How Do You Train A Dog On Agility Contact Points?
Contact points are an essential part of an agility course. A variety of objects on an agility course, including the dog walk, a-frame and teeter totter, require that your dog place at least one foot completely in the contact zone at the bottom of the obstacle. If the dog misses the contact point, the obstacle is not counted and the dog will not receive a qualifying score. Training your dog to properly hit all contact zones is not a difficult task and can be accomplished in just a few training sessions. Start training your contact points when your puppy is young. Working on contact points is a low-impact exercise and can be done on puppies as young as twelve weeks of age. Just make sure you keep your puppy at a slow pace and do not allow him to do a lot of jumping on and off of the obstacles. Lower your obstacles to the lowest settings that you can. The closer they are to the ground, the less likelihood of injury to your dog and the easier it is to work with the contact zones. Put your
