I was recently asked to teach some baby tracking to a few and since then asked to do a post on beginning tracking, and while I readily acknowledge that I am not a tracking expert,… 

There will be no puppy training this week, as I’m on vacation. 🙂 Laev is comfortably established in a roomy kennel with a trusted petsitter caring for her and giving her zoomie times, with friends… 

I went out to lay a track this morning, about the same time that Roger brought the earthmoving equipment to fill in an old discovered septic tank and do some grading in the field. I… 

ye gads, has it really been a week without tracking? Wow, I’ve been bad. I’ve been giving Laev less training time, since her teeth hurt and she’s easily distracted, but then I feel guilty about… 

Just a follow-up to my previous post: I am fairly convinced that it was just the heat which was bothering Shakespeare, and not some dire creeping death. He perked up considerably when a cold front… 

I was reviewing in my mind today things Laev has seen or experienced, and I thought of some highlights: escalators motorcycles (seen, not ridden) wadded tarps that drop her into unexpected puddles agility teeter agility… 

Ah, teething. The age of complete and total brain fade. She’s still bright and enthusiastic, but she can’t focus on me for more than a couple of seconds. Nor can we play tug now, so… 

Indianapolis has 12 months, just like most places, but they’re known here as January, February, Mud, April, Welcome Race Fans…. I’m not a race fan myself, but every year I attend a cousin’s traditional Race… 

Okay, I’m getting twitchy. June 2002 – While we’re away for the weekend, Dante does not eat his dinner one night. The petsitter does not know him well enough to know that anything other than… 

Okay, I think we’ve finally come across a real fear period. Today was the first day I saw real evidence of teething, and I know some pups can get weirded out during teething. Tonight Laev…