What is your favorite part of agility?

You know another thing I like about agility is the mental/thinking part. You have to analyze the course, set a strategy and then follow though on your plan, which may or may not work. It is a different challenge every time.

Sometimes thing look simple but there are traps, restrictions and optical illusions so you need to learn the little tricks to make it work. That straight looking line might not be so straight and that curved broken up line might indeed be straight. Then add the dog who doesn't know anything about what is going to happen and control them with something as simple as the turn of a shoulder, your speed(slowing up or down) and position all at high speeds is just darn exciting.

To me, a person who likes puzzles, it is very appealing.

We have not competed yet and are still learning short courses, but I think I'm with Dr. Shelli on this one also!

I think course analysis has been imprinted in my brain after several years of showing hunter/jumpers and dressage! Of course the horse was easy compared to Riley.... typically the horse could not decide to take off and jump an entirely different part of the course without you....well...unless I ended up in the dirt....

But I love seeing Riley working happily and I even love the crazy zoomie moments that he sometimes gets in class
 
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