Where does the time go

Well it's been a while since I last wrote.  I've been going to my novice agility classes and also had some private lessons.

One morning during class I did my first "fly off".  I started the course just fine, paying close attention to Marty and her directions but I didn't listen when she said "Teeter".  I just ran up the thing thinking .....well who knows what I was thinking...I was running full tilt when suddenly I was flying through the air.  I wasn't on the dog walk which has a plank that goes down to the ground.  I landed on the training floor, thank heavens it is totally covered with a mat but I landed hard.  I squeaked out of sheer surprise and jumped back up on my feet.  I limped a few steps as I checked myself over.  Marty was very encouraging, she didn't baby me with "Oh my!  My poor baby"...you know that kind of stuff that would make anyone afraid they were hurt.  Marty just started me at the beginning of the course and this time when she said "teeter" I ran out to the end and STOPPED! I rode the teeter to the ground like I should have done.  I got lots and lots of treats and that made me very happy.

This is a picture of me on the teeter

the other end of the teeter is off the floor as I am riding the teeter down to the ground.  Even at this point, nearly horizontal to the ground, I am still way up in the air.

At my next private lesson I decided that I didn't want to do the teeter any more and we had to work on it until I felt brave enough to go running out to the end.  The treats I get are wonderful.

I love doing the weave poles and I am very fast....in the smaller training room that is.

On my first private lesson out in the big training area I had no problems doing the weaves, finding the opening (the proper way to start the weaves) and worked at a distance from Marty.  But that was the last time because in class the weaves were set up next to the lattice divider between the area we were working in and the next training area where another class was being held.  Directly on the other side of the lattice divider, parallel with the weaves I was doing was a tunnel and I got scared when it began to move because a big dog was running through the tunnel as I was trying to weave.  It scared me a lot.

Marty is working with me during the private lessons to get me to be more confident about doing all 12 weave poles.  Last private lesson I did 10 before stopping.  I know I will be able to weave all 12 poles again, I just need more practice.

I love the dog walk

I love the A-Frame

I even love tunnels now