I was introduced to agility by breeder and friend, Sandy McDonald. Sprite and I started training in 2002 when he was about 8 months old. At that time, agility was a relatively young sport and there was a lot of mystery in how to train the best way. We had contact issues for years because of poor training early on but we finally were able to find a way to fix them. Sprite now has a reliable 2 on 2 off contact and has acheived the AKC Master level of agility in Standard and Jumpers.
Celia had different issues. She has more drive than she or I knew what to do with. But she is exhilarating to run with and we are training to be a better team. Celia has her Novice AKC titles.
Vickie has a nice controlled drive right now. She has a better foundation of obedience than Sprite or Celia had. She also has the benefit of a handler that has a lot more experience after 5 years. She will not jump full height or weave until she is finished growing.