Archive: August, 2009
A Countdown on Craziness
My life is always full, I don’t think that will ever change. But after August 22, for the first time since 1996, I will not have any away-from-home-seminars on my immediate calendar. Yes I will be teaching at camps in Florida in January-February and yes I will be teaching here at home but I …
Read moreCatching Up to Last Week
So back from the USDAA regional last weekend and I will write about it later, but for now I am going to post the last of my Canadian Nationals videos. This is the 2 standard classes that where offered. Take a look at the standard courses here Neither course was a “gimme” for …
Read moreA Better View of Jumpers!
So far this week I have showed you each girl’s Steeplechase runs, Encore’s Gambler’s and errrh ummm “jumper’s” run. So to redeem myself I will post Feature’s two Jumpers runs from the Canadian Nationals. Day one she had the fastest time during this first run of the day. Many dogs, with far more experience, took the [...]
Read moreLooking for Clues in a Jumpers Debacle
Very few of my runs are “flawless.” I do have screw ups just like anyone else, but at last weekend’s Canadian Nationals I had a lulu of a fiasco, the likes of which I have not experienced in a while. Encore and I are pretty solid in our teamwork so when she has a …
Read moreHarvesting the Fruits of Training
Back in November of last year I wrote about how I felt the need to work on my dog’s Gambling Skills. The post was called “Getting Old Fashioned”. My winter project was to grow my dog’s skills so that the Gamblers class was not going to turn my stomach at a regional or national …
Read moreAAC Nationals Steeplechase
Well the 9th Canadian National Agility Championships have been put to bed. No I did not “win” the overall championship, but I did have a great weekend. The event was really well run, the organizers thought of just about everything, right down to having packages of ”Sham-Wow” rags at each ring! The readers digest version [...]
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