bang would be (I was a beginner), I told Mika to go on the full height teeter. She did, but when she waited at the pivot point to tip it, the end landed with a huge crash (as is normal for metal teeters, but this one was much louder than most teeters). Mika panicked and ran out of the ring.

[mightymikaagility]

I didn't make it, I bought it from a friend of a friend. It's a TDAA regulation teeter.

The accident...well, we rented an indoor arena for the first time, to practice. Not knowing how loud the teeter's bang would be (I was a beginner), I told Mika to go on the full height teeter. She did, but when she waited at the pivot point to tip it, the end landed with a huge crash (as is normal for metal teeters, but this one was much louder than most teeters). Mika panicked and ran out of the ring.

[jenniloo2]

ouch

[CrazycatExtreme]

teeter for me an my dog, was learned over an 8 week period, the first 3 weeks, the instructor banged the board, and we clicked and treat just to get them acustomed to it, then the next 2 weeks, they walked across with a table at either end so it didn't tip, then we slowly started using tables of different sizes so it did tip a little bit, and every week it tiped a little more. This worked well because at first, my dog was petrified of the teeter and the noise that it made

[jsb94]

teeter toter/see saw

[jenniloo2]

waat