5th class & a good agility session

So we had another fun obedience class this morning, and Ellie did great as always! We worked on the "look" cue which isn't horribly important for Ellie NOW but I know it will help down the line. We also did the mat behavior a bit more, and we're aiming for an instant down on the mat, eventually building up distance. So I finally started luring her down and she's getting it FAST! This dog never ceases to amaze me (:

We also did some target work... which we had already started but practiced kinda sparingly. I used a lid and was aiming for a nose touch as it will (hopefully) help us down the line once we get into contact work. She's doing well, we just need to progress so she'll nose it when it's on the ground instead of in my hand.

In other (agility) news, we did a fifteen minute session of the usual three jumps and a tunnel. She did well! There was some communication issue with the "get outs" to the tunnel, but we've only just introduced "get out". She knocked one bar, which is HUGE for us! She had been doing well but had a bit of a setback, and is back to going well again! Let's hope it stays this way! (Of course, we're still working on jump form! She just regressed a little but it's looking brighter now)

My dad also ordered some channel weaves from affordableagility.com! Can't wait, hopefully we'll be able to get some good practice in before our very first fun run on December 12th!