This is a little clip I put together of moments from the DAM tournament yesterday. I kept forgetting the damn camera for Performance (which Gale and Finn are in) so less footage of them. I got lots of Starlet (Mia's BC) zipping around though since she is in Championship ( Read more... )

I LOVE THIS BAND

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You guys will probably hate this - but one of my all-time favorite songs in the world. I had SO MUCH fun in my 20's....

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So - remember those cute pictures I posted a while back? Well, the breeder is not 100% happy with one of the homes lined up so I am trying to discover if there is anyone looking for a BITCHIN' Aussie pup right now. There is a black bi girl and a red merle girl. This cross is one of the nicest working crosses I have ever seen and I personally ( Read more... )

This was my first trial since mid-December and the morning was a fairly surreal start. This groggy “am I really showing?” feeling. Cinder is still out, we have at least another month of rehab before she is ready to run again so I was just showing Gale and Patches in Performance Versatility Pairs. Gale was teamed up with her brother Finn handled ( Read more... )

Had a FABULOUS lesson with Stephanie yesterday - well worth the drive (and will continue to be worth it every other week!) Got some cool things to work on with the all the beasties. Most notable: my handling sucks. Oh good. I have not trained with anyone for handling in about 6 years so I have developed some funky maneuvers (all on my own I am ( Read more... )

Mia came over yesterday to help figure out what in tarnation is happening to Gale's frame. The video shows her first with the box - the without the box - then with the box and then without it again. And Mia had to throw the rewards because I was just running. It is better than it was but not by much. Interesting thing was that Gale had no ( Read more... )

Totally crappy day - despite tons of exercise which normally makes me feel better. Gale can't hit a frame to save her life (or mine) without "the box." No, Gale started this process before all the foundation work was figured out (a la Vic and Mia) but still...for f*&#('s sake. I think my a-frame is cursed because Starlet (who never misses) also ( Read more... )

I LOVE my new video!! I did some quick video to show how my dogs weave when they learned with the hand in collar and/or weave pole dance method. (Sorry for the strap blocking the side view - of course the wind came up!) The first dog is Kali (at 9 1/2 years) and she hasn't seen weaves in well over a year. Then is Cinder and then Gale. I wish ( Read more... )

Feeling quite virtuous this morning, I decided to work Gale and Sizzle in between thunderstorms. Let's see - I am VERY pleased with Sizzle (I had to mess with the lighting on the video so it looks black and white but it was REALLY dark outside when I did this) and her weaves. Sizzle *knows* how to weave, she just doesn't understand that I want ( Read more... )