This blog is about how to teach your Irish Red And White Setter jumping for agility. Often we are asked, “What number of jumps is best to start with?” You can’t ever have too many solo jumps to practice agility. A good starting point is four jumps. This is the absolute least count of jumps that we recommend.
Teaching the Irish Red And White Setter to jump: Start with Four
You can teach your Irish Red And White Setter a number of exercises, skills, and drills with 4 jumps. Four jumps will let you work on a short jump chute or jump grid. You can setup a “box” with your jumps and work on collection, handling, and 270 degree jumps. You can teach your Irish Red And White Setter jumping right and left. You can be outside the box and send your Irish Red And White Setter or you can handle from within the box. Your jumps could be staged in a lateral row, so that you could practice threadles and serpentines.