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How was your weekend? BRAG HERE! :)
Did you do anything doggy this weekend? I didn't do anything official; on Saturday, I just worked on socializing my puppy by having some family drop by and watch him pretend to be a show dog :) On Sunday, I took the show on the road by taking him to my parents' house to check out their pool. I brought my Whippet, who used to do a lot of dock diving, and he did a bunch of jumping in. My Chihuahua, who is suffering from liver failure, wanted to come too, so he did as well. You can see a silly video I made from our visit at the link below. Tell us what you did this weekend! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RBh4o-J1IFA
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Just a hanging out weekend for us :) In prep for a busy week where they won't have a day off other than possibly Sat (and Sunday when I will be judging for an NOC prep training party all day)
It's the Weekend! Whatcha doin'?
My weekend isn't going to be super doggy, but I believe I have a conformation practice scheduled with a friend tomorrow. I think we are going to meet at a PetSmart and do some gaiting out front as well as inside. She owns his brother, and they will likely show against each other, so we want them to be ready to do their best and not distract each other. I'm also working on Fetch practice in my yard -- I'm trying to teach my dog Parker to go to the spot I'm directing him to in order to get the ball, even though there is another ball in another spot. At the same time, I'm working on forward focus in agility with him. I'm excited that he's finally getting the idea of running directly from tunnel to tunnel without checking in (I'm working at a distance and he'd like me to be closer). My goal is to be able to direct him at a distance in CPE Speedway. What are you up to? PS-I'm going to do a bingo game for the May challenge so get ready!
3 likes • Apr 25
Some distraction (Obedience) training happened yesterday with 5 mos old Faela & 2 year old Liam .. the 2nd time out this spring since we finally have decent weather :) Faela : https://youtu.be/QUXR986FQOE Liam https://youtu.be/CPErVZLS--Q
What doggy things are you doing this weekend?
Any plans? I'm doing some conformation training with my puppy and I need to figure out how to enter a Fetch trial! I guess I need to read the rules first so I am sure I have what I need and then enter. :) Hope you all are well!
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Dogs are just coming off my self-imposed restriction for an intense gastro virus that jumped from dog to dog, so today is the first day in awhile where we will not be home-based ... 2 dogs are heading up for a private lesson (obedience) in a few hours, 3 dogs have a combination of classes tomorrow and I have a rental on Sunday -- friends were invited as we have/had upcoming trials at that site - I scratched from the trials due to the dogs being sick - so I plan on training some agility while splitting the hall with my obedience friends who are prepping for the trials there -- all 5 of my dogs will head to Sunday's rental and no doubt the pup will provide even more distractions for the obedience teams :) while dumbbells being tossed might well challenge my dogs doing agility LOL So 3 different locations with all 3 being new to the puppy.
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