Jett’s story so far …
Jett has had a complicated start to life but, he is doing great and living his best life.
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Hiccups
Our first weekend out was not what I dreamed it could be, but I am so glad we did it. We were in 8 trials, 4 open/4 utility, 2 of the Open Trials were Open 18 and 2 were Open H. I passed 1 Open H, won the class a got the HIT for that
Hedging my bets
January 28, 2018 Next weekend is the first trials of the year for Ribbon and I. In the first trial of the day I entered Open 18, the new Open class that includes the Change of Positions exercise and the Sit Stay Walk Around Dog and in the second trial I hedged my bets and
Not every day is a dog day
When I decided I was going to open my own school, I had two major goals in mind. The first one was to have a competition-only program — a school that did not include general or everyday dog training. The second one was that I wanted to have time to train and develop my own
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Finally….
Last weekend I spent the weekend in the gallery of the CKC Board meeting. I wanted to know how the board was going to vote on the Open stays issue. After being reminded that I wasn’t allowed to speak or comment on anything that had to do with Obedience (which is pretty funny if you
Obedience Perfection For All… NOT
If you are interested in obedience and you don’t live under a rock you have without a doubt heard about the proposed changes to the Open class in obedience. There have been a lot of comments, both positive and negative, on social media. This is to be expected and proves the point that obedience is
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Do you make these 3 common mistakes on halts?
As a judge and long-time competitor, I have seen many beautiful halts. The dog and handler seem to come to a halt seamlessly. How does this happen? What makes it go wrong? There are many variables, but certainly 75% is the handler’s responsibility and 25% is the dog’s, once you’ve taught him, so technically you
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Introducing Jett
I have a new adventure on the horizon. In January of this year my new puppy was born. He is a Border Collie. He is the sixth BC that I have trained. The new adventure is that my goal is to have him compete in obedience and herding. Furthermore my goal is for him to