So I got a new little camcorder. It’s an RCA EZ300HD… which means, yes, it’s HD. Yay! It’s not the best quality HD in the world but it’s better than my other camcorder that records to DVD. This one doesn’t have all the options needed for agility recording, but it’s gonna be great [...]
I love all my dogs. I have two purebred collies I bought from breeders, Lucy and Levi, and I have four rescue dogs, Angel, Chase, Tatum and Muffit. Of all my dogs Chase has the most potential to go far in the dog sports I love. I am certain he can get a [...]
So I’ve been competing and training in agility for, oh, about five years now. Levi was my first agility dog, and he’s a collie, a bit long in the body and not very flexible. He is just about retired… and my new agility dog is Chase, a border collie. Chase is very flexible and [...]
Yay! I’m so excited. For a while there I didn’t think she’d ever take the dumbbell on her own.
I’ve been putting squeeze cheese on the dumbbell for her to lick, which she really likes. And no matter how many times I’ve read, in clicker training books, that a dog will naturally just open her mouth [...]
Okay I know I know it’s not like I don’t do regular training with my dogs, but I’m excited because Tatum is going to be going to regular obedience and agility classes soon. Probably with the start of April. Should be fun.
Levi’s obedience is winding down, he’ll still do ASCA which will be fun. And [...]
Well I am pleased to say that Muffit’s training is coming along very well! He is such a good boy. We had a private lesson last Friday and my instructor was actually very happy with how far he has already come.
I discovered while training him at the local agility barn, that he was best if [...]
Whew! What a weekend! I am dead tired. At the end of the first day I thought having a 3 day ASCA trial was a great idea (ASCA is Australian Shepherd Club of America). However, today, after the third day was over, I think two days are better! I’m dead tired. So are my dogs, [...]
I am so thrilled! I took Tatum and Muffit out to the local agility barn today and Tatum did so great!
She is a maniac on the A-Frame! Well, no, not a maniac, LOL, but she’s fast and not afraid at all. I thought she might be afraid of the contacts and I’m so glad [...]
In Obedience, the dogs have to sit for one to three minutes, depending what level you are in. In Novice it’s a one minute sit stay with the handler in sight. In Open, it’s a three minute sit stay with the handler out of sight.
This is a picture of how Tatum sits comfortably. I hope [...]
Do you track your training… or your competition? I don’t, really. I know I know, I should. But I don’t. I used to write down every run in competition, good or bad, Q or NQ. But I gave that up because it was one of those things I was obsessive about and then burned myself [...]
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