Finn's Agility Class

Guy and I decided it was time to start Finn in agility training. He kept leaping over the back of the couch and our heads so we figured it was time. There's an agility group in Dallas (DAWG) so we looked at enrolling through them. He's in an 8 week long beginner course. While in the course he practices basic obedience calls and the obstacles. Each Tuesday night I drive down to the North East side of the Dallas metroplex. Class is an hour long.

Finn does great in the car. Sometimes he's a little restless on the way down to class since I can't feed him dinner before we go. The way home though he typically just sleeps since he's warn out. We've been going to class for about 3 weeks now. I would say he's the smartest and quickest learner in his class. I'm still trying to find the balance of when to feed him/how much. If I feed him before class then he gets tired in class and towards the end of class he won't listen. If I don't feed him before class then he doesn't listen as well because he's too hungry. I'm sure that I'll have it figured out by the time we are done with the basic course. After this course there are 2 more intro level ones where he learns the rest of the obstacles and sequencing them together. We're hoping to just continue rolling through with those.

On our way to school

I haven't gotten any pictures of us working in class. I'm hoping Guy will be able to come with us one week and take a few pictures. So far though he's mastered going through the tunnel, small jumps and ending on the table. To practice the table Finn and I were using the ottoman. For Valentine's Day Guy built Finn and I a table to use.