Elly: escape artist supreme
Monday, September 12th, 2011 Posted in life with poodles | 2 Comments »It's been two years since Elly last escaped the yard (except through gates left open). Today, she appeared on the other side of the gate; I let her in, and while I was trying to figure out how she got ...
A photo for your amusement
Monday, September 12th, 2011 Posted in life with poodles | Comments Off[caption id="attachment_1780" align="aligncenter" width="432" caption="Dancer (photo by Joe Camp)"][/caption]
Tired and HOT
Sunday, September 11th, 2011 Posted in trials | Comments OffIt was a million degrees this weekend. I took Dancer alone to the trial today. She was clean but over time in Elite Hoopers, Elite Regular, Elite Jumpers, and Elite Tunnelers. She got all her contacts, except in Chances, where ...
Feeling sad for Elly….
Saturday, September 10th, 2011 Posted in trials | 1 Comment »I'm at a trial this exceedingly hot weekend. So hot, in fact, that I scratched the last two runs of the day for Dancer and came home to air conditioning. (Rush and Elly were spending a lot of time in ...
Rush relaxes
Thursday, September 8th, 2011 Posted in Photos, life with poodles | Comments OffWhen Rush is really tired, he sleeps on his belly with his legs stretched out behind him. It's taken me a while to get a picture of this, because as soon as he wakes up he goes into a more ...
At the vet’s
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011 Posted in life with poodles | Comments OffLast of the regular puppy shots for Rush--all he needs now is his rabies shot at 6+ months. He weighed just a smidge over 28 pounds (he'd just had lunch). As usual, he was very well behaved.
Huge mistake, working on fixing it…
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011 Posted in training | Comments OffWell, mistakes in training happen. I asked my trainer to hold Rush so I could do what are called "restrained recalls"--the purpose being to increase the dog's drive to come to you. Rush hated hated hated being restrained. So I ...
Pills and paychecks
Sunday, September 4th, 2011 Posted in life with poodles | Comments OffSue Ailsby stresses that it's important to understand how much of a paycheck your dogs wants for a given job. I have had this reinforced for me of late, as Elly is back on metronidazole for her irritable bowel disease. ...
Classical conditioning….
Sunday, September 4th, 2011 Posted in life with poodles | Comments OffI have been trying a bit of classical conditioning to help Rush get comfortable with being groomed and handled. I feed him breakfast on the grooming table, with the clipper or Dremel running and a little paw cleanup while he ...
Rush and Dancer have started playing together….
Sunday, September 4th, 2011 Posted in Videos | 1 Comment »Rush and Dancer spent quite a while this morning playing with a new toy that Rush discovered. They raced and chased all over the bedroom, and I was so charmed by how well they were playing that I decided I ...