So it’s Saturday again, and this morning Katie and I went to the last agility class of this session. We worked on chute quite a bit, and after about 4 runs through it I thought maybe Katie would run it without someone holding up the end..but when we tried again toward the end of the class she still refused unless her favorite instructor was peeking  in and calling her.  Sigh.  And she hates hates HATES the teeter.  After many attempts I picked her up and put her at the pivot point where she would sort of walk off it if she was forced too.  The hatred of the teeter transferred to the dog walk too.  So once again all through the class I had to pick her up and put her on the dog walk.  She won’t approach it or even attempt to walk it.  Double sigh.  On the good side we had the tire again for the first time in three weeks, and she jumped right through it each time, and she still loves the tunnel.  So, after 7 weeks of agility she still won’t do chute, dogwalk or teeter.  But she has fun with jumps of all sorts, tunnel and table.  We didn’t do weaves today, so I don’t know how that would have gone.  Not good I think.

We are debating whether to spend more money on the next agility session.  I know she has mostly fun.  So do I.  And it’s good to get some exercise in during the winter when we can’t go play in the park.  But I twisted my knee today, stopping suddenly when she refused the chute (again).  And tonight I feel like I ran a marathon, complete with shin splints.  But she had fun.  I think.  Maybe.