idle musings

I am falling more and more in love with Bosco every day. He has started actively soliciting attention from me, and one of my friends made the point that maybe he has adopted me now. Who knows how long he has been bouncing around for, and it would make any creature feel insecure to not [...]

Yay, it worked! Here is Emma and Seven running in Starter Standard: And here they are running in Starter Jumpers:

It was so much fun to watch a trial now that I have a better idea as to what is going on. Oh look, it’s a threadle! Hey, that’s a front cross! I took two videos of Emma from my class running her Vizsla for the first time but they are too big to upload [...]

I forgot how long dapping takes. I have completed the two spare rooms, part of the upstairs hallway, and part of the master bedroom. My dad is coming out to help with projects on Monday and I would really like to have all the dapping and taping of baseboards done by then so we can [...]

I tossed and turned last night and did not get a lot of sleep. I hate insomnia! I haven’t had to deal with it nearly so much since I went on Effexor because my anxiety was causing a lot of my inability to fall asleep. That was the kind where I would be exhausted but [...]

Bosco and I started our Intermediate Clicker Training class tonight. It’s another six week course taught by Dana that builds on the skills we learned in the Beginner class. I wasn’t sure if I was going to sign up for the set but Bosco has such fun training and it’s allowing us to bond even [...]

The First Week: Sit Happens Day Two Again I worked Bosco first with Maia in a down-stay, but I am wondering if it would be better to do it the other way around, as perhaps Bosco will be able to hold his down-stay better if he is not already amped up from training. He was [...]

One of my resolutions this year was to take Bosco through the 6 week training program in Pat Miller’s book, The Power of Positive Dog Training. I have decided to document my progress here on the blog. The First Week: Sit Happens Day One Core exercises: Charging the Clicker: already done for both Maia and [...]

I have taken the next two weeks off work in order to get all the pesky tasks done around my house. This is my list so that I can keep track of my progress because if I don’t have a list, I won’t get anything done! sand window sills in bedrooms – Tuesday Jan 10 [...]

I will be grateful when the weather warms up and my hands and feet are no longer frozen all the time. Thankfully I have an electric heating pad and a snuggly dog – otherwise I might turn into an icicle.