Last weekend the Ft. Wayne Obedience Training Club offered a B Match following their agility trial on Friday and Saturday. I wanted to use it as an opportunity to get Devon on new equipment and see how confident she really was. I also wanted it to be a completely positive experience.
Here’s what I learned:
- Devon is not ready for weaves. She totally didn’t know what to do with them as she showed me in class.
- Devon is very confident in sequencing jumps and tunnels.
- Devon really reads my body and motion; I don’t have to use obstacle names. She’s handling way better than she did last year, and she truly understands it.
- Devon is committing to the jumps better/earlier, and I’m able to get some lateral distance so I don’t have to baby sit jumps.
- Devon is giving me lead outs and reading the turns in the air and before the jumps.
- Devon absolutely needs to be right. I gave her a difficult turn off an obstacle, and she wasn’t ready for it. She got stressed and confused.
- I must remain positive and convince Devon she’s always right or she will shut down.
- Devon tires easily with these new experiences.
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