Back to school--
Jun. 17th, 2008 08:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smg01--Dog school that is.
Tom and I went to our first beginning agility class last night. It was lots of fun. We were introduced to the open tunnel, closed tunnel, A-frame, and low hurdles. It's a nice sized class--fewer than ten dogs. Most of the dogs are some variety of herding dogs or herding mixes. There's one or two "you pick the breeds" dogs, and Tom, a hunting dog.
The person who was near me for most of the class and I struck up an ongoing conversation. I thought she said her dog was a Malinois, but I think I misheard because to me he didn't look right for that breed. Anyway, we got started laughing, because at one point she was watching the way Tom did the tunnels and said "he's very independent, isn't he?" I laughed and agreed. She was commenting how that's so typical of a hunting dog--while all the herding dogs are all like "what do you want me to do next? is this okay?"
Tom caught on to the "over" with the little hurdle right quick. He wasn't so sure about the A-frame, but seemed to be more at ease with it after doing it a few times. Then there were the tunnels. He seemed a little unsure of them the first couple of times. But then he went through them fine. He took his time, though. And his attitude very much seemed to be "All right, hold your horses. There are all kinds of interesting smells here." This is what prompted the conversation with the classmate about the more independent nature of hunting breeds.
Anyway, it was a lot of fun and I think Tom had fun too. I don't know if I'm really going to be able to afford to get into this in a big way, but if nothing else, at least a round or two of classes should be fun.
Tom and I went to our first beginning agility class last night. It was lots of fun. We were introduced to the open tunnel, closed tunnel, A-frame, and low hurdles. It's a nice sized class--fewer than ten dogs. Most of the dogs are some variety of herding dogs or herding mixes. There's one or two "you pick the breeds" dogs, and Tom, a hunting dog.
The person who was near me for most of the class and I struck up an ongoing conversation. I thought she said her dog was a Malinois, but I think I misheard because to me he didn't look right for that breed. Anyway, we got started laughing, because at one point she was watching the way Tom did the tunnels and said "he's very independent, isn't he?" I laughed and agreed. She was commenting how that's so typical of a hunting dog--while all the herding dogs are all like "what do you want me to do next? is this okay?"
Tom caught on to the "over" with the little hurdle right quick. He wasn't so sure about the A-frame, but seemed to be more at ease with it after doing it a few times. Then there were the tunnels. He seemed a little unsure of them the first couple of times. But then he went through them fine. He took his time, though. And his attitude very much seemed to be "All right, hold your horses. There are all kinds of interesting smells here." This is what prompted the conversation with the classmate about the more independent nature of hunting breeds.
Anyway, it was a lot of fun and I think Tom had fun too. I don't know if I'm really going to be able to afford to get into this in a big way, but if nothing else, at least a round or two of classes should be fun.