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Today we were in San Marcos for an agility tournament. Dinah had 4 runs, and she did really well on each, but she was extremely distracted and much slower than normal. Could it be the heat, there was a young child near us all day, was she stressed, I don't know. Lately she's been hit or miss with the tournies, so I'm still not certain she wants to … read more

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Bert is a new AHS pup. He's 6 months old and extremely undersocialized, but super cute and super sweet. He's home with me and Dinah tonight, and lo and behold I've learned a lesson tonight. Dinah is being a bit possessive of me and my (aka her) room. Initially,out in the yard, they were having great fun playing and chasing, etc. But once in the hou… read more

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I'm back. Time to do some blogging. Dinah and I were off to Waco this past weekend for an agility competition. She did so great, placing in all but 1 run, and seemed to love it. and here I was thinking she was done with competitions. I've got a photo of her wrapped like a little burrito waiting for her turn to run, sound asleep. That's one stressed… read more

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Next week I promised myself (and Dinah) that we begin serious "training" for the CGC. She actually did much better than expected. her biggest weaknesses were: 1. The brush. She's a short haired dog with hardly any fur. She's never seen a brush in her life. I've been working on acclimating her to the brush, but she really shies away from it I bough… read more

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Tonight Christmas dinner was hosted by my brother and sister-in-law. I have a 4 year old nephew and 1.5 year old niece. Both are a bit scared of dogs, and my nephew much more than niece. I keep trying to think of how to get them over this. Suggestions??? Their Aunt has 2 large goldens, but they're a bit too big for them even though they're very chi… read more