How Would You Handle This?

I thought of a lot of titles for this post - 'Everyone Loves A Car Crash',  'Rubberneck Paradise', 'Rough Agility Night', ect. ect. ect.  I think you get the idea :)

There were many, many good things and a few tiny little problems. 

Take a look at the course below (please!) and tell me how you would handle it.  How you would handle it with your dog and also with a dog like Tibby.  Or just with your dog, if you don't know us that well :)
  You'll probably have to click and make it bigger.  It was my first time drawing a course, so it's not exactly drawn to scale. 
(see all the little people and dogs at the bottom? Hmm, how about that?)

Here were the problems I ran into: 

1 - Tibby is waaaaay too fast out of the tunnel for me to beat her for some kind of cross.  Sure if I had a solid go on cue or what ever people train for this situation.

2 - The tire is suddenly SO TEMPTING!!  After ignoring it and going around it....now we like it???  I missed the memo.  Not complaining!  It's great!  Just saying....

3 - Jumping straight into a crowd of dogs and people.  DOGS!! and people.  Especially when said NEW DOG (joy! happiness!) comes in the door at the exact moment that Tibby is jumping straight at the crowd of dogs.  ooooopsy!

Things that I thought were great:

1 - Tibby was speedy!

2 - She was having FUN!

3- She did the tire + offered the weave poles (which didn't make it onto the video - boo) and then did the tunnel for fun.  For FUN?!?!  Yeah!

4- I thought our turn at 5 wasn't too bad.  I was saying tic - not sure if that helped her turn better or if she was just following my body language.

Of course, after 5 it all goes down hill.....:)

Watch the video and then tell me - Does that look like a stressed dog?  After we got done Fay told me that Tibby's zoomies were because she was feeling stressed.  First of all - that was not a complete zoomie.  Yeah it was slightly embarrassing or whatever, but she finished the course (eventually) and she wasn't totally wild.  Second of all - in my opinion she doesn't look stressed.  She looks like she found something more rewarding then me (and my meatballs).

16" Is Too Hard? Daisy Peel Foundation Class

This last week for our Daisy Peel foundations course we started one jump exercises - from Linda Mecklenburg's book. 
Our first try at the exercise was Ok.  Then our 2nd one we had TROUBLE and it was BAD.  And I felt sad for Tibby and frustrated.  Daisy told another student to let their dog work through the higher height and let the bar fall on their head, so they will figure out that going under the bar doesn't get them a click/treat.  She said to just be patient and let them work it out.  So I followed that advice.

I would really, really appreciate it if you all would watch the video below  - I know it's way long -  you don't have to watch the whole thing!  Our session goes waaaaay downhill at 2:20.  So skip to there.

I think 16" is too hard for Tibby?  She wouldn't even jump for roast beef.




Our 2nd try at the one jump exercise.



Video One - Our first try at one jump exercises.

Daisy told me our session was too long and I should try the exercise in new places.

Okay.