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Show Exercises for agility. Auditory signal: " Jump!" High . jump. The trainer gives the dog the auditory signal: " Jump!", after the dog has assumed the sitting position on the left side of his master. After the jump, the trainer follows the dog by walking around the obstacle, or he orders the dog to jump back. Jumping has to be started on the easiest basis. The trainer has to clear the obstacle with the leashed dog on the auditory signal: " Jump!". During the training course the obstacle is slowly raised. Long jump. One looks for a ditoh or small stream and has the dog master it by a long jump. The free jump over a number of chairs, placed one after another, is a combination of the high jump and the long jump. Surmounting natural obstacles. During exercise trips with the avalanche dog over meadows, forests and mountains, the dog trainer meets the most varied natural obstacles. They represent a challenge to be surmounted with the dog. In this category are ditches, walls, felled trees, steep terrain, rock formations and the like. The trainer always leads the way and the dog follows him unconditionally. However, just like a horse, he will pick his own way. In between, one should pick up the dog and carry him in order to familiarize him also with this rare type of transportation. As a complement to this exercise, the dog trainer rides with the dog once in a while on a chair lift. Exercises of this type are very important because they acquaint the dog with many difficulties which he may encounter often during a rescue mission. Nose work* The most important training area is nose work. Just as a man has to study and practice a subject continually in order to master it ( typewriting, climbing, skiing and many others), so must the dog's nose be kept in training throughout the entire year* Two types of summer work should be mentioned in particular* They are very well suited to complement the winter work and to bring the nose of the dog to peak performance during winter missions. - 21 - |