We're gonna do what?

I'm sure that's what the dogs were thinking when I got out the (dramatic pause here) obedience stuff today! I started off with Zodiac and was a little concerned he would have forgotten all the scent article progress we had made over the summer and fall. Although he is a little rusty he ended up working 6 metal dumbells with pretty good consistency in only a few minutes-yeah! He did some decent signals and most surprisingly 2 perfect go-outs, right off the bat. Granted they were only living room sized go-outs but still good. Maybe we'll get this utility thing yet. Then he worked some Rally and had no trouble with that.

Next was Legend, but first some basic agility stuff. Too cold to go outside so she worked on driving to a toy and then on speedy recalls. That of course got her really wound up for obedience but she was so over the top about having something to do that she worked really hard on doing it right, even if she was a little overly ambitious. She worked on novice exercises and a few random open and utility things. She really loves to retrieve, even the metal dumbell. I should practice having her retrieve her leash or tug toy in addition to the other exercises I am doing with her-then maybe the whole agility course will be like a giant retrive. Anything I can do to convince her it's worth it to run the WHOLE course as fast as she can, not just the ending, would be helpful. Silly girl.

This picture is obviously not from today.