I started my second year of vet school today, and it was tough.  I'm not used to sitting in lectures all day anymore, so I was bored out of my mind.   Poor puppies aren't going to see much of me this semester. 



I took the dogs out to the LCCOC agility field twice last week.  The first time we went there was an agility course still set up from the classes, so I used that.  There were no numbers, so I just made up a couple of little courses that seemed to flow.  Both dogs did great.  I also went to the agility field this weekend, and all of the equipment had been picked up so that the field could be mowed.  I was too lazy to drag all of the obstacles out and the put them away, so I worked Sniper and Red on individual obstacle performances.  I pulled out weave poles and practiced running at the poles full speed and approaching at strange angles.  I couldn't get Sniper to mess up no matter what I did, but I did discover that Red could use some more work to make sure he really understands which side to enter on.  Both dogs worked on the contacts, and I actually practiced the broad jump with Red!  I always forget about the broad jump. 



Doing agility in the summer is a pain because the dogs can only work for a few minutes before they get hot and lose their enthusiasm for agility.  I spend more time driving to the field and back than I do working with the dogs.  But I am paranoid about not doing agility when the dogs don't feel like doing it, because I want them to be excited and never see agility as something they have to do.  With Sniper and Red, agility has to be fun.