For the past almost-two-weeks we’ve had Fanny here for an obedience seminar. It was great, we had so much fun and I’m very happy with all the training I accomplished with Griffin. We had quite a few people who were able to attend most of the 10 days (a day Read more…
A big part of the big trip was to get in a lot of training time. It was very nice to get to spend so much time with Griffin and in many ways it was a lot easier to do training when I wasn’t teaching training classes for hours each Read more…
During my trip I got to see many different dog activities and training. Here are few notes about what we did, learned, and observed Herding: Early on in my trip I was at a herding seminar. The dogs made amazing progress in two days, it was impressive how the training progressed Read more…
We’re home! It’s so hard to believe that yesterday morning we were walking not just in another country, but on another continent than where we ended our day. At the beginning of this year I didn’t even have a passport – and now my dog and I both do! I was Read more…
A few weeks ago I decided Griffin needed to make a last minute trip to see a vet rehab type specialist. The next week, we had an appointment – they had an opening on the only day I could come. The biggest challenge was my dog van. I’ve had this Read more…
Last weekend we hosted our third rally trial through WCRL. We invited students of all the classes to come and watch, trying to describe it as a type of “heeling competition event.” We ended up with a handful of spectators at various points and one of our young class attendees Read more…
Last week we went and visited a friend and her dogs. When I arrived we took the dogs for a short walk together and rewarded the dogs for moving with us and not being too curious about each other. We were able to quickly have the dogs walking quite close Read more…
13 years old! He celebrated by eating snow and a few repetitions of fetching. We’ve had a retrieve ban for a few years due to his enthusiasm. I have video of the game but I won’t be sharing it – we stopped after he flipped over as he skid to Read more…
We did a lot of things last year that I don’t think I shared about – here’s just a sample! January: Griffin and I entered our first AKC obedience trial (but had to leave before it was even our turn!). February: I went to the area veterinary conference and went Read more…
Yesterday we went to the local elementary school to do a few presentations. These were the youngest kids I’ve presented for and we had three groups, about an hour each time! Griffin did some agility, some tricks, and we talked about different ways to get behaviors. My favorite part was Read more…