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A Good Open A Run
Well Chase didn’t qualify, though we kinda thought he should…. the judge NQd him because he whined for a minute on his five minute out of sight down stay. Which really isn’t failing half the exercise. But oh well. He did really we...
Chase In Open A Obedience
Chase So this weekend is it, Chase’s first try at Open Obedience. I have him entered in ASCA Obedience, Open A, and I sure hope it goes well. I’m pretty darn nervous. But in lessons he’s been doing great. So as long as all the tr...
Jogging With The Boys
Chase and Levi love to go jogging. I still wish that I loved to just run and run like my dogs to. But I don’t. It’s more of a chore than anything… LOL. But this weekend I decided to start jogging again and pulled out their harness...
A Good Excuse To Stay Home
Jet and Tatum in the Snow I have to admit… as much as I love the dog sports, it’s nice to have some snow outside on the ground… it’s a good excuse to stay home and not compete or train quite as much as I have been. Summer just...
We Sure Can Build Confidence
Sweet Chase I just have to toot my husband’s and my horn just a little bit. Four of our dogs are rescues, and if I do say so myself, we are good at building their confidence. This picture is of Chase. And though he didn’t come with to...
Fifteen Percent Is Too Low
Well this isn’t a picture of Chase, it’s a picture of super cute Jet… LOL but Jet makes me happy! Okay Chase makes me happy too but he’s not a wiggly cute puppy anymore. Handsome Jet Anyway so Chase got 2 Qs this weekend ...
Do Dogs Think We’re Nuts?
Did ASCA agility today with Chase. Dragged my body out of my sick bed. Ugh. We had fun though. I still want a higher Q rate. Out of six runs he only got one Q. Fortunately that was in Standard Novice and he needed that for his title. So I’...
Flyball and the Vampire
Jet the Vampire Went to flyball last weekend and had a great time. It’s the annual Jumps and Jackpots put on by Touch N Go Flyball Team from Las Vegas, Nevada. They have it in Utah because there’s a really nice location here which is easi...
Agility Training with Chase
Sunday Morning I went with some friends and did some agility training. I’m kinda pissed at the AKC courses because they are so hard for me to handle with Chase. But I’m learning. And these training sessions have been invaluable to me. A...
Jet at Bark in the Park
So I took Jet to a Bark in the Park today. It was fun… lots of dogs. Nice thing about him is I can just hand him off to a trusted friend or relative and they can walk him around and he’s great. I can’t do that with Chase, since Ch...
Flyball Was Fun
Well, we had another great flyball weekend. I’m still recovering… since I have Candida, most likely have Lyme, and my Mono might still be lingering, I have a hard time recovering myself. The dogs bounce right back, of course. I took Cha...
Chase’s AKC CD
I am so proud of Chase! He did awesome last weekend at the AKC obedience trial. He got his CD in three days! They had three different judges and he qualified all three days! His score was good, too. He had some no-sits which is 3 points off for each....
Doing Some Turn Training
So I got a new little camcorder. It’s an RCA EZ300HD… which means, yes, it’s HD. Yay! It’s not the best quality HD in the world but it’s better than my other camcorder that records to DVD. This one doesn’t have a...
Understanding Collection and Turning
So I’ve been competing and training in agility for, oh, about five years now. Levi was my first agility dog, and he’s a collie, a bit long in the body and not very flexible. He is just about retired… and my new agility dog is Chase...
I Think I’m Getting a Puppy
I don’t want to go into detail yet about what kind of puppy, as I want to make sure everything is going to work out. But I can’t help talking about it. It’s a boy, and I’m thinking of naming him Jet. I have wanted a small do...
Chase’s First Obedience Trial Ever!
I am so thrilled with Chase’s first obedience trial! Levi, Chase and I went to an ASCA obedience trial today. I was nervous… I always get more nervous in obedience than in agility. But the boys did great. Levi got his first open Q… ...
One Q in ASCA Agility
I went to an ASCA agility trial today with Chase. I’ve been really sick lately and I haven’t been doing much, and I didn’t feel up to taking any of the other dogs. I only entered Chase and so just brought him. He did really well. ...
Tatum’s Agility School
More pictures from the flyball tournament! LOL but this one is not of flyball, but of Tatum and Chase playing. After the tournament was over we got to relax and the dogs got to run and play. I love to let them run and play as I think they need to rel...
Blown Pad
Well, my Husband took Muffit and Chase to the park yesterday and Chase blew his pad. Poor boy. He has the most sensitive feet. So this evening we put some Vitamin E on his pad, put on gauze (okay it’s a band aid, LOL) and then wrapped his foo...
Agility Weekend and Sore Knees
Well, back from another agility weekend. We had a DOCNA trial and it was a lot of fun. Chase did great, he loves the wide open courses. Levi also did great. Levi Q’d in three out of his four runs. He loves jumping at 16″. When he’...
Long Days of Agility
Whew! What a weekend! I am dead tired. At the end of the first day I thought having a 3 day ASCA trial was a great idea (ASCA is Australian Shepherd Club of America). However, today, after the third day was over, I think two days are better! I...
Chase and Dylan in Singles
Sometimes it takes me a while to get vidoes up! And I know why, each time I do them. My laptop isn’t the speediest when it comes to building videos. It takes me a while to import them and fiddle with them etc… but anyway, so I did only th...
Flyball Is Too Much Work
GEEZ I’ll tell ya, flyball is way too much work. I’m home, finally, sitting on the couch and way too tired to go upstairs and get my camera to load any pictures. Chase did great, his team took first place in division four on Sunday. Our ...
Chase Does Great in Agility
The AKC agility trial was fun. It’s nice to see Chase and I finally running together better! We didn’t get any Qs (Qualifying Runs) but we had fun and I think Chase did really well. He knocked bars on runs he would have otherwise qualifie...
Agility Weekend
Well, I haven’t been posting this weekend because I’ve been doing agility with Levi and Chase. I wanted to see how Levi was going to do this year with his weaves… and Friday wasn’t too good. His course was okay, not perfect, b...
Six Clean Dogs
Well today was bath day. It was between bathing the dogs, and cleaning the kitchen, and bathing the dogs won out! And it’s a good thing, too. Lucy was the dirtiest. The water ran off her very, very brown! We haven’t given her a bath f...
Finally Been Bitten
Well, dealing with so many dogs, it was inevitable! I was working with Chase today, having him find a treat under my watch and then clicking him when he got it (this is for him to focus on my watch when we do obedience) and then Lucy came down. Chas...
Does a Foster Dog Affect an Agility Dog?
So I have been wondering lately… My border collie Chase, pictured doing flyball to the left, he does not like other dogs much. Most of his life he’s had foster dogs come and go through our house, and I have told him he has to just deal ...
Chase Did Great in USDAA Agility
Chase did so great this weekend in agility! We had a USDAA trial. So far in USDAA, we haven’t had too much luck. My obedience trainer tells me maybe the two month break we’ve had (or more? We competed last in September…) might have ...
Chase is Missing a Tooth
Well, Chase went into the vet on Thursday for a routine teeth cleaning. I didn’t really think he needed it… but my husband said Chase has been scratching his mouth a lot lately. When Lucy scratched at her mouth a while ago, her tooth ende...
