Most breeds have a national breed club that promotes the type of dog, preserves history, encourages improved health and behavior, and provides educational resources. Most of the breed clubs have a national level event. Golden Retrievers are popular dogs and good at many things – so our national specialty, held Read more…
On Friday I took a trip. There were a lot of stressful parts in terms of timing, but everything worked out close to expected. This puppy is 8 weeks old and very adorable.
No new update on his health. We still have about a month until our next visit. He’s still on restricted activity with swimming 5 days a week and about 15 minutes of low-activity training walks and then some almost-no-activity training. In many ways he acts like a much younger puppy. Read more…
In the last month we’ve done 6 days of agility trials and one day of rally obedience – it ended up 4 days of trialing, each in a different program, in 8 days! Most of the agility days have been good – we had one bad trial day where he Read more…
I’ve been helping with the dog show for many years now. 4-H kids from all over the state train and prepare to participate in the event. Adult and youth volunteers work very hard to run the 5 day dog show. We’re exhausted by the end and so are the dogs! Read more…
Last weekend was yet another trip up to Minnesota. Our primary purpose was another check for Viktor. As always, we try to fit in as much adventure as possible! We left Ohio on Saturday afternoon after classes and headed to Chicago. We were just a little late for an evening training Read more…
Last month we did our first AKC obedience trial. It was very small – I thought that was probably due to the show being on Friday. I’ve learned that it was probably more about the trial grounds/location. Yesterday’s trial was also a Friday but much bigger! Many more dogs entered, 3 Read more…
When Viktor was 10 weeks old I noticed his front legs looked a little odd. His toes were rotated out and his wrists were almost touching. Our rehab vet recommended xrays and seeing an orthopedic surgeon. We had our regular vet take x-rays and then we did a consult the Read more…
Two days after our first AKC obedience trial, Griffin and I were up in Minnesota and did agility. Griffin has not been to an agility trial for about 18 months – at the last event he did a total of 3 jumps all day (and a few months after that Read more…
Last week we did our first obedience trial! We entered on a Friday – which ended up working out great, more people are at work, meaning a smaller event. This trial was held with a big conformation show and at a fairgrounds (so not climate controlled) and that may have Read more…