Earlier this week John and I had to spend the day in the car running errands an hour or more away from home. Yes of course he drove, I do love me life. As he was driving I was thinking about all of the technological [...]
I am continuing the topic I started yesterday, describing how I have emotionally coped with the advancing progression of my dog's lives. Denial and Grieving. The day after losing Stoni I had to leave for 3 weeks of teaching in Australia. Stoni had been sick for [...]
It has to do with the oneness you become with that dog on the agility field. You are a team. The time and dedication invested in a relationship to reach that degree of unity only helps to fuel the burning pain of loss as your time together draws to a close.
Now that there are so many of you excelling with the 2x2 process I thought I would answer a few questions that you have sent in about training dogs that are not toy motivated. First of all yes, this method works well with all dogs, [...]
I talk to me dogs. I don’t mean I talk to my dogs the way normal people do, saying things like -- ”yeah boy, get the stick”. I mean I talk to them like I expect, at any moment, they are about to answer back. I don't [...]
This is a great read by a seven your old kid, really you have to check it out. In it he says "I believe everyone is weird in their own way." I am about to prove it. For a light-hearted change of pace I thought I [...]
Once I finished writing the following post, I really questioned whether I should put it up on my blog. It didn't feel as light-hearted or uplifting as others I have written. I decided to let it go because there are a few lessons that I [...]
Well Feature and I had a chance to get to know each other better as a dog and handler team while we were in Florida. First of all, we worked together at camp for three days and then we had two weekends of trialing. I [...]
Well all good things must come to an end and so we must leave the sunny south and head back home. We had a great time in Florida, topped off with one of my favorite trials of the year the "Dog-Gone-it!" trial in Orlando. I [...]
Thank you all for the wonderful posts you have written in response to my question from two weeks ago. I can tell many of you put a great deal of thought into your answer, I have enjoyed reading them all. The last night of camp [...]
Wow, we have got some awesome responses to my question. Initially, I was just going to pick a certain "number" and that was going to be the "winner" but there are some many thoughtful responses I am definitely going to have to select one (might be impossible) [...]
Well I must be hooked on this blogging since I am sending you this from a WiFi at a gas station as John fills the RV up with diesel. Since I am on the road for the next couple of weeks and may not be [...]
