Yeah I mean I honestly am curious because I've found her skill teaching methods to be very intuitive for me and my dogs have responded well to them. But holy smokes.
I have no trouble at all paying folks for their expertise. I realize there are quite a few people who make a living from all this and well agility at least in the U.S. is a rather expensive hobby anyway. If it's something I truly think will be of value I will look at the price and move things around and see if I can make it fit.
But to have information priced, right out the gate, so far beyond anything I could
ever possibly justify to myself...it's just very disappointing to say the least. I guess I tend to approach the evolution of agility as a scientific effort where constant experimentation, information sharing, and innovation is part of what drives the sport to the next height. But the price tags being tacked on some things lately just smacks too strongly of commercialization and holding progress ransom for me.
I'm not sure how to word my gut reaction clearly but that's the best I can do at the moment.
/soapbox
In other news Mira has her first class of the season tonight and was just flippin' fabulous. Whatta dog. I tried a couple not-often-seen maneuvers with her tonight and she drove on through them just like I hoped then transitioned smoothly to tight collection on forward send jump wraps, leaving hair on the jump uprights then accelerating out of it. As her confidence grows I'm hoping to see more and more of this in trial situations as well...hard to remember she's only 2 sometimes.
I don't have anyone else in class at the moment since there's only one local class that I really get much from, but I did bring Webby along and practiced with him in the side field after Mira's class was over -- new place for him after a long long hiatus (read: he quasi-retired this time last year)...just recently I've been going back to a bit of skill refreshing with him with a heavy emphasis on motivation transfer...and he was really really on tonight. Demanding to work,
running hard, finding paths and seeking out obstacles instead of holding back or trying to disconnect...just having
fun.
Running both M & W tonight just felt wonderful
Go pups go!