I’m not sure why we’re always so endlessly busy – I have decreased a few commitments but somehow have replaced those with even more things to do. We finally had another trial opportunity. Tonks has only had a handful of trial days so far. There are always things to work Read more…
A year ago I thought we finished our first level AKC Obedience title. And then in March a friend was checking on the AKC titles/events records and didn’t see it listed. I immediately emailed AKC about the error…and checking my records, I found we hadn’t finished it! At the end Read more…
This weekend we visited our friend Megan while on a trip to see our rehab vet (rechecks for Griffin and Viktor). We’ve had a long standing joke that we should do UKC conformation to get another opinion on whether Griffin or Tonks are structurally more “correct” for a golden retriever. Read more…
Last weekend we went to the first AKC Scent Work trials (finding a specific, hidden odor), held as part of the Eukaneuba Performance Games. Griffin and I aren’t great at nosework, but we had a good weekend in May and as this event was only an hour away – we had Read more…
Good news – I’ve see more opportunities for online entries. Including an entry that I sent last week – I entered the day before closing and a paper entry would have not arrived on time. Bad news – almost every one of these options (AKC obedience/rally, UKI agility, breed Read more…
One of our activities last weekend was judging a rally trial in MN for the Minnesota Mixed Breed Club. This club is great- they hold different kinds of trials and events open to all dogs. This may seem unusual for people who are newer to dog activities – but many Read more…
On Friday we drove up to Minnesota for an action packed 3 days; participate in a trial, judge a rally obedience trial, go to the vet specialist, and visit with dog friends. Yesterday we got to do two runs in CDSP obedience first thing in the morning before I judged. Read more…
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, they’re competing/preparing to compete and 2 weekends ago they hosted Read more…
Finally an agility trial agility! Saturdays are increasingly busy with even earlier classes, daytime lessons, and 4-H kids in the evening – which makes getting up on Sunday morning very hard. It was great to have a day mostly with the dogs. The trial was pretty small and we ended Read more…
End of December we did UKI and are now going to be in Senior. All the runs were great with very tiny things to fix. 1) I walked a wrong class – luckily I noticed before we ran. 2) I didn’t feel confident enough to get the higher-point gamble (distance Read more…