2010: Taking Stock
Friday, December 31st, 2010 Posted in agility titles, life with poodles, training, trials | 2 Comments »During 2010: Elly got her first (and so far, only) Elite title: NADAC Elite Agility Skilled (EAS). Elly also got the only two Qs she has ever gotten in NADAC's Touch N Go game. One more and she'll have her Novice ...
I am an idiot…
Thursday, December 30th, 2010 Posted in training | Comments OffOkay, so my last post was all upbeat... I was feeling better. Right. Of course I immediately got ANOTHER DAMN VIRUS. Which I am just getting over. But I did have a really good practice today with Dancer. Could not get her to ...
Feeling better…
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010 Posted in life with poodles | Comments OffI've spent a lot of time this fall getting over the pneumonia I developed in early November. Today, however, I have proof that I am in fact much better. I managed to walk up these steps (at Mt. Tabor Park) ...
Beautiful Poodle…
Monday, December 20th, 2010 Posted in Photos | Comments Off[caption id="attachment_1437" align="aligncenter" width="444" caption="Dancer at the Sandy River Delta"][/caption]
Winter at the Delta…
Friday, December 17th, 2010 Posted in life with poodles | Comments OffTook the dogs out to the Sandy River Delta today. The leaves are pretty much entirely off all the trees; even the blackberries are just a tangle of sticks. The paths are muddy and puddly, which Elly loves. She runs ...
Training in trials….
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010 Posted in training | Comments OffAmy got me thinking about how I train during trials. I mostly trial in NADAC, which allows "training in the ring" but doesn't allow toys or treats or anything but your voice and hands to go in with you... so ...
Lessons learned
Monday, December 13th, 2010 Posted in training, trials | 1 Comment »I went to a NADAC trial this weekend. I just took Dancer, as Elly seems to be stiff and sore most of the time these days. It was a Games trial, so Dancer had runs in Hoopers, Touch N Go, ...
Record Keeping
Thursday, December 9th, 2010 Posted in training | Comments OffDebbie announced last week that she was going to write down every contact Dancer did and keep track of how often I failed to hold to criteria. Last week, I failed 2 out of 8 times. That is, I rewarded Dancer ...