Some Hiking News and Photos

Behind the scenes at Champion of My Heart, I get private advice from some readers. They simply feel more comfortable emailing me directly with ideas, input, support. And,

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Weekly Training Update (June 27)

It was another long, tough week around Lilly-Town. We nearly gave up and came home from class several times. Here’s how it went. Pull into the lot. Lilly

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Weekly Training Update (June 20)

This week’s class took place along a busy, outlying trail. Lots of pedestrians, bikes, other dogs. But, there’s good shade in many spots and a creek/ditch for swimming.

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Weekly Training Update (June 6)

We had another sad training day on Sunday. Lilly spent most of the class in total shutdown mode. I have a theory on why, but who knows. It

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Lilly & Katie Play

The same day that Lilly played with Pitsch, our Borzoi friend Katie graduated from her first obedience class. She came in third overall with a score of 183

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Lilly & Pitsch Train and Play

We haven’t worked with Pitsch, Lilly’s “Control Unleashed” training buddy for a couple months because he and his mom Betsy were busy trialing. Gotta say, he’s been on

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Weekly Training Update (May 30)

This week, most of our training happened during our regular 3-mile jaunts in the morning. I noticed a couple of interesting things. Wednesday, Lilly and I saw a

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Weekly Training Update (May 23)

Lilly and I skipped class this week for several reasons. We’ve had a rough few Sundays lately. Class was at a dog park that Lilly doesn’t particularly like

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Weekly Training Update (May 16)

I totally cried at the end of our class on Sunday. And, not from happiness. I was shook up and exhausted. I ranted Sunday about the final straw,

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Weekly Training Update (May 9)

Lilly had two run-ins with dogs this week, but I’m happy to say that her responses were somewhat measured and appropriate. This week’s class was at the location

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