Ten years?!
Friday, May 28th, 2010 Posted in agility titles, training, trials | Comments OffA couple of months ago I heard an interview on the radio. Can't remember a lot about it (and can't seem to find it on Google) except... the interviewee talked at some length about the need for ten years of ...
Practice, practice, practice….
Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Posted in life with poodles | Comments OffI am continuing my struggle with learning to groom my own dogs. But today I actually managed to meet my own standards when grooming Dancer. Her feet look neatly trimmed; her face is clean of extraneous fuzz; her coat is ...
I’m ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille
Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Posted in Photos | Comments Off[caption id="attachment_1142" align="aligncenter" width="504" caption="Dancer, photograph by Jay Torborg"][/caption]
Proofing…
Monday, May 24th, 2010 Posted in training | Comments OffI told Jay I was paying money for a seminar on proofing--and going off for the weekend to attend said seminar--and of course he asked "what exactly is proofing?" I guess the shortest answer--I kind of stuttered around it--is making your ...
Recommending a new book!
Thursday, May 20th, 2010 Posted in training | Comments OffTrain Your Dog Like a Pro I have loved Jean Donaldson's ideas on dog training since I stumbled on them six years ago when I was trying to train Elly, the feral poodle. She loves dogs; her ideas are based on ...
Driving around with the dogs
Sunday, May 16th, 2010 Posted in life with poodles | 1 Comment »Elly and Dancer are incredibly patient in the car. But the fact that they're still speaking to me this morning is nothing short of astonishing. Yesterday Jay and Scott bicycled from Beaverton to Pacific City, a small town on the Oregon ...
Closed today for a prescribed burn
Saturday, May 15th, 2010 Posted in life with poodles | Comments OffGot up early to take Scott and Jay to the start line of a bike ride. Drove to the Sandy River Delta to take the dogs for a nice long walk, since it was early and lovely out. "Closed today: prescribed ...
Being serious about contacts
Thursday, May 13th, 2010 Posted in training | Comments OffToday was my first lesson with Debbie in three weeks and so of course it was time to get serious about contacts. Before I even started the contact speed circle she'd set up, she immediately left me speechless and in-a-panic-blank-minded by ...
“I could have caught that rabbit… except for the blackberries!”
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 Posted in Photos, life with poodles | 2 Comments »[caption id="attachment_1114" align="aligncenter" width="493" caption="Elly chased a rabbit into the blackberries... and the blackberries won."][/caption] (Don't worry. The scratches were superficial. She's fine already. Although a little scratched up.)
Food for thought…
Monday, May 10th, 2010 Posted in training | Comments OffToday at barn time, Dancer was in a great state of mind. Fast, excited, nailing her contacts. I got out her favorite tug and we played with that for a while. She did fast tunnels, great weaves, fast jumps and ...