Tani was taught Running Contacts with Silvia Trkman's method. We started when she was about 8 months old running her only on a flat plank and she was able to do the whole dogwalk by the time she was 13 months, training about 2-3 times/week for very short sessions.

 

I am very happy with the outcome, although I am not a fast runner I had no problems handling different sequences after the DW and she is very reliable in her performance. Just running and no thinking is a perfect method for her, but in the end it's no surprise since the method was invented for her 3/4 sister La :)

 

I am sure I will teach all of my dogs to do running contacts, not only because I find them fun to teach, fun for the dogs and less stressful for their joints, but also because I am hooked. There is no better feeling than watching a dog do the perfect running contact, you can only understand it if you have tried it with your dogs!