This post is concerning teaching a American Water Spaniel jumping for agility. Often we are asked, “How many jumps is best to start with?” You can’t ever have enough single jumps to teach agility. One good starting point is four jumps. This is the absolute fewest quantity of jumps that we suggest.
Teaching a American Water Spaniel jumping: Begin with Four
You can teach your American Water Spaniel many exercises, skills, and drills with 4 jumps. Four jumps will let you work on a short jump chute or jump grid. You can practice on a “box” with your jumps and practice handling, collection, and 270 degree jumps. You can teach your American Water Spaniel jumping right and left. You could be outside the box and send your American Water Spaniel or you can handle from within the box. Your jumps could be positioned in a lateral row, so you could practice serpentines and threadles.