Archives: June2009

• It’s Hot!

  I’m not complaining, honest. LOL I love summertime, but doing much of anything in the middle of the day now has become nearly impossible because it’s really gotten hot the last week or so. We were talking at agility class today about changing classes over to an evening for the rest of the summer. Would be much nicer for the dogs and for us. Here’s a picture I got after all the dogs were out playing in the yard yesterday [...]

• Pot of Gold?

  Well, I didn’t find a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow this morning, but just the site of something so beautiful was enough to start my morning off nicely! I was really pleased that the camera caught the colors so well. The boarding kennel has been keeping me busy lately. Which is a mixed blessing I suppose. It’s of course great that the business seems to be taking off, but it’s also nice when it’s slow and [...]

• We Have the Agility Field Again!!!

  I was beginning to wonder if I was ever going to be able to get the agility equipment back out of the barn this year. Ever since I decided to let the boarding dogs run and play out where the agility field used to be, I’ve been trying to get another area cleared for us to move the equipment. It was a much bigger project than I expected! Three acres might sound lovely, except that when a good portion of [...]

• Raven’s Ribbons

  Ok, so I finally got it together and took a picture of Raven with her ribbons from the obedience trial last weekend. The only thing I wish is that the club would have had a ribbon for completing her title, but that’s ok. This picture of her makes me laugh because if you look close you can see her teeth, it looks like she’s trying to smile for the picture. LOL

• Raven Earned Her CD!

  I’m behind as usual in posting about the weekend’s trial. It always seems to take me a day or two to catch up after I get home from a trip. Anyway…Raven earned her CD this weekend!!! I wish I had a picture of her with her ribbons, (she had a 2nd place on Sat. and took 1st place on Sun.) but I fell down on the job. The weather was so bad on Sunday that we had all been drenched [...]

• Off to the Obedience Trial

  I’m running around like a chicken with my head cut off, once again. Twist, Raven, Layla, Angel (the foster sheltie) and myself are packing up and heading out to go to an obedience trial in Farmington this weekend. Well, Angel’s not going to the Obedience trial, she is just going back to Sheltie Rescue of Utah, since they are now back from their trip to Bucharest, so her brief stay with us has come to it’s end. I’m really hoping [...]

• Jim Basic Seminar

  This past weekend I got the chance to attend an agility seminar, by Jim Basic. It was focused on distance handling skills, something that I’ve never excelled in training with my dogs. I didn’t have a working spot, just went to audit the first two days, but it was such a good seminar, I don’t think that you had to have a working spot to benefit. The first day focused on foundation skills to teach your dog to work away [...]