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And Three is a CD!
2008-06-09 03:03:00 I am so thrilled! Levi got his CD today in Obedience ! Three for three, he qualified all three days. He got a 180 and would have gotten a 189 had he sat on his halts in the heeling. Well, we will work on that for sure! Here he is on YouTube. I fought ...
Levi Obedience Leg Two
2008-06-07 23:46:00 Levi is such a good boy! We worked his halts yesterday a bit, and again this morning, before going in the ring and he did a little bit better. Except for on the figure 8 he didn’t sit at either halt. But that’s okay, he doesn’t really know it, and my obedience instructor says he ... More About: Levi , Obedience
Levi in Obedience
2008-06-06 23:38:00 Levi is such a good boy! He didn’t weave again today doing agility… which means I’m going to pull him and work weaves for a while. I won’t trial him again in agility probably until September, or maybe even later than that. We’ll have to see. But in Obedience he did good! He got 2nd ... More About: Levi , Agility
Agility Practice Tonight
2008-06-05 05:57:00 I took Levi and Chase out in the drizzle tonight and we had a great time. There was a Steeplechase course set up at a friend’s yard and we went and tried it out! It wasn’t a very hard one, I will admit… but it was fun. Chase did a great job. That ... More About: Training , Practice , Tonight , Agility
Jogging Makes Border Collies Tired
2008-06-01 23:06:00 So, I want to get back into jogging. I wish I could take three or four dogs jogging, but when leashed on the streets I can only take two. This morning I took Chase and Muffit jogging and they loved it. Chase knows my jogging shoes and gets excited when I get ... More About: Health , Tired , Border Collie , Collies
A Dog?s Identity
2008-06-01 22:43:00 Dogs have it lucky in a way.. they are dogs, and humans don’t really want to be dogs (well okay, some of us toy with the idea sometimes lol). But dogs are usually just happy with who they are, and don’t want to be another dog, either. Humans, on the other hand, have ... More About: Info , Identity
Flyball Demo Today
2008-06-01 03:07:00 Today Chase , Tatum and I went and did a flyball demo with the Thunder Paws, our flyball team here in Utah. It was a lot of fun! Chase did a great job, and we even recruited someone to take some pictures while Chase was running! I usually am taking the pictures and ... More About: Today , Demo , Flyball
Chase in Course A? Lure
2008-05-31 23:16:00 We went to do a flyball demo today at Strut Your Mutt, the local big huge dog walk for raising funds for No More Homeless Pets in Utah. Our flyball team, Thunder Paws, had fun and everyone did great! Chase had a good time, too. Chase got to do Course A’ Lure as well, ... More About: Flyball
Check Out Resq Tails!
2008-05-29 03:29:00 So my good friend who I often do agility with, and travel with, has started her new blog! I hope you will all go and visit. She trains shelties, and mostly rescue shelties, and she’s going to be blogging about her training experiences. She is an awesome trainer and a great dog person! I ... More About: Check , Tails
Mini A-Frame and Tatum
2008-05-28 19:27:00 Okay so today I only have to work 2 hours, from home, because it’s a holiday week and I get 8 of my 40 as the holiday. Woot. So I brought Tatum out back and we did some work on the little A-Frame my husband and I built a couple of years ... More About: Training , Mini , Agility
Itching, Scratching, and Sneezing
2008-05-28 19:13:00 Okay I admit it, our house isn’t the cleanest in the world. LOL.. it’s not that it’s filthy or there is food laying around and rotting. That’s just gross. But we have six dogs and two cats, and we do have a lot of animal hair floating about because we really hate to vacuum. ... More About: Info , Stuff , Scratching
Training Plans
2008-05-28 00:07:00 First off… this is Kiwi. Isn’t he a doll? I love Kiwi, he lives with a friend of mine from Colorado. This is just a lucky shot, I do think. The weather was bad and there was so much going on this weekend I didn’t get many pictures taken. I needed some shower ... More About: Training , Plans , Levi , Agility , Chase
Weaves, Articles, Money, Oh My
2008-05-27 19:25:00 Well, it’s a three paycheck month for me, which is super nice. Plus I get some oncall pay this coming check, too. So… I’m going to be buying some extra agility and obedience equipment. I am going to invest in a nice competition set of weaves. Metal base and all. And I think I’m ... More About: Articles , Money , Agility
No Weaving for Levi
2008-05-26 05:17:00 Ugh… doing AKC this weekend, AKC agility with my goofy collie boy Levi . And I entered Chase today and tomorrow. Chase did really well. His FAST run was beautiful, except that he fell off the dog walk. I think he was going to fast. But also, many of the dogs fell off, so something was ... More About: Agility
Doing some Agility
2008-05-24 00:45:00 Well, this memorial day weekend I’m going to be doing an AKC agility trial with Levi. And I have Chase entered too, just for Sunday and Monday. Should be fun. Probably will be raining. I hope we don’t get too wet or too cold. So just a short post ’cause I’m headed out to set up! Tags: Agility
Don’t Lose your Dog!
