Friday, October 19, 2007
Rainy night and bored dogs...
Another Indian summer day, the boys and I slept in this morning then packed up and headed down to Amherst. Now we're all fed, pottied and in theory relaxing before bedding down for the evening - figures that as soon as we get here the sky opens up and the rain seems relentless - no walk tonight. The boys are so bored they're WILD - feeling the need to include me in their wrestling - I've been scratched, stepped on and bitten (and Teller is on his 4th time-out of the evening). I'm pretty full of nervous energy at the moment, Murphy is entered in Open B tomorrow, hoping that the mixed-up order of exercises combined with two weeks vacation from obedience training has relaxed him a little bit. I personally can't help but feel a little like the student who goes into the exam without studying - it's not like me to do anything unprepared so I admit to feeling a little exposed at the moment. Time will tell - we'll either qualify or not...and in the end either way is OK - though I do wish I was traveling with the pack this weekend, I (not unlike the dogs) could really use someone to bounce off of right about now.
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Ramblings
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Cheshire Kennel Club Agility Trial
Oh and some pictures of Teller (Photo credits to Ruth):
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Competition
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Action shots and training updates...
Murphy has had some time off this week. No obedience, no heeling just some simple agility sequences and some play-tricks. This seems to have had an improvement in his work ethic. Today we worked a couple of go-outs and some directed jumping....

Teller never ceases to amaze me. I started him over baby jumps a couple of weeks ago - nothing serious and even then a couple of jumps a couple of times a week. Last week I did some ladder work with him and the next day was able to put together a short sequence - jump, tunnel, ladder, tunnel - that kind of thing. Teller did two obstacles more enthuasically than one - and loved the game. I love that he loves the game and am thrilled that at this point he doesn't much care about which game he plays or what he's working for. I didn't have a whole lot of time today to work anything serious (nor am I in the right frame of mind to do so) so we worked some baby-start lines (wait and release over a jump) - what fun! I think Teller likes to jump as much as Uncle Murphy does!

Teller never ceases to amaze me. I started him over baby jumps a couple of weeks ago - nothing serious and even then a couple of jumps a couple of times a week. Last week I did some ladder work with him and the next day was able to put together a short sequence - jump, tunnel, ladder, tunnel - that kind of thing. Teller did two obstacles more enthuasically than one - and loved the game. I love that he loves the game and am thrilled that at this point he doesn't much care about which game he plays or what he's working for. I didn't have a whole lot of time today to work anything serious (nor am I in the right frame of mind to do so) so we worked some baby-start lines (wait and release over a jump) - what fun! I think Teller likes to jump as much as Uncle Murphy does!

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Training
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