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Archive for May, 2009

Taking the dogs for a walk

Friday, May 22nd, 2009 Posted in life with poodles | Comments Off

Stacia and I took the curly girlies up to Mt. Tabor park to admire the view on a gorgeous sunny day: [caption id="attachment_548" align="aligncenter" width="504" caption="Stacia, Elly, and Dancer"][/caption] And in this photo you can actually see downtown Portland (NW): [caption id="attachment_550" align="aligncenter" ...

Abuse of grooming equipment

Thursday, May 21st, 2009 Posted in life with poodles | Comments Off

I am sadly guilty of abusing my grooming equipment. Partly not using it enough. Partly using it too much. For example: look closely at Elly's tail in this picture: [caption id="attachment_545" align="aligncenter" width="504" caption="Elly, May 21st, 2009"][/caption] Yep, I shaved all the hair off her ...

Moving…

Monday, May 18th, 2009 Posted in life with poodles | 1 Comment »

We've moved into a new house here in Portland. Gorgeous view. We're not far from Mt. Tabor, and the curly girlies and I walked up today. Even better view from up there. It was fun watching all the squirrels too. Apparently ...

In which I feel extremely frustrated and ….

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 Posted in life with poodles | Comments Off

We had an interesting day of trialing at the Sno King AKC trial on Saturday. Both Elly and Dancer got the SEND portion of the FAST courses (Elly in Excellent, Dancer in Open), and both had nice weaves, and... Nothing else. I ...