This week was interesting. We didn't have the magic we did last week, but we did a decent job.

Duncan would get really focused on the ball one run, then get distracted on the next. His recalls were blazing, though. Yay!

The box... we didn't load it like we had wanted to because Duncan hadn't retained last week well. Poor guy, he tried. He also can't be to blame because it's not like we could practice! I got him to do nice box turns, without grabbing the ball. Then we added the ball, just to confuse the heck out of him. We ended on a positive note - good box turn with a ball grab. Then more perfect recalls.

Good news - we got to borrow box! It is one of the older ones, but at least we can work at home. And I might be able to get some video. We will also be working with a T (picture soon) to get the box turn motion. Duncan is little, so he's really going to have to smack the box to trigger it. We aren't there yet.

Goals are nice!

Also, there is a tournament this weekend that I may go to. If so, I will link to all the pictures and videos.

My agility Duncan did great! Well, you know, two months of practice great. He was a little wild, barky, and spastic. I tripped, forgot the jumpers course, and made thousands of other mistakes.

I don't have any video of the Standard runs. We did two jaunts through the course. The obstacles were a little dirty and Duncan was very interested in something dumped in the overgrown grass. We did good contacts! Tunnels were a bust until I just took the time to really reinforce one.

The Jumpers course was awesome. There was only one tunnel and one set of weaves. I thought it best to just skip the weaves entirely. So we replaced it with a jump. The second run-through was more fun than the second. I got away with some difficult crosses in some places and not others. Oh, Duncan... must we be velcro-ed?



Overall, we had fun - which is what is important. People told me varying things. The most overwhelming response was that Duncan loves agility and that he is going to be awesome. I agree. The other comment was that I am too hard on myself. Probably true.

Enjoy! Oh, and no agility class this week.

Really quickly, as I didn't have time to post until now.

Flyball class went very well. We got Duncan on the box (without the trigger) and he did the full run from the start line (not on the trigger box, though).

Duncan was so very smart when I put him to the box! At first, he was like, HUH?!?! Then I did some shaping sort of work to get him on the box. In just a few minutes, he was doing a great swimmer's turn. Yay!

Anyway, I need to work on getting the drive to go away from me when I shout "GO!"

Ugh... I need to post right after a practice!