My neighbor's dog came over and killed my chickens. He's an enormous lab and simply knocked the pen over and killed 11 chickens. It was pretty incriminating, I walked out one morning and there he was having himself a snack. He's come onto the pasture before but I always thought of him as being completely harmless. I thought he had killed all ( Read more... )

It's not surprising that the first message to the USDAA Advisory Committee is a "code of conduct" basically stating that all issues under discussion need to be kept SECRET. Top secret society. Why am I not surprised? There are 50 or so members on the committee. All I care about is getting the A Frame down and shortening the chute. Everything ( Read more... )

I went down to the Bay Area for business so of course I entered a UKI trial while I was down there. Same low key, friendly, everyone helping out, no whining vibe in Northern California, with the added bonus of getting to visit with some of my Bay Area agility friends. I really do enjoy UKI, I love the course challenges and tiny trials that don't ( Read more... )

Right as I was coveting, ok more like lusting after brisbeethewhite camera I inherited one! Woot. From a gadget freak that just didn't like it. Super woot. I have no idea of how this works, will need to figure it out. I think it's a pretty spendy camera, came in a waterproof case:

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Will be handy for taping as I'm planning on sticking with Justine's on line ( Read more... )

In class the other night Desiree had left an exercise ladder out on the floor. A like minded classmate and I immediately started running footwork drills while we were waiting for our turns. Exercise ladders are one of my all time favorite workouts, a lot of fun can be had. The goal is to always come up with some crazy footwork pattern that the ( Read more... )

Happy 2015. Konane turned 4 years old today. I can't believe she's 4 already, time passes so quickly. Gus has been long retired, Lucy is about to retire, Konane is in her prime and Merlin is just starting out. All the competition stages of an agility dog are represented in my home. I was thinking of a name for Merlin's project as project "Run ( Read more... )

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Apparently the Cynosports entries were down by 30% this year, so the USDAA staff has already announced that Cynosport will never EVER go back to California.  Too bad, because the site was lovely.  I loved running on the astroturf, and the majority of the dogs looked great on it.  The crating area was well organized and there was enough area to run ( Read more... )

Such a novelty to drive to a national event.   My car is stuffed.  I can't see out the rear view mirror so if a police officer tries to pull me over for speeding it'll be a few miles before I realize he's there.  There is enough crap in the car to furnish a studio apartment, but I know that I'll be very happy to have a place to lie down and chill ( Read more... )

I was pleasantly surprised to get an email from Dr. Gina Day.  She was doing a follow-up on Merlin because he is one of the few puppies that she's examined.  She had a hard time with his exam as a 5 month old, between the wiggling around and the merled eyes.  She wasn't sure if he had mild astigmatism or not so she asked about how he was doing and ( Read more... )