Weave poll help

[Cindy]

Well sprocket is doing very well at agility, but he has developed a problem with braking in the middle of the weaves. It first started at class when there was a A-frame right after the weaves (he loooovvveess A-Frames) no matter how many times we did the weaves right in the middle of the weaves he would just take off running towards the a-frame, I ended up having to put him on a leash through the weaves and stop him from bolting.

This problem has gotten a lot worse to the point he wont ever finish the weaves no matter the obstacle after , great entry but will do just two or three weaves and bolt. To complicate things more is I work at home with his weaves and he does them perfect, so I took the weaves to the park to implicate more distractions and excitement and still no problem.

I wanted to see if anyone else has ever had this problem and have some ideas?? I have seen some weaving training aids with wire, which will stop him from bolting, but Im not sure if this is the way to go.

[Cindy]

Oh I just about forgot I have been putting him in a sit of a down after the weaves so he doesn’t feel he has to bolt to the next thing, but it doesn’t seem to be working.

[tessa_s212]

How did you first teach the weaves?

If your dog is a soft tempered dog that is easily scared, wires are not for you. They can really turn a dog off of hte weaves.

If your dog is outgoing and wouldn't mind a correction from the wires, by all means, try them! :)

Something I do with all of my dogs is that if I KNOW they know something in agility, but are just getting too excited to complete it(popping out of weaves over and over) I simply take them off course, give them a short break in the crate, and bring them back out to try again. It's worked wonders for me. Though, admittedly, a few times I'd actually have to repeat the crating several times before the dog finally understood he WOULD do what I said if he wanted to play. And hte moment he listened and completed what I wanted him to, we had a PARTY of treats, praise, adn tugging!! :D