Thursday, December 10, 2009
Santa Paws
Friday, November 27, 2009
Casey
Casey you dropped in to our lives 11 years ago as a roly poly puppy and stole our hearts. Being a Chow, Shar-Pei, German Shepherd mix did not make you the best breed in the world but boy did I sleep good at night knowing you were in the house. You were always protective but welcomed all the crazy dogs we brought in to the house as part of the pack.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
So Much to Give Thanks for…
· An incredible wonderful daughter that is working hard and I am so proud of her and I could not love her more. She adds so much to life!
· The greatest parents that are always supportive and encouraging and I love so very much!!!
· A great baby sister in New York with two of my favorite nieces that live too far away but I love them so much!!!
· The best family that I am very guilty of not seeing enough of, we are all so busy but they are always in my thoughts.
· Having my health, so I can enjoy so many of things I love. Jordana being healthy, and for the most part a very healthy family.
· Incredibly great friends, again sometimes our busy lives do not allow us to get together often enough but they are always in my thoughts! I could not imagine my world without them.
· The greatest dogs in the world!!!!!! They are always making me become the owner they deserve. Kant and Echo are taking me places I never thought I would go and I am loving the journey. Hershey for so many things including getting me in to the world of agility.
· Agility for introducing me to some great friends, teaching me to not sweat the little things (I am still working on that one), opening up a world of fun with my dogs, taking me places that I could never have imagined, and taking me on the next journey in the world of judging
· I am thankful to have a job I like, that provides food on the table, a roof over my head, and so much more.
Happy Thanksgiving may it fill you with memories. Don’t forget to stop and enjoy the moment because it is the little things that will make the biggest moments!
Agility in Roseburg
Too Spooky For Words!!!
Friday, November 20, 2009
WAG NADAC October Trial
The weather was perfect for agility, rain was predicted for Friday night and all day Saturday but that did not happen and there was just a brief but intense rain shower Saturday afternoon. And Sunday was the most beautiful fall day with all the leaves changing and blue sky! The Trial Committee did an awesome job of keeping things running smoothly and provided lots of fun. They asked all of us that had agility flags to bring them and they hung them along the far side of the arena; it looked amazing. On Sunday they presented the first time runners with a cake to celebrate their plunge in to NADAC! Waggers truly are the best and they know how to put on a trial!!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
AKC Herding Trial
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
The most amazing working dogs
I was inspired to work my dogs to the best of our ability!!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
The Columbia Cup Agility Weekend
Kant had an amazing weekend qualifying in 9 of the 12 classes. She ran great!! We Q’d in 3 of the 4 Regulars, Touch’N’Go, Weavers,
and the greatest of all is the 2 Elite Jumpers Qs!!! It took us 3 years to finish Open Superior Jumpers which we did in May and since then we have earned 5 Elite Jumpers Qs. Only 8 more to go to get our NATCH!!
My big blue Sheltie ROCKS!!!
Echo on the other hand crashed and burned this weekend. She had 8 runs and qualified in 2 of those. But those two were absolutely amazing runs;
one was in Jumpers and the other was in Hoopers. She had pieces of greatness in a few of the other runs and moments of why are we here. I completely lost the start line stay
by the end of the weekend. I know better and will not let it happen at the next trial. Echo had a judge gasping leap off the A-Frame
and I had flash backs of Kant at Argus November 2004. I have a list of things we will be working on over the next few weeks… We will get past this phase and become a team. And there is no doubt when you are watching Echo run that she puts 200% of her heart in to each run
and tries hard but sometimes youth has to come out.
Thank you CAT for putting on a wonderful trial with wonderful judges!! It is always fun spending time with my dogs and agility friends!! Thank you Joe Camp for all the wonderful agility pictures!!
Friday, September 11, 2009
Agility in Reno Nevada Labor Day Weekend
Kant and Echo started out Friday night very well. Kant finished her Open Superior Hoopers title which also gave her the All Around Open Award, now on to Elite Hoopers. Echo Q’d in both the Hoopers classes earning her Outstanding Novice Hoopers title. The Women’s Sports Complex at the University has the most beautiful grass area that we were running on.
With only 4 classes on Monday we were packed up and out of there by 2:30. After a quick stop for gas and something to drink we were headed home. I went home through Susanville to
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Oregon State Fair – Too Big to Miss
After paying way too much to get in to the fair our first stop was to see the baby pigs;
including a