stella blue em away

[dinahprincedaly]

At the ripe age of nine, Stella seems to suddenly be in her sort of second wind agility dog prime. Its bizarre and yet makes sense. I mean, she was our training-wheels dog (poor girl) and we've learned a lot more about what agility is and what it is not and more of everything (both the hardworks and magics) that goes into making a happy and strong

Comments

[nosemovie]

WOW!!!! SO MUCH HAPPY. This is so great to see, and Stel is having so much fun. Raz's startline is impressive!

[dinahprincedaly]

She really is shaking off her stress at last!!!
And yeah Razzs startline is good, this was actually his worst startline all weekend... usually he gives me a quick relaxed and focused set up sit and doesn't budge (all thanks to Tammy!!) but here he was all intense impatient and I thought he was going to break.., but then he WAS a good boy!!

[biggmellon]

All so lovely! I love how much energy you give Stella, you have really found that sweet spot of using your body, movements and voice to bring the fun, great job figuring out her needs and sticking with her! And you and Razz are a smooth sweet team!

[dinahprincedaly]

I still am never sure about which dog I have on any given day with Stella---if being a loud rough-rider handler will help drive her or shut her down. She's such a funny quirky dog. Love her to pieces.

[penichops]

Wow your pacing and timing in all three runs was spectacular

[dinahprincedaly]

Well thank you. It still always feels like a crapshoot.
But now I really want to learn how to run. Run! None of this little steps tentative stuff. RUN!