Mocca's 5th Agility Class

Last night's class went really well. We had all 6 dogs back again for class so we had split into our groups of 3 & 3. Our 3rd dog is a little white fluffy thing named Lucy who has enough energy for 5 or 6 dogs.

Lucy's owner had also recently adopted a black chinese crested dog (with hair, not the hairless kind) who was exceptionally cute with this head of hair he looks like a little person. He was a barker though. This was cured with a citronella bark control collar. I have never seen one of those in action but it worked perfectly!

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I also discovered Koa's owner also works at Drs. Foster & Smith but in the call center, which is why I wouldnt know she worked in the same company as I do. :-)

Mocca was so excited when we got to class that when we got out of the car & started walking over to the arena she was all jumping & tugging at her leash (which she does when she is SUPER excited). It was cute.

We started out with our normal warm-up jumps, then progressed to the plank a few times & then the a-frame a few times. Next we did a sequence of Jump - plank - jump - jump - big jump. After we did that we threw in a twist by adding the tunnel right after the first jump. This was exceptionally difficult as it turns out I had to be in JUST the right spot at the right time to keep mocca from going up the plank first, and then when we did get through the tunnel, it wrapped UNDER the plank so I had to lead her completely around to go up the plank. It took a few tries but we did it finally. Turns out agility isnt all about the dog! We did much better this week and I was using the "here" command better and it works very well with Mocca in her quest for food. Still the biggest challenge is that she is much faster than I am.

After that we did a few more simple sequences and then moved onto the teeter totter again. This time it went almost to the ground, but about 1 foot up instead of 3 off the ground. Mocca goes across it SO quickly I am afraid it's going to startle her at one point but there isnt too much I can do to slow her down. At this point she doesnt care what she has to go over to get to the treat whatsoever so maybe it doesnt matter.

Last we worked on a couple more sequences which included the weave poles. We are still doing the set of 6 but this week Mocca did VERY well - a few times she just zipped right through those perfectly!! It was great to see. Seems like the weave poles have just finally "clicked" with her. I cant wait to see her do more.

So next week is our last class & we get to "graduate". We we definately sign up for the next class. Stay tuned for flyball report next tuesday!

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