This week has been somewhat of a blur. I’m really not sure where it went. On Monday I did take Dare to park in town and we did some obedience. She did pretty well. We worked on her heeling, and I’m trying to increase the amounts of time she can work in between rewards now. She did really good. We also did some sit stays.

On Tues., Zoe got to go with me to another Stacy Peardot-Goudy workshop. I don’t know if it counted as part of our challenge or not, because Zoe has never had trouble training or competing in different places. Nevertheless, it was a new place for Zoe to do agility, and she did great. I as usual am the one that needs improvement so I guess that’s why it’s good for me to go to these handling workshops. I always have a good time at the Stacy Days, she is so good at making you move out of your comfort zone, even when you don’t feel like it. She has a real talent for putting you at ease, so you can learn. I’m going to miss the next date in July, but I’ll be back on schedule for the next one.

Thurs. I took Twist and Dare to another park…it’s the same one that we went to a couple weeks ago, but the people are always different, so I think it counts. Plus there always seem to be new loose, unaccompanied dogs at this park, and this was no exception. This time was a really cute little terrier mix. He just hung out quietly and was a nice distraction. Twist had a hard time concentrating on anything though. He was distracted by the kids playing ball, and by our friend’s puppies and pretty much anything else he could see. He’s a goofy boy. Dare didn’t do much better. Although for her, it wasn’t the surroundings that were so interesting, it was just the bowls that our friend was using for targeting her puppies. LOL It’s so funny what captures each dog’s attention. So, if nothing else, we got some information of things to work on for next time we go out.

Today was an agility funmatch in Parowan. Raven, Zoe and Dare were entered. They all did such a good job! I was really proud of Dare since this was her first time doing a full course away from home. Even at home I haven’t worked on full courses, we’re just sequencing mainly. I’ll post her videos later tonight on her blog. Raven and Zoe were just a blast to run. It was a fun relaxing day for everybody.

Oh and just a fun little thing. One of our friends had found a dog lifejacket and it didn’t fit their dog. So, we tried it out on Dare, and if fit just right. The only things that’s funny is that since I rarely, (if ever) dress my dogs in clothes, coats or costumes, so I think Dare thought I’d lost my mind when I put it on her. Good thing she’s not like Zoe. Zoe would have been shooting me looks to kill for dressing her. LOL Dare just thought it was odd, and then was fine.

Now for the fence…It looks exactly the same. My husband didn’t reserve the posthole digger for the weekend, and so it was gone when he went to get it. So, all that’s getting done is that we are still breaking the cement off the wrought iron posts. UGH! It’s driving me crazy. Hopefully next weekend we’ll see some progress.