#agility class

[fawnduu]

Sorry, yeah, I'm making you look at me and my dog compete in agility!!!

#shiba #dog agility #dog sports #dog sports are my biggest hobby i teach classes as well!

[sidetongue]

please appreciate how delightful our little friend Lotte is

#she was in the same agility class as budgie #and we just gravitated towards each other #a) because they had the only spaniel in the class and #b) because they are the sweetest people ever #so i was thrilled when they contacted me for a photoshoot #isnt she beautiful? #lotte #pojnt & snoot photography

[sergle]

Honestly I love goldens they are like the white bread of dog breeds. Basic bitch (complimentary)

NO NO, SAY IT, UR NOT WRONG!!! there's a reason why they're literally the Basic Upperclass White People Dog. the Two Kids And An InGround Pool Dog. They're the AP flour of dog. They become the shape of whatever mold you put them in.

#And usually that mold is simply “the family's best buddy” #they're SOOO basic I think that's what I like. they're so quintessential Dog. #they really are just whatever you need them to be bc they're so people-pleasing by DEFAULT #like yes I trained hugo and he gets exercise and play and I run his tricks with him to make sure he doesn't forget them #but Hugo is a lazy little couch boy. a hanging out while I work at my desk dog. a going on lots of road trips dog. #but goldens can be super athletic too... hiking partners or agility competitors #and we already know they can do Jobs. everyone always asks if Hugo's a service dog bc they just associate the breed with being a working do #sergle answers #GOD I wish I was middle-upper-class with an in-ground pool... hugo would LOVE a pool.............

[bbreaddog]

Okay I’m rewatching jatp (as you do) and it just stumps me every time how Julie can just sight read AT TEMPO without making a single mistake after almost an entire YEAR of not playing??????? OR SINGING? Did she even warm up?? There is seemingly NO SIGN of muscle regression, or loss of technique, LIKE. I don’t think anyone could get their vocal folds to thin out into THAT clean of a chest mix after not singing for a year.

JULIE?????????????

#julie and the phantoms #jatp #julie molina #mine #LIKE. IDK MYBE I’M PROJECTING OR SOMETHING BUT. I DIDN’T SING FOR THE WHOLE TIME WE WERE IN LOCKDOWN AND THEN SOME #WHICH IS MORE THAN A YEAR BUT I’M PRETTY SURE EVEN AFTER A FEW MONTHS MY VOICE WAS NOT AS FIT AS IT WAS BEFORE #THE FACT THAT JULIE STILL RETAINED ALL THAT AGILITY AND DEMONSTRATED SUCH SMOOTH TECHNICAL TRANSITIONS. LIKE. #hang on i can be normal about this just gimme a sec #GIRL DID NOT EVEN WARM UP HER VOICE #I DOUBT SHE COULD EVEN THINK ABOUT WARMING UP IF IT WAS ALREADY SO DIFFICULT FOR HER TO COME UP TO THE PIANO IN MUSIC CLASS THE DAY BEFORE #okay wait i said i would be normal about it and i will be from now on #idk enough about piano to comment on that #but i do know about sight reading and i can tell you sight reading at tempo without error is like. highly highly improbable #even with more consistent and regular practise than Julie has had. I still would NOT START SIGHT READING A 3-4 MINUTE PIECE. AT TEMPO. #JULIE???? #HANDWRITTEN MUSIC NO LESS #THAT’S EVEN HARDER TO SIGHT READ #WHAT ON GOD’S GREEN EARTH #no wonder mrs harrison tried so hard to keep her in music class #i would too if i had a student like that #does Julie even need music class #seems like music class needs her more

[pawsitivevibe]

Baby boy graduated from his obedience class.

#he got to show off his agility skillz in the last class which was fun #all the other dogs had never gone over a jump or through a tunnel before and so everyone thought it was Very Cool that Arthur could #dogblr #english cocker spaniel #arthur #10 months

[fayeandknight]

A baby lulled to sleep by the rain.

