Poodles, Dog Agility, Dog Training… and Knitting

Archive for February, 2009

The catch to having strong and fit dogs…

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in life with poodles | 1 Comment »

Today after practice, I was walking back to the car with the girls. Elly in harness, left hand, Dancer on lead, right hand. I was talking to Debbie, who was telling me about her horse. I was NOT paying attention ...

Training… but not for agility

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in training | 1 Comment »

In today's lesson, Debbie worked with Dancer to try to teach her to sit when told to, no matter what Debbie was doing. It seemed to be a hard lesson for Dancer. I think that's partly because I've been working ...

Training Insights

Saturday, February 21st, 2009 Posted in training | Comments Off

Dancer and Elly and I are slowly making the transition to training with a new trainer here in Portland, after years of training with Cheryl. Debbie's strengths are many, and her observation skills keen. Thursday we were working on speed and ...

Knee News is Good News

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 Posted in chondrosarcoma, knee rehab | Comments Off

I saw my surgeon Monday for a post-plate-removal checkup. Healing is uneventful, come back in June for your annual checkup to make sure you're still cured. This is good news. I am feeling very little pain, walking with almost no ...

Knitting

Thursday, February 5th, 2009 Posted in knitting | Comments Off

Stacia and I spent some time together last Saturday, and I took advantage of a helpless sale clerk to get her to take our picture in our matching hats. (I will also point out that I encouraged her to buy ...