Heading Home!

Posted on Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Finally! John and I are cranking up the Empress (truly the brand name of our RV) and heading home today. If the roads are clear we should be home by Saturday afternoon. Our rescue BC [...]

Need Your Input

Posted on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

First of all thank you. All of your comments and concern really did wonders to get me out of my funk yesterday. You guys rock, I mean that, thank you. Now I need some input. [...]

Whoa is Me

Posted on Monday, February 22nd, 2010

I haven’t written much in the last week because honestly each time I try to write I am overwhelmed by depressing thoughts that I don’t think belong here. I have always preserved this blog to [...]

You Won’t Believe This!

Posted on Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

All of us Border Collie owners better stick to agility!

Way to funny! Today I am grateful that the snow has finally stopped in Cincinnati!

Oh CANADA! . . . and a few other miscellaneous thoughts.

Posted on Monday, February 15th, 2010

First of all a big congratulations to Alexandre Bilodeau for bringing Canada it’s first ever Gold
Medal at an Olympic Games that we where hosting (sadly in Montreal in ‘76 and Calgary in ‘88 we [...]

Shaping Fun

Posted on Friday, February 12th, 2010

Hey some excellent ideas rolling in to try and shape. I don’t know about shaping the Shar Pei to snore doing her waking hours thought. There could be some physiological stasis that needs to be [...]

Shaping Challenge

Posted on Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Okay, it is mid winter (for some, okay hard to imagine it as winter here in Florida). Here is a challenge for you all. Sometime before the

weekend (that is two days) shape your dog to [...]

Second Dog Syndrome

Posted on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

I was talking recent to some friends about a phenomena I have observed in the dog world I like to describe as “The Second Dog Syndrome.” I thought I would offer a bit of [...]

Ramblings from the Weekend

Posted on Monday, February 8th, 2010

Just a few thoughts from the three day seminar I just wrapped up here in Florida.
I passed by this little tricket in the grass every day and I just had to take a snapshot of [...]

Lessons in Gratitude

Posted on Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Things I find myself thinking about at 5:30 in the morning while I wait for the rain to stop. If you find yourself lamenting about something a friend “did” to you remember to be grateful [...]