The first class went great!
There was a "Goldendoodle", some sort of Spaniel/Beagle mix, a little Corgi, a German Shepherd mix, and one other dog, and Jackson, so 6 dogs total. Which is perfect for a class, I think!
Jackson is the smallest, hehe. And all the dogs are friendly.
The trainer is super nice and seems pretty young. Definitely all positive trainer!
Jackson took to everything right away. She just went over the basics for the first ten minutes and we got a sit and a down from every dog - no problems.
Initially, I think Jackson was confused why he couldn't go off leash like the dog park with all these other dogs in a nice fenced in place, haha. He kept looking at me like what the heck, man.
But then we started with low set jumps and I guided him over with a leash... he did fabulous! Then we practiced the tunnel and it took him a second just because the trainer had to hold his leash, and he didn't like that! Once he realized he was coming through the tunnel to get to ME, he was super happy to do it, and he began going through the tunnel like a champ within 60 seconds. We also started the a-frame and 'touch' making contact with it.
He, overall, REALLY seemed to enjoy it. He kept looking for more and he kept solid focus on me the whole time (I think the hot dogs I had in my pocket had something to do with that....
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Oh, and at the end, he got the ultimate reward. He got to RUN RUN RUN off-leash with Baxter, the Beagle/Spaniel mix, for about 15 mins. before packing up.