Griffin
Viktor’s Rally Level 1!
We hosted a World Cynosport Rally (WCRL) trial last weekend. It was our first time ever hosting a 2 day trial – and it was easier than we expected! I had all three dogs participate – Griffin did well but Read more…
Griffin
November MN Trip – Good Vet News!
Viktor is now 24 months old. We have been addressing his ‘valgus deviation of both front limbs’ since he was a young puppy. Our rehab vet in Minnesota wanted to see him to evaluate his elbows and make a plan Read more…
Rally
Judging WCRL – Away From “Home”
I’ve been judging for the World Cynosport Rally program for about two years. That judging has primarily been at our facility and so that we could keep entry costs as low as possible for our exhibitors. A few times I’ve Read more…
AKC
Griffin at AKC Obedience – RN, BN PCD
One more “Griffin is the best” post is necessary. On Friday we did an AKC obedience trial. He was great. We need to do more training but also were able to show many things we can do well. We did Read more…
Field Work
Griffin’s Working Certificate Test
Apparently all I have to share is Griffin doing fun things. I promise the young dogs are getting trained and that I intend to post things useful to my behavior/pet training clients! All retriever breeds have a “Working Certificate” test Read more…
Griffin
Griffin Does MondioRing Obedience
When Griffin was about a year old we (re)met a group of people that became dog training friends. I was interested in obedience (AKC) and agility (CPE, USDAA). Their interest was in an obscure sport called MondioRing. Seven years later, Read more…
Seminar
Denise Fenzi Seminar!
A few weeks ago we had Denise Fenzi back again. We had a half day on engagement, half day of heeling games, and Sunday was ‘Handler’s Choice.’ I’ve seen Denise present twice before, but it’s been a few years. It’s Read more…
Field Work
Getting Ready – Rally and Field Practice
Only a few weeks until our training friend Fanny Gott is here for a 2 day trial-prep seminar! We did the online class version of this a few years ago and loved it. Rally: We’ve been doing some trial prep Read more…
Agility
Sweden 2016 :: Our Agility Trial!
A week before we left we did AKC agility. Our first time in Excellent for jumpers and then we got our last Open Standard pass. This let us jump into the level 3 (of 3) in Sweden. Over on the Read more…
Agility
Sweden 2016 : Seminar
In the middle of the trip we had a chance to attend an agility seminar! This wasn’t a planned part of our trip but was a great opportunity . We did two half days with Isabelle Emanuelsson and Jouni Orenius. The Read more…