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Well, I’m home. I canceled my hotel reservation. We’ll have to see how things go. Maybe I’ll get kicked off the team, I hear some are pretty mad at me. But like I said, it’s not worth it to travel down there just to help out. Chase’s feet are still sore, too. He is still favoring them, so I don’t think I’d run him tomorrow on the mats.

I hope that I won’t need any drug rehab once they get back, maybe I’ll get chewed out. Well, my life doesn’t depend on it. Worst thing is I’m not on the team anymore. Which really isn’t any skin off my back, and would just mean less stress in life.

I am going to try that agility fun match tomorrow. If Chase’s feet aren’t up to par then he can go swimming or play on the grass. It’ll be sooo good for Levi’s weaves!

Cynthia

June 30, 2007

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Agility, Chase, Levi, Play, Travel

Weekend

Well, I haven’t canceled my hotel reservation yet.. but I really should. I will tonight or tomorrow. I’m not going to St. George Utah for Flyball this weekend. I’m sad. I wanted to hang out with my new friends, try out U-FLI and hang out with Chase. But alas, hopefully we will be able to go to one in the future or even next summer. And Chase’s doubles spot might be filled by another dog so that will be good.

I’m glad I won’t have to drive for five hours to get there. And I hope to go to an agility fun match instead. My collie Levi needs to have fun matches so he can get better at his weaves in the ring. And rewarding him in the ring for weaving is such a bonus. He’s my agility collie and he is completely fun to run!

And Chase will also get to run, I think. We can practice everything we have learned over that last couple of months about focus and control. So we’ll see how he does. And if I can walk him to the start line with treats for being nice, I think that’ll be great for him.

I love the venues that we can see dogs of all breeds compete. I often wonder what breed the dog really is.. sometimes I wonder about Chase too. I’d love to get a DNA test to find out!

Cynthia

June 29, 2007

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Agility, Chase, Collie, Flyball, Levi

Stepping Up

Well, I might get smacked and stuck in a hole for this, but I started a Yahoo Group for the Utah Tailblazers Flyball club.

Utah Tailblazers Yahoo Group

Per some recent issues, I really think the team needs better communication. I’m not willing to leave the team, but I’m willing to step up and try to improve it. I mean heck, a team is a team and if people bow out instead of working for changes, then it just falls apart no?

I think it’s best to know the status of the dogs on the team, where they are in training, new dogs that are showing up to beginning practice, and what teams are forming and what dogs are doing well together. That’s not too much to ask, is it?

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sigh

Well, not sure if we are going to St. George this weekend for flyball. It seems there are not enough dogs to make up two teams for Laramie, and I did say that we will go to St. George only if we can be in a team in Laramie.

It’s not worth the drive all the way down there if we aren’t going to be on a team in Laramie. Kinda makes me mad. Hrmph.

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Pads Again

Well Chase’s pads seem to be doing okay today. I still hope they will be okay for flyball this weekend. He only runs Sunday but will do warmups on Saturday. I will make a call Friday night and if I think he’s not good enough to go then we won’t be going. I hope we can go, though.

I had him on the couch last night applying Vitamin E on his pads. I also put a little of the stuff Johann recommended. It said it could cause allergies so I just did a tiny bit because I don’t want Chase, with all his allergies, to have a reaction. He seems okay.

He gets to sit on the couch while I put it on him. All our home furniture is for the dogs. They get the couches and the beds. But they do have to share with us!

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Dog’s Aye View – Thursday Meme

This Thursday’s Meme is here! And I thought a good site for Tip Tail to review this week was The Dogs’ Aye View 10K. Over there is a blog that is written by a couple of very cool rescue dogs, Gomer and Opie… Ooo I love the names. Too cute of an idea for their names.

And their Mom had a great idea for their one year blogging anniversary. And I’m going to copy and paste the details here so I don’t get it wrong:

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THE FIRST ANNUAL DOGS’ AYE VIEW 10K:

We wanna make pawprints all over the world and celebrate our success by giving back to the people who helped to rescue us and those who work hard every day to rescue other animals from the streets or from bad situations. So, will you enter the Dogs’ Aye View 10K and help us out? It’s simple… just run around your keyboard …

For every visitor* to the blog over the next 10 days (from Tuesday, June 26 till Friday, July 6), dogmom is going to donate 10 cents to Friends For Life Animal Sanctuary, where she adopted us!
But wait, there’s more! She’s going to donate another 10 cents for everybody that posts a comment to our blog … about anything … to Southwest Metro Animal Rescue, located in Chaska where we live, since they have the same no-kill philosophy about domesticated animals.
But wait, there’s more! If you tell us in your comment that you also clicked the purple button (upper left side of our blog, under our picture… or this link) The Animal Rescue Site on our blog to help feed shelter animals … then she’s going to donate another 10 cents to EACH of these fine organizations — Friends For Life, SWMAR and The Animal Rescue Site.
And, if you post a blurb and a link on YOUR blog that tells everybody and links back to us — then she’s going to donate a whole dollar (!) to the animal rescue group of your choice if you email her their information at dogsayeview@aol.com.

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Now I only just discovered this blog, and so I am still learning about Gomer and Opie and all their fun adventures. All I know so far is that they are both rescue dogs, and they have a great personality. Their blog is very well laid out and easy to read, and has some informative links, too.

So why don’t we all head over there to find out more about them and leave them a comment, and help their mom donate some money to the Friends For Life Animal Sanctuary!

Cynthia

June 27, 2007

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Info, Meme, Rescue

I’m a Soft Dog

Ugh… well, I’ve been baptized into the ‘got yelled at by…’ club at flyball practice tonight. I knew it was coming, and I kinda thought it might be tonight since Chase’s feet are hurt and we couldn’t run. We want to go do flyball in Laramie the end of July, and I guess we needed to get times tonight, but Chase couldn’t get times because he can’t run because of his feet.

So I was yelled at. And, like I was 6, I handled it for a few minutes then had to leave because, despite my best efforts, I started to cry. And it was a weird cry because really I was okay inside, I couldn’t quite stop the tears.

I still like the person who yelled at me. I understand she has a short temper and gets angry at lots of people. I don’t want to be treated that way. And the more stressed she gets, the more she yells. Like I said, though, I still like her and respect her, I just don’t like that about her.

Anyway, I have to laugh now. It’s kinda funny. Looks like we are still going to plan on going to Laramie and we are going to put one of Chase’s old times in. So we’ll see how this weekend goes, and we’ll see how Laramie goes, and then I will decide if it’s something we still want to pursue. We might actually only practice after these tournaments. Because driving at least 5 hours for every tournament is just beyond what I really want to do.

Dog sports are supposed to be fun! I am really a soft dog. Many breeds need a soft touch, just like the collies, and I am no different. Anyway, I’m better now, and I really usually enjoy flyball and the people I have met there. So now, time for bed!

Cynthia

June 27, 2007

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Chase, Collie, Flyball, Sports