Some photos from the CPE trial
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in life with poodles | Comments OffGreat photos by Nina Sage: [caption id="attachment_1302" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Dancer (photo by Nina Sage)"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_1303" align="aligncenter" width="504" caption="Elly (photo by Nina Sage)"][/caption]
Speed and Distances….
Monday, August 30th, 2010 Posted in training | Comments OffAfter reading some research on sprint training for dogs, I've decided that I need to persuade Dancer to do some sprints on a regular basis. She has a lovely energy-conserving lope that is her default pace... and I want her ...
Keeping standards high…
Sunday, August 29th, 2010 Posted in training | Comments OffI went to agility class yesterday and watched really carefully. I even took videos and watched those. Two years ago I took a seminar with Susan Perry and she asked "what are your criteria for the dogwalk contact?" My tentative reply ...
Back to training…
Saturday, August 28th, 2010 Posted in training | 1 Comment »Well, yes, I was feeling stale and tired yesterday but I hung around all day and just relaxed. I ate a ridiculous amount of food, most of it fruit. I ate three million cherry tomatoes, because my garden is producing ...
Training Trialing Feeling Stale…
Friday, August 27th, 2010 Posted in training, trials | 1 Comment »Two weekends in a row of trialing felt like too much. I think it's partly the heat. Thankfully it's cooled down. Dancer seems a touch slow, as well. Elly is perky but not quite her usual fresh self... And I'm feeling ...
CAT CPE trial
Monday, August 23rd, 2010 Posted in Photos, agility titles, training, trials | Comments OffI took the girls to the CAT CPE trial in Ridgefield this weekend. It is SO nice to have trials only 25 minutes from home. And no need to set up a tent. It made lugging in the crates seem ...
ZAP NADAC Trial
Monday, August 16th, 2010 Posted in agility titles, training, trials | Comments OffIt was 97 flippin' degrees at the end of the day on Sunday. Why I stayed, I'm not sure. Elly didn't run, and Dancer Qd in only three of 12 runs, but parts of the weekend were excellent. Dancer Qd in ...
Wildlife
Thursday, August 12th, 2010 Posted in life with poodles | Comments OffI took the dogs out to the Delta today for a nice long walk. We saw: * a dead, half-eaten beaver, with two vultures circling just above the remains * lots and lots of coyote scat ...
Show Grooming….
Saturday, August 7th, 2010 Posted in life with poodles | Comments OffI was looking through the grooming books at Dogwise (books on all things dog). Show Grooming Your Golden Retriever, one DVD, $49.95. Your Airedale, one DVD, $49.95. Your Poodle... three DVDs and $79.95.
Retraining Contacts (a historical perspective)
Friday, August 6th, 2010 Posted in training | Comments OffFirst off, I did a spectacularly bad job initially training contacts with Dancer. I wanted running contacts, with a 24.5" standard poodle, and I had them in practice, so I didn't worry about it. Of course, they immediately vanished in ...