What is your favorite part of agility?

My favorite part has to be Phebe's unbridled joy in running. Even when she's being naughty she's having the greatest time and when we're in synch it's even better. :winkgrin:
 
The best part for me is seeing a little tiny blue puff ball with zip zero toy or tug drive who never did anything unless food was involved, grab the leash and yank and growl and bark at me because she wants to run. To which shock fellow students ask "who is that dog? and what did you do with Ember?"
 
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I'd have to say my favorite part is crossing that last obstacle and running to get the lead. Koji is so happy, he's jumping and barking and a total crazy boy. But he seems to love running and well, that alone is joyful enough (even when he screws the whole thing up, lol).
 
For me it is when I get that feeling that my dog and I are in sync, we understand each other and know what we're going to do. It's very hard to put down in words, but I think you guys probably know it. That "working together" feeling is pretty darn awesome! I don't see it much anywhere else!
 
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.
 
Justicemom said:
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.
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I love that part too! Even when I wasn't running, looking at the course maps is always fun. Not as fun as bonding with my dog and finishing a course with smiles on our faces, but still fun.
 
Oh, love the part Dr. Shelli talked about too. I was also thinking, one of my favorite runs was when we were in total sync. Yes, there might have been a bobble, I may have not run it perfectly, but Koji was running so smoothly it was awesome. No (excessive) barking, no talking back. Just me and him running smoothly. That's when I feel, "it all comes together and all this craziness is worth it". It reminds me of golf. When you get that perfect shot, it just makes all the crappy shots worth it. lol.
 
Justicemom said:
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.
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You guys are crazy! :lol: I hate that part!
 
corbinam said:
You guys are crazy! :lol: I hate that part!
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Really? I don't like Snooker courses or get points courses, but that's probably because I haven't had the change to run them, and will only have one chance at the trial. But I love walking courses-and helps me SO SO much!
 
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