Texas Chute Out Agility Camp

Dinah and I spent the weekend at the Texas Chute Out Agility Camp, which was a two day seminar hosted by the Den-Tex Agility Club. Although we froze our you-know-whats off, we had an absolute blast. The days were cold, long and really pushed me way beyond my handling skills, which of course was the point of the whole thing. We spent two days working on Serpentine and Treadles, Front Crosses, Jumping Skills and Send and Go's. I learned a ton and Dinah had a great time. Now if I can only remember and put into practice what I've learned.  I do know that my biggest success of the weekend was getting over my fear of Front Crosses. I've always HATED front crosses and Elizabeth has a heck of a time convincing me to do them. On Saturday afternoon I spent 4 hours with Renee King learning how and when to do a front cross.  Here's a little clip from my experience:


I'm much more comfortable doing a Front Cross now. Are they all perfect? Absolutely not. Do I always get to the right place at the right time? Unequivocally NO! But I'm getting better and that's all that counts in this game.

More video from the weekend to follow later in the week. And I've also got to show you the pictures from the Dallas Blizzard of 2010!