4 Dog Craziness

Monday, January 10, 2011

Snow Day

(This thing is acting weird so you should see more than 3 different pictures before it starts over agin with the a-frame . You may see a few pictures twice. Im not sure why.)

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Yesterday I was suppose to go to a seminar for a couple of hours. But it was three hours from my house. I just didnt have it in me to go. So I decided I would go to the field and work on jumping courses that I didnt run correctly at trials. Usually we have class during that time but we didnt have class. When I got the the field other people were using it. They said I could participate with them. They were running a course from Clean run,either Dec or Jan. I really didnt want to run a standard course but I didnt have my choice. I could have gone home but I had just driven 40 miles. So I walked the course. Miley was over the top with energy all day. When I usually go to the field I let her run around while I set things up. She didnt get that today. The first time we ran the course was the best and it was down hill from then on. One person said they think Miley thinks she is wrong when I make her rerun the course even though Im just doing it for practice. She also had a bad crash off the teeter. She is ok and got back on without issues. I hope that doesnt turn into something. After running the standard course, they did agree to run jumpers courses. So we set up two.

This run I didnt get the correct tunnel entrance #15 one time. The other thing I learned is when run jumpers courses at home she works with a lot of distance from me. But its not that way a trials. So is it me or her that changes at the trial?

Today its freezing outside but we went to the park anyway. Here are some pictures.

Friday, January 7, 2011

So Happy

I took Miley to the rehab vet yesterday to have her checked. I had made the appt. after she dropped those 3 bars in that first gamblers run at the last trial, I was worried. She didnt drop any more bars the next 7 runs but I just wanted to make sure. So I drove up after work yesterday. Miely wasnt happy to be there. She hid under the chair. It cracks me up because she always seems so confident to me except when she is at the vet. Anyway her appt went great. She showed no signs of any problems. No muscle tenderness or soreness. WhooHoo! I was so happy , I could have kissed the vet, but I didnt. LOL ( for my husband, the vet is a lady). After that I decided to go to an agility class that is always on Thursdays. It was outside but surprising it wasnt to cold. Of course I had two pairs of pants on so Im sure that helped. Miley was her crazy self but she hadnt done anything all day and it was now 7pm at night. The course map is below. The distances arent correct, I just cant judge that type of stuff.

I dont know what to tell you about this course except everyone ran it really well, except me. But thats ok, I was just happy to be running. Miley did go off course after the number 15 tunnel. She took that jump and went over the dogwalk. Of course I stopped running even though Meagan told me to go with her. She came around and got right on the table. "Good Girl"! Now go figure that out. LOL The only thing that I realized when I was almost home, yea I had almost 2 hours to think about things, was that I ran the course wrong. I kept setting her up on the other side of #1. Im not sure why I did that or why no one said , "Diana, you are on the wrong side of the jump" LOL. Maybe they did and I was just so happy, I didnt listen to anyone. LOL

Ive been reading everyones goals for the new year and if they met their goals from last year. I know I had goals for last year but the only one I remember is to get her Open Standard title. Well we all know how that went. That title is probably a pipe dream. Hmm wonder where that saying came from? I havent had the guts to go read my goals from last year yet. So this year I dont really have any concrete goals. I just want to keep my dog healthy and to learn to be a team on course. Once we become a team at trials then I can start focusing on other things.

Work has been really crappy and hard to get thur, just in case you were interested. Parents always seem to be mad about something. Thank God its Friday!!