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Welcome Home, Bryn
After having Fauna here, it definitely reminded me what the MOST important thing is when bringing home a new puppy – that they get along well in the household. With my potential puppy plans having ALL fizzled out, I was back to square one. Which is fine, we’re not in any particular rush, and SO … Continue reading Welcome Home, Bryn →
Topon Tarosuyo
25 janv. 20218 min de lecture
Asher’s First Agility Trial!
Asher had his agility debut! And my first trial in a year, so my first look at the infamous ‘COVID trial’. I do think that it’s very easy with these trials not to come into close contact with anyone, as long as you are being cautious it is absolutely easy to stay away from everyone … Continue reading Asher’s First Agility Trial! →
Topon Tarosuyo
17 janv. 20214 min de lecture
2020 Comes to an End
Hard to believe that 2020 is almost over – man, what a year – for everyone. It’s also the last ‘exciting’ year number I’ll live to see. I got the thrill of 2000, and 2020 is also kind of a magical number (where on earth did those 20 years go in between??) – but after … Continue reading 2020 Comes to an End →
Topon Tarosuyo
26 déc. 202012 min de lecture
Herding Genius
With zero practice going into his second herding trial, I had low expectations for Asher in this new location up at Fidos. We entered Ranch this time, which had a little cross drive. I know Asher is not actually some sort of herding prodigy, but he is SO EASY compared to the other dogs I’ve … Continue reading Herding Genius →
Topon Tarosuyo
17 déc. 202010 min de lecture
We’re Moving!
Been a whirlwind around here, a longshot chance on a property actually came through! And somehow in this market we managed to get them down 30k so I could afford it, which just seems crazy considering how most of the places I’ve looked at sell instantly for cash way over asking. I still find it … Continue reading We’re Moving! →
Topon Tarosuyo
2 déc. 20207 min de lecture
Asher’s First Herding Trial
Oof, well, things have been busy around here. The most distracting of which is new temporary puppy, Fauna. She’s related to both Navarre and Bright on her mom’s side, don’t really know anything about the dad. She’s a fun little puppy, very sassy, pretty independent, definitely has her opinions – reminds me of Navarre in … Continue reading Asher’s First Herding Trial →
Topon Tarosuyo
29 nov. 202010 min de lecture
Whistling Savant
I really am having so much fun working with Asher, we both really enjoy working together! This week’s adventure was introducing whistles, which we just did on toys. First, the whistles that I could do so well sitting in front of my computer practicing were complete shit trying to do them while directing Asher at … Continue reading Whistling Savant →
Topon Tarosuyo
9 oct. 20207 min de lecture
Jumping Puzzle
Asher is just not a graceful, coordinated dog – though he has no end of enthusiasm, he’s kind of like a bull in a china shop. Jumping has not been particularly natural or easy for him, and in fact he can have downright terrible jump form sometimes (especially if he’s feeling less confident). So I … Continue reading Jumping Puzzle →
Topon Tarosuyo
30 sept. 20207 min de lecture
Fire
Oregon is on fire – one more reason to really dislike summer, now I’m adding wildfires to the list. Which I never liked before, but didn’t have a lot of personal experience with them. Now that I have, let me say I’m not a fan. This has been unlike anything I have ever experienced, 2020 … Continue reading Fire →
Topon Tarosuyo
20 sept. 20204 min de lecture
Always Enough
Been a bit of a discouraging week at classes, while for the most part teaching agility is just about having fun with dogs, there have been a lot of people unhappy with their dogs this week. Unhappy with their progress, unhappy with dogs that struggle in trials, unhappy that their young dog is not as … Continue reading Always Enough →
Topon Tarosuyo
6 sept. 202010 min de lecture
Siblings!
Almost through the summer, ready to get back to things again – including continuing the search for a property. It will be a good move for all of us in the long run if we can find a place, and mortgage rates are downright ridiculous at the moment. Where we will end up, that’s a … Continue reading Siblings! →
Topon Tarosuyo
31 août 20203 min de lecture
Confidence?
Gah, Asher really is so much fun – and I love this age and just having so much to work on and a dog that loves to work on it! Hot weather this week, and lots of it – so not much running with Asher, but lots of brain work. He really is such a … Continue reading Confidence? →
Topon Tarosuyo
23 août 20207 min de lecture
Contacts Revisited
Back to the drawing board with all the contacts this week. And, yep, apparently when we were training the contacts he never actually noticed the height – as that was definitely the problem. He will do everything low, but up higher he wigs out. He can’t even turn around on the dogwalk now without worrying … Continue reading Contacts Revisited →
Topon Tarosuyo
17 août 20207 min de lecture
Summer. Hrrmph.
It’s been a rough week for some reason, maybe summer is getting me down. I just hate sun, I hate heat, I hate not being able to to take the dogs with me, to go to the park after classes and for the dogs to look like they’re going to pass out after 2 minutes … Continue reading Summer. Hrrmph. →
Topon Tarosuyo
10 août 20206 min de lecture
Hello August
I finally had a chance to test out the remote door opener I had purchased through a kickstarter a while back (Wayzn – it’s way more expensive now!). In general the dogs are almost always with me, but there are times when I need to leave them at home for longer than a few hours. … Continue reading Hello August →
Topon Tarosuyo
4 août 202011 min de lecture
Dogwalk Achieved!
We have achieved dogwalk! Asher really had the lightbulb moment and if he’s not rewarded for a repetition he changes to hit the next time through – and he’s trying so hard to adjust his stride to hit. We went back a tiny bit to the manners minder with the low dogwalk, but after it … Continue reading Dogwalk Achieved! →
Topon Tarosuyo
26 juil. 202011 min de lecture
Happy 11th Birthday Haku!
Haku turns eleven this month, my perfect boy is getting older – and obviously more perfect, of course. He’s definitely slowed down the past year, I know he has arthritis in his wrists and toes. Then losing Bright was so hard, as they had their games they would play together all the time, and would … Continue reading Happy 11th Birthday Haku! →
Topon Tarosuyo
19 juil. 202010 min de lecture
Summer?
We have had the loveliest mild June and July so far, I’m just waiting for the heat to turn on. To be fair, summer doesn’t usually start around here until mid-July, but it’s not usually THIS nice! As I’m teaching through the summer, I’m hoping we can stay relatively mild – though I’m not holding … Continue reading Summer? →
Topon Tarosuyo
13 juil. 20208 min de lecture
July!?
Hard to believe that it’s July already, this has been one heck of a year. But we managed to get through the worst holiday, which really has been just another realization of how incredibly self centered our society is: “how about teach your dogs to deal with loud noises. How fucking dumb are you to … Continue reading July!? →
Topon Tarosuyo
8 juil. 20206 min de lecture
Pico
Well, 2020 strikes again – Navarre has … something going on. Not sure how long that has been going on, but it’s entirely possible his rather odd ‘back issue’ this year was not actually his back after all … or maybe it was, and still is. If we hadn’t started back to classes where I’m … Continue reading Pico →
Topon Tarosuyo
24 juin 20209 min de lecture
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