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Virtual Sports

You know, I have said for four (or has it been five?) years now, ever since I started doing agility, that we need to have holodecks like in Star Trek where we can practice in an authentic competition environment. I would so love that. Train there, work through all the distractions… but maybe that’s one of the whole points of agility, that you never can really train for a competition environment. Not unless you have fun matches to go to, where you trial. Around here we might have one or two a year, if we are lucky. We didn’t have any last winter.

Even though I have not found a virtual agility game, I have found a virtual football game. I used to watch a lot of football when I was in High School, and the other day I was thinking I would, sometimes, like to do so again. This game is an MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game) which are my favorite kind! So if you want to know football superstars, or be one yourself, you can download it this fall and play.

My cousins back in Chicago played soccer when they were younger, so it’s kinda in the family, too. And if you are new to soccer, or you know all about it, this game looks like fun for both!

So until a virtual dog agility game comes out, this might be fun!

Sponsored by Football Superstars

Hosting Dogs

I’m Lovin’ my dogs. :) And I’m really having a great time blogging about them! In fact, of all my six blogs (yeah I think it’s up to six now) this one is my favorite one to update and keep on top of. And in order to blog when I want and have a good set of blogs, I needed to find a host that has an excellent web host rating“>web host rating.

I looked around a lot, and utilized articles and tutorials, too, especially ones about cheap web hosting. Cheap is all well and good, but reliability is even more important. So a combo of both is the best!

So if you are looking for a host, you’ll want to check host ratings to find a good one!

My Dream Job

Well, what else would my dream job be? :) I love working with dogs. And I would love to do it full time. working with the people would be harder, I’m sure, than the dogs. But I hope I can develop the observational skills I know are so critical.

I made this little video.. and I wanted to video Levi doing his dumbbell work anyway! He is such a good boy.

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And dangit, ignore that he popped the last weave poll. I haven’t been weaving him because he has a pulled muscle in his right rear leg… so this was just a test!

Socially Sparked

There is a fairly new pay to blog company out there that I’ve signed up with. I do blog for money once in a while, though I try to keep it small and subdued on this blog, because I really love to blog about dogs and dog things and so I don’t want some weird posts to appear that don’t seem to have anything to do with the blog… but sometimes I do it anyway. LOL. Anyway, SocialSpark.com is new and I’m not sure I like their layout yet, but hopefully they will grow and get better over time.

They need more advertisers, though. And I would love to see more pet related advertisers. There are a lot of dog and cat people out on the web, and other animal people, and to get some animal advertisers to get their product information out to the blogosphere would be awesome. We need quality dog food in the market, toys, beds, and other animal things.

The dog food industry has had so many problems as of late, and we need good quality dog food for our dogs. That’s healthy, that’s not tainted with anything bad. There are dehydrated dog food companies, and frozen dog food companies, and even kibble dog food companies that could really get their information out if they were to check out Social Spark. So maybe they will find this a good way to get their products better known!

Sponsored by SocialSpark

Timing the Gamble

When I do agility, there is a class called Gamblers that is a lot of fun. You have to run your dog around and get as many obstacles as you can, and each obstacle is worth a certain number of points. You want as many points as you can get in the time they give you, which is usually 25 seconds. Then when the buzzer goes off after 25 seconds, you have to do a certain sequence of obstacles, that is called the gamble.

When I walk the course I use my watch to see how long it’ll take me and Chase to get as many obstacles as we can before the buzzer goes off. For this, of course, I need a nice new watch! And I’ve been looking at Citizen watches because they are oh so nice!

Plus, they have Unstoppable Ambassadors, currently, on their website and their accomplishments… very cool and interesting. My favorite is Nicole Vaidisova.. my friend at work plays tennis, and so I have a soft spot for tennis. And Nicole started young, and started winning titles before she was 17 years old! Wow!

And I love the watch she is featuring, too… sleek, pretty, and it would be a nice addition to my agility outfit!

Traveling with or without the Dogs

I travel a lot with my dogs. In fact, I travel more with my dogs than without my dogs. We usually have to find hotels that will take dogs which, really, hasn’t been too difficult. And it’s nice to see other dogs in the hotels where people pick up poop and take good care of their dogs so that we can keep going back.

Sometimes, though, it’s kinda nice to travel without the dogs. It’s strange, of course, not having them to take care of. But even parents need a break from their kids once in a while, don’t they?

So I’m checking out Branson vacations and what they offer. I have never been to Missouri and would love to go there sometime. I would love to go to Silver Dollar City, it’s a theme park that takes you back in time. And they have rides and shows and shops… and I do love shops! Though usually I look for something to shop for for the dogs. :)

There are some great places to stay, condos and hotels. And I’m not even going to look to see if they take dogs, because the dogs won’t be coming!

Their package deals are very reasonable… hrm… maybe I have enough miles to get there with a flight… not sure, but I’m gonna look. :)

A Dog’s Identity

Dogs have it lucky in a way.. they are dogs, and humans don’t really want to be dogs (well okay, some of us toy with the idea sometimes lol). But dogs are usually just happy with who they are, and don’t want to be another dog, either.

Humans, on the other hand, have many reasons to steal another person’s identity. Usually it’s money. They want to steal your credit score or credit card information so they can get to your money. Isn’t it nice that dogs don’t care about money?

A company called lifelock might be able to help us humans so we don’t have our identity stolen. I sure need all my money for my dog habit!

Itching, Scratching, and Sneezing

Okay I admit it, our house isn’t the cleanest in the world. LOL.. it’s not that it’s filthy or there is food laying around and rotting. That’s just gross. But we have six dogs and two cats, and we do have a lot of animal hair floating about because we really hate to vacuum. And I wonder, often, if our air is dirty and we could use and air purifier for pets. And for people, too, of course.

Maybe an air purifier for pets would help my husband and I, too, with our stuffy noses. And he has allergies which bug him quite often. But he loves the cats and the dogs and so he puts up with it.

There are a lot of different kinds of air purifier for pets, I wonder what is the best.. I’m going to have to go and do some research to find out.