Category Archives: Tatum


Good, Tiring Day

Oh boy.. just got back to the motel. What a day. It was a ton of fun. Chase ran in singles and doubles, in addition to his regular teams. He ran a lot. He needs to be in better shape, as do I, as I say way too often. I wish my back felt [...]

In St. George

Well… Chase, Tatum and me are in St. George. The internet connection here at the Red Cliffs Inn is not too good… but it looks like my two pictures are going to Flickr now. Hopefully they went… and then I’ll include them here in this post.
I’m blogging from my desktop, using BlogDesk. Hopefully [...]

Dragging the Flexi Leash

Tatum has a problem I really need to work on. Okay okay… it’s really the Mum that has the problem. The problem is, the Mum (me) is a clutz, and sometimes drops the flexi leash when I’m walking the dogs.
None of my dogs care.. they drag the bouncing, noisy thing behind them without a [...]

Always Snag a Training Opportunity

I’m working from home today.. sitting on the couch upstairs, doing my thing.. and the Husband comes up from the basement and plops Tatum, and her toy, into the living room and closes the baby gate.
The rest of the dogs are snoozing comfortably, but not our crazy Tatum Tot girl. Nope.. she starts whipping [...]

Angel and Tatum

Is this the cutest picture or what? Okay maybe not in the whole entire world, but still I love it. Tatum loves to play. Angel loves to play too, but since she’s been getting older she’s been slowing down so she doesn’t run around like she used to. But she still likes to play [...]

At the Flyball Seminar

I am at the flyball seminar! The puppy and green dog part was pretty good. A lot was basic puppy training that I already am familiar with, but it was good foundation information for new dogs and new green handlers, too.
Tatum didn’t do very much because she is being pretty nervous. I pulled [...]

Clicking that Rear End

In my continuing pursuit of finding a reliable, solid, positive way to clicker train the flyball box, Tatum is being my experimental dog. She is so smart. She is doing great with her mat. I’ve changed the criteria so now she has to lie down on the mat, as I want that to [...]

Flyball Seminar Coming Up!

Woo Hoo I am so excited! I’ve been sleepy today but then I got my confirmation papers (email) for the Touch n Go Flyball Seminar in Last Vegas in.. in only a week!
Three days. Well, Friday will be for Tatum, and Saturday and Sunday will be for Chase. Looks like our team, Thunder Paws [...]

Chase had an Awesome Day

Chase is so much fun to run. When we work together, and he pays attention. Today was great. We did AKC agility.
Our first run was Open Jumpers with Weaves. He did so well, he paid attention to me and turned and came when I wanted him too, and it was not an easy course. [...]

Muffit is Better

Well good news, after a couple of days on the new meds Muffit is much better already. His breathing sounds clear, no more snuffling and no more major green nasal discharge! Yay! He is eating well, and starting to play, too. Still a bit low on energy but that will come.
I’ve started [...]