Archive: October, 2009
While Waiting Until He Grows Up . . .
To follow up on a post from last week, I want to clear up any misunderstandings, I am not suggesting you wait until your dog is three or four years old before you start trialing him in agility. Of my last three dogs, two of them where in the ring at 18 months and the [...]
Read moreDog Agility, Mud and the King of Rock and Roll
Happy Thanksgiving to all of my fellow Canadians! Well, the trial in Memphis was a success but a very wet, muddy and a bit cold one (the weather, not the people). The people in Memphis were very hospitable, Lynda and I had a lot of fun and met a lot of new friends. Sadly for [...]
Read moreJust Because They Can, Doesn’t Make it Right
Last night Lynda (my friend and one our very capable Say Yes instructors) and I were on our way to a trial in Memphis, Tn. While driving, we had a discussion that made me think about a few tales I have been told recently (I don’t mean tales as in lies but as in stories [...]
Read moreThe Holy Grail Has Arrived Safely in Alberton
You may think with the title of this blog I just stumbled upon the answer to the perfectly reliable running contact, or perhaps a new line of agility clothing that contours your butt to look three sizes smaller than real-life, or maybe I just came up with a way to stop babies from crying on [...]
Read moreNo Leprechauns here!
Fun around the weekend here as there was a sun shower that left a beautiful double rainbow over head. I was out with my dogs and a sun shower suddenly popped up. As luck would have it, I had my camera with me so here is my proof of the gorgeous site the dogs and [...]
Read more“Thank God that Our Dogs Give Us Second Chances”
The title of my blog today was taken from a comment left yesterday. How amazing it is for us that our dogs will give us second chances and do it without judgement of our previous actions. Sure, if you have given them reason, your dog may be a bit cautious the second time around, but [...]
Read moreCan a Family Pet be a Great Agility Dog?
Well anyone of you that has been reading my blog for any length of time knows the answer to that question. Without a doubt, my great agility dogs all start out and end up being great family pets first and foremost. I was asked to address this thought on my blog and why some competition [...]
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