9.06.2007

Thursday ramblings

good thursday morning

it's raining and plans to rain all weekend it appears. we are supposed to go camping at heartnut festival near camp atterbury. i am imagining the smell of wet dog combined with wet canvas. yummy. i completed my tarot readings sign for this weekend too. i've been procrastinating on that for 3 years. i don't imagine there will be a throng of people waiting in a rainy line to hear their soggy fortunes.

on the other hand, i have taken off friday and monday for travel time, and we do go by edinburgh outlet mall on the way down. i've left the decision up to dan. he has a second sense about poor weather.

9.05.2007

Free Friday and NCA, week 6




I never told you how well she did last Friday night, did I? After practicing on our contacts on Thursday, she nailed them all on our run-thrus on free Friday. Instead of running the entire course, I broke it up into sections to keep her focus. This worked pretty well.

Tonight she started out great. We did dogwalk to a right pinwheel. see diagram 9.4.7b.

Then a jump (facing the right side of a tunnel) to the left tunnel and out towards a right-turn vertical - it kinda looks like a bow tie. see diagram 9.4.7a.

The next exercise is where she lost it... the dogwalk and uturn to tunnel... she ran down the dogwalk and ran off to visit the dogs next door... :( see diagram 9.4.7c

then we switched sides.... on the other side we nailed our 12 weaves, the oxer and the a-frame. no diagram needed. she is picking up speed thru her weaves all on her own. :)

so, in a nutshell, she was good when she was good and very badly behaved the rest of the time... it reminds me of that children's rhyme about a girl with a curl right in the middle of her forehead!

Rosie suggested I bring a water pistol or spray bottle with me next week... it may just work.

Culver Academies 2007

Beginner Agility 2

sheepherding 101

The last day of our first Agility class

Basketball herding

Susanne's bday party

New Year's Party 2007

My visit to Florida, Fall 2006

Feast of the Hunter's Moon 2006 - early Saturday morning

Mist on the Wabash River, Feast of the Hunter's Moon 2006

Massed Bands Part 1

Massed Bands Part 2

KohKohMah 2006

Theatiki 2006