More agility with Miss Maddie

We went and practiced agility last night. - Videos are at the end of my ramble

First, I have to thank G. for video-taping. It is so valuable. I also want to thank her for giving us her time, and for her patience. She is an excellent teacher and she pulled me back from the brink of snapping myself a few times - lol

We, or should I say "I" am a walking bull in a china shop! This is so hard for me. Funny, I was a dancer in my younger life; ballet, tap, jazz, even disco (and you know how weird some of those moves are). But, for the life of me, I have become so uncoordinated, unable to pull off some of these moves.

To me, and I am a complete novice, agility is a dance with your dog, with you as the lead.

Maddie does great - she watches me like a hawk, and even the slightest body/foot/arm move can pull or push her in the wrong direction. And I have the videos to prove it !

Watching the videos, I see my errors, not Maddie's errors as she is just following my lead. When I mess up, she looks at me like, "what? No reward??? -I am not the one that screwed up MOM!"

One must also note, her wagging tail. I think she enjoys it :)

So, here is one of the sequences we attempted last night. This one had a double front cross (think that is what you call it). I have no shame so I will even post my opps and there are enough of them! I swear, it must of taken me 10 attempts for that one decent run!

So, here are the good, the bad and the down right UGLY!


The good,




The bad



The downright UGLY!