Newport, Oregon…
Monday, July 12th, 2010 Posted in Photos, life with poodles, trials | Comments OffI drove three hours to Newport, Oregon Saturday. The girls had seven runs total on Sunday. I drove back, three hours, on Monday. I believe the seven runs totaled around 6 minutes of ring time. That makes a ratio of ...
Reading about dog diets
Thursday, July 8th, 2010 Posted in life with poodles, poodle IBD | Comments OffI've been curious for a long time about how raw diets became so popular for dogs, since there's a lot of misinformation about them. (Dogs can and do get food poisoning, for example.) When I started reading, it seemed like ...
36 minutes
Monday, July 5th, 2010 Posted in life with poodles | Comments OffI just did a quick shave of the girls' faces (with scissor finishing for Dancer, who prefers that) and cleaned up Dancer's feet and tail area. Quick brush of both girls. Total time: 36 minutes, and I wasn't rushing. This stuff ...
At the Sandy River Delta Park…
Sunday, July 4th, 2010 Posted in life with poodles | Comments OffI took the curly girls for a long walk at the Sandy River Delta this morning. Lovely day. Slightly overcast so not too hot. It's clear to me that the Rimadyl for Elly's pain is making a huge difference. She's ...
Utterly off-topic
Sunday, July 4th, 2010 Posted in off topic | 1 Comment »It's Independence Day! And hoorah and hooray for our country! I may get frustrated with her from time to time, but give me the Bill of Rights any day. My corn is far from knee-high (is it "my" corn if my ...
Training for Gamblers classes
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010 Posted in training | Comments OffToday's agility class was beautifully presented by DIck Watson of CAT. Topic: doing Gamblers, USDAA style. Briefly, in traditional Gamblers, there is a point-accumulation period with a set time, a buzzer (or whistle) sounds, and you start a distance-handling portion, ...