PucciNPoni
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...cos we've just cracked a six pole straight weave (been doing channel weaves for the last six or eight months or so)
that is all lol
that is all lol
doing a wee happy dance...
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Cinnamontoast
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Are their pics? And well done, I wouldn't have a clue how to start training that!
PucciNPoni
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Sorry no photos of her weaving- just messing around in my garden. At training last night we were just on the edge of getting it and tonight she said yes I CAN do that 
Channel weaves are where the poles are staggered so they start by running down a channel in the middle. You start by having your dog sit at one end and then calling them thru the channel. Little by little the gap is closed so that they learn to bend their body and eventually the poles are in a straight line. Most of the other dogs in my class had got it lots sooner but Alice with her big hair was taking a bit more time to contemplate it all. So it feels like we've really hit a milestone. We had a real improvement over Xmas because my hubby made me some poles to train at home so as long as it's light and half decent weather we can do a bit more training at home.
Channel weaves are where the poles are staggered so they start by running down a channel in the middle. You start by having your dog sit at one end and then calling them thru the channel. Little by little the gap is closed so that they learn to bend their body and eventually the poles are in a straight line. Most of the other dogs in my class had got it lots sooner but Alice with her big hair was taking a bit more time to contemplate it all. So it feels like we've really hit a milestone. We had a real improvement over Xmas because my hubby made me some poles to train at home so as long as it's light and half decent weather we can do a bit more training at home.
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That sounds awful complicated But really pleased for you, there is nothing like getting something cracked after a few training sessions
But really pleased for you, there is nothing like getting something cracked after a few training sessions 
MurphysMinder
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Yay, well done. Pickle never really got channel weaves, I think cos he is only small as soon as they were narrowed down he just walked out the side. I resorted to the old fashioned bribery through straight weaves, it took for ever but he got it eventually.
blackcob
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Well done
I never had much success with channels either, not that I'm qualified to comment as mine learnt on V-weaves which are considered really old fashioned now!
I never had much success with channels either, not that I'm qualified to comment as mine learnt on V-weaves which are considered really old fashioned now!
PucciNPoni
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My biggest challenge with the weaves (apart from me being just a bit rubbish as very new to agility) is Alice doesn't like her hair touching the poles much LOL - and she's got a LOT of it
I.M.N.
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Congrats, it's such a great feeling when they start to understand what's expected of them. My GSD and I have been doing agility for just shy of a year now and the weave is the only thing left to crack. He even goes over the A frame now, though he has very wobbly legs!
Cahill
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hey well done!! we didnt get on with channels and went back to 2x2.
both my dogs do 12`s from both sides now.
i set them up in the garden and done them every day once or twice on way back from walks.
one of our trainers says once a week at club is not enough.
also do not relax until they are out the end and i have to keep my arm out as sometimes they pop out at the last one if i drop my guard.
i am working on `drive` to get our speed up and sending them in front of me
both my dogs do 12`s from both sides now.
i set them up in the garden and done them every day once or twice on way back from walks.
one of our trainers says once a week at club is not enough.
also do not relax until they are out the end and i have to keep my arm out as sometimes they pop out at the last one if i drop my guard.
i am working on `drive` to get our speed up and sending them in front of me
PucciNPoni
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I would def say that once a week isn't enough. She is so much better with even just one more session but I tend to try to do a few minutes here and there each day weather permitting.
Contacts she's okay on so far, drive is a little lacking as she's just not that sort of dog. But she's clever and works things out very quickly - apart from the weaves LOL. But now she is running ahead of me to get in them so she definitely understands what she's to do.
How does the 2x2 method work? I've not seen it done.
Contacts she's okay on so far, drive is a little lacking as she's just not that sort of dog. But she's clever and works things out very quickly - apart from the weaves LOL. But now she is running ahead of me to get in them so she definitely understands what she's to do.
How does the 2x2 method work? I've not seen it done.
Cahill
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well done,they say weaves are the hardest.
my trainer can say `go weave` and send her dogs across the indoor school to them
another tip i found is,if i said `weave...weave...weave` the dog drops into the rytham of your words. far better for me to say one long `w.e.a.v.e.e.e`
here is one of a lot of vids on you tube...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gde-z8sIV8k
my trainer can say `go weave` and send her dogs across the indoor school to them
another tip i found is,if i said `weave...weave...weave` the dog drops into the rytham of your words. far better for me to say one long `w.e.a.v.e.e.e`
here is one of a lot of vids on you tube...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gde-z8sIV8k
blackcob
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2x2 seems to be the method of choice now, one of the main advantages IMO is that it encourages drive and independent entries from the start, something that can be lacking in channels and Vs where the handler typically remains close to the weaves and/or lures the dog in the early stages.
It's something we certainly faced after learning on Vs, there are times when you need to be able to send the dog in from a distance and/or bog off to get ahead for the next obstacle, doesn't work if they rely on you being next to them. It took probably the best part of a year for Dax to consistently let me cross behind her in the weaves, it was very hard won!
It's something we certainly faced after learning on Vs, there are times when you need to be able to send the dog in from a distance and/or bog off to get ahead for the next obstacle, doesn't work if they rely on you being next to them. It took probably the best part of a year for Dax to consistently let me cross behind her in the weaves, it was very hard won!
MurphysMinder
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We're still working on crosses , and will be for quite a while I suspect . Practice is the answer with weaves, I used electric fence posts at home to finally crack it with Pickle .