Poodles, Dog Agility, Dog Training… and Knitting

Archive for December, 2008

Finished… Only one day late…

Friday, December 26th, 2008 Posted in knitting | Comments Off

If you don't count the fact that I promised it for Christmas LAST YEAR! [caption id="attachment_437" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Stacia"][/caption]

How much snow IS there?

Sunday, December 21st, 2008 Posted in life with poodles | Comments Off

Portland has come to a screeching halt. There is that much snow. My daughter's show at Portland Center Stage was cancelled. Apparently, the show need not go on. I stopped on the way back from the grocery store to take a ...

Pre-Christmas Knitting

Friday, December 19th, 2008 Posted in knitting | Comments Off

I am trying to finish a sweater for my daughter (see previous post on favorite mammals). It would go much faster if I didn't keep messing up the cable pattern. I've ripped back to correct the cable (and I never ...

City Dogs…

Friday, December 19th, 2008 Posted in life with poodles | Comments Off

The city dogs are absolutely certain that every single person who passes the house represents a threat:

Three (One?) of my favorite people…

Monday, December 15th, 2008 Posted in life with poodles | Comments Off

I started to write the title of this entry... and realized that two of my favorite "people" are dogs... Anyway. Herewith, a photo of one of my favorite HUMANS and two of my favorite CANINES: three of my favorite mammals to spend ...

Yippity Skippity?!

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 Posted in chondrosarcoma, knee rehab | Comments Off

I talked my surgeon into taking the plate out of my knee January 8th. Then I use a cane for six weeks, and NO AGILITY for two months. But he did say recovery would be a lot easier this time.

Squirrels!!

Sunday, December 7th, 2008 Posted in life with poodles | Comments Off

We've been in Portland for a few days, which means Dancer and Elly have to be city dogs. That means walking nicely on leash--Elly has to have the Easy Walker harness--and waiting outside shops while I run in. New things ...

Taking the girls to the park…

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 Posted in life with poodles | Comments Off

I took the curly girls to Marymoor Park this morning. It is a strange December here, quite warm (meaning mid-50s), and my garden is still blooming. I have an iris that bloomed last June back in bloom, and the pineapple ...

One more thing about the NADAC trial…

Monday, December 1st, 2008 Posted in life with poodles | Comments Off

Dancer had SIX regular runs and didn't Q in any of them. Her closest was the 0.01 seconds over on Friday, but then we had a few dogwalk refusals and some other problems... but she had three runs in which ...

The ZAP NADAC Trial…

Monday, December 1st, 2008 Posted in Photos, trials | Comments Off

[caption id="attachment_406" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="Dancer Weaves"][/caption] We had a good time at the trial. Dancer was spectacular in Jumpers. She ran at 5.2 yards per second or better in both runs Saturday (with electronic timing)--and most exciting to me was that ...