idle musings

Oh! Oh! And also, on the training front: I have been working on ‘stand’ with a hand cue with Maia. Last night at agility we were working with the clicker in between our turns on the equipment and we did a bunch of ‘stands’ from sit. I saw that she was starting to just stand, [...]

The interview went really well, and I am going in on Tuesday morning to do a short shadow-shift, to see if the job is something I want to do. It doesn’t pay much, and with the amount I’ll be paying in gas to get there it really won’t be paying well, but it’s more about [...]

I am going to an interview tomorrow afternoon for a part time job at a doggy daycare. It’s the daycare I have been taking Maia to since she was a puppy, and I love the atmosphere and the people there. I mentioned a good few weeks ago that I was interested in applying with them [...]

This last week of work really kicked my ass. My feet are so sore that I am limping around my house, and my hamstrings and glutes are sore and achy. No reason for it – I’m doing the same amount of exercising that I always do. I took the dogs up to the lake today [...]

I am maybe going to get Seven for a whole week in April! Emma might be doing a trip to Cancun to help on a spay/neuter trip and that means Seven gets to come play and snuggle and love at my house. I’m crossing my fingers that it works out, both because I love Seven [...]

Maia has thrown up bile three times since I brought her home from daycare. She is currently lying on a dog bed, watching me with a woebegone look on her face. I hate it when either of my babies gets sick – I feel so helpless.

I sucked it up and went to agility, mostly because I needed my Seven love for the week. The big lesson (the one Dana supervised) was pushing to obstacles and rear crosses on the flat. We also worked on 2x2s for weaves. Maia and I are up to having two sets of 2x2s, both angled [...]

I meant to take the dogs for a quick 30 minute run up on the dyke but the evening was so nice (and it’s supposed to rain for the next couple days) and the dogs were having so much fun that we ended up being out for an hour and a half. Now they are [...]

My social anxiety kept me home from an event tonight because I didn’t want to talk to strangers. Instead, I slept from 5-9pm, got up briefly to come on the computer, and now I am heading back to bed for the night. *sigh* At least the dogs had knuckle bones to keep themselves somewhat occupied.

I treated myself to an early tax return present (although I haven’t actually filed my taxes yet) and bought myself a Kindle! I ordered it on Feb 25 and it arrived today – I am impressed! So far I have downloaded one book (Bleak House, by Charles Dickens – I’m watching a tv serial of [...]