It’s the 30th and my challenge to myself of Skill A Day for a month is complete. Tomorrow we get to play agility!!! At a trial. And it will hopefully be super fun. Because what could ever be more fun…
Skill A Day: day 24, 25, 26 & 27 So what have we proved?
Oh yea, that I’m not consistent with written training logs. Yup, as this exercises reminded I’m consistent for about 21 days. Despite my lack of writing about it, the dogs and I have been having lots of fun with our…
Skill A Day: Day 21 Creative Meeting of Needs
It’s Wednesday and once more I find myself juggling the needs of my 2 dogs and a nearly 4 month old human (and the needs of the ducks, but frankly theirs are a bit simpler to meet). The human arrived…
Skill A Day: day 20 Your Turn vs Not Your Turn
The concept of “your turn” and “not your turn” is one the dogs and I have been working on for a while. When Zora was a puppy, I used her dog bed or crate (with door open) to introduce the…
Skill A Day: Day 17 Toto Fit Challenge Week 1 Progress
The dogs and I have been practicing our Toto Fit 6 Week Challenge Week 1 Exercises every day this week. And here’s where we are now at. Tomorrow, on to week 2 exercises! Tom week 1 progress: Zora week 1…
Skill A Day: Day 16 drop on recall
As I’ve mentioned, it’s really rather brisk out and yet the corgi wants to be out. With me. Playing some game. Because the corgi loves the cold. And winter. And snow. And it’s all so perfectly fantastic!! To be honest,…
Skill A Day: Day 15 agility with cones
Yesterday started the polar vortex the weather folks have been going on about. But I have this dog, this corgi dog, who loves beyond belief the cold. The colder the better in her mind. And the colder the better we…
Skill A Day: Day 14 Find It!
Find It is one of our go-to games. It’s been a feature in Zora’s life since she came home at age 5 months, and part of Tom’s for years as well. Zora’s first winter with us was one with snow…
Skill A Day: Day 13 E.T. Phone Home
I spend rather a lot of time sitting, resting on the couch in the grand scheme of my days. As a result, the dogs and I create a variety of silly games and tricks that amuse us as we pass…
Skill A Day: Day 11 Toto Fit Week 1 Challenge
As it’s now Sunday and now definitely feeling like winter around here, I thought it would be a perfectly good time to start some indoor fitness exercises. I came across the Toto Fit 6 Week Challenge and thought to myself…