All last week I was asked over and over “Zora looks thin? Did she lose weight?” Or “Tom’s looking skinny, did he lose weight?” This happens like clock work twice a year. Spring and fall. The answer is no, neither…
Loopy Stays
Training formal competition obedience stays is not something I’ve, in the past, been great with. Informal stays, good at teaching those. Stay on your bed, stay at the start line, moving wait, wait for release at doors, stay while I…
Can’t you just behave?!
After an exhausting day of agility yesterday, I fell asleep on the couch. Only to wake up, with a corgi snuggled against me, at 2:30am because the kitchen light had been left on. When I hit a certain part of…
Big Dog, Little Dog
this weekend is my local clubs NADAC agility trial. So despite exhaustion, we were there today and will be back tomorrow. Our club is small, so when it puts on a trial it’s all hands in deck. We had a…
NADAC Championships 2017 – Round 7 & Finals or Day 4
Day 4! The final day of NADAC Championships 2017!! This has been such a fun week, I’m so glad we came. First a little about the scoring at champs. NADAC Champs is scored differently than many competitions. In each round…
NADAC Championships 2017 – Rounds 5 & 6 or Day 3
day 3 of 4. This is a marathon competition for sure. today we were dog 171 in the run order. The elite classes seem to run slightly less than 60 dogs and hour, the pre elite dogs slightly less than…
NADAC Championships 2017 – travel and arrival
Last night we arrived! We are here, in Ohio. Our journey was rather uneventful, thankfully. Not too early in the morning we finished packing the car. A good friend of mine offered to transport a couple of things for us…