Teach a Istrian Coarse-Haired Hound To Jump for Agility

Teaching the Istrian Coarse-Haired Hound to jump: Begin with Four

You can teach your Istrian Coarse-Haired Hound many exercises, drills, and skills with four jumps. 4 jumps will let you develop on a short jump chute or jump grid. You can position a “box” with your jumps and practice handling, collection, and 270 degree jumps. You can teach your Istrian Coarse-Haired Hound jumping left and right. You can be outside the box and send your Istrian Coarse-Haired Hound or you can handle from the inside of the box. Your jumps can be positioned in a horizontal row, so you could practice serpentines and threadles.

Teach a Istrian Coarse-Haired Hound 8 Jumps

Go to the next step and practice eight jumps. Now you can setup two boxes with 1 introductory jump. Now you’ve multiplied your drills that you can work on with your Istrian Coarse-Haired Hound. Your jump grids can be of recommended size and quantity of jumps. You could even position your jumps in a circle with the jump bars normal to the circle or on the perimeter of the circle. This pattern also allows you to work on a variety of skills.

Teaching a Istrian Coarse-Haired Hound Double and Triple Jumps

The next step is a double jump and a triple jump. You could position two or 3 single jumps together to make your expanded jump, but having double and triple jumps in your course work is really beneficial to practice. We’ve seen many Istrian Coarse-Haired Hounds run a flawless course and the final obstacle is a triple and the Istrian Coarse-Haired Hound is not equipped to do it, and bang, down comes the bar.

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