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Originally Posted by kalima62
Well as I was saying before, Rommel And I go to agility classes since the beggining of may, we both love it.....BUT.......he's very lunatic, It seems he decides weather to move from the starting position and when to move!! Yesterday, he did just that. We had an easy zig zag of 4 obstacles, the tunnel, 2 other obstacles, the A frame and the last obstacle. He just would not move as he was glued
in the sit position. His look on his face, was as if he had been
scolded with his ears slightly back or as if he was embarassed. No way, so I was told to put him in the boxes for 5 mins. After, we tried again,the same thing happened plus looking at the other dogs, sniffing in the air and IGNORING me!!!
5 more minutes in the box.... Again, the same thing, so I was told to pull him gently over the first hurdle which he cleared but got stuck on the next, I allways incouraged him with kind words and gentle tone of voice, but we did the whole run stopping and starting all the way!! He knows what I want him to do, when he's all revved up,he goes like lightning when he wants to, but some lessons, he just gets me down. It makes me think I'm wasting my time and money for nothing. In
september, there will be my first trial, but if he continues to
behave like so, we'll never be ready!! My obedience homework goes on beautifully, but in the class he does everything i tell him to do...sit, stay, lay down....but in SLOW MOTION!!!
What I would like to know is.... are some dogs just not suitable for some activities more than others? I've heard of some dogs beeing too nervouse and shy in the show ring and have to be retired. Should I retire my dog or go on for a few more months and wait and see???
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The short answer is yes, some dogs are not suited for some activities. In fact, just like people, they just don't like or enjoy some things.
I've had dogs that I've wanted to show and well, didn't just because the dog didn't enjoy that event. And trust me if they don't like what they're doing it's very hard to get them to do it.
As for your issues with him just staying in place, I had one I was working in obedince who did this. One day she just decided she wasn't going to heel any more. The instructor had me do other things with her when the class was heeling. She'd get to chase toys, ect. Anything to get her in a forward motion but not formal heeling.
So maybe you need to try something a little different for now. Or even take a break from agility for awhile and try something else.
Also, remember that corgis don't like to "drill", repeat the same command several times. You can do that with a sheltie or a Golden but with a corgi if they do it right say three times that is enough and time to move on to something else.
Peggy