foundation work with a puppy includes things like a super recall, touching noe to hand or plate, learning that things that wobble under foot are safe, hind end awareness ladder work etc
mostly learning to have fun
I have three dogs currently competing in agility - one started agility when he was 5 or so and we didn't do the foundation work I would today the other started when she was 4 or so same thing
One started when she was about 6 months old and she has had a very carefully laid foundation for most work
this summer I started playing with my husbands dog who has just turned a year old - all we do with him is tunnels, 16 inch jumps and the table so far ...<br /><br />__________ Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:02 pm __________<br /><br />in terms of relationship building I know people love thier own dog sports for various reasons - for me, personally and my mixed bag of dogs agility is the BEST ever for this ..