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Originally Posted by khumphrey
We have thought about this but with 3 dogs its mostly the cost thats involved
The thing with agility i was thinking thats my grandad is good carpenter
so he could help make a few bits. I also know someone who has done this.
Jack is 4 and he's a dalmation. Heres the link to whats happened
Help- Agressive dalmatian/s
I know it shouldn't involve what its going to cost but we are struggling at the moment and are really willing to try anything.
I know we can't just stick bits up and there you go but were thinking that it would tire him out and he and other dogs would be safe whilst he's in our backgarden. Plus when ever we take him out we get comments from other dog owners that he shouldn't even be out or around dogs  which is really upsetting |
Hello,
With regards to the aggression problem have you tried your local APDT trainer. They only use positive training methods and should give a personal treatment plan which should help cure the aggression issue with other dogs or at least get it sorted to a managable level. Also an APDT ( or other behaviourist personally would only advise those who use positive reinforcement training methods) would be able to identify exactly what the problem is and would see it from a fresh pair of eyes.
BTW- sorry if you have already done this and I'm just rabbiting on
With regards to the agility I think you are right in saying that it would be a good idea to do it away from other dogs. An agility class can be quite an exciting environment for many dogs and so if this situation is likely to get him hyped up if may make his problems worse.
There is loads of advice on making safe equipment and basics to agility to try on AgilityNet. A really strong wait is really important. Personally I wouldn't try contact equipment on my own but maybe you could arrange a one to one session with an agility trainer for a bit of fun and you can carry on the advice on how to train the equipment yourself. Best of luck and let us know how you get on
