Meg and I began our Agility 1 class with Penney Morse today. Unfortunately, there's only one other dog in her class so it won't do too much for getting her used to working around lots of other dogs, but we still had fun.
First, Meg got to try out the tunnel. She thought it was great and wanted to go through again and again. Then she gave the A-frame a try...that one was a bit scary the first time, but with a little help, she got the idea and went over 2 more times, getting faster and more confident each time. Then we worked on the wobble board a bit, followed by the dog walk. The dog walk was scarier than the A-frame and Meg tried to jump off onto my shoulder on her second time over, but by the fourth time she was trying to run it like a pro!
Then we gave the pause table a shot...that was easy! And we listened to the teeter bang against the ground...Meg found that a bit scary, but tolerable.
And last came the jumps. Meg loves to jump and leap around at home, but these agility jumps were not impressive to her. Why go over them when you can go around? Or better yet, just go under? Or best off all, knock the bar off with your head and just walk right through?
With Penney's help, Meg finally started to get the idea after many tries with the jumps so we called it quits while we were a tad ahead. We'll have to work on it at home.
All that new stuff wore Meg out. After just 35 minutes of class, we came home and she curled up on my lap and was out! I don't think I've ever seen her snooze so soundly. It only lasted about 20 minutes, but I'm glad to have finally wore her out for a change.
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