Each weekend of agility is a new learning experience. Your team-mate, your dog - your beloved pet does a great job at pointing out what you do and don't need to train.
I knew going into this weekend that I had a lot of things to train on - but I got a gift I wasn't expecting - Gabby.
Gabby is a 4 year old BC that belongs to an acquaintance of mine, Sharon - who after a long day was tired and jokingly asked me if I would like to run Gabby. It wasn't till a few minutes later when I saw her frantically waving me over to the course, that I realized she really wanted me to! I was happy to oblige, I love running other peoples dogs!
There is just something about running another handlers dog. No jitters, no expectations, no preconceived "she is prone to turn away from me" or "she tunnel sucks" - Just a nice running dog, who - God willing was going to run with me and not away from me to find her handler! I had only met Gabby once - but Sharon assured me she would run for anybody!
Yes, Gabby and I ran - and yes it was a very nice run. No Q, because we had a bobble - but I had a blast and I think Gabby did too. But - what I learned - even from a dog I didn't know very well - was all they care about is having fun. All my "worries" with my dog - is just that... mine. So for the rest of the weekend - as I walked out to the start line with Hemi - I remembered this little gift! Just after running Gabby I ran Hemi in Jumpers, it was beautiful!
We Q'd, AND got 2nd Place. - Vroom! Vroom!
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