“She Did It, Right?!”
I ran into a training friend after Laev’s TD certification track. “How’d Laev do?” she asked brightly. “Eh,” I responded. “She did it, right? She passed?” “Eeeh.” “How’d she do?” I was honest. “It was…
Fresh Photos!
These were taken at the March 1 AKC obedience trial, hosted by GLKC. This is where Laev finished her CD and RN (and Shakespeare finished his RA, too, but this isn’t his blog — sorry,…
Tracking Test — epilogue, post-datum
My “Tracking Test — Epilogue” post looked kind of doom and gloom, perhaps, and I had left out the most important part of the day. Laev is happy! Yes, she was uncertain on her track.…
Tracking Test — epilogue
I was nervous at the tracking certification this morning. I hadn’t been, comparatively speaking, but then the judge mentioned that he’d visited my business website the night before, and I started tensing. See, I had…
Chiropractic Update
I did take Laev to a highly-recommended veterinary chiropractor tonight. She’d been getting worse — yelping and snapping if bumped by another dog, suddenly less pulling on the tracking line (she’s ALWAYS tried to drag…
Tracking Test — prologue
On Saturday, Laev and I will attempt to certify to enter an AKC tracking test. We are utterly unprepared for this. 1) AKC tracking tests require that the dog track in a harness. Laev has…
Maintaining Laev.
So Laev’s condition, whatever this mystery ailment is, is possibly worse. She doesn’t seem quite as low energy on the B12, but she is much more protective of her personal space with the other dogs.…
Laev’s Bloodwork Results
(Because some asked….) Laev’s bloodwork came back about perfect. While this is great from a health standpoint, it’s frustrating because it doesn’t help us identify what the mystery ailment that’s sapping energy might really be.…
Three runs, three legs, three titles, one day.
We had an AKC trial today. We average 1 AKC trial per year, roughly; it’s just not high on my priority list as entry fees keep going up, AKC dumbed down the Rally I enjoyed,…
A Vending Machine for Crows
I quote from http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/29/ted-2008-crow-vendin.html Technology hacker Joshua Klein built a vending machine that teaches crows to deposit coins they find into a special vending machine that dispenses peanuts. He has been studying crows for over…