New to the agility thing. Took a couple basic classes at one club, Mimi was painfully bored (it was a sit and wait in line to try an obstacle type deal) but did everything I asked her to. Though in typical sighthound fashion, she gets the 'screw you, I've done this already' attitude with too many repetitions (another reason I think she was a bit bored with the first classes). I kind of questioned if she'd enjoy it in the long run as she'd just kind of trot along when we did sequences, more because I was asking her to than anything else.
I moved, we did nothing over the summer, and started last Monday at a new club. First thing, I'm more than obviously the 'greenest' in the class. Agility 3 at one club does not equal agility 3 at another. Second, it doesn't matter. The instructer is awesome and wants me to stay as opposed to dropping down. Third.. I found out my dog flipping LOVES agility! I went in last Thursday for an informal practice with a couple people in my class and the instructor.. Mimi took off like a bat out of hell off her start line stay and kept it up through our entire course. I really need to practice sending her out and distance work, because there isn't a snowball's chance that I'll be able to keep up with her. She has full height contacts, but tends to hit the teeter the same way she hits the A frame.. thankfully she has 'easy' and 'wait', because I really don't need her launching off the end of it. Need more practice.
We don't have weaves.. at all. We started with the guide rails at club #1, but I kind of feel it was more teaching her to follow the open path as opposed to the weaves as an obstacle. Club #2 trainer is going to bring me the 2x2 DVD to borrow next week... we'll see.
Side note - I'm happy to find agility people! Tried calling my mom to explain the excitement, she doesn't really get it. lol