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Archive for March, 2009

Physical Therapy

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 Posted in life with poodles | Comments Off

Elly is five and a half now. She has a bad shoulder, hip dysplasia, irritable bowel disease, and food allergies. Last May I retired her from most agility competition because she'd limp the next day if she took too many ...

I don’t believe it…

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 Posted in training | Comments Off

Last night I took Dancer to a new class. And yes, it does have a fast black dog in it, so I had lots of chances to work on focus, which was great. But... more to the point, we did several ...

High Energy Dogs

Thursday, March 5th, 2009 Posted in dog park days, life with poodles | Comments Off

I took the dogs to Chimney Park this morning. It's fully fenced, and that's pretty much its best feature. But there is enough room for the dogs to run full out, and it's not very popular, which means not a ...

Proof that I am healing…

Sunday, March 1st, 2009 Posted in life with poodles | Comments Off

Note that I have all my weight on my left leg in this photo. Note, as well, that Dancer is NOT right next to me, that I have a little distance there... Note to self: lose some weight! [caption id="attachment_475" align="aligncenter" width="500" ...

First Trial, post-plate-removal

Sunday, March 1st, 2009 Posted in trials | 2 Comments »

I took the curly girls to a trial today. Just for one day, and only a week or so earlier than my doctor wanted. It was the Columbia Agility Team trial in Canby--a huge horse barn at the Clackamas County ...