I often find myself driving a couple hours or more one way to train with the dogs. I have to admit, I often question my own sanity, usually on the long drive home on those days. This winter I really wanted to get a chance to work someplace indoor at least once a month. To [...]

Ok, maybe he’s not a cat, but he sure seems to think that he has nine lives. Today was a perfect example. My husband had the day off work, so we decided to take all the dogs out for a walk. We choose to walk close to the base of one of the mountains around [...]

The weather forecasters were right this time. We woke up this morning to rain, and it eventually turned into this. That’s what continued the rest of the day. It never really stacked up because it’s such heavy, wet snow, but it sure wasn’t much fun to be outside in it. It didn’t really matter what [...]

I have a confession. When I woke up this morning and felt like the stupid cold that I’ve been battling for the last couple days was starting to get an edge on me, the last thing I wanted to do was have to spend 4 hours driving today to go pick up food for the [...]

Hard to believe the week is almost over. Seems like we got home from our trip just in time to hit the ground running. My mom did a fabulous job taking care of everything here while we were gone, but she was glad to go home and I can’t blame her. The kennel can be [...]

I think I said when we first got here that I thought you could just walk from the hotel to Lake Mead. Well, that was because it was getting dark and I just walked a little ways and thought that I saw a trail that led right down to the lake. WRONG! While the hotel [...]

We’re here. It’s Dare, my husband and myself. I can’t even remember the last time that I traveled with just one dog. It’s really odd. Anyway, we found the park where the trial will be in Boulder City without too much trouble, though I think the directions on the premium took us a bit out [...]