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Happy Birthday Chico
Chico joined my household two years ago today. He’s a shelter dog and the actual date of his birth was lost in the shuffle. He was about a year and a half old when my sister’s family got him, and … Continue reading
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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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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? 