Currently Rigby is training in three areas, tracking, obedience and agility. Her tracking continues to improve, as she is doing TD length tracks with up to four turns. Lately her obedience training has seemed to start coming together and she is making strides. She just started her second series of agility foundation classes and it is no surprise that she seems to love jumping and learning all the obstacles.
This week at her obedience class Rigby's heeling, including her figure 8, showed much more consistency in attention and smoothness. She did a stand for exam for the first time, having done a sit for exam in all her previous classes. Besides working the novice level exercises she did a recall on the flat AND over the high jump and also performed the broad jump exercise.
Rigby's level of maturity is displayed by her ability to relax more at class and during training. She is settling in more quickly when she arrives at a training site and it's easier for her to focus her attention on her training rather than all the other exciting things around her.
Friday evening I got some video of Rigby heeling, doing some figure 8 work and doing a recall. The heeling shown here is not the best she can do (this video was taken after we had been training for quite some time that evening), but it gives an idea of where she is and shows her happiness in her work.
Thanks to Karen Schroeder for taping Rigby and I at our practice session.
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