The last night of agility obedience class wasn't exactly the blaze of glory I'd hoped for.
Up to that point, we'd only worked on jumps, weave poles, wobble board, plank, and pause table individually, so, for a grand finale, the instructors set up a short course of jump-pause table-jump-tunnel-jump-jump.
The interesting – no, frustrating – part was that we had the most trouble with Henry's strength – jumping. It was really difficult to get him to jump while I was beside him (instead of on the other side of the bar telling him to come over). That was really maddening because he used to do that without hesitation.
Of course, it was maddening and terribly embarrassing when I knocked down one of the jump bars!
He also wouldn't go through the tunnel unless someone held him and I stood at the other end calling him through. That didn't bother me because he had only been introduced to the tunnel that night. He will get that eventually.
The pleasant surprise was his pause table performance. After working every day on down/stay and sit/stay, he's much improved since the class started 6 weeks ago. He didn't have any trouble holding his stay for 5 seconds.
Most importantly, he loved running the course, even if he did run outside the tunnel, around a jump, and nearly trip me on the second run.
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