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starkicker18 t1_itmjaz0 wrote

Reply to comment by captaincinders in TIL that the dogs in competitive agility don’t rehearse the course ahead of time. The courses are randomized at each competition, and the trainers (without their dogs) only see the layout beforehand on the same day. When the dog runs the course they are literally seeing it for the first time. by Pyraunus

>By the end of the evening I can still get it wrong or forget where to go next and my dog happily carries on without me and performs the next three jumps correctly (probably wondering why he is partnered with an idiot like me).

This was exactly what it was like training with my dog. She was a natural at a lot of things on the agility course; I, however, was an uncoordinated noob who did most of the learning in that class. But even when I screwed up, she knew what to do after a run or two.

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