Course Markers

People ask: what do folks use for cheap course markers? Any of the following: upside down pails – small ones like for sandboxes upside down flower pots wooden flats held together with a small piano hinge cones from dollar store rounds of PVC cut into 6-8 inch lengths go to a horse shop and buy [...]

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Hot dogs

One of the issues that frequently comes up in the summer is how do I keep my dog cool enough that it wants to run? There is of course the old tried and true….wet down your dog. Wet down your dog particularly on it’s underbelly. The evaporation of the water helps to cool the dog [...]

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Polar Bear at Play

WOW!: Animals at Play Stuart Brown describes Norbert Rosing’s striking images of a wild polar bear playing with sled dogs in the wilds of Canada‘s Hudson Bay. The photographer was sure that he was going to see the end of his huskies when the polar bear materialized out of the blue, as it were: Shortly [...]

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Single Black Female

Although according to Snopes, it is uncertain whether this is true or not, it is funny. Like the writes at snopes, I have a hard time believing that a shelter would do this because of the risk of getting a bad name for themselves. This has to be one of the best singles ads ever [...]

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“Lucky” a dog story

I have no idea if this story is true or not. Could not locate it on snopes. I’ve read stories before though of some of the amazing and interesting things our pets can do. A wonderful dog story . . Anyone who has pets will really like this. You’ll like it even if you don’t [...]

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Teaching the Broadjump

As I trial predominately in AAC style agility, I don’t ever see this obstacle. BUT it comes up in World Class events as well as in other organization. So knowing how to train this obstacle seems like a good idea. This is a broad jump.    It’s made longer or shorted by addition or removal [...]

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Letter to Pets

To be posted VERY LOW on the refrigerator door – nose height.    Dear Dogs and Cats,    The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food.  The other dishes are mine and contain my food.  Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not [...]

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Cleaning Letters off of PVC

A question that often comes up on the agility building equipment lists that I am on is this: how does one clean the letters off of PVC in the easiest manner? Now, this is one of those things that for at home use only equipment I really don’t want to expend the energy on, but [...]

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Training Hunting Dogs to Do Agility Outside

Here’s the question: I have a large breed hunting dog.  We’ve done most of our training indoors at our training facility.  When I take my hunting dog outside to do agility, at a trial, he just takes off on me.   Can this dog ever do agility outside with me? Answer: yes.    just takes time [...]

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