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Originally Posted by lemmsy
Poor chap 
Are they the people who keep calling his name, harassing and stressing him out?  Low lifes  |
Yup, that's them! It may help now my neighbour's got his new dog (a quiet non-reactive whippet!) as I expect we'll walk the dogs together (once I can get Merlin to accept a new friend) - it means it'll happen more but there will be someone with me as a witness.
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I actually made my own seesaw to practice with at home and now he's really confident with it. The only thing you have to remember is to give them a cue so that they remember it's the seesaw and that they need to tip it. I say "steady", then it's the 2 on 2 off "target".
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In the olden days when they had see-saws in parks, and there were no dog-exclusion zones, it was never a hassle! I taught our family dog Sally "home agility" on park equipment when I was a teenager... she would do the see-saw (yes, 'steady' was what I used), go up the ladder of huge metal slides and slide down, walk along the tops of walls, jump 3ft no problem. Agility was very new in those days so there were no clubs at all locally.
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Have you got any jumps? You could make some and practice at home? Bet Merlin would love that. Then once he's not so worried about other dogs, he'll be rearing and ready to go! 
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We don't have the space but I do get him jumping when we're out - park benches, low fences, trees etc! And walking along the tops of any low walls (which my mum finds embarrassing when we're with her - but then she did back when I was 18 with Sally!). No accessible see-saws and slides in modern parks though!