#dogblr #forte #belgian tervuren #this was during our pre agility class hangout #it started pouring so i looked back to see if it was bothering him #but the baby was fast asleep

[deityofhearts]

cheerleaders 🤝 equestrians (but specifically horse girls): your sport not being taken seriously by other people and being treated like a joke

#deity dialogue #when I was in middle school my computer teacher was also a football coach and would have ‘banter’ with the cheer coach (who was also an #assistant teacher for my math class btw she was so sweet she helped me a lot in class and also made me a bow which was stolen from me :( ) #about how ‘football was a real sport and cheerleading wasn’t’ LIKE ARE YOU KIDDING ME #jsut because cheerleaders look cute and are peppy and more often than not girls and women you don’t take anything they do seriously #do you understand the strength and agility and flexibility needed to be a cheerleader do you see the shit they’re doing and you have the #gall not to respect what they do as a sport??? i wasn’t a cheerleader but a few of my friends were and I respect them so much that shit must #have taken so much of everything #obvs I’m not covering the full scale of what it takes to be a cheerleader cause again I wasn’t one but like I’m so pissed whenever people #have the audacity to act like it’s not a serious sport and I’m mad at the same for equestrians as well. #Also generally I hate people who think cheerleaders are inherently awful and bitches like y’all shouldn’t generalize just because some #people in a group are mean or popularly portrayed as mean doesn’t mean it’s true my friends from school were sweet to literally everyone so #can it. this isn’t me like dismissing anyone who’s been bullied by anyone but don’t like assume everyone is terrible thanks bye #it’s the misogyny and we all know it :/ it affects men in the sports as well because if you’re a male cheerleader you’re treated badly and #it’s the misogyny and we all know it

[corvidcrowned]

Skaters…

#I think hayasaka is very clumsy. #kuru is very agile though!! He took dancing classes as a kid #yttd #kurumada yttd #naomichi kurumada #hayasaka yttd #shunsuke hayasaka #eli’s art

[thelittlespanielthatcould]

baby was getting tired towards the end of agility class so he sat down while doing his paws trick

#we're doing foundations agility again because the first foundations class we did was like 3 years ago and I forgot everything #well #not everything #a lot of the stuff we're learning he does have some background in #but my mechanics need a lot of work and his focus needs some fine tuning #its so much fun though #the only reason I couldn't do it more often was because it was hard to fit it in with my schedule and how far I had to drive #but now I moved somewhere intentionally close to an agility facility and we could walk there if we wanted to #which I will want to if the next round falls on my day off #and if I could build up his stamina... lol #i think both our muscles atrophied never leaving the house because it was so goddamn hot all the time when we lived in fl #we're catching up now though! #slowly but surely #agility #classes #kovus face #ckcs #kovu #dog sports

[hazard-and-friends]

K’seil needs an office job, not only to pay off those vet bills but also any dog who will remove bristles That systematically needs to put their energy towards like. Filing or spreadsheets or something

yeah honestly the most impressive things are:

like, systematically removing bristles. there's no stray ones anywhere. clearly working through the brush one bristle at a time. she had a plan.

there were seventy seven bristles i picked up off the floor how the HELL did she not eat any of them

#asks for ts #Anonymous #we just need to make it 3 more weeks then she starts pre agility classes #bucket full of starlight

[ocala-is-calling]

Look at them 🥹

#this run was their last in an hour and 15 minute class #with only 3 other students #I think everyone had 7 turns total #so she was superrrrr tired #but she still wanted to go for it and she finished the run 🥹 #she lovesss agility #and my husband and her make such a good team! #I'm very proud of both of them 🥹 #and kudos to my husband for having a sighthound as his first agility dog lol #they aren't great by any means but they have a lot of fun and that's what matters!!! #I'm so glad both my husband and Ocala have found Their Sport #dogblr #silken windhound #snootblr #ocala #2 years #agility #video

[wyrddogs]

Stuff from agility class, kind of train-of-thought:

Babydog did fantastic. We've graduated to 12-inch jumps and are doing short sequences. We have an excellent lead out and are building lateral distance. Rear crosses don't exist yet, front crosses are a work in progress, and I still automatically do blinds so tonight consisted of me hauling absolute ass to stay in front of my dog.

