High Water at the Delta
Monday, January 17th, 2011 Posted in dog park days | Comments OffIt rained this past weekend, a lot. Today, the water was up in both the Sandy River and the Columbia River. [caption id="attachment_1468" align="aligncenter" width="240" caption="The Columbia River January 17th, 2011"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_1469" align="aligncenter" width="240" caption="The Sandy River, well over its banks ...
Sweet potato dog treats
Sunday, January 16th, 2011 Posted in dog food recipes | 1 Comment »A neighbor bought a box of sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving and gave half the box to me. It's been sitting on the kitchen counter since the day before Thanksgiving, and today I decided I needed to do something with the ...
AKC Trial…
Monday, January 10th, 2011 Posted in trials | 1 Comment »Every time I go to an AKC trial, I wonder why I do it. Three runs, max, courses with weird little quirks like offset tunnel entries, schedules that seem to be designed for maximum frustration. Oh yes, and from Dancer's ...
“It’s the little things”
Friday, January 7th, 2011 Posted in training | Comments OffCheryl Sackmann, of Aireborne Agility, is using her current training session to focus on "the little things" that can make big differences in the ultimate outcome of agility training. On hearing this, even though I'm not training with Cheryl these ...
New Year’s Resolutions (of course)
Saturday, January 1st, 2011 Posted in life with poodles, training, trials | Comments OffIt's January First (1/1/11!) which means plans and goals for the New Year. So shoot me, I'm a traditionalist. I will try (again this year) to qualify for NADAC Championships. Who cares that they don't know yet when or where they'll ...