Jess, I was just thinking the other day about Jake's agility classes. I'm glad you're still going strong. I think an instructor can make a huge difference, especially if you find one (or two) that match your learning style.
Yay for our new agility instructors!
Jake started his third agility class (he's done beginner A & B, so this is intermediate A) Tuesday night.
WOW, these instructors are totally different than our first two classes. I loved that they actually used our dogs to show us how to do things. Jake kept popping off the contact on the dog walk, so Sue actually had him walk it with her, then showed me how to correct and then praise at the bottom.
She also helped me learn how to time my cues better, by using Jake and showing me how well he did when given the right commands at the right time. Good Jake! Bad Jess :-[ This is so much more helpful than me doing it wrong 52 times by myself - especially since I am a very visual learner.
Her husband who co-teaches also helped me with Jake's weave entrance and by the end of the night he found it every time
I feel like I learned more in that 60 minutes than in the whole beginner's series!! Now I just need to recruit someone to take pictures of us so we can share our progress.
WOW, these instructors are totally different than our first two classes. I loved that they actually used our dogs to show us how to do things. Jake kept popping off the contact on the dog walk, so Sue actually had him walk it with her, then showed me how to correct and then praise at the bottom.
She also helped me learn how to time my cues better, by using Jake and showing me how well he did when given the right commands at the right time. Good Jake! Bad Jess :-[ This is so much more helpful than me doing it wrong 52 times by myself - especially since I am a very visual learner.
Her husband who co-teaches also helped me with Jake's weave entrance and by the end of the night he found it every time
I feel like I learned more in that 60 minutes than in the whole beginner's series!! Now I just need to recruit someone to take pictures of us so we can share our progress.
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