This is Logan from last night. He's getting more snuggly as he's growing up and I like that.
Logan has gone to two classes at the local obedience club in Columbia now (private -- they're doing a pilot program and we have one more. They are starting something more structured beginning in January.)
He has also gone to two classes in pre-agility foundations.
Both the instructors are super nice and I know Logan needs a good obedience foundation to do agility. The agility instructor said she thinks rally is more fun for the dogs -- out of obedience and rally. I guess we will see. I'm reading The Beginner's Guide to Dog Agility to edify my mostly clueless mind.
Logan's opinion:
In the last agility class he took off and ran like the wind around the perimeter of the agility course four times. Once he settled, he went through the tunnel from different angles, we started learning front cross overs, and worked on some restrained recalls with him coming to either side of me. If I call any of this by the incorrect terms, feel free to correct or bear with me.
In the last obedience class, the instructor was giving a long talk on what shaping is. Logan let out an exaggerated sigh sometime during it and plopped to the floor. A few minutes later, Logan stood up and did a perfect roll over and back to his feet.
In that class, we worked on shaping around a brick object and I didn't realize the man was working him up to paws up. When he said, "Eventually, we will work Logan to putting both paws up on the brick," Logan immediately put his paws on the brick because he heard the words. He knows that one already. We also worked on impulse control with Logan leaving treats we walked up to that were in a chair.
One thing Logan is doing, and I want to correct, is he's casting his bottom off to the side instead of being straight beside me in heel position. That's my fault (usually is) because he started it and I didn't know how to start correcting it. We're working on fixing that.
