So we had our first agility class today, it went pretty much as I knew it would. Myah was a freak. She loves other dogs, and even though there was only 4 there, and quite spaced out from her, she still provided to jump and do her whine scream, and be chaotic. The trainer kept encouraging me that it was okay because she was an Aussie and she's only 11 months, I was slightly mortified at the start. You'd think my dog was half alien by the way she acts sometimes, but by the end she was calmer. Our biggest accomplishment of the night is we did do all the obstacles placed in front of us, and all the sequences. Once we actually started doing agility she calmed down considerably and although her focus was off I'm proud of her. In fact I had to keep her on leash but the jump sequences she kept zooming ahead, like I taught her, and I kept missing commands. I can also say that I by watching Myah already has a lot of speed, more than I thought, the other dogs seemed more focused and reserved. I rather like having a psycho speedy dog, I think. Next week its a lot smaller class, just me and another guy, so we get to do some sequences with a tab, I think this will be much more Myah's style, as long as she is kept busy and doesn't have to see other dogs running around and having fun without her she is okay. Overall I'd happily say we have a lot to improve on but at least she did do the obstacles, my biggest fear was she would totally space out because other animals where in the room, but she did okay. I think I am happier with knowing where to improve than have her be too good and not knowing what to do.
No new pictures, but here's one from last week:
Very cool, our first agility class went okay, and the second one, but the last one we had was kinda chaotic. Blossom is much calmer, but the teeter totter really freaked her out, and we are having to start so small I think it messed her up the rest of the night because then she was scared of the weave poles and the a frame, both of which she had seen before and done before. Granted the a frame was higher, but yeah. The teeter was the first thing ever I had seen her refuse to move on. She has never been so scared the trainer said it comes with practice. She told me to go back to the small board with the pvc pipe on it so she can get used to the movement and noise more. Good luck.
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