Tatum on the Teeter!

19 June, 2008 (19:47) | Daily Posts, Tatum | By: Cynthia

So I have been teaching Tatum some different agility obstacles. I’ve gone over to my friend and trainer’s house a bit and we got her on the teeter there, the dog walk, in the tunnel, and in the chute. I was amazed at how unafraid she was!

So tonight here at home I put her on my own teeter. It’s one I bought of ebay and I like it. Good quality PVC and we put the board on ourselves. So I had my husband take some pictures as Tatum was going over!

She’s even tipping it over on her own! For the first while I walked with her, hand on her collar, to steady her and to show her how to stay on the board. But after that she was running up it just fine. It’s not at full height yet, I’ll keep it low for some time, but I’m just amazed at how much she likes it an how unafraid she is of the movement!

She is my very smart, very brave girl. I swear, if I had gotten her as a puppy and socialized her young, she would be fearless and very sassy! She is these things at home, and hopefully she’ll be them out in the world too. She is now, for the most part, though new things and places still make her nervous.

But look at my sweet brave girl! I’m so excited to do agility with her! I need to get some cute gold bangles to put on her collar so she’s all pretty and fancy!

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Tags: Agility, Tatum, Training

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13 Comments

Lora (10 comments.) on 19.06.2008 at 22:35 (Reply)

those pix are so vivid I love it. Apollo hasn’t been “formally introduced” to the teeter yet… maybe this weekend.
pam (37 comments.) on 20.06.2008 at 05:30 (Reply)

Go, Tatum! What a good girl… she needs a treat for that… maybe a bully stick? LOL!
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Cynthia Blue on 20.06.2008 at 07:18 (Reply)

I bet Apollo will do great on the teeter!
Cynthia Blue on 20.06.2008 at 07:19 (Reply)

Hey pam… oh she does love bully sticks!
Christy (42 comments.) on 20.06.2008 at 08:10 (Reply)

Ahh Cyn you have done such a great job with her! She is really coming around nicely.

I’ve always wondered about those eBay teeter setups. Glad to know you like it.

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Cynthia Blue on 20.06.2008 at 10:59 (Reply)

Hi Christy! She is such a brave, sassy girl! I do like the teeter, though we had to put the heavy board on and get it balanced (which it is not.. lol oh well).
Peter (1 comments.) on 20.06.2008 at 13:04 (Reply)

Good Girl!

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NanjoDogz (2 comments.) on 20.06.2008 at 14:48 (Reply)

Bless her — it’s so nice that Tatum is not afraid of the teeter. I swear my dog would take one look at that alien contraption and run for the hills — she’s a big scaredy cat.

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K9 Amiga (9 comments.) on 20.06.2008 at 16:36 (Reply)

shes absolutely lovely. we drove out to the outskirts of town today where there are these beautiful mesas and hills and hiking trails. i know what you mean about how fearless dogs can be sometimes. I stood at the bottom of this mountain for 15 minutes thinking about plummeting to my death and not wearing the right shoes while Stranger scaled it without a single hesitation.

ps: i m very grateful for spell check in comment boxes.

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Hershey (2 comments.) on 21.06.2008 at 00:26 (Reply)

What beautiful doggies you have, I hope I have my own!
Buy Watches (1 comments.) on 21.06.2008 at 02:17 (Reply)

This is wonderful.
I try so hard with my beagle to get her to do this stuff but she is TOO interested in the treat at the end. It’s amazing how much their nose domiates their life.
BW
catherine (1 comments.) on 21.06.2008 at 09:48 (Reply)

Yeah Tatum!

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