You Won’t Believe This!
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.
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 as a nation earned no gold medals). What a relief [...]
Shaping Fun
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 present before she is even able to snore. I don't [...]
Shaping Challenge
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 do something new. Come up with something [...]
Second Dog Syndrome
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 advise on how to avoid it. First what is it. One [...]
Ramblings from the Weekend
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 it on my last day. Yes I know it [...]
Lessons in Gratitude
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 you have that friend and the lessons you may be [...]
Defining Agility Brilliance
I was eating my breakfast this morning thinking about what I want to accomplish at the three day workshop I have starting today. The workshop is primarily young, adolescent agility dogs, those either just embarking on an agility career or those that have yet to [...]
A Shake Up to the Normal Routine
Still down here in south Florida. I decided to take a little "me" time in between teaching camps. Most days have started with my friend Neta and I working out with her awesome trainer Jill Dearmin from Juno Beach Fitness. Yesterday Jill took us to [...]
You Definitely Get What You Pay For . . . Most of the time.
Always the overachiever. This is not a move for everyone, most normal people just do a series of low end bounces to get in shape on a their Cellercise Last week I wrote about how crazy I am about my rebounder or "Cellerciser." [...]
Start Line “Fun”
I entitled this post Start Line “Fun” because for many of you, that is what is lacking. It has become more like Start Line “Hell” than Start Line Fun. If you are trying to trick, intimidated or “force” your dog to wait for a release [...]
Making Dreams Come True
I love this quote "He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality." – Anwar al-Sadat (former Nobel Peace Prize winner, former President of Egypt, until is assassination October 1981) What this quote means to me is [...]