We did a fourteen-obstacle jumpers/tunnel sequence in three parts and he was fantastic. He is still building obstacle obedience so he misses jumps if I don't set him up and support him, which yeah, baby dog. I'm very pleased with how he is progressing.

Introduced him to dogwalk contacts tonight. I've worked very hard on our plank work, so he has a great 2o2o (and I need to remember to finally introduce my command for it-- Park). I can powerwalk with him and have him auto-2o2o, and we've played tug with him keeping his hind feet where they're supposed to be. We'll work on that this week with the goal of having me run past him at speed and he holds it.

Once he's extremely solid on his dogwalk contact, we'll take him to a different facility and introduce him to a full dogwalk at half height.

Eventually I'll be doing running contacts with him, but it's good to start out with 2o2o. No reason not to.

Kermit... Kermit. Last two classes weren't super great. He's been slow and has been breaking into a trot on course. I really have to rev him up beforehand to get him to offer a medium jog. I used cheese last week and meatballs this week without much improvement.

Last week he took several tries to complete weave poles and tonight he refused altogether. He was acting like they smelled weird-- he didn't want to go near them and would bark at me if I asked him to enter. My trainer agreed that this is extremely unusual behavior for him. We took a break and then went to the other end of the poles and she had me lure him through. He broke out of the weaves at the last poles and refused to go back in again. Maybe an animal peed on them or something.

He enjoys agility but doesn't adore it like he does nosework. He's never going to be a competitive agility dog-- mostly we're doing it because it's my main sport (even though I've been out of it since 2019 when Bindi permanently injured herself) and because we both have fun. What with inflation increasing again I'm questioning if I want to continue paying for his classes.

I'm on the waitlist to get into a nosework class with an excellent trainer. Once I get in I might just focus on nosework with Him and drop him from agility classes. Save me some money.

#some classes kermit's on fire #and others even meatballs won't inspire him to run #he has fun but I can tell it isn't his passion #he loves activities that use his nose best #agility

[elvenferretots]

Someone thinks he's in puppy heaven because I brought out all of his favorite toys and chews. Little does he know it's because he is on vet-mandated rest this week after throwing out his back.

#tensoon the dobe #really hoping it was just a tweak that's better by trials #but we'll see #he's already stress farting and whining about the fact that we're not doing anything fun today #he really missed agility class yesterday

[theangrypomeranian]

this is literally the worst week I could've gotten sick UGH

#pom ponders #caught a summer cold and I'm so peeved #all of my dog training classes require me to be agile and move around a lot #but I've been wearing a mask at work because i don't wanna ger anyone else sick #but i can barely BREATHE #and i wanted to write this week and was so excited about getting to walk to work #but being sick gives me zero energy to do anything but sit around trying not to DIE #i hate my body ugh ugh ugh

[lloonlloon]

2 for 2 this week for slipping in puddles with my dog. I’m soggy again 😭

#she was a superstar at agility class and no one else came so we had it all to ourselves #she always does best after a break #estrella #australian shepherd

[fayeandknight]

I'm still having kind of a rough time personally, but I got a compliment at work that was so nice it almost makes everything okay.

It was my off leash agility 1 class. And at the end I was telling them how impressed I was since the dog recently completed the intro class and this was only their second time working off leash. And they told me

"At the previous place we trained we were always wrong and she was always a bad dog. Here, you're always saying we're right and that she's a good dog. We never thought she could be engaged and off leash let alone doing amazing things like flying over jumps. But she loves it and it's like you've given us permission to love her."

Y'all I almost bawled on the spot.

This is what drives me to teach agility. I absolutely love showing people how amazing their dogs are and helping them build a relationship centered on having fun together as a team.

#dogblr #teaching agility class #dog agility #when this dog started she was so nervous #now i realize she was afraid to do the wrong thing #she's really blossomed and loves taking jumps #and her people are constantly taking videos to share with family #who I've been told can hardly believe she's the same dog #and I've noticed a similar change in their behavior #they started the class so stiff and only doing exactly what i said #but now they take my advice as suggestions and modify as needed #they dance around with joy and praise their dog and tell her she's amazing #i don't need a legacy of impressive trial dogs #i just want to give people an avenue through which they fall in love with their dogs and see themselves as teammates rather than adversaries