Agility puppy class

Yesterday morning I took Skye to a puppy party at Whirlwind Agility. It was completely different from what we did at the 'regular' puppy course the last five weeks. It was much more focused on experiencing all kinds of different things and less about basic obedience. Our group consisted of five pups: two border collies, two border collie crosses and Skye. And even though Skye was the eldest puppy, she was the smallest one as well. So when the puppies played together she often got kind of run over by the others. Fortunately, she wasn't too impressed by all this. Still, I think it is a bit of a shame that she is the only small dog in this group. I had to watch her carefully when she was playing with the other puppies, while on the other hand not protecting her too much.

Besides playing together, the puppies also got to meet the horses in a paddock nearby. They watched them from our arms. Skye didn't like the horses too much. But she wasn't overly scared either. I was quite happy with her reaction. She still liked to eat the chicken I offered her, so she wasn't too stressed. We also went to another field where older dogs were being trained. The pups watched the dogs jump over some obstacles as they walked on the sandy ground of the training field. Skye really liked this.

After some more playing, the puppies had to step over some poles that were lying on the floor. This exercise was done to make them more aware of their hind legs. This was quite easy for Skye, as she had done things like this last week at Hannah's workshop. All in all, we had a really good time and the lesson was over before we knew it.

And of course Skye slept like a baby afterwards.