Official Results
Sunday, January 24th, 2010 Posted in trials | Comments OffEAT NADAC Trial January 23, 2010 Elly: Novice Touch N Go 44.47 seconds, 179 yards Elite Regular 50.16 seconds, 178 yards, SCT 52.22, 4th place NAS title! Dancer: Novice Regular 37.22 seconds, 127 yards, SCT 46.18 seconds, 2nd place Novice Chances Q (only dog in 20" ...
I am so proud of Elly!
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 Posted in agility titles, training | 1 Comment »In the summer of 2004, while Jay was bicycling across the country, I decided to spend some time training in dog agility. I was fortunate enough that the only trainer I could find who had time during that hot August ...
The demon poodle does the chute
Thursday, January 21st, 2010 Posted in Photos, life with poodles | Comments Off[caption id="attachment_913" align="aligncenter" width="504" caption="Elly flies out of the chute: photo by Nina Sage"][/caption]
24″ weaves
Thursday, January 21st, 2010 Posted in Photos, life with poodles, training | Comments OffThe most recent AKC trial had 24" weaves, and for the first time, I saw Dancer do single-step weaves. Proof: [caption id="attachment_904" align="aligncenter" width="503" caption="Dancer swims through the weaves: photo by Nina Sage"][/caption]
I know this is boring, but I am excited!
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 Posted in training | Comments OffOkay. More teeter training today. I'm sure you're surprised. Dancer was VERY revved up today, very excited about training, very high energy. I did some teeters and she was almost as good as the last one on Monday--and then I did ...
Dog genetics
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 Posted in life with poodles | Comments OffThere's a lot of research these days into dog genetics. This article Scientists find a shared gene in dogs with a compulsive disorder reports on a study of obsessive behavior in Dobermans. Researchers found a common gene shared by the ...
More information
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 Posted in training | Comments OffI've been doing, as you all know, lots and lots and lots of teeter training. Yesterday at the barn I was demonstrating how good Dancer is at the "bang it!" game. Then I started doing some sequences... then I did ...
Cheap thrill….
Monday, January 18th, 2010 Posted in life with poodles | Comments OffToday, for the first time ever, Dancer did a teeter that I would not have been embarrassed to see at a trial.
Another title for Dancer…
Thursday, January 14th, 2010 Posted in agility titles | Comments OffApparently, I can't count. Dancer has her Novice Superior Weavers NADAC title! It was just posted on the NADAC site. Very cool!
Training something completely different
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 Posted in training | Comments OffWAG (Willamette Agility Group) is having a non-titling brace class in their upcoming USDAA trial. In brace, one handler runs two dogs at once. Of course I couldn't resist entering the curly girls in that! Which means... I have to ...