No videos from agility because I forgot.
The first run wasn't bad and pretty standard for us. No knocked bars, decent contacts, and the occasional zooming passed me.
On our second run I was more mindful about my words, not yelling (because I'm the loud between us lol) and trying to be silent for at least half my cues. I definitely noticed an improvement in his focus. He looked to me for direction more often because my cues were quieter and/or silent. Very cool.
At the end we took some time to help one of the other dogs in class. This dog is reactive and Forte was called upon to play neutral dog. He's actually really good for that since he is super respectful of other dogs body language and doesn't escalate reactions. If a dog goes off he looks to me because I've heavily reenforced that a dog having big loud feelings means come to me for a treat. So it was neat to be able to use that to help another dog.
The owner thanked me and made a comment about how the cattle dog part of her (dog) made her crazy. And I laughed and assured them I understand because I have a Corgi cattle dog mix at home.
My instructor fell on this information and asked if my Corgi would do Flyball. Told the instructor that Faye would probably be good at it but she hates being in a crate. My instructor's so what, she (Faye) should come to Flyball practice.
I reached out to the Flyball instructor to see if there's room for Faye to join as well tomorrow so we'll see.
If Faye does come I'll probably just put her in my car when it's not her turn.
