When the course is built the Judge will check it, measure the distance between obstacles, and the overall course distance. He will have the course adjusted as needed. Granted, it doesn't really LOOK like agility at first. They step over small cavaletties that are only a couple of inches off the ground. We do a lot of target work to teach them to work away at a young age.
Puppies are so eager to learn and so happy to please.
They really pick things up quickly. Three years ago, when I first brought Tucker home, I was excited at the prospect of teaching my new puppy agility. There had been so many advancements in training techniques since starting out with Shadow. I had never before started agility training with such a young dog, and I was a little unsure of what to expect. Dogs must clear the full height of the jump without knocking a bar off.