Agility cass was challenging last night.  We had a serpentine, which was the part that I expected to give me trouble.   It did, but not as much as two jumps, side-by-side, that we had to circle one and a half times before moving out to another jump far far away.  I wasn’t driving correctly.  Something just wasn’t right because I was losing my kids in that circle.  Frustrating times for me and my brain!  So I went to sleep with it, and it was some time in the mid-of-night I realized something I read in Susan Garrett’s new e-book of tips:  mind your face-to-face contact.  I haven’t been doing that with my sweethearts.  But I used that approach tonight in the backyard, and it worked much better.  Now I need to keep that in mind at the arena, a much bigger space, for next Monday’s class.

Meanwhile, I’ve started training my visiting Australian dignitary, Dudley, on some agility equipment.  He’s taken a liking to it, so no reason not to indulge him in some training to complement the antics that go along with him.  Here’s a few snap shots of his busy work.

Dudley keeps busy at Fort Doberdale.  His big job entails getting in the way of progress.  He thinks the dog walk is his, so polices it regularly.

Here comes Raven!  Oh look, Dudley’s got things covered at the other end.  With his body.

Yet sitting is so much more comfortable.

Here’s the li’l tyke waiting for Raven to come up at the other end.  A quick turn-around.  Put on the brakes.  Boink!  Raven’s at a stand-still.

Goals are for more concentration on making that face-to-face contact with my agility partners, and growing up Dudley.

Helen