We didn't qualify on Sat in either trial, but we came damn close in the second one ( Read more... )

Whiskey has learned two things:
You can, as a small sheltie, weasel through the front gate to freedom
Gaining freedom enables you to eat a 2 mo old duckling corpse

oh, wait, three things:

2 mo old duckling corpses don't always agree with your digestion...

Frost and I have our first rally trial this afternoon and evening.
Durham Kennel Club building, one trial starts at 2pm, the other at 5pm.

I don't think we'll Q, but it would be nice!

Selling my couch.
It is an Ecko loveseat, very nice, lightly used, tan/coffee/greens.
Non- smoking household, no one was allowed to eat on it, so no stains. It was one of my few nice things, so I tried to take good care of it. Has been in storage the whole last year/year and a half, only about 2 yrs old.
Looks like this, only shorter by one seat, and ( Read more... )

Fed cats
turned eggs in incubator
made coffee
put out frost,whiskey, pow,jack, brick
caught lamb
listened to answering machine messages, wondering if I have a client this am
put out rio
iodined lamb feet
trained whiskey
put out dean
put lamb back out
sorted sheep
watered ducks
fed chickens and guineas
re-fed ducklings
brought in dean
fed whiskey

End results for the AHBA trial in VA:
Out of 22 runs this weekend, there were 21 qualifying scores.

Resulting titles earned this weekend:

Ariel:JHD
Kate:JHD
Rio: JHD
Whiskey:HCT
Brick: HRDIIIs, RLFIIIs, HTADIs, 1/2 HTADIIIs (2 5ths and a 4th atleast)
Joy:HRDIs, RLFIs, 1/2 HRDIIs (a 4th and a 2nd?)
Wiggy: RLFIs(1st and 3rd places), 1/2 HRDIs(5th?)

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Children of Men is a good movie.  And yes, I value it for many other things ( like the huge long hand held shot that I can't fathom how they laid it out, and did it numerous takes..), but...

The animal wrangling was fuckin' impressive.  They used a huge amount of animals: lots of dogs ( 10 + , with 6 in roles requiring targeting and movement, one ( Read more... )

Anyone ( Read more... )

Whiskey's debut at the Mighty Match went ok - she won over another bitch in her class, but lost to the other dog. Ah well, she showed fine. She had a great time in her Rally run throughs too, so if I fix her forging, we should be good to do on getting her titled in Feb.

I know my world is different from yours when I hear myself saying:

"Sure, help yourself. People pay good money for that, and it is hard to get" - as Brick drags a sheep placenta across the pasture to snack in peace

"Ewwww! You have blood in your ruff!" (said in hopes of embarassing him, kinda like pointing out a stain on someone's shirt to bug