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Lucky #13 & The Boys
Today I took the boys to a nearby park (gorgeous, huge, near water, boasts of the world's largest cottonwood tree grove) for a local kennel club's fun day. They had conformation, obedience, agility and rally obedience. I signed Coda up for two agility runs, and one rally run. When I received my armband for the day, I knew we were in for trouble...number 13! But, Coda was a Good Boy. He did the agility course with one mistake: he noticed an Aussie playing with a ball just a ways off the course and wanted to go play too (an off course). He did, however, return when I called him, and completed the course. He hit all of the contacts (not an issue with him, considering that he's not a speed demon). He *even* did all of the weaves with no mistakes! I was SO proud of him. :-) We've not been in any classes since last fall, so he's such a good dog! It was VERY hot today, so I put him back in the x-pen & took Bodhi out to socialize (I was lucky, got there early enough to set up our shade tent, x-pen & use the truck as shade as well as the tree we parked by). He was a good boy, played with an 8 mos. old Irish Wolfhound, it was cute. He's got a couple of Deerhound buddies, so he's used to XL size dogs. Then, Coda & I went in for our Rally attempt. We'd went through a demo course back in last winter, and it was fun. He did okay today, but it was hot, his focus was off, he was tired and kept wanting to sniff the ground a lot (so his heeling wasn't the best). For our first try, he did well. After that, I decided that it would probably be better if he didn't have to do another agility run, because of the heat. So I took Bodhi & asked the "judge" (it was a fun match, course familiarization, and put on by a 4-H club) if I could take Bodhi instead, explaining that he's a baby-dog & I just wanted to familiarize him with the course & equip. So, we did & it went well. He tried all of the equipment, except was NOT going to go into that oven of a tunnel. I was really impressed with him having no reservations about the tire jump (which he's never seen before) and the table (which he downed nicely and held his stay perfectly, twice!) Wheeeee! What fun! All in all, it was a nice day after a very hectic week. Good Boys. Shelly & The Boys -- http://www.geocities.com/shellybrosnan/BSD.html |
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wrote in message ... From: Today I took the boys to a nearby park (gorgeous, huge, near water, boasts of the world's largest cottonwood tree grove) for a local kennel club's fun day. Well, darn. I was going to go and take Bug, Kira, and Fluffy, but talked myself out of it. The idea of staying home and not having to drive a minimum of 100 miles for a whole _day was just too appealing. That, right there, is the reason why I went. The park is 15 minutes, at most, from my house. I just couldn't pass it up. It was HOT. They set up in the horse area, no shade except for the trees on the perimeter & all very dried hay for footing (slippery). I'd been hoping to be able to go all week, and wasn't sure I'd be able to. (John's sister got married w/o a hitch, but I was thinking I'd still have to do "family stuff" today & lucked out. Which, is good, since the poor boys have been so good after being neglected for the past 3 days. They deserved a fun time.) Shelly & The Boys |
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"Shelly & The Boys" wrote in message
... All in all, it was a nice day after a very hectic week. Good Boys. Shelly & The Boys It sounds absolutely perfect! Well done boys! -- ~~Judy Owned and entertained by Spenser - the best dog in the world. http://home.epix.net/~jrussell |
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Debbie don't I know you? This NG seems to have a lot more to offer then you
know where...anyway...Have you or anyone else heard of an alge or other water bourn parasites that kill dogs? I believe it was last year that here in New Mexico at elephant butte res.. they reported an alge as the posible killer of dogs that had been in lake...Since this time I have not had my dogs to the lakes here in New Mexico out of fear of unknown things..We did not ever see something like this in Colorado..My dogs love the water and fishing as much as I do.......Any help or advice would be appreciated......Will wrote in message ... From: all very dried hay for footing (slippery) Wow, what were they thinkin'? Now I don't feel guilty for keeping the little darlin's home. I don't want to run on surfaces that make us play it safe. Here's to hoping the next opportunity has appropriate footing for agility dogs. :-/ Debbie |
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Michelle
It was at Elephant Butte lake by Truth or Consequenes in southern New Mexico by original trinity site.....Thats the only one I know of and heard rumor that it is not a problem but I AM still worried and would not take a chance ....If you happen to find out anything different let me know please...Will "Michelle" wrote in message om... "jokerpit" wrote in message ... Debbie don't I know you? This NG seems to have a lot more to offer then you know where...anyway...Have you or anyone else heard of an alge or other water bourn parasites that kill dogs? I believe it was last year that here in New Mexico at elephant butte res.. they reported an alge as the posible killer of dogs that had been in lake...Since this time I have not had my dogs to the lakes here in New Mexico out of fear of unknown things..We did not ever see something like this in Colorado..My dogs love the water and fishing as much as I do.......Any help or advice would be appreciated......Will Will, I recently moved to NM where was this water algea?? Is this something I need to worry about? I was planning on taking my girl to the lake this wkend. Thanks- Michelle |
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