Mostly I just wanted to share this photo, because I really like how it came out


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Not that long ago, I was expressing concern about Pirate's crazy, and now it's the opposite ( Read more... )

So our first trial day using the van was flawless. Though I was only running Pirate (Mercy in season, Tess not entered), I brought all the dogs so they could ride in the new van. The crates remained securely tied down, the dogs were easy to get in & out of the crates, and seemed comfortable:


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This is not necessarily the permanent solution, and I know I'll want different crates. I may end up using Pirate's fancy metal crate, though I got it as a show crate, because I suspect that I won't be crating inside very much with the new van. I might as well just keep the dogs in the vehicle. They will all now have big enough crates to keep ( Read more... )

A cargo van, really, a Ram Promaster City. I'd meant to buy used, but sometimes I just get carried away, so now I have a brand new vehicle. It's a 2015, so I saved a few thousand based on Gresham Dodge wanting it gone ( Read more... )

This part is about Pirate. Who tried really hard for me this past weekend. He knocked quite a lot of bars, but watching video, I don't think it's physical, and I don't think he's finding the 16" jumps too hard, I think he just needs better handling. The majority of dropped bars tended to come when we were out of sync for whatever reason, and I ( Read more... )

Okay, I'll post about the others later, but this is the Mercy post. She is quite ridiculous. Here is yesterday's run. You want to watch this, trust me.

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In hindsight, Snooker was not the best choice with a distractable baby dog ( Read more... )

Well it's CAT USDAA weekend. In honor of which, when the orange pet dye I bought arrived yesterday, I took the time to dye Tess last night. Just her chest, and a splash to the toes on her white front foot. The idea was to have her be orange & black for Halloween. I thought of putting dye on her greying muzzle so it would be frosted in orange, ( Read more... )

Since I'm working Tue-Sat at my job now, I only have Sundays available for agility. I can actually take a Saturday off if I need it, but at this point, I feel like that is unnecessary for most things. So, I entered Sunday only at the PAC trial ( Read more... )

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