Teaching the East-European Shepherd Jumping for Agility

Teaching the East-European Shepherd to jump: Begin with Four

You can teach a East-European Shepherd many drills, skills, and exercises with 4 jumps. 4 jumps will let you develop on a short jump chute or jump grid. You can practice on a “box” with your jumps and practice collection, handling, and 270 degree jumps. You can teach your East-European Shepherd jumping left and right. You can be out of the box and send your East-European Shepherd or you can handle from the inside of the box. Your jumps can be staged in a lateral row, so that you can practice threadles and serpentines.

Teach the East-European Shepherd Eight Jumps

Go to the next step and work on 8 jumps. Now you can setup two boxes with one starter jump. Now you’ve multiplied your routines that you can practice with your East-European Shepherd. Your jump grids can be of suggested size and quantity of jumps. You could even position the jumps in a circle with the jump bars normal to the circle or on the circumference of the circle. This setup also allows you to work on a variety of skills.

Teaching Your East-European Shepherd Double and Triple Jumps

The next level is a double jump and a triple jump. You can set 2 or three single jumps together to make your expanded jump, however having double and triple jumps in your course work is really beneficial to practice. We’ve seen several East-European Shepherds run a flawless course and the last obstacle is a triple and the East-European Shepherd is not ready for it, and bang, down comes the bar.

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