Yesterday morning we stopped in at the local NADAC trial for a few runs. As my life this month has been swamped with things other than training my dogs, we entered only 4 (out of 8 offered for the day)…
Pawzazz NADAC Trial Recap
This weekend the dogs and I headed down to Maryland with a friend of mine to attend the Pawzazz NADAC trial. It was great fun, and I’m glad I went, it’s been well over a decade since I’ve been to…
NADAC Agility Trial Recap
This past weekend we entered a new mid-winter NADAC trial here. Usually we have a break from agility competitions from either Oct to late March/early April, or New Years to late March/early April. It was nice to get a chance…
NAE NADAC Trial recap
With Zora now recovered from her injury, we headed to VT for 1 day of a NADAC trial hosted by Northeast Agility Enthusiasts. A good friend of mine happened to have the weekend off, and wanted to get out of…
Agility Trial Routines
I’m a rather routine, predictable person. I find routines comforting and reassuring. I like having plans. It’s harder to get lost, lose things and be forgetful when life is orchestrated with many patterns. It’s no surprise I have any number…
Bonus Box High. They are Addictive!
NADAC trial recap for the weekend. It was awesome!!! I’m over the moon, on cloud 9, still happy dance big grin, etc. It was my clubs annual spring trial, so I worked and helped out more than I usually do…
We have a yard!
We have a yard again! A yard snow free and dry enough to train in! Agility practice here we go! WooHoo! I signed up for an online 3 month long Big Distance course with an instructor I’ve worked with before…
Our Most Awesome NQ Ever & an All Around NATCH
Awesome, awesome day at the NADAC agility trial. Such fun. There were so many new folks at the trial as well which was fantastic to see! Hope they had a welcoming experience and hope to see them again at future…
Training Dog Agility when Visually Impaired
On average I have 6-10 degrees of functional vision. In certain lighting conditions I have less. With my glasses on I have 20/20 central vision. In doing dog agility, or training dogs, I have to make some modifications. And often…
My Love Hate Relationship with Barrelers
NADAC Barrelers is damn hard! Our absolute worst qualifying rate is in this class. Why? Because it’s damn hard! Barrels are the one agility obstacle that have no physical outside boundary. Yet are judged with an outside boundary, which is…