The park and stuff

Today is warm. Yea!  I think it was like 55 degrees this morning.  We went to the hiking park and had a very nice walk. Both the dogs seemed very happy.

Yesterday Stephanie and I toured Coastal Carolina University.  It was a really nice day for that too. Very sunny. Today isnt sunny. 

We had a very nice visit and learn lots.  I was very impressed considering I didnt have high expectations going in.  The only thing I didnt like was in your second year there, you have to move to different housing. The housing is considered  "on campus" but its about 1/2 a mile from campus and its apartments. It cost more to live there. It will add 2,000.00 a year  more to your room and board when they make you move there. Hmmm, I dont like that to much.  Also I think you may not study to as much that far from campus.  On Friday we are suppose to visit another college.

Tunnel/ a-frame problem

At the last couple of trials when the tunnel has been under the a-frame we have gotten a refusal. After she did go in, she comes out  going to the wrong side.  Here are the steps I did trying to increase her understanding of RC into the tunnel. (sorry the music doesnt end with the video)

I hate winter

I hate winter.  Its cold.  I hate being cold. And yes I realize we are a lot warmer that lots of other places but that really doesnt help.  My finger tips are cracked.  This only happens in winter.  Everything is ugly.  Well not everything but  you know what I mean.  By the time you get off work, the sun is going down. So on the days the sun did come out, you missed it.

No good dog pictures yesterday.  I thought the sun was going to be just right but when it started going down there were clouds. So that didnt work out.  The dogs did have fun trying to get squirrels.

 Look even that picture is dreary. Yuk!

Even the squirrel has to go up high to get some sun.  LOL

I havent done really anything with the dogs all week except a few walks at the park but not many, its been to cold for me.  Miley is probably thinking, "what the heck is wrong with this lady?" 

Next week I signed up of an outdoor trial.  What the heck was I thinking?  Its under cover so even if its sunny you wont feel the warmth of the  sun.  Ugh!  I hope I can handle it.  I guess I can always go home if its miserable but then thats a waste of money.

The good news is, its suppose to warm tomorrow. Sunny and 60.  I hope they arent lying like last time when the sun didnt come out until after 3pm. Ugh!  Stephanie and I are going to look at one of the colleges that accepted her. So the weather should be good for walking outside and touring the college.

Happiness is....

freash warm sheets out of the dryer.

Wordless Wednesday

Getting Closer

Well, Im beat.  Woke up at 4am to be at a trial by 7am.  And it was freezing there.  Windy and in the 20's.  My fingers were killing me, the wind just whipped thur my gloves.  No fun. The trial was in doors but you do have to go outside to let your dog use the bathroom and the side of the ring I was on, the practice jump is outside.  Brrrrrrr!  I did take Miley out to play ball and Frisbee. I bought one of those chuck-it Frisbee and she loves that thing.  
So first up was ISC JWW.  When I saw the course I thought, crap I cant do this.  I heard other people saying, while walking the course, I might just skip this run.  LOL

So we did the best we could.  I didnt run as planned. I had planned to pull in between 4-5 and front cross but I was to far behind. ( the theme of the day) But what I did worked, although not pretty. Sorry , the person starting the tape started a little late. I think it starts at jump #3.

We did stay on course. To bad we dropped a bar. But we had the second fastest time except for a dog that dropped 3 bars. 31.38sec. Funny it doesnt look like a fast run. We took 4th place. Only 1-3rd place got money. I guess in ISC you can drop a bar and still Q. WhooHoo for us!

Then it was a long wait for Ex. JWW. , 4 hours. Ugh! I tried to play with Miley outside but it was just to cold for me. I didnt work because I didnt want to hurt my back and it does feel better. I know that its rude not to work but I couldnt help it.

We had a good run but I pulled her off jump #6 ugh!  I was planning to front cross between #6 and #7. And I guess when I went to front cross, she pulled off.  The place that lots of dogs had problems was #10-#11.  Lots of dogs curled in after #10.  I couldnt really tell why. I think there handlers were to far behind which they were reading a deceleration.  I was more worried about pushing Miley to far and the would good over the #14 jump (off course) instead of coming to the #12 jump.  But that didnt happen. I was far behind and then had to handle from a distance which isnt as effective for speed.  But if I went in there, she would have gone off course.


No Q but we still had a good time. And NO CIRCLING!!! WhooHoo, we just might Q soon!

Practice and other stuff

I took Miley out to the field to practice tonight.  We only practice in the yard a couple of times and we did struggle today.  I had the jumps at 16inches which is why she probably looks like she is jumping differently.  Why are they at 16?  Tomorrow Im going to an AKC trial.  I entered ISC jumpers.  Thats an international class and she has to jump 14inches.  So this week when we practiced I used 14 inches but at the field we can only set either 12 or 16. So I put them at 16.   It  was harder for her and I didnt worry when she dropped a couple of bars.  I  did like that I could get some distance from her in the weaves.



I also entered Excellent jumpers. Will see if we can stay on course. LOL

Now about my back. It was feeling fine until Wednesday. I had decided I needed to become fit. So I was going to add hopping, skipping and sprinting to my walks. So I did some skipping and just a few hops because I need work on that, and I did some sprints. I felt fine that day but the next morning my back was killing me. Its kinda weird. Sometimes it feels ok and then it feels terrible. I can run without a problem but picking up the jump bars on the ground, hurt my back. Hmmmm. Im not sure what to do.

I went to a School Nurse Conference on Friday night and Saturday. Friday night was on the legal aspect of school nursing. Well, that scared the crap out of me. It made me want to quit my job. LOL Today was on diabetes and bullying. The diabetes stuff was very interesting. Wow they are doing some great research and getting ready to put it into human trials. It has to do with insulin producing cells and putting them into the pancreas. That would be so wonderful if it works. The two ladies sitting in front of me were so rude. One sat there reading a catalog ( clothes, purses luggage ect..) and the other did sudoku. Why did they even come if they didnt want to learn anything?

I'll let you knew how tomrrow goes.  Keeping my fingers crossed we can stay on course.