We're meeting more and more cotons on agility course, where, we must say it, they are very good. Miss Dominique Mathieu, tell us about her "family passion".


 

Agility is a canine sport where you meet obstacles numbered from 1 to 20 : tyre, footbridge, hurdles, jumps, broad jumps, see saw, fence and sure the hardiest one : slalom ! The round must be done for some time you must respect and of course without any faults ( hurdles falling down, zone faults, refusal).

In France there are 44cotons permit-holding in agility 31 of which are LOF registered (LOF is French studbook)
We can initiate smoothly our Cotons into agility when they are 4 months old, we must think to play with them, perhaps with a ball and if he is greedy with a treat.
It is necessary to count 12 months of work at a rate of an hour per week to be able to see him to have fun on the courses in his first contests.

As far as I'm concerned, Joy began his trainig when he was 8 months old and participated his first contest when he was 15 months old. a commencé ses entraînements à 8 mois et a fait son premier concours à 15 mois. He applied so much doing that, but we always had a lot of time penalties.


From year to year he improved himself and me too with him, because before each strart I was stressed and he felt that.When I understood that I needed to be relax Joy run and had fun. It was OK, both were a duo binded together.
The results were fine, but the main thing is to be happy you and your dog together.

Sirius began when he was 4 months old. He hasn't the same temperament as Joy one, he is a go-ahead always happy and never afraid. As soon we are on the course he is deliriously happy, because he sees his girl friends : R'elle (Pyrenean shepherd) , Sax (Belgian shepherd) and so on.


He don't yet doing contests because he is only 12 months old, but every Sundays on the course,he is very attentive on what happens. The whole family practice agility : my son Engelbert 18 years old with Lipton a tricolor Cavalier King Charles, my daughter Elisabeth 15 years old with Orwell Cavalier King Charles, my husband with Oscar little Schnauzer and I with my two lovely little Cotons. And believe me we with our four legs family having fun on the agility courses every week-end.

See you soon for other news.

Best doggy regards Ms MATHIEU Dominique .

 


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