We had a good session, working on getting all around the poles. Sadly, while I was editing the video I saved a chunk of it over the whole thing, so we miss her successful off-side entrances. Now we’ll have to re-do it on day #4. Another lesson learned: BACK UP the video and don’t work on the original! Duh. Oh – I think this is Joon’s music.
Read moreIt’s been a long time, but I have an opportunity to work with this girl. Ken took the two young ‘uns (Genie and Zip) on a road trip for a week or so, and it’s my assignment to teach Joon to weave. I’ve chosen to teach her using the 2 x 2 method, since it doesn’t require another person to start the dog, and I’ve had a pretty good success rate with it. Today was step #1. Lately, Karen Stinnett
Read moreI thought it was cold on Saturday! It was 32 degrees on Sunday morning, and it took a long time for the sun to come out. Extra brrrr! Sunday Ken and Jolt had no Qs, though he got through his opening in Snooker and through 4, and then timed out, with 34 points. Ken’s goal for snooker was not to be whistled off the course, so that was good. And I’m the snooker queen, so I can criticize, right? Genie
Read moreCold this morning (39 degrees brrr). Warmed up, sunny and perfect agility day. Small entry (400-some runs today and tomorrow). Lois Marks is the Masters judge, Laura Miller S/A. Actually good, fun, challenging courses all ’round. Ken ran Jolt, went 1st with a Q in Jumpers. Otherwise they had blips and blops. Jig was awesome. He ran Masters Gamblers (his first masters run) and didn’t make the gamble, but he did fine and worked with me to the best of
Read moreOn her second birthday Genie had her first visit to a dog park. This is the ultimate of dog parks, in my opinion, though it was also my first visit to a dog park. All the dogs we encountered were happy and well socialized with other dogs. The park is beautiful! Genie, who’s very happy never to see a lake, was quite content doing all the running and sniffing she could do.
Read moreGenie is not a good jumper. It’s one of those things I need to work on with her constantly. She gets a-runnin’ and takes off early. Then she sprouts her (invisible) wings and s t r e t c h e s over the jump. Ann Hereford captured her doing one of these jumps at a DGOTC agility run-thru in the end of August. I love this photo, but the fact that she’s just barely over the jump and on
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