As Tom is getting up there in years, I’ve been considering a ramp of some sorts for our car. He’s still well able to jump in and out of the backseat where he usually rides, but seeing as he’ll be…
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…
Not a Traffic Barrel
A lovely morning for a walk. Tom guiding on my left, Dulce spaniel and Zora walking nicely on my right. Nearing the end of the walk, final stretch of sidewalk towards home. I live on the main road through town,…
Weekend Fun – NYC!
Last week a good friend of mine, S., who lives in TX called to chat, mentioning she’d be traveling to NYC for the week with her adult daughter. Miracles of miracles, her trip north coincided with the one free weekend,…
Gem of Today
Lyft driver: “You have a dog. I can’t take you. I just had my car cleaned. Your dog is going to pee in my car.” Me rolling my eyes, getting into his car as he’s talking cuz give me a…
2 Steps Forward, 3 Steps Back
I’ve been mulling over this since the news of Delta Airlines new service dog policy broke. Reading people’s comments, organizations responses. Thinking. Saddened. Frustrated. Really. On Sunday, when getting my husband an ice cream in a shop we’d never before…
2017 in Review & Here's to 2018
2017 was rather an eventful year for us. Dogs – In agility, Zora and I had a smoking year. I’m still in a bit of shock when I remember we won at NADAC Championships. I never in a million years…
New Cues
Tom has recently learned 2 new cues. It makes me happy he is happy and learning new things. Cue 1: the bling sound the Lyft app makes I’m rather late to the Lyft and Uber game, but a short time…
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…