Eve was re homed to me at 11 weeks old.  From the beginning she thought she was superior to humans and living with three male dogs only added to this!

The real problems started after her first season, at twelve months old, when she decided she was top bitch in the house not me.  This also coincided with the start of her agility training.  Any thought I’d had of a partnership with her were quickly dispersed with a set of nice white teeth and Eve retiring to the car.

I was advised to take her away from agility and sort out her behaviour problems and our partnership at home as I did not want her to associate agility with a battle, I wanted it to be fun.  I found this hard as I was desperate to progress with her agility training.

I had to be very positive and consistent with my ground rules, not giving her an inch.  Slowly her attitude started to improve, but it was eight months before I felt she was ready to go back to agility.

Lurches are not by nature “Team Players”. If you look at it logically they use their brain to work out and hunt for themselves.  Not as a partnership with people so to work as a team in agility you must be able to accommodate this trait.

In the last few months we have made amazing progress much more than I had hoped for.  It’s a real buzz to work her.  Eve is a dog who won’t do things too often in training so I only get one chance at it, but you only get that in a ring.  She is now getting places but more importantly she is a much nicer and happier Dog.

Sheila