Bonnie Norris Trained Trkman for Dogwalk, Sanders for A-frame

Bonnie Norris owns and operates the Paws for Applause Dog Agility School near Dallas Texas.  Her newest dog is her Border Collie Ice.  Ice was trained with a stopped Dogwalk performance, and with Rachel Sanders’ box method for a running A-frame. (Bonnie later transitioned to a running dogwalk as well, as described later in this post)

Bonnie took a lot of video at various stages of the A-frame training.  I didn’t find video of the very beginning with the box on the ground but there is a good series with the box on the A-frame. You can find Bonnie’s videos on her YouTube Channel.  Here is a playlist of the A-frame training.

Running A-frame Sanders Method

httpvp://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B1820A261A84B29E

Bonnie describes Ice as a very soft dog, and felt he was much happier and more confident with his running A-frame training than his stopped Dogwalk training.  After a few months in competition, Bonnie realized how much more confidence and speed Ice had when performing his A-frame as opposed to his stopped Dogwalk.  At that point she decided to take the leap and try and get the same enthusiasm for the Dogwalk that Ice had for the A-frame by converting his stopped Dogwalk to a running Dogwalk.  She used Silvia Trkman’s method.   This is well documented on Bonnie’s YouTube Channel also. I have included a playlist below.

Running Dogwalk Trkman Method

httpvp://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=CF741AB5318DEA6F

Here are two recently added videos of Bonnie and Ice working on turns after the dogwalk.

Turns After Running Dogwalk

httpvp://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C0EE2F41A5A232B2

I’m sure there will be more videos added in the future so keep an eye on Bonnie’s YouTube Channel and I’ll do periodic updates here too.