For various agility programs dogs have to be measured at the trial to be sure they are in the correct jump height class. After you are measured a few times, you do not need to be measured again for that organization. Griffin and I did our first AKC trial over Read more…
The day after Rudy went home, Kate came for a visit. I worked with her a few times as a puppy and now she’s been with me for a week to work on better house manners and some retrieve foundations. She’s six months old but far bigger than Viktor! I Read more…
Just kidding – kind of! Rudy has been staying with us while his family travels. He’s 14 now and I’ve known him since about 10 weeks! I haven’t seen him in two years – from puppy to 12 he was pretty much the same dog – it’s hard to see Read more…
How is he a year old already! We’ve been getting the same question ever since he was a puppy…. “What kind of dog is he?!” back in February we were asked this question while at a health clinic event hosted by the area golden retriever club- and someone who shows Read more…
I’ve not done well sharing about our training! There are many reasons for that – mostly that we have so much going on that I decide to spend the extra time on training than typing. We’ve taken some video for class and lesson materials. Tonks is a very athletic puppy Read more…
CleanRun is one of my favorite dog companies. They do lots of interesting things. “CleanRun” is the name of the magazine but the company now does other things like an online store with great products for training and playing and traveling with dogs. They publish books and DVDs and have Read more…
We did one of our first 2-day agility trial weekends in a very, very long time. Griffin and I entered a few classes on both Friday and Sunday. This was his best trial weekend – we had one good run after the next – most of the errors were little Read more…
The fun part of our trip was the obedience trial, but the real reason we drove 12 hours (each way) was to take the dogs to our very favorite rehab vet and especially for Viktor (click here for our last update). We’re supposed to go back in a few months Read more…
We make a few trips up north each year so that the dogs can go to their wonderful rehab vet. We’re most concerned about Viktor’s legs right now. We like to time the trips with dog show opportunities. Friday: We entered an obedience trial somewhat close to home. Griffin was entered Read more…
I’ve experimented with various systems/plans for tracking training sessions and making rough (or detailed) plans towards our goals. I’ve also had various ways to roughly track student progress to be sure group classes and private lesson clients are making appropriate progress – and to see if changes to the lessons Read more…