I took the dogs out to the agility field to practice today.  I brought Red out first and worked on tightening up his turns without shutting him down.  I would do some nice easy sequences, then do a sharp turn and praise him like he did something amazing.  He does pinwheels pretty nicely now, but 180s still make him stop in his tracks and worried. 

Then I pulled out Sniper and set him up in front of the jumps.  As soon as I released him I could see that he wasn't himself.  He took two jumps and then started walking.  So I put him up and worked with Red on weave poles. 

Now Sniper's been doing pretty well since that pain and lameness incident at the Pensacola trial.  There have been a couple of times when I noticed he was a little stiff and reluctant to get up, but he doesn't seem to be in too much pain.  But he had a really bad day today.  After we got home from agility he was laying on the couch and I noticed that he wasn't sleeping.  He was lying awkwardly and shaking.  I made him get up to see what was wrong, and he yelped as he got up.  While he stood there and I checked him over for injuries he was wimpering softly.  He has seemed pretty painful all day, so tomorrow we are going to the vet.