Normally this is a cat-free zone, as Spot and Shelby are not too fond of the feline friends, unless it's as a squeaky toy. But I found this video and I laughed so hard I had to share. Turn on the sound, that's really what makes it funny.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
A wet day at Willard's Woods
It was pretty warm today and the dogs really needed some exercise so we went to WW. I expected some mud because of all the snow melt. But there was also a lot of standing water. There were also some ice patches. I have Yak Trax but I left them in the car!
Shelby was so good for most of the walk. She stayed right near me and didn't run off at all. She kept checking in, even making sure it was ok to go meet some kids and dogs. I think she's growing up! We did have one incident. I saw there was a schnauzer coming up behind us so I put Shelby on lead. When the dog reached us, he and Shelby said hello, and I was trying to pay attention, but the owner was blathering about Jack Russells and while I was distracted Shelby snarked at the other dog. Nothing major, but I really want to keep on top of those reactions. The other woman was all like "oh, she doesn't like my dog getting to close to you, she's being protective." She totally wasn't listening when I tried to explain that Shelby is tring to be dominant. Oh well.
It was nice to get out of the house, but I was disappointed at all the dog poop I saw. I picked up a few piles on my way out. Whenever it snows, people seem to think they don't need to scoop the poop.
Shelby was so good for most of the walk. She stayed right near me and didn't run off at all. She kept checking in, even making sure it was ok to go meet some kids and dogs. I think she's growing up! We did have one incident. I saw there was a schnauzer coming up behind us so I put Shelby on lead. When the dog reached us, he and Shelby said hello, and I was trying to pay attention, but the owner was blathering about Jack Russells and while I was distracted Shelby snarked at the other dog. Nothing major, but I really want to keep on top of those reactions. The other woman was all like "oh, she doesn't like my dog getting to close to you, she's being protective." She totally wasn't listening when I tried to explain that Shelby is tring to be dominant. Oh well.
It was nice to get out of the house, but I was disappointed at all the dog poop I saw. I picked up a few piles on my way out. Whenever it snows, people seem to think they don't need to scoop the poop.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Merry Christmas video
Wow, this video is really cool. The behaviors are pretty easy to train, but teaching that many dogs and doing all the filming and editing must have been a lot of work.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Snow days
Well, our usual schedule has been interrupted by weather lately. Last Friday, the 12th, we had the ice storm, so no class. This Friday, the 19th, a snowstorm, so no class. Next week I have guests, so I'm not sure if I'll be going to class. The dogs are going a little stir crazy. I've been home since Friday, since I got to work from home due to the storm. We've been playing a lot in the house. Spot doesn't really like the cold or the snow. Shelby loves though. She's been out in the yard all day. Unfortunately she doesn't like getting cleaned up when she comes in, which is bad because her fur collects snowballs. It's little hard to see with the white on white... 
Spot and Shelby did spend some time out in the yard today tracking some mice or something. They love to dig in the snow and stick their faces in the snow to track their quarry.
Spot and Shelby did spend some time out in the yard today tracking some mice or something. They love to dig in the snow and stick their faces in the snow to track their quarry.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
An update on the Blind Cross Body Line
Our class on the 5th was very good.
We had a Jumpers-style course and practiced our Blind Cross Body Line handling. Shelby was so focused and fast. I almost couldn't believe it. Then again she does lover Jumpers. We seem to get a good rhythm going when we do Jumpers.
The course was set up so we repeated the middle but with one change. The first time we did a serpentine and the second time a threadle. Shelby handled them both beautifully. My timing was a little slow-mainly because I wasn't sure she would do it!
I also had to work on the timing of the threadle because after the threadle I needed to get ahead of Shelby for a front cross. We repeated that a couple times and eventually I got it. All the handlers who had some difficulty the week before did much better this week. I guess it just needed to marinate for a while.
Overall a very fun class. We also had a couple of new people join us. Patricia and Marco, who had been out for a couple months and Nancy and Colby who we hadn't taken class with before.
We had a Jumpers-style course and practiced our Blind Cross Body Line handling. Shelby was so focused and fast. I almost couldn't believe it. Then again she does lover Jumpers. We seem to get a good rhythm going when we do Jumpers.
The course was set up so we repeated the middle but with one change. The first time we did a serpentine and the second time a threadle. Shelby handled them both beautifully. My timing was a little slow-mainly because I wasn't sure she would do it!
I also had to work on the timing of the threadle because after the threadle I needed to get ahead of Shelby for a front cross. We repeated that a couple times and eventually I got it. All the handlers who had some difficulty the week before did much better this week. I guess it just needed to marinate for a while.
Overall a very fun class. We also had a couple of new people join us. Patricia and Marco, who had been out for a couple months and Nancy and Colby who we hadn't taken class with before.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Class cancelled due to ice
Wow-what a winter storm we've had and it's not over for a lot of people.
Our usual Friday night agility is cancelled tonight because of it. The instructor lives in Worcester and that area was hit hard.
We've had rain for the past 3 days and last night it turned into ice. So my pine trees got coated with ice. Each and every needle was covered. We also had some high wind gusts. Which combined with the heavy ice-covered branched to result in branches snapping off and falling at high velocity.
Spot was running around the house all night long barking at every noise. Eventually I had to put him in the bathroom, which calmed him down a bit.
Thankfully I only have only minor damage to my fence that I should be able to repair myself. Times like these make me want to cut down those 2 gigantic pine trees once and for all.
Our usual Friday night agility is cancelled tonight because of it. The instructor lives in Worcester and that area was hit hard.
We've had rain for the past 3 days and last night it turned into ice. So my pine trees got coated with ice. Each and every needle was covered. We also had some high wind gusts. Which combined with the heavy ice-covered branched to result in branches snapping off and falling at high velocity.
Spot was running around the house all night long barking at every noise. Eventually I had to put him in the bathroom, which calmed him down a bit.
Thankfully I only have only minor damage to my fence that I should be able to repair myself. Times like these make me want to cut down those 2 gigantic pine trees once and for all.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Dogs have sense of fairness, study finds - The Boston Globe
Dogs have sense of fairness, study finds - The Boston Globe
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Well duh-I could have told them this without doing a University study. Spot and Shelby definitely know when one of them gets something and the other doesn't. They give me a look like, "What gives" and "Where's mine?"
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Well duh-I could have told them this without doing a University study. Spot and Shelby definitely know when one of them gets something and the other doesn't. They give me a look like, "What gives" and "Where's mine?"
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