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Tatum Ate my Car Registration Sticker
2008-04-01 23:52:00 Crap… I completed my car registration stuff before I went to St. George. Had the car inspected and emmissions tested and everything. Went fine… went online to renew, paid my fees (ouch) and got the sticker in the mail before I left. Forgot to put it on the car. Get home… I find a little tiny bit ... More About: Tatum , Registration , Sticker
Back Home
2008-04-01 16:41:00 Well, we are back. I didn’t post yesterday because I was too tired in the afternoon. Didn’t even turn the laptop on in the morning. I got up about 7:30, packed, and left about 9:30. Hrm.. maybe I got up later than that. I don’t remember now. Tatum is no longer allowed to sleep on the ... More About: Home , Back
We Three are Tired
2008-03-31 05:31:00 Oh boy.. the tournement is over. We had an awesome time. Chase did great, as usual. He ran fast and clean and got more points. His team broke out twice.. which is really cool and I’ll explain it later. Okay maybe it’s not that cool because we don’t get points for that run, ... More About: Travel , Flyball , Tatum , Tired
Good, Tiring Day
2008-03-30 06:26:00 Oh boy.. just got back to the motel. What a day. It was a ton of fun. Chase ran in singles and doubles, in addition to his regular teams. He ran a lot. He needs to be in better shape, as do I, as I say way too often. I wish my back felt ... More About: Good , Flyball , Tatum
In St. George
2008-03-29 05:19:00 Well… Chase , Tatum and me are in St. George . The internet connection here at the Red Cliffs Inn is not too good… but it looks like my two pictures are going to Flickr now. Hopefully they went… and then I’ll include them here in this post. I’m blogging from my desktop, using BlogDesk. Hopefully ... More About: Travel , Flyball
Wish Us Luck
2008-03-27 23:41:00 Tomorrow I’m leaving for a flyball tournament in St. George, Utah. I’m excited… and really, a part of me wishes I could just lie in bed all weekend and let my back get better. Alas… the dogs and the dog sports shall not wait for the measly pain a human, an old human… ... More About: Chase , Flyball , Luck
Happily Chewing
2008-03-26 22:57:00 Just another cute cute picture of Whatsit playing flyball. He is such a doll. The dogs are having some nice supervised chew time with their rawhides. I’m not a big fan of rawhides, but we do give them to the dogs occasionally. I’m out of bully sticks, need to get ... More About: Chewing , Chatter
Making Dog Things Easy
2008-03-26 19:05:00 Well, I do try to run some collie rescue still, though other rescues are really finding homes for the collies that are appearing in rescue lately. But when I was full bore into rescue, I often needed ways to organize the various components of rescue, including microchips, collars, treats, food… etc. And ... More About: Info , Things , Easy
Chase?s Coat
2008-03-26 18:56:00 I think I’m going to take a few pictures of Chase s coat over time. Every winter, it seems, he blows his coat to the point where it very thin and ratty. We’ve taken him to the vet and they say it’s allergies. It’s not just in the winter, it’s more like it’s in the ... More About: Health
Too Busy to Rest
2008-03-25 22:18:00 I was just looking at my calendar and realized that yes, I am going to be much too busy this spring. As usual, I guess. Lots of dog sports going on. And my Husband wants to squeeze a camping trip in there too… we didn’t go camping at all last year, and we both missed ... More About: Travel , Rest , Agility , Flyball , Busy
Flyball Tourney
2008-03-25 21:25:00 Well, this weekend Chase , Tatum and me are going to St. George Utah for a U-FLI Flyball tournament. Should be fun… going to be a lot of work with long days, but it’s a blast and Chase loves it. He’s even running in singles and doubles as well as teams, to see how he does. Tatum ...
