Erik's Agility Run

Good morning,

My Honey and I watched our Labrador Retriever, Erik, in an AKC agility trial at our local dog club recently. 

The gentleman with his back to us is the judge.  That's our daughter Catherine over there in the blue shirt preparing to run with Erik.

This all goes so fast that I need several runs to get a good series of pictures.  But, if you look carefully, you can see the back of Erik as he is going into the yellow chute in the center of the image.  Catherine had just given him the command to go through the chute and she is on the way to meet him at the other end.

This image is a little fuzzy, but you can see what is happening here.  As Erik comes down, he has to touch the yellow area.  Catherine is making an exaggerated lean back to remind him to stop and touch that area.  He did.  ;)

And, finally, the run is over.  It wasn't one of his best runs, but Erik had a fantastic time.  :)

Our Yellow Labrador Retriever, Penny, had run ahead of schedule that day so we missed seeing her run this time.  She is like a rocket and always does very well.  Agility Training is fantastic for both the dogs and the humans. 

Enjoy,
Lois