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Agility Spaz
Good lord my puppy is a giant red spaz. Back to agility this week and, oh yeah, overarousal issues – haven’t seen THOSE for a while. It’s, uh, safe to say that he forgot just about everything – or he just couldn’t focus because he was so excited to be back (‘Wheeeee! TUNNNEL! WHEEEEE!’). Collection, … Continue reading Agility Spaz →
Topon Tarosuyo
14 juin 20205 min de lecture
Quarantine Ends
It’s been an unsettling last couple months, for many reasons. With everything going on the whole Quarantine time for me has flown by and it’s kind of crazy to be back to classes next week. I’ve been very busy with the online classes, which has kept me in touch with everyone on a daily basis, … Continue reading Quarantine Ends →
Topon Tarosuyo
8 juin 20208 min de lecture
Quarantine
I haven’t figured out how life is suppose to go without Bright, being home all the time with the quarantine has made it particularly hard, because everywhere you look, she should be there. The boys have started getting glum and grumpy with each other – maybe because of me, but I think without the balance … Continue reading Quarantine →
Topon Tarosuyo
14 mai 20205 min de lecture
The Light Fantastic 6/23/2011 – 4/12/2020
My heart is just empty, I can’t believe my tiny Brightness is gone. She was my little black shadow, always right next to me, always being perfect, everyone’s best friend – including mine. She had gone off her food while I was out in Idaho, but was still eating people food. I didn’t think that … Continue reading The Light Fantastic 6/23/2011 – 4/12/2020 →
Topon Tarosuyo
14 avr. 20206 min de lecture
Idaho Sheep Camp
We had a FABULOUS time with Bonnie out in Idaho, despite all the craziness in the world. I really debated whether I should go out there with the virus, but considering she lives so remotely we weren’t likely to see anyone, and we were both off from being around the general public for two weeks … Continue reading Idaho Sheep Camp →
Topon Tarosuyo
14 avr. 20207 min de lecture
11 Months!
We made it! I know he’s not quite a year old, but we’ve made it past the limbo of those teenage months. A year old is not even close to ‘grown’, but the brain and body are showing what he will be once he finishes growing. I really am so enormously pleased that I ended … Continue reading 11 Months! →
Topon Tarosuyo
18 mars 20207 min de lecture
Suddenly Thoughtful Puppy
Suddenly, pretty much overnight, and for no particular reason I can see, Asher is being all thoughtful in both herding and agility. I’m rather suspicious and keep waiting for it to fall apart, but enjoying it while it lasts. In agility he finally seemed to be like, “Oh, my job is to go OVER the … Continue reading Suddenly Thoughtful Puppy →
Topon Tarosuyo
8 mars 20206 min de lecture
A Brief Trial
Well, it shouldn’t be a huge surprise, but not actually practicing obedience and agility means that things don’t go well when you only occasionally attempt to compete. Obedience I expected to be a trainwreck (but not as much as it actually was!), but I’ll admit I was still surprised when my dogs were doing silly … Continue reading A Brief Trial →
Topon Tarosuyo
3 mars 202016 min de lecture
10 Months!
Good lord it seemed like Asher was 9 months forever. He is just all teenage goober, and that is not likely to pass any time soon. 10 months does at least sound a little more mature than 9, even if he really isn’t – and maybe someday he’ll grow up. Someday. I do think I … Continue reading 10 Months! →
Topon Tarosuyo
22 févr. 202011 min de lecture
Back to Agility
Well, you don’t just jump right back into agility with Asher, who couldn’t wrap wing with a low bar to save his life this week. OMG, he is just a basket of flailing teenage goober at the moment. Nor could he even hold a sit with a lead out, he’d just collapse into a down, … Continue reading Back to Agility →
Topon Tarosuyo
13 févr. 20206 min de lecture
9 Months!
Asher continues to grow like crazy, he’s getting both crazy tall and substantial. No petite princesses around here! And he keeps getting more nutty as well, as well as somewhat naughty. He’s most definitely a teenager. Funny how quickly they go from tiny puppies to obnoxious adolescents. We’ve now had several incidents of where he … Continue reading 9 Months! →
Topon Tarosuyo
5 févr. 202010 min de lecture
Mini Winter of Herding
Asher continues to be a fun little herding dog. I need to stop calling him little though, he’s all puppy in brain but size-wise he’s definitely looking more adult! We have achieved some reasonable communication on sheep and he has the basic understanding that he should balance them to me, flank either direction, stop and … Continue reading Mini Winter of Herding →
Topon Tarosuyo
20 janv. 20207 min de lecture
2020!
Good lord, I can’t believe we’re now living in 2020. I remember how crazy it was when was 1999, something that seemed insanely far in the future when I was a child. And as a child 2020 was so far in the future you might as well be talking about sci-fi at that point. And … Continue reading 2020! →
Topon Tarosuyo
9 janv. 20209 min de lecture
Merry Christmas!
I haven’t been much in the holiday spirit this year, for whatever reason, but I did get the dogs a subscription to the Power Chewer Bark Box for Chrismas. If you pre-pay for a year you can get it down to about $20 a month, and I think that seems worthwhile. I had gotten them … Continue reading Merry Christmas! →
Topon Tarosuyo
29 déc. 20196 min de lecture
8 Months!
My little puppy is 8 months old – gah, the time goes by so quickly! He’s most definitely not a tiny puppy anymore, he suddenly has sprouted this massive man-mane, which really surprised me. I think he’s going to have more coat than Navarre, which I didn’t think he would. He is starting to even … Continue reading 8 Months! →
Topon Tarosuyo
21 déc. 201910 min de lecture
Almost Perfect
Asher continues to give glimpses of a dog that may have issues with overarousal. Which is unexpected as he’s such a chill dog to live with at home. But that is a puppy that when he turns it on, he REALLY turns it on. Dialated pupils and frantic not thinking behavior. This week he got … Continue reading Almost Perfect →
Topon Tarosuyo
13 déc. 20198 min de lecture
Runner
Asher is a runner. I don’t think I’ve ever had a dog that seems to need so much just pure running for running’s sake. When he was younger I found it a bit perplexing, as I wasn’t sure what he was doing way off by himself. Now that he’s older, his running has become more … Continue reading Runner →
Topon Tarosuyo
2 déc. 20197 min de lecture
Herding Puppy
It’s official, I’m not going to attempt to work Navarre in herding until at least next February. He really has been doing well with Ian, they have the three winter training trials coming up – and just working ONCE with me made him into a mess. I don’t know what it is about us together … Continue reading Herding Puppy →
Topon Tarosuyo
25 nov. 201913 min de lecture
7 Months!
Benefit of Asher knowing how to send around an object, he can now play ‘Tree’ at the park with the other dogs. Since he prefers to send to left, he goes the opposite direction of the other dogs, which is novel. He also does a lot of just running straight to the tree and then … Continue reading 7 Months! →
Topon Tarosuyo
16 nov. 201911 min de lecture
Agility Puppy
So I held out for six months, but Asher is now doing ‘agility’. And, oh my, he’s a quick study at it! It was just kind of an accident, I was setting up for classes and the dogs were running around like normal and Asher brought me the toy as I was unbagging a straight … Continue reading Agility Puppy →
Topon Tarosuyo
4 nov. 20197 min de lecture
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