We had the best fun ever this weekend in the Anna Eifert seminar in San Jose. Anna is from Hungary, and is an amazingly patient teacher and awesome agility handler.

We are tired. We ran a lot. Gustavo was great, he did nothing but run his very best all weekend. Little guy never put a foot wrong. I did. A lot. Anna was very patient every time my brain went backwards and helped us figure out the secrets to a good German turn (GO! GO! GO!). She modified our K-turns into J-turns (a Jaakko turn is like a Ketschker turn but you use your front cross hand instead of a backwards hand). And we learned a new one, the Lap turn, (you almost let your dog sit in your lap, do a little wrist rotation, and voila. Tight little turn in an awkward spot. Makes me think about Lapland reindeer.).

A lot of blind crosses. Everywhere. Gustavo loves this stuff. This is our thing. I think he would like trials in Europe way better than the ones here. So much spin and go! I bet he would like teeters there too. He sure liked the one at the indoor agility place where we had the seminar.

We have a long way to go to improve our international handling skills. Not too many places to use them here except in MC classes. Which are our favorites. This is our favorite thing though. Bring on the challenges. We are ready. Sort of. Gustavo is. I have to practice a lot more.