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Diva's co owner Rachel came with me to class tonight. I was in kind of a grumpy mood and Diva was pushing all my buttons. But I was trying to be upbeat but losing the battle and getting really frustated. I am having a really hard time because I can't run very fast and my 2 dogs have such a different style that switching back and forth is confusing me.
Rachel has helped me with Diva's training and had trained Diva for a short time in her foundation classes so sort of knows what she is doing as far as crosses, handling etc. But she has never shown a dog in agilty or analyzed courses. She asked me half way though class if she could run Diva. I said sure she couldn't do any worse than I was. Now Rachel is over 10yrs younger and alot more atheltic than me. We walked the course together, I told her how in theory I would run it. Told her to make sure she got the bottoms everytime, don't press her into the weaves and let her have at it.
They had 10 obstacles to do. Not too difficult a pattern. Diva was so excited. Off they went and Diva's body language suddenly changed from just running to one of more attention. Someone was actually running fast with her. She watched Rachel like a hawk. Rachel did the crosses great and then they sprinted to the finish line. On the last curve Rachel lost her bearings and had to jump a jump to keep from taking it out.
Thankfully it was only 12". Diva let her have it,telling her off with that very short ticked off sounding bark of hers. They fixed it and finished. They looked so great and holy cow now I know why I can't keep up with Diva. She is a rocket.
The last run of class was the whole course a 20 obstacle excellent course. They did it with only a few baubles. Rachel is a natural. She had so much fun and so did Diva and I wasn't frustrated by my lack of athletic ability. Ember and I also had fun. Next week Rachel is coming to class again and she is expressing interest in running Diva more often. I am kinda of sad in that its like I'm admitting Diva is too much dog
for me but on the other hand its so much more fun for Diva.
Rachel has helped me with Diva's training and had trained Diva for a short time in her foundation classes so sort of knows what she is doing as far as crosses, handling etc. But she has never shown a dog in agilty or analyzed courses. She asked me half way though class if she could run Diva. I said sure she couldn't do any worse than I was. Now Rachel is over 10yrs younger and alot more atheltic than me. We walked the course together, I told her how in theory I would run it. Told her to make sure she got the bottoms everytime, don't press her into the weaves and let her have at it.
They had 10 obstacles to do. Not too difficult a pattern. Diva was so excited. Off they went and Diva's body language suddenly changed from just running to one of more attention. Someone was actually running fast with her. She watched Rachel like a hawk. Rachel did the crosses great and then they sprinted to the finish line. On the last curve Rachel lost her bearings and had to jump a jump to keep from taking it out.
Thankfully it was only 12". Diva let her have it,telling her off with that very short ticked off sounding bark of hers. They fixed it and finished. They looked so great and holy cow now I know why I can't keep up with Diva. She is a rocket.The last run of class was the whole course a 20 obstacle excellent course. They did it with only a few baubles. Rachel is a natural. She had so much fun and so did Diva and I wasn't frustrated by my lack of athletic ability. Ember and I also had fun. Next week Rachel is coming to class again and she is expressing interest in running Diva more often. I am kinda of sad in that its like I'm admitting Diva is too much dog
for me but on the other hand its so much more fun for Diva.
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She really loves Rachel so I don't feel like I am turning her over to a stranger. Although when Diva goes into racecar mode again in the breed ring Rachel is going to be sorry.