until the agility trial at the national and Eri got the OK to go back to training.  "Slowly" according to the vet.  I don't think she quite understands Eri's approach to agility.  But nonetheless, we will return to the pursuit of weave poles in our back yard ( Read more... )

Still haven't gotten around to taking really good (for me) pictures of the new place, but I do have some phone camera pics of the shop (indoor/winter training area *g*). and my spiffy new jumps courtesy of Clean Run and barjor's suggestion that I just buy a few from them instead of waiting to save up for the more expensive ones from Steve:


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Yup!  We have the keys to the new house.  It's ours!  ALL ours!  Pics soon...

C is meeting with the realtor today to write up an offer on a house/property.  Just under 4 acres in/outside of Hillsboro just off TV Hwy (this side of Coastal and south a bit for those of you who know the area)  It has a shop that will be my indoor/winter training area and a huge lawn for summer agility.  There are 'dog kennels' that I'm going ( Read more... )

In a bid to get over my issues with herding, I signed us (Eri and me) up for sheep camp at Fido's last month.  A whole week of nothing but sheep...eek!  He didn't turn into an amazing herding dog all ready to compete in the week but we did make great strides and I'm no longer hung up on killing my dog if I screw up.  I know where all the sheep ( Read more... )

One of the fun things about having a slow-maturing, loose-eyed dog with mega toy drive is how easy it is to make simple things hard for him.  Yesterday before it started raining again, I took the boys for walks at our local high school.  Since I've been thinking that Eri and I really should start getting serious about Rally and Obedience, I thought ( Read more... )

This was Eri's weekend for getting out to new places and practicing teeters.  Teeters weren't really his problem but since friends' dogs needed the teeter tour and they were organizing it, we went along for the ride...and worked on getting over his tire phobia.  Since he knocked the tire in the FG barn over onto his head in November giving himself ( Read more... )

There was sun this weekend.  It was a good thing!


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Eri and I went to the CAT CPE trial this weekend.  Saturday was pretty awesome.  Sunday was not!

On Saturday he qualified in 4 of 5 runs.  It's official - the puppy is FAST.  Even with spins, he was running well over 6 yps and I mostly managed to keep on top of things at that speed.  Everything went fine as long as we stayed connected.

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Um...I'm so horribly behind on reading journals that I've decided to give myself amnesty for actually going back and catching up.  If there is anything important you think I should go read, please feel free to tell me so!  *hangs head*

Eri is brilliant.  Louie is awesome.  Work is crazy.  Phone pics since it's so handy to have the phone with me all ( Read more... )