This is a reprint of an article I originally published in Clean Run July 2013 ( Read more... )

I am, of course, super proud of our two dogs at Nationals, Wow! running with Chris for his retirement National, and Fame(US) running with Jessica for her inaugural National.


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There are periods in every activity, in every art, in every sport, when thought and inspiration bubble up, giving rise to a massive wave of innovation. The pattern is pretty familiar, as a species we seem programmed to be disturbed by the newness. First reviews often fall on one of two lines, either scathing criticism of this new direction, or ( Read more... )

In this part of the country, at least, there has been some serious griping about Westminster Kennel Club and the way they conducted the random draw for their agility trial. This has been followed by all kinds of suggestions as to how they should do it next time so that it will be more 'fair', and remarks that we should write to the WKC ( Read more... )

I haven’t written a blog post in ages, life has gotten in the way of having the time to do a good job of it, but a lot of different things have been percolating in my head over the last week, so I am taking a few minutes to put it out there ( Read more... )

Boing! made her return to the agility ring last month after a 15 month hiatus. She has had an on and off shoulder issue which seemed exacerbated by agility, especially A Frames, so we gave her a prolonged rest. She's no spring chicken anymore either, so she's entered in preferred now. She is so happy to be back in the ring! Although my plan is ( Read more... )

The last three days were fabulous and exhausting! We held Speedoggie Camp at Antonia Rotelle's beautiful facility in Estelle Manor NJ. We had three great instructors, Chris Ott, Kathy Keats and Marcus Topps, and 33 energetic and game participants. It was so much fun and everyone was easy-going and helpful which made my job really easy ( Read more... )

Once again, we are sending a team from the USA to compete in the Junior European Open. Last year we went to Austria, this year the event is in Switzerland. Chris is again Team Coach and I am Team Manager.

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Another Camp Gone to the Dogs Summer Camp has come and gone. We were lucky to have absolutely glorious weather every day except Friday, and camp was a joy. This was Kiss~Me's first camp, boy was she excited ( Read more... )

Because she was the star demo dog of our agility u classes, and she demos for most of my classes, and also because she's our coddled and spoiled 'late in life' baby, the first 'kid' Chris and I had together, Kiss~Me has had a very public puppyhood. I can't go to any dog event without her being immediately recognized and fussed over, and if I don't ( Read more... )