Jump.. Jump.. and away...

Schnappi started Jumpers training 2 weeks ago... together with Benben... Thanx to Stanley who is willing to coach us... we had our first training at a big field near Seletar Airbase (think it's a golf course that's not in use)... haha... and our dogs are like "mountain tortoise"... absolutely wild seeing such a big patch of green... and started to help themselves to the salad bar (the green grass)... :) I put Micole on leash and let her run herself wild too... my my... this little girl run can run... can imagine if i off leash her... she'll shoot off and i'll hv a hard time catching her... :P

First lesson was to learn how to make the dog jump straight consecutively... 3 jumps were set up in a straight line... thou it looks simple... but it's not as easy as it seems... the dog must be accustomed to clearing the obstacles... initially Schnappi jump the first 2 then "siam" the 3rd... :P but slowly she started to get the idea of jumping over consecutive jumps...

2nd lesson last week... we continued with the jumps and tried out the tyre and tunnel as well... tunnel was not easy... dog must be confident enuf to dash thru... at one point, Schnappi wanted to u-turn.. and got a little stuck inside.. haha...

It has been fun doing the jumpers... a new experience for us and the dogs as obedience training is more rigid and stressful... esp for the dogs... but it's not an easy task to take on... a lot of stamina is required by the handler... and handler must also be clear of what to do since the dog "take instructions" from him... looking forward for the next training... to see the dogs progress each time with more confidence... :)