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The 4-H Agility Dog
"Baby Tippy"
A few days after I got her
It's hard to believe that Tippy was ever this little. She won my heart with this cute puppy
look. Grandma wasn't sure that she wanted another dog, but I convinced her that rescuing a puppy
would be a good thing to do. She finally agreed and allowed me to pick out a puppy, so I chose Tippy.
From the start, Tippy was a smart little dog. Once she learned what you wanted her
to do, she would do it from then on. We got her a collar so that I could teach her to lead
on the leash. She and I would take long walks so she would get better at leading.
"Little Dog in a Big World"
After we had been taking walks for a month, we were bored with just walking around. I
noticed that Tippy loved to jump for treats and wondered if I could get her to jump over
a little jump for them. I got a couple of concrete blocks and a square piece of lumber to
make her a small jump standard. Tippy would sail over this jump for a doggie treat.
As the weeks past, I kept raising the height of the bar by adding other blocks. Tippy kept on
jumping for her treats. One evening, my grandma told me about agility dogs and thought
Tippy might enjoy agility. I looked on YouTube and found videos of 4-H agility dogs and open
agility shows. I wanted to see what Tippy could do, so I made a see saw and a sort of
a-frame. She loved playing on these home made obstacles.
When 4-H started in August, Grandma and I went to what we thought was the first meeting. We found that
our meeting was the next night and a new 4-H dog club had been started. The dog club leader was
at the meeting the next night and I found out what I had to do to join. I was really excited for
Tippy. We had to get Tippy's vaccinations to prepare for the first meeting. I couldn't wait.
The weekend before, Grandma and I went to paint the agility equipment and prepare for the year. I kept wondering
how Tippy would do, since she hadn't been around a lot of people with dogs before. Even though I had
made some of the obstacles at home, Tippy hadn't seen the tubes or other equipment. The leader, Jaime, told
me that they would teach me to work with Tippy in obedience and agility. She said I shouldn't worry about Tippy
being a beginner, just come and have some fun.
Finally, meeting day came. I gave Tippy a bath, so she would smell nice, as she likes to
swim in the pond and can smell kinda nasty. I got her a new choke chain for obedience and she was
sporting her new dog tag. I think Tippy was excited to go to our first dog meeting. Grandma took
the pictures below so you can see how Tippy and I did. She was awesome and I had a good time working
with her. The other people were amazed how Tippy loved agility and how great she did for her
first time on a real course. Actually, she loved it so much, we ran it twice!
(Click on the little pictures to see larger ones.)
~ KSS Rabbitry ~
Katelynn S. Sokolowski
Haskell, Oklahoma
Phone: 915-482-1560
Email: katers20011@yahoo.com
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