We went this morning to observe FEMA Search & Rescue testing. Laev had nothing to do there, of course, but she and I played for a while and then she played with one of the… 

In case of insomnia, download video — these are two edited bits of our recent APDT Rally Obedience trial. Shakespeare’s video is from his fourth run of the day, and you can tell he’s mentally… 

Went tracking today. Carefully laid my track, sighting along trees for a straight line and then corners. Got puppy. Started track. Noticed that she was drifting upwind (unusual, to say the least). I guided her… 

Weekend wrap-up: AKC Rally Obedience, 98/100 and 98/100. At least we’re consistent. 🙂 AKC Open, NQ x 2. I was really pleased with Saturday’s run, though, and we had the same error both days —… 

I was wrong. It used to be that APDT offered varied titles based on score averages, then the varied titles were offered according to scoring within guidelines, and now they just offer one title for… 

Warning: shameless bragging follows. Shakespeare and I manned a CIA booth at Hancock County Paws in the Park and then another at a Camp Bowwow grand opening on Saturday, where we did clicker demos, and… 

My computer is completely fried — massive hard drive error, cannot boot, etc., etc. — so I’m posting this from another machine and it will be very short. 🙂 I took the dogs tracking today… 

I never intended for this blog to become a forum for debating cropping and docking, but apparently some critics are not content to let it be (see comments to previous post). So, since this is… 

Shakespeare had Agility class from 9 to 10, and then after that I took Laev into the ring with another six month old Dobe, and Carolyn and I just practiced individual behaviors with the dogs… 

I’d gotten tired of running out of dog food — with a Dobe, an adolescent Rott, and a puppy monster, we go through even the big bags at an alarming rate — so I placed…