Update
Well, the Sheltie Class was last week. I had to laugh. There was an Aussie in the class (maybe a tad taller than Koji), but yup, the rest of the class were SHELTIES!!! There actually wasn't a lot of barking. Koji and one other made up most of the barking...on and off the field.
I have to admit, I was concerned at first that this was an Open class, but let's just say, I REALLY REALLY belong there.
lol. It's a positive and negative. Negative because I thought I was more experienced. Positive because I realize how much I need to learn.
Because of the heights, bar changes were awesome. 12 or 16. That was it. Class went by somewhat fast. We ran 3 courses. Or pieces of courses. Some of those Shelties were uber fast...and one was the kind where if you're not in front, he slows down. So, the handler had to make a point to get in front!
I loved loved loved how this class was structured. The first course was 9 obstacles. I lead-out (I was so happy about this because it's outdoors - we train inside - and Koji stayed!) and released and did 3 obstacles before the trainer said, "stop, come back, let's tighten that up". So she had me stand closer to a jump and adjusted another thing and Koji ran fast and tight. Then I messed up another part and she stopped me and told me the best place to be, etc, how to run, where to run, which direction to take. I was concerned about Koji (being velcro and not going out as far) and told her so. She just said, "let's see what happens and adjust if needed". Wow. Koji was great!
One thing I thought for sure Koji wouldn't get was this set up. Let's see if I can draw this.
tttttt j3
j4 j5 j2
j1
you
So you'd take j1 with the dog on the right side of the jump, j2, j3 as a serp, into the tunnel. Then as dog comes out, he should take j4, j5, j2 as a straight line.
So first the trainer shows us how to do the serp to the tunnel and how to handle j4 after the tunnel. I'm like, pivot 180. Nope, she wants us to run the serp, then as dog goes into tunnel, we set up on the left side (if you're not moving from "you" position) of j5. I'm like whoa....Koji is going to turn right into me and skip j4 (I was thinking that). I figured I'd try it. Minus me almost taking out j5 after I did a turn, Koji was PERFECT!!! He ran it beautifully.
After we put all 3 parts together, Koji ran super fast and so clean. At one point, the trainer was yelling, "run diagonally" when I was about to start the serp. In my head, I was thinking, huh!!!??? Then I realized what she meant and I started pulling off the serp a bit. And Koji stayed in the serp and completed it perfectly. I had distance I have never even tried.
Seriously, just those little handling tweaks and showing how you can handle them with distance (in truth, it's not really distance so much as it was just directing the dog), I was just flabbergasted. I hate to say it. But what I learned in that class in that one hour, I haven't learned in the past year in my other class. It also showed me how much HANDLING I needed to learn.
Needless to say, its further, but not as far as the others. I will be joining up probably that first week of July. Then for sure, it WILL be the "Sheltie Class".....minus one Aussie (who was smokin fast btw).
Thanks for reading my review and just overall aweness of the class. I was going to drop-in with another instructor, but I really don't want to do a Monday class.
Gawd, don't let me be THAT Sheltie parent out of all of them, lol. 
