WAO 2013 - team Wales
Tell us on what is based your workout / agility training . Does it changes before a big event ?
With Spice I try to ensure that we get a good balance of training and general exercise . I try to ensure we train at least twice a week and do little some balance and trick training in between . I have a private lesson weekly with Barrie James who is a fab trainer and always pushes me to my limit and has helped me achieve so much . I also train with my local club and spend some time working my dogs on my own where I can break sequences down and focus on individual pieces of equipment . However Spice is a spaniel and loves exploring so we spend a lot of time walking or going running .
I tend not to vary things much before a big event , I think we have a good structure to training and a good balance so do not need to change it .
In recent years in agility the teams have been working a lot on speed and technique and the judges offering more and more difficult courses . How do you think this sport will grow more , in which way ?
I think that as dogs get faster and tighter we will see the need for more technology to support judging . The speed of some dogs over the contacts even now making judging them challenging .
In the UK we are already seeing more spread out courses and trying to learn from some of the european handling styles and I can continue to see this grow within the UK .