Jackie had her first agility lesson today! We’ve enrolled in foundations for agility, and today we took our first steps. We worked on settling in a slightly more distracting environment, on the beginnings of body awareness over novel substrates, and body awareness while moving on a wobble board. We also began stand-stay and continued learning being reinforced for nose-touching a hand target.
Jackie handled the training environment like a champ, and she did great around her classmates, among whom were a Portuguese Water Dog and a beautiful white poodle. She handled the slightly longer car ride to the training facility very well, and settled nicely in her travel crate.
When we got to Cowtown Dog Sports, we were greeted by a friendly deer. I was glad to observe Jackie’s reaction, which was only very mild, if any, interest in looking at the deer. Today must have been our day for wildlife sighting because on our morning walk we saw a snake along the Trinity river!
Continuing with our red letter day, Gunner had a great report today at his cardiology check-up. His blood pressure, pulmonary pressure, blood levels, lung function, echocardiogram, electrocardiograph, and radiographs were all stable compared with his last cardiology visit, which is great news.
- Jackie took her initial steps toward her agility career at our first ever class in Foundations for Agility
- Wildlife sightings seemed to be a theme today
- Traveling with a secured crate is a good idea
- Gunner’s heart condition is stable, and I’m grateful
