Last night

Last night was Miss. Boo's last class in Basic Agility Skills 1. We practiced doing front crosses in a figure eight pattern. Since I had to be in the ED for orientation yesterday at 8 yesterday, the morning run did not occur, and she was CRAZY. She sprinted at full speed across the length of the entire warehouse at least 10 times before she settled down enough to do the course.

But after she settled down, she was by far the fastest dog there. I had to seriously run to keep ahead of her. Her focus was fantastic.

But still, there were those zoomies.

At one point Luca was taking her around the course, and she zoomed over to me, where I was standing behind the fence, and she jumped up and down trying to get to me. Finally Luca got her to follow him, but she kept wanting to come back to me. It was really cute.... though I'm not sure the instructor was so pleased with her.

Next class recommendation: Control Unleashed.

They said that she didn't HAVE to take it, since she's not aggressive to other dogs, but that it would really help her, to um, remain under control while off the leash.

Haha.

And I do not disagree. The only problem is that the class will be at 6PM on Wednesdays. And it's out in the burbs. And Luca doesn't even leave work until then most days. AND I don't have my own car.

I suppose I *could* do Philly Car Share once a week for the duration of the class, but that would end up being kind of expensive multiplied over 7 weeks. On the other hand, I think the class would be really helpful for the Boo. It would be SO NICE if I could only get her to relax around other dogs so that she could pay attention to me. And not just run away as soon as she sees something moving in the distance. It's almost a safety thing, really. I'm just not sure if it's worth it.

We could try waiting until the next cycle of classes comes out in January, but there's no guarantee that the schedule would be any better for us then than it would be now.

*Sigh!*

What's a girl to do?