AG II

On Thursday we took part in a new AG class where are more advanced dogs. Before the class I was a bit afraid of it because I did not exactly know what will happen there. But it turned out that my hesitation was unnecessary.

• Warm up track. 6 jumps in U-shape (2-2-2) and a tunnel connecting first and last jump. We ran it from the both ends. Ruudi was fast and flew over the jumps. Good.
• Secondly we practiced the waltzing steps (6 jumps were placed as zigzag). I went too close to the jump so Ruudi took too big arcs. I should send him to the jump from afar. But in general, it was good.
• Blind cross (6 jumps were placed as zigzag). This is really effective way to have your dog to take very sharp angles turning back from the jump. Ruudi was quite fine, but again, I have to practice this one so I could pay attention to every detail: to Ruudi (is he on the track), to jumps (not to go too close to the jumps, Ruudi knows what to do anyway), to steps (to turn myself correctly; at the beginning it is confusing as I just have learned the waltzing). And all this become more confusing if you have to run from other side and turn yourself contrariwise :)

In addition, although the clearness was not the purpose of the practice, Ruudi tends to pull the jumps down