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I hope this article gives more people the inspiration to understand and appreciate the dog they have, and to find a path to a place they both can enjoy, even if it is not necessarily the path you may have first envisioned.Īllow the dog to have its sense of worth and a standard it is able to accomplish and I feel that a lot of happiness result. I could have returned him to his breeder or swapped him for a swifter, more able jumping partner, but this little dog is such a joy to work with and is so smart and tries so hard, that I consider him a dog of a lifetime even with his "disability". He earned second place in 4" jump height at the recent and first AKC Preferred National Agility Championships, and I couldn't be more thrilled. Contrary to most conventions, I believe also that training, especially "overtraining" and drilling, has minimal if any effect, and can often only apply more stress to a fragile physical/mental equation.įor me, sticking with my instincts on what was best for Taylor had it's own reward, even if it might be considered small in the larger scheme of things. I am very glad Linda took the time to write this article because I suspect there are other dogs, like my Taylor, who basically cannot help the way they jump. Hence the move to 4" and I always only run only slightly ahead of him. The best thing I've found, and what has made us both happiest is to adjust my goals and to run the way the seems to help him the most.
Running ahead of him, which in theory makes sense as a way of speeding him up, in actuality causes him to stutter step more.Īctually, the thing that helped him most was swimming in a little pool in our yard when we had a long hot summer two years ago. I've always had the feeling, as Linda mentions, that trying to "train" through this issue was actually putting him more at risk for the long term, due to the "hard wired" nature of the issue and his less than perfect structure. He has consistent trouble "sorting things out" to get up things like doggie steps. With Taylor, I believe it has at least partly to do with a deficit of proprioception in his hindquarters.