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Live at the Lyceum
UPDATE: I learned recently that the following week many of the audience members barked between songs, rather than, or in addition to, applauding. My trend-setting pup! The innovative Tamworth Lyceum is holding a Sunday afternoon live music series this winter … Continue reading
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A bonus training opportunity
When we were in East Hampton, the weather was especially fine, sunny and in the 50s, so we spent a fair amount of time on K&A’s deck. There were dogs in the neighborhood that started to bark when we came … Continue reading
At the trial last month
Staying quiet in the crate between competition rounds is one of the skills Chico is working on. With that in mind, I made a sign to stick on his crate and left a big jar of small treats on top … Continue reading
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East Hampton, Chico style
Chico and I have been traveling down and up the east coast for the last couple weeks, we’ve been doing a lot of visiting in new places. For New Year’s Eve we’re visiting K&A who live near fancy-pants East Hampton, … Continue reading
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Holiday present from Hungary
This was brought to my attention by Affordable Agility, who posted the link to this video, made by a dog training club in Hungary. Lots of work went into this video, both in training the dogs and in shooting & … Continue reading
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On the money
Another place Chico is welcome is my wonderful credit union, Woodlands Credit Union. He’s so well behaved that the tellers often don’t even know he’s there. But the branch manager always does. And she always has a cookie for him. … Continue reading
Yesterday’s adventure
As I said on Saturday, on Sunday Chico and I were entered in a real, AKC sanctioned, agility trial. Since I am in this to give him exposure to a wider world to help him develop poise under pressure, not … Continue reading
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Run Throughs December 15
Chico and I are going to try an agility competition tomorrow. I am astoundingly non-competitive, so this is a big step for me and I swear I am only doing it so the dog can have the experience. This will … Continue reading
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My old home town goes (back) to the dogs
I went to college in Santa Cruz, California. A few years after I left, the city fathers banned dogs from the Pacific Garden Mall. The Mall is the town’s main shopping street and there used to be a lot of … Continue reading
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Historical “Can I bring the Dog?”
“An interesting example of a 19th century American trader who imported large amounts hemp from Russia was William Ropes of Salem, Massachusetts. Ropes established a foreign office for his trading company at St. Petersburg in 1832, and until his death … Continue reading
Can I Bring the Dog? 