Three sends to the blind today to start; all perfectly clean. Then we did obedience for the bite, requiring Laev to look at me (away from the helper!) to be alerted, then cued to sit,… 

I have long held that demand barking will not be reinforced in my house. I just don’t like it! But at the same time, I want the dogs to be able to communicate. If Laev… 

Yesterday I was driving home from a private lesson, just trashed. Tired. Fighting a cold. I really, really wanted a nap. But when I pulled in, I saw Laev in her kennel, bored out of… 

So I walked out this morning and noticed something hanging from beneath the front end of my car…. It wouldn’t need a Prince Humperdinck to track what had happened. Apparently a squirrel or similar prey… 

Well, I’ve been slacking in posting for a while, but we’re still working! Laev was getting over the top on her blind searches and getting dirty in the blind, so we’ve dropped back to clean… 

Well, today was another Schutzhund workshop day, and we were out at the training field for about 8 hours. (The club is meeting again tonight, but I have a birthday celebration to attend.) Laev is… 

I found this while browsing through pictures of the UDC Nationals this past April. This was taken during the SAR aptitude evaluations. I absolutely love this shot, because at firs glance it looks as if… 

Laev did her first blind searches today. 🙂 I’ve worked briefly on going around an object and returning to me, but she’s not really fluent at it. She had enough of the concept, though, to… 

Saturday was odd. On her second session, Laev ran past the blind *twice* instead of going to the helper for a hold and bark. What? I could not even conceive of such a thing! That… 

Well, okay, this is actually just on my front porch when Jon and I came home late from a wedding. But this picture makes me laugh.