Resq TailsThe trials and triumphs of rescued dogs

 Ahhh! It’s been a long day, but a good one. For the first time this week, I feel tired, but in a good way. I’ve been tired all week, (exhausted really), but more from emotional stress and the sleep I’ve been getting hasn’t been very restful. I feel alot better today…like a big weight is off my shoulders. I don’t really know why, but I’m grateful.

We went down to Cedar City today to the Iron County Dog Days. Earlier in the week I had about talked myself out of going, but I’m glad I changed my mind! They had agility, rally obedience, flyball, herding and freestyle dancing demos today. Zoe, Twist, Raven and Rogue got to go and be in a couple of the demos. I had every intention of getting some pictures, but I just didn’t have time, so you’ll just have to use your imagination.

Rogue was really nervous at this arena. Besides being a new site for her, there was a loudspeaker system hooked up that they kept using that freaked her out. I had really hoped that she would feel comfortable enough to participate in the agility demo, but it just wasn’t going to happen. That’s o.k. though, because we had a chance to work on some simple tasks outside the agility ring for a while (like targeting a lid, and fetching her jackpot bag), and after an hour or so had passed she was able to go in the ring and run some agility. So, it may not have been part of the actual demo, but she did successfully run a small course in a new place! Yay! She even gave me a few sassy barks, like at home. LOL

Zoe loves to run agility anywhere and she likes it even more when there’s a crowd of people to cheer for her, so she was totally in her element! Raven did a nice job at the agility demo today too! I was thrilled that I didn’t see any of the stress signals that she’s been exhibiting lately in a ring. She was happy and focused. Woohoo!

Twist and Raven both did a bit of Rally Obedience. They both worked well. I took Twist through the course off-leash and he did beautifully. Raven is still on-leash. Her heelwork isn’t anywhere near being ready for off-leash yet, but she managed all the stations in an advanced course, so that’s super.

Then Twist got to be in the herding demo. Honestly, it wasn’t his best day. Goofy boy! I think partly because it was such a large area, and then partly because of the heat this afternoon, he started to lose interest as we were trying to pen the sheep. He did get them through the two back fence panels and through the Y-shoot in the middle of the arena first though. Mac, (our Border Collie friend), came to our rescue and penned the sheep for us! Thanks Mac.

Anyway, it was a fun day and I’m looking forward to a great night’s sleep.