Sport for Kya
- Thread starter Sheka
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Agility is lots of fun and great excercise. I'm going to do it with Charlie. 
There arealot of kits you can get for beginning, like this one:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AAM0GW/102-5267458-1159338?v=glance&n=284507
There arealot of kits you can get for beginning, like this one:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AAM0GW/102-5267458-1159338?v=glance&n=284507
An ACD mix would probably be fantastic at agility- a good way to exercise both her mind AND her body.
There's a good chance she'd really enjoy playing a bit of frisbee as well. While I don't know a ton about it, my best suggestion for getting her started would be to start really small. Try sliding the frisbee across a floor, or rolling it on it's edge across the ground. The trick is to get her interested in seeing the disc as an object worthy of chasing/hunting. If she seems to be enjoying that, and retrieving the disc relatively reliably, you can graduate to short tosses. Don't worry if she's not catching it from the very beginning. It's defintely a learning process, and I think you'll be pretty amazed to watch that ACD brain start ticking- it's always a treat when you can actually see a dog *judge* a frisbee flight pattern.
Work on doing short tosses *to* her as well. Don't throw it straight towards her face, give it a little arc up in the air, and see if she tries to go for it. It may take awhile for her to catch on, but I bet she will.
I know some people have managed to peak their dog's interest in a frisbee by feeding them out of it, LOL. A weird tactic, but it worked for a few acquaintances.
Good luck with her, and have fun!
There's a good chance she'd really enjoy playing a bit of frisbee as well. While I don't know a ton about it, my best suggestion for getting her started would be to start really small. Try sliding the frisbee across a floor, or rolling it on it's edge across the ground. The trick is to get her interested in seeing the disc as an object worthy of chasing/hunting. If she seems to be enjoying that, and retrieving the disc relatively reliably, you can graduate to short tosses. Don't worry if she's not catching it from the very beginning. It's defintely a learning process, and I think you'll be pretty amazed to watch that ACD brain start ticking- it's always a treat when you can actually see a dog *judge* a frisbee flight pattern.
Work on doing short tosses *to* her as well. Don't throw it straight towards her face, give it a little arc up in the air, and see if she tries to go for it. It may take awhile for her to catch on, but I bet she will.
I know some people have managed to peak their dog's interest in a frisbee by feeding them out of it, LOL. A weird tactic, but it worked for a few acquaintances.
Good luck with her, and have fun!
You've gotten some great suggestions here. The only thing I want to caution you about is taking things slow since she is a puppy and don't have her doing alot of repetitive jumping yet. Her growth plates need to finish growing and if you start too soon she could easily be injured and in some cases it could cause permanent damage. When you take her to the vet next time ask his opinion at to what age would be safe to introduce that. There are alot of aspects of agility you can start on and as tempura said with a frisbee or ball you can keep it low and still have lots of fun now.
For any of the "fun" sports she will need a great foundation of obedience training as well and that can also be alot of fun!
For any of the "fun" sports she will need a great foundation of obedience training as well and that can also be alot of fun!