Dogs on the Bed
2008-03-24 23:26:00 Probably part of my back and neck problems is the number of dogs on the bed with me at night… Lucy and Levi have to be on the bed or they get upset. They are, you know, top dogs in the house and have been on the bed for almost 9 years and so that ... More About: Health , Dogs , Chatter
I Can Hardly Move
2008-03-24 16:12:00 Geez. My back is in horrible pain. Lower back, and upper back by my shoulder blades. I think my mattress is bad for me. I think it’s too firm. I didn’t even do much yesterday, sat around with the family and had Easter celebrations. We are not religious, but we like to celebrate the ... More About: Health , Move , Chatter
More Flyball
2008-03-23 01:14:00 Yeah yeah, can’t get enough of this new camera. This is Tonks… now that is a HIGH box! LOL… a bit too high, I’d say. They moved the prop way out and she did better (yup, Tonks as in Nymphadora from Harry Potter, I love her name!) She won’t need any ... More About: Training , Flyball , Border Collie
Flyball Practice Pics
2008-03-23 00:53:00 Here’s a crowd of dogs at flyball practice… you can see Chase and Tatum in the background in their x-pen. And Muffit in his crate. I had him in the pen but… silly boy jumped out, he was too excited. So he got the crate (did I mention I got that crate for free? ... More About: Practice , Flyball , Collie
Wanting a Home Make Over
2008-03-23 00:14:00 I would love to have my house made over. It’s small, only 1300 square feet, and the kitchen is absolutely horrible. It’s too small, and old. The tile is corroding on the counters, the sink is awful and has no disposal. And the cabinets are too small for even a cereal box. ... More About: Home , Info , Make
Muffit at Flyball Practice
2008-03-23 00:11:00 Well, I took Muffit, Tatum and Chase to flyball practice again today. Muffit is very over stimulated there. He barks just about constantly. He’s going to take longer, unfortunately, than I had thought for him to adjust to the whole flyball and dog show environment thing. That’s okay. He’s a doll, and he takes as ... More About: Practice , Flyball
Dog Podcasts
2008-03-20 21:48:00 A friend of mine told me about some dog podcasts to listen too… and finally I downloaded a podcast receiver and checked them out. Currently I’m listening to Canine Campus, and the podcast on Calming Signals.. yes, from Turid Rugaas, and I’m enjoying it quite a bit. She talkes about how dogs may freeze as one of ... More About: Podcasts , Tech , Training
Left Ankle and Right Toe
2008-03-20 15:30:00 Man this getting old stuff sucks. My left ankle is still sprained… yeah yeah I know, stay off it right? Well, that ain’t gonna happen unless all my dogs disappear and I have nothing better do. So it’s braced and I try to take it easy but you know how it goes. I went ... More About: Sports , Health , Left
Trials are Expensive
2008-03-19 21:27:00 Lately I’ve been spending a lot of money entering dog trials… agility and flyball. And next, I’m going to start entering obedience as well, with Levi. Chase isn’t ready yet but Levi is almost ready and this summer he gets to go into the obedience ring. I’m really excited for obedience! It’s fun, and challenging! ... More About: Info , Trials
Dragging the Flexi Leash
2008-03-19 21:19:00 Tatum has a problem I really need to work on. Okay okay… it’s really the Mum that has the problem. The problem is, the Mum (me) is a clutz, and sometimes drops the flexi leash when I’m walking the dogs. None of my dogs care.. they drag the bouncing, noisy thing behind them without a ... More About: Tatum
Walks and Things
2008-03-19 21:16:00 Took the pups for a walk today.. just a short one, and around the block, at lunch, from work… it was so nice outside! Makes me think of making sure we are secure in our lives… and how we may need insurance claim consultants one day to ensure that. I am always worried about the ... More About: Info , Things , Walks
Thinking of Closing Collie Rescue
2008-03-18 22:22:00 As you may or may not know, I started Utah Collie Rescue , Inc., at the beginning of 2007. I have been doing dog rescue for about 10 years, probably more like 11 or 12. I’ve mainly been fostering, I love to foster and help out the dogs that need a place to stay ... More About: Anxiety , Thinking
Lots of Dog things in Las Vegas
2008-03-18 22:05:00 I love going to Las Vegas … however, I don’t have a Las Vegas trip planned in the next few months. Which is quite odd… I went there last October for flyball and agility (and stayed a week in between, wish I could have seen a show). Then again I went the beginning of March for ... More About: Info , Things
Fixing the Broken Dogs
2008-03-17 16:38:00 I tend to wonder what my rescue dogs would be like if I had gotten them, socialized them, and trained them from puppies. Tatum is the one I wonder about the most. I think she would be a complete confident terror if I would have gotten her at 12 weeks old from a ... More About: Dogs , Rescue , Broken
Pics from DOCNA trial
2008-03-17 03:10:00 Okay so I managed to get off my rear and get the camera and load the pictures onto my laptop, and then onto flickr. Hey that sounds like a lot of work.. well, it is for me since I’m so dead tired! LOL. I didn’t take these pictures until after I tore down most ... More About: Trial , Levi , Agility , Chase , Tatum
Lots of Ribbons
2008-03-17 01:13:00 Well, Levi and Chase won lots of ribbons this weekend. Today Levi got 3 out of 4 runs. And Chase got 1.. and he was very close on his others, too. Levi does so awesome. He would have had that standard run, too, but he was in a good mood and ran ... More About: Agility , Ribbons
The Husband?s Birthday!
2008-03-17 01:00:00 Today is my husband’s birthday. I’m glad he doesn’t want to go out to dinner, becuase I am beat after doing the DOCNA agility trial all weekend. I’ll post about that in a bit… but I do have to post about my husband’s birthday! Sometimes I actually get him a couple Birthday Cards, because I ... More About: Info , Husband
Good Day at DOCNA
2008-03-16 04:13:00 Well, back from the DOCNA trial. As it’s after 9pm I’ve been back for a while, and the muscles are starting to stiffen up. But that’s okay, it was a fun day. I do wish I could run Levi and Chase both well at the same trial. Today was Levi’s day. He got ... More About: Training , Good , Agility
Fancy Dog Events
More articles from this author:2008-03-14 22:00:00 I missed it this year… but every Valentine’s Day around here we have a special event where you can dress up and take your dog out to dinner! Okay your significant other can come too… my Husband and i have done it a couple of times, and it was a lot of fun. We have ... More About: Events , Info , Fancy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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