I audited a 3 day agility seminar. It was Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. I was a working auditor for all 3 days so I had to be there at 7am each day to move equipment and set the rings. I got to try my hand at reading course maps and setting up the course based on it. I didn’t do too bad. Just a few things needed to be tweaked. I learned alot and took alot of notes. I was able to use one of the skills in agility class with Vada on Wednesday night and it worked!
I was also able to work my dogs over the lunch break on the equipment. I worked on dog walk contacts with both of them. I put them into position from the side and then they were able to get into correct position by going over the dog walk. They both seemed to need that reminder. They both did great and I was even doing an obstacle before the dog walk and they were stilll hitting it. I need to remember to practice with the tunnel right next to the dog walk too so they see that picture. I introduced Copper to front crosses too. He has great rear crosses. 3 days of working contacts was great for both of them. Vada did better in class on Wednesday night on her contacts and she did a better job of keeping bars up then the week before. I worked her without weave pole guides in class and she did great. She did great 6 pole weaves at SoccerBlast too.
NADAC just changed the Weavers class to only have sets of 6 poles in Novice. Copper and Vada should be able to get their titles with no problem now. Copper needs that and 2 Touch N Go Qs to get his Novice Versatility award. That is my goal with him in NADAC.
Tuesday night we worked on the back transport with Vada and she was doing beautifully! Angli was in the middle of the ring with a second line on Vada and was putting some pressure on her to pull her out of position so she had to try hard to stay in heel position.
Thursday night after I taught agility class I taught both of my dogs ‘go’ around a bucket. Copper did awesome! Vada did awesome on the left but horrible on the right. I think it’s because the SchH vorous is on the left. I also learned this week that Copper thinks food is a higher value then tugs.