White xmas 2007

Well, I’d written a Lilly version of Deck the Halls to post today, but somehow I lost the file while archiving my hard drive last week. So, it’s

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A holiday song and photos for xmas eve 2007

It’s not perfect, but here’s an agility inspired holiday song to the tune of Santa Claus is Coming to Town. That Mean Judge is Coming to Town You better

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Ginko’s igloo and other tales

While sorting through some archived photos, I came across this one of Ginko from March 2003. We’d had an incredible blizzard that dumped like 5-6 feet of snow

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Lilly grows thumbs

Tom swears that the pads on the back of Lilly’s forelegs are oversized — like thumbs. Since she *is* good at gripping things, opening things and general dexterity,

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Confidence in motion

One of the challenges of training a dog to run agility is teaching her that having something move beneath her is fun (or at least fine). Since Lilly

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Congratulations, Joy and MACH Keen

I am thrilled to share the news that our pal Joy Bishop and her awesome dog Keen earned their MACH over Thanksgiving weekend. I wasn’t there, but rumor

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The wolf within

There is something about the angle of the sun when Lilly and I walk in the morning that casts a funny shadow. You know those cartoon wolves or

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Lilly polices herself

Lilly is learning to be sweet to the mules next door. We’ve been training looking at them without barking or trying to get a rise out of them.

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New pup in our neighborhood

I’m pleased to announce the arrival of a new pup in our neighborhood. His name is Bjornkarl (which means bear hunter). And, he joins Baldur and Bryna (aka

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Week Ten: Anti-depressant update

Due to weather and travel schedules, Lilly hasn’t been to class in several weeks. So, we’ve been training on our own. Lilly did snark at some dogs on

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