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.

I was out of town for a week (family reunion), but Laev was happy to welcome me home. Today my afternoon session was canceled, so I took Laev to the great room for some shaping.… 

Jon and I arrived home late tonight, after a wedding. The dogs were rather emphatic about the fact that dinner was coming several hours late. Shakespeare and Inky lay down immediately in the kitchen, but…