I am so, so pleased with Meg today. We rejoined our local agility club this week; I basically just join for the practices in the winter, and last year they had moved them too far away. Today was the first practice we went to.
My little worrywart jumped out of the car, walked in to the arena, saw the equipment, and just turned on. She added so much speed to her always-good responsiveness and control I could barely believe she was still Meg. New place, new dogs, new people...and I am sitting here and can't remember a single wrong move she made. Hit every weave entry, blasted over the teeter driving right to the end (she's been creeping to the pivot point a bit lately) and holding the contact, flipping away from me when asked, and a huge "go on" down the last line in the course, hitting the last jump about 20' ahead of me.
All that, AND her new tugging skills held up. She tugged like a superstar in the middle of the ring, with strange dogs working sequences on each side of her.
I LOVE this dog. She has come so far in the last couple of years, and she just keeps offering me more and more.
Of course, after all that great news, she seems to have tweaked something while hiking this afternoon. She's a tiny bit lame. So cross your fingers for us that she is fine tomorrow.
My little worrywart jumped out of the car, walked in to the arena, saw the equipment, and just turned on. She added so much speed to her always-good responsiveness and control I could barely believe she was still Meg. New place, new dogs, new people...and I am sitting here and can't remember a single wrong move she made. Hit every weave entry, blasted over the teeter driving right to the end (she's been creeping to the pivot point a bit lately) and holding the contact, flipping away from me when asked, and a huge "go on" down the last line in the course, hitting the last jump about 20' ahead of me.
All that, AND her new tugging skills held up. She tugged like a superstar in the middle of the ring, with strange dogs working sequences on each side of her.
I LOVE this dog. She has come so far in the last couple of years, and she just keeps offering me more and more.
Of course, after all that great news, she seems to have tweaked something while hiking this afternoon. She's a tiny bit lame. So cross your fingers for us that she is fine tomorrow.
Congrats... Sounds like she is really enjoying herself!