2008-05-24 00:41:00 We all fear the day when…. if…? hopefully the day that never comes, that our pets get out and we can’t find them. And no matter how vigilant we are, it can happen to anyone. Just a week or so ago Muffit found a loose board in our fence and was out… and since he still doesn’t know us well, he wouldn’t come to my husband. Fortunately my Husband lifted up the loose board and Muffit went back into our yard. I hate thinking of a lost dog that isn’t able to find his home. There is a website, FindToto.com, that considers itself the Amber alert for pets. So even if you have picked up a found dog and brought him to your home, you can contact these guys and they can help you find his home, and if you lose a dog, or a cat, they will help you find your own lost pets. These guys contact your neighborhood by phone! They are a great site… you might want to check them out. Though, knock on wood, none of our animals are ever going to get out....
No Cancer in Lucy
2008-05-21 23:32:00 Well, we took Lucy to the vet on Monday and had her re-xrayed to see if the stuff in her lungs has changed at all. Well, the good news is that there was no change in the xrays! So the vet is fairly certain that, instead of cancer, she has calcification of the lungs. They ... More About: Health , Cancer
Stick a Fork in Tatum? She?s Done
2008-05-19 06:07:00 Just a quick post… it’s been a big weekend for Tatum . Yesterday we had a private lesson with our obedience instructor near a dog park. Tatum was frustrated that she couldn’t go play with the dogs. I want her to focus on me instead. And it was a new place, and she was ... More About: Training , Stick
Easy Weekend and Tatum Training
2008-05-18 05:27:00 Well, I’m taking it easy this weekend. I have no dog sport competitions. I wanted to have today be dog-training free, but I ended up having a private lesson with Tatum and my obedience instructor. We took her to a local dog park and walked outside the fence to start to train her to pay ... More About: Training , Weekend , Easy , Lucy
Levi?s Show Dog Days
2008-05-16 18:30:00 I found this picture on my laptop when I was going through old pictures… isn’t he handsome! This is Levi when he was doing the dog show thing. He finished (which means he got his championship) at 18 months old. He’s a very handsome boy. Not too straight in the front, I don’t think… ... More About: Show , Days
Seeds
2008-05-16 18:27:00 Well personally I’m not a cannabis smoker, but I’ve heard it can help medical problems and pain a great deal. And since I like to post about controversial subjects… this is a good one eh! Personally I think it should be legalized. Anything can be abused, look at alcohol, and it’s legal. So it’s interesting ... More About: Info , Stuff , Seeds
Tatum?s Stressors
2008-05-16 00:03:00 Just wanted to make a bit of a list of the things that seem to stress Tatum out… hopefully with time, and work, this list will get less and less. When she is very stressed she wont take treats, and if she is semi stressed she won’t pay attention to toys. Only when ... More About: Training
WW - Me Tatum and Chase
2008-05-14 17:14:00 Me, Tatum (the smooth sable collie) and Chase (The black Border collie) on a nature walk by the agility trial site in Brighton, Colorado. Wordless Wednesday Tags: Chase, Meme , Tatum
Metal Dogs
2008-05-14 17:07:00 Much of the agility equipment used in a competition nowadays is made from Metal . Welded, I think. We used to have a person who made it locally, some great equipment, but I think she is no longer making it. I want to buy a nice fold up weave poll base but she is no ... More About: Dogs , Info , Stuff
Marley the Springer
2008-05-14 16:30:00 Well, Thursday before we went to Colorado for the USDAA trial in Brighton, Colorado… I got an email from Springer Rescue saying they needed a transport for a Springer to his new home in Boulder, Colorado. And fortunately the driver of the Fun Bus is a Springer guy! He has two of his own. ... More About: Travel , Marley
Performance I Snooker Title
2008-05-13 00:59:00 Well the USDAA trial in Colorado was fun. I had a great time. Chase and Tatum, as you can see, got to ride in the back of the Fun Bus. The crates are attached and there are four of them. And more crates stack on the top. It can carry about ... More About: Performance , Snooker , Agility , Title
Performance I Snooker Title
2008-05-13 00:59:00 Well the USDAA trial in Colorado was fun. I had a great time. Chase and Tatum, as you can see, got to ride in the back of the Fun Bus. The crates are attached and there are four of them. And more crates stack on the top. It can carry about ... More About: Performance , Snooker , Agility , Title
Travel and Pet Insurance
2008-05-12 19:37:00 I travel with the dogs a lot. Most of the time I seem to drive myself with the dogs, but lately I’ve been travelling a lot with other people as well. And sometimes, as much as I even hate the thought, I know that it’s possible for one of the dogs to get ... More About: Travel , Insurance , Review , Info , Stuff
Travel and Pet Insurance
2008-05-12 19:37:00 I travel with the dogs a lot. Most of the time I seem to drive myself with the dogs, but lately I’ve been travelling a lot with other people as well. And sometimes, as much as I even hate the thought, I know that it’s possible for one of the dogs to get ... More About: Travel , Insurance , Review , Info , Stuff
We Are Back from CO
More articles from this author:2008-05-12 19:21:00 Well, Chase , Tatum and I are back from doing USDAA in Colorado. I’ll post more about it later and get some pictures up after I get them off the camera. USDAA is complicated but I’m starting to figure it out, and will understand more as I go up in the levels. Tatum got pretty stressed and ... More About: Travel , Back , Agility 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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