Post-Agility Notes: Happy Tails (Nov 13-15)
Overall, it was a pretty good weekend! Gromit and I got 5 Q's, all 1st place -- including the Level 3 Wildcard we needed for his CL3-H (for Handler) title, and his first Level 4 Wildcard Q the next day. In general he was running smooth and lovely -- we only had one complete disaster run (all my fault -- he took the "wrong" obstacle in Colors on Sunday and I got c

Agility Pre-Show Notes: Happy Tails Trial (Nov 13-15)
Gromit and I missed out on last weekend's agility trial at All Dogs -- too many people wanted to play, and we didn't get in on the draw. Happily, we have three full days of agility ahead of us this weekend at Happy Tails in Portland, ME. Woo! It does mean I'll be leaving the house at 5:30 AM tomorrow morning, ugh.I had a lesson with Gromit's breeder a few weeks ago to help me learn how to teach Gromit a better contact behavior. I'm going for "2on-2off" contact behavior, where he stops and the bottom of a contact with his front feet on the ground and his back feet on the contact. He's supposed to wait there until I release him with "ok," and he's supposed t

Two BCs, better than one!
My friend & fellow CU trainer got a Border Collie! She is awesome. I'm calling her "Nonamea" because she won't be keeping her previous name. She comes from rescue, and was put up for sale on a C's-list for $75 by her original owners. (People are such idiots.)Here's Gromit and Nona watching an out-of-frame tennis ball at Nahant Beach this morning:

This Year's Pumpkins
Julian designed his face, and I carved it faithfully:Eli designed and carved his own pumpkin:

Knits in Progress
Apparently I have contracted a serious case of cast-on-itis, a malady that is not particularly contagious but is often transmitted by orders of YARN from KnitPicks. I have started three new projects in the last few days:Cabled legwarmers (for my tutoring student): Dayflower lacy cowl (for her mom):