Now that I have faced my demons and can go to my training center again I took Kadin with me to do some free lance training on a Tuesday morning just to enjoy him and myself. I met a gal named Kitty who had a three year old sheltie who was doing agility exercises and we hit it off and so did the dogs. After playing with the equipment for a few patterns she encouraged me to get Kadin into agiltiy because he was such an athlete and seemed to have an aptitude for executing the patterns. So I made the decision to enroll him in beginning agility classes at IPOC. We had our first class last Monday night. This boy is amazing. He will do anything I ask him and trusts me all the way to keep him safe. He learned to jump through the tire, walk the dog walk, go through a curved tunnel, walk through the weave polls, go to his target, sit and wait and walk the teeter all on the first night. The chute still isn't his favorite thing but it's coming. After the class was over the instructor asked us if there was anything we wanted to specifically work on and I wanted to have him do the chute and the tunnel again. He was so darn cute, he went through the tunnel without stopping and after a jackpot of treats he ran away from me and went through the tunnel again all on his own just to get more treats! I won't be competing with him at AKC trials as my knee won't allow any running or fast turns without my experiencing excrutiating pain but we can set up a course here at home and play all we want. Lacey-Lou will be going to the next session of beginning agility classes because she needs to learn to take direction from her mama.