Also critical to a good weave pole performance are angled entries. These may be taught by gradually moving off to either side of the line of weave poles, so that the dog is accustomed to entering from any sort of angle, whether acute or a straight entry. There s nothing more impressive in a trial than seeing a handler send their dog to an angled set of weave poles from a distance. Anyone can do it if they train consistently, but weave poles, like Utility go-outs, are something that must be trained everyday. And like go-outs, each dog will have a period when their weave pole performance suffers, and then will come back again.
Weave poles can take a long time for most dogs to master.
If you have a dog that takes a while, don t get discouraged, your dog is normal. This information is copyrighted by Jane Mohr , Paws-Abilities, LLC, and may not be copied for distribution without consent from the author.