Change

One of the first trials I ever went to was the Black CAT trial in 2001 or 2002 which had the Northwest Cup competition - Fenwick won the Novice Cup! I had no idea what was going on at the time, but it was fun to come home with a big glass engraved trophy. Back …

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I’m in Love with Fall

It's crazy how much the summer drains me - and when Fall returns it's like I have my life back. I can take the dogs out any time of day, I actually enjoy going outside, I have energy to train and suddenly RUNNING agility is actually fun again. I just love Fall so much (and …

High in Trial Haku!

Super proud of Haku, Carol took him up to Washington for his second herding trial - with a much more ambitious entry than our first attempt. A three day trial and he was running in both Started B (2 runs) and Intermediate A (three runs). Day one he just had the intermediate arena run - …

Time to Go

Figgy had been doing pretty well, not the easiest puppy, but nothing outrageous. In fact, her breeder was up visiting just a few weeks ago, everything was fine. The plan was to keep her for a few more months, maybe do some agility foundation with her. She was finally getting food motivated, so we were …

Agility!

Fun to get back to agility last weekend! Bright had her 16 inch Performance debut and that was just fun. Lower jumps = faster dog (and happier dog!), which always makes things more exciting. She did great, including breaking her startline on her standard run and running to her leash mid-course. It's funny the things …

Collar Graduation

Figgy has pretty much outgrown her puppy collar at this point, so I had to make the decision to either buy her a new one, or see if she's ready for the collar-free lifestyle.  The fact that I feel she's ready means that I think she's grown up enough to make some good decisions. Doesn't …

Ready to Launch

The actual 'summer' part of Summer went by surprisingly fast this year. I had many plans and things I wanted to get done, but somehow here it is September and I'm scrabbling to get it all finished. Very much enjoyed my summer trick classes, and it was nice to take a break from agility for …