This morning Katie and I went to our second class of agility. We worked on weaves where after three attempts she decided she’d follow my chicken scented fingers around the poles most of the time. But I had trouble having her on my right, as all our obedience stuff has had her on the left. The instructor is also our obedience instructor and she warned me “this might screw Katie up.” But it turned out to screw me up more than Katie! After weaves we did the teeter totter. BOY. Katie had never seen such a thing before, and at first, like the dogwalk last week, she wasn’t having anything to do with walking up the slippery thing! The second time she sort of got it…and by the third time she was willing to be led up it. The instructor held the other side so it didn’t bang and lowered it gently. I don’t think Katie even realized she was on something that moved, she was too interested in finding the next piece of chicken. Maybe she’s TOO food motivated!

Then we did a short bunch of activities, starting with the tire, then the broad jump (which Katie loves), the tunnel, then the table, then weaves, then two jumps right in a row, and finally the chute. She hated the tire last week, but this week she hopped through it when she saw me on the other side. She leaped right over the broad jump, and actually ran through the tunnel on her own! She got confused where to go next because I was so surprised she ran through the tunnel I was late getting to her on the other side, but eventually she made it up onto the table where she did her DOWN! very nicely, then we sort of mucked our way through the weaves. Then the funniest thing happened. We got to the jumps and she STOPPED. Just stopped and refused to go over the first one at all. The instructor called to me to jump over with her…so we tried that. I jumped over and she sat down and watched me. Everyone laughed. I tried again, no dice. Finally we decided to lower the bar, and as Katie is dancing around wildly on her leash, the instructor and I try to get the pole moved down one rung. We’re fumbling around with it, me on one side, the instructor on the other, and Katie nimbly hops over the thing and turns to look at us like “what’s the deal with you two? ” and then she BARKED at us! I guess she was ready to get going. She ran right through the chute with the instructor holding up the end so she could see. YEA KATIE!!!

Good job little girl, on only your second day at agility! Next week is the last week of the 4 week class. I think I have to get some stuff so we can play in the basement this winter. We could practice obedience there too. Right after I get motivated and clean up a space for us to work down there.

Now I have to get ready to go to my book store job. Katie is napping in a chair. Think I wore her out.