A three-tree “out”
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 Posted in training | Comments OffOn Saturday, as I was preparing to run Chances with Dancer, I took her outside and worked on my version of a game that Sharon Nelson presented at the seminar I took in the spring. To teach the dog to ...
The hat project, part 2…
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 Posted in knitting | Comments OffI made hats before I went to New York to see my sister (and my daughter) (and my sister's son and daughter) (and my sister's two grandchildren). I took photos of some of the hats. Herewith, some more photos: [caption id="attachment_1393" ...
WAG NADAC Trial…
Monday, October 25th, 2010 Posted in agility titles, training, trials | Comments OffThe WAG NADAC trial was a long weekend of highs and lows. I got back from a week-long visit to my sister in New York on Wednesday, trained a little bit on Thursday, and went off to the trial on ...
A casualty of the learning process…
Friday, October 22nd, 2010 Posted in life with poodles | Comments OffI've been grooming the poodlies myself for about two and a half years now. Every time I groom, I learn something new. Some things I learn over and over again. Take, for example, the issue of brushing out the fluffy ...
Life with dogs…
Thursday, October 21st, 2010 Posted in life with poodles | Comments OffI just spent a week in Woodstock, NY with my sister (during which I gave away six hats and a scarf) (photos to follow). She has a cat but no dog. Life has a different rhythm when you don't have ...
Foundation work: reward rate
Monday, October 11th, 2010 Posted in training | Comments OffElly is seven and Dancer is four-and-a-half. I did a lot of foundation work with Dancer in her first year and I didn't do nearly enough with Elly in her first year. When I started Elly in agility, she was ...
Poodle treats…
Saturday, October 9th, 2010 Posted in dog food recipes | Comments OffI've developed yet another treat recipe. I bought twenty pounds of ground turkey hearts at Whole Foods. They divided them into nice two-pound tubs. I froze the tubs and use them one at a time. Two pounds ground turkey hearts Equal ...
The Curly Girlies’ New Crate
Friday, October 8th, 2010 Posted in life with poodles | 2 Comments »A few months back Jay and I spent some time thinking about how to make my car work better for two dogs and traveling, and we decided that it made sense to design a custom crate for the back of ...
The Hat Project
Thursday, October 7th, 2010 Posted in knitting | Comments OffWhen I'm not doing agility, I like to sit on the couch with my husband on one side and the poodles on the other side (big couch) and knit while I watch TV. Since it's dark, I'm limited to things ...
Why I love doing agility…
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010 Posted in training, trials | Comments OffBecause when I'm out there memorizing a course, or running a course, or training so I can run a course, or anything else, I have to be fully present in that particular moment. It is impossible to think about anything ...