Agility Class 8.25.11

Week 2 for Shiva's first agility class! She truly blew me away this session, working off leash for a good portion of it and being really engaged! She was the demo dog for her group, which is amazing considering she's so young!  We worked on crosses and working away from me.  She LOVES tunnels, and finally got the weaves! We're going to be using the channel weaves, and she really enjoys driving through them!

Honor had a really wonderful night. We worked on closing her weaves, and she got to try out the AKC dogwalk, which she LOVED.  I enjoy how fast she is, and eager to work!

Nike had an awesome night too! He nailed a right angle off-side entry into the weaves, and then drove through amazingly.  He's getting more comfortable with our male instructor too!

Agility 8.18.11

First night of agility for Shiva!! I was SO nervous about bringing her, as I so desperately hoped she would enjoy herself! And she did, impressing me with her sheer fearlessness. She took on the metal teeter with no problem, and loved the dog walk! She did a closed chute, and made a great impression on everyone!

Honor was the big wonderful surprise of the night though! I was a bit nervous, as she can be a little unpredictable, but she performed the intermediate course beautifully! We need to begin our work on sending her, as she's got great speed, and we can capitalize on that if I can send her instead of running with her. We did aframe and tunnel sends in the second try that worked well, but tried a bit too far of a send to the frame the third try and she pulled off. But great progress!

Nike was his normal, wonderful, consistent self. He was outstanding on the mostly jumpers course in Int II, and got some nice compliments from the rest of the class!