Dogwalk Slat comparison

Here is a picture comparing my dogwalk slat from home with the dogwalks at the training field. The lower slat with the blue and white paint is mine from home. The picture to the left is our clubs new dogwalk. The slat is very high compared to my home slat. The picture to the right is the old dogwalk our club still has. I video taped her tonight on the old dogwalk. I didn't see any sips and I let her run the new dogwalk once and I saw a skip. (skip defined as holding her leg up). I'll try to post the video tomorrow, I'm to tired tonight. But I think this shows the difference in heights pretty well. Which could be why I'm seeing no skip at home and a skip at the training field. Ive been using the new dogwalk. ( click the picture if you want to see it bigger)

Seven things

Seven things Miley likes.

1. Agility. Every time I walk in the back yard she gets ready and keep looking at me with the stalking walk, ready to go. If I'm editing video and she hears me on the tape calling commands, she runs through the house looking for the obstacles.

2. Some music. She gets excited to the theme music to "Two and a half men". I dont know why but she really likes that song. She also likes if you sing "whip it". ( I guess that's the name of that song)

3. Rolling in my bed. Rubbing all over the pillows.

4. Going for walks. Every morning she is ready and pawing at the door until I get my act together.

5. Chasing cars. ( not one I like, but she really likes if she can do it)

6. She love playing fetch with this black rubber thing that was used for milking cows. I cant remember what it is called, but she loves that thing.

7. Playing or waiting for the ferrets to come out to play.

Thanks Katie and Dawn for tagging us.

A weird statement

Yesterday when talking to the vet about Mileys limp on the dogwalk, and she said she thought it was a gait problem. She also asked if I couldn't just slow Miley down on the dog walk. Don't let her run so fast so the gait changes would be easier. I'm sure I had this perplexed look on my face.( Slow down, no one wants there dog to slow down. We are trying to speed them up.) She said, Well you are not going to be on the world team or anything. I thought this was a weird statement. I debated whether I was going to put in on my blog or not. Did it hurt my feeling, I guess. I'm not even sure why. I really don't know what my goals are for Miley and me. First I'm just trying to get her to hit her contacts. Then try to get into the higher classes at trials. Then work on titles and things from there. I do feel Miley has something special. (I'm sure you all are smiling, we all feel that way, Huh? ) But, there is "Something about Miley"......

My dogwalk obsession

I took Miley to the rehab vet today. I had her watch the videos. She doesn't think Miley is injured. She thinks that Miley is having a problem transitioning her gait. She was in a gallop up and over the dogwalk and then trys to gear down to be able to stop. She thinks that is what is causing the problem. I'm not sure what to think. So I ran her over the dogwalk at home. First I let her run it without stopping several times. Then I had her stop the last two times. I notice she didnt have the weird gait like she did this weekend. Is it because she changed gaits later coming down the dogwalk. This weekend her gait change right at the top of the dogwalk. Today it looked like she didnt change gaits until the bottom of the ramp. Another difference is the slats. My slats are very shallow, maybe 1/8 of and inch. The ones at the training field are at least 3/8 to 1/2 inch. Big difference for a little foot. I will refilm in a couple of days at the field and see what I happens. ( Guiness ran the first time. I wasnt expecting that. Usually he is to busy barking at kids and bikes to run agility. So after the first time, I put him in the house. )


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The jumpers course

This is also a video that was taken after the dogwalk stuff in the last post. She doesn't have any problems jumping. I rewatched the dogwalk video on quick time. In QT you can watch the video very slowly, click by click. In it I could see the first time over the dogwalk, when she gets to the down ramp, her right foot hits the first slat and then again the next slat as she is coming down. Her right foot must be sore or hurt because that definitely gets the reaction of pulling her foot up. I will talk with the rehab vet tomorrow and probably go to an ortho vet after that. It just so frustrating because I watch her constantly. Its like an obsession. When she is playing, going up and down the stairs, jumping on and off furniture, running in the back yard, spinning on the deck chasing Guiness, tons of walks and I don't see anything. Ugh!


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Miley's limp

I haven't seen any limping. But check out the dogwalk video. Is she just worried about hurting her foot or is she injured. I also worked her on some jumping after this dogwalk video. Ill have to post it later. You don't see any limping with the jumping stuff. I really am in a dilemma on what to do. When I watch the video I see injury. My husband disagrees. He thinks she is just worried about hitting her foot. And opinions???

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What shelties do at herding trials

This is what dogs do at herding trails. Very different than agility trials. Also, when a dog was in the ring herding, you could hear a pin drop. So opposite of what happens in agility.

You can see the dogs under the other chairs too.