I made a jumping course for Ria in the backyard and pretended she was in a competition. I also like to pretend that she is a horse in a jumping competition, 😁 or even barrel racing. It's actually a lot of fun! Ria jumps over all the jumps. Except if the jumps are too high, she will try to go under them somehow. 😂
I've been doing this a lot with my neighbor Claire since she also has a dog, a German Shorthair Pointer named Sidney, which is about Ria's age. Ria loves playing with Sidney a lot! But almost every day, we always do the jumps, making it even harder for the dogs to jump over. Claire and I always dream of Ria, Sideny, and a couple of the neighbor dogs all pulling a sled or carriage with us driving them. If that ever happened, that would be so much fun!
So, one day, I just made my own course for Ria in my backyard. She's kind of getting it on her own without me pulling her around the barrels ( aka buckets ), which is great! I just want her to go around the barrels fast instead of slow. She is going around them, just not as fast as you would see in a real horse competition.
Apparently, nobody really uses huskies in jumping competitions because they get so distracted, hard to train, and are stubborn!😂 But it's easier with border collies because they are so focused and, I think, learn pretty fast. Here's a video I saw on YouTube with a husky doing a competition:
Here is another video of Ria and I doing the course: