Show Visit

I need to stop writing this blog when I am tired or in a hurry. Every time I go back it seems choppy. Oh well.

I was only able to make it to the last day of the show over the weekend because of rain. Our road has started to flood when we get a hard rain, feel my annoyance. I never really paid that much attention to agility before Vivre. I thought it looked cool, but my dogs were all too old or had old injuries that kept it from being an option so I just never really got in to it. So my real introduction to agility was through Sprite pups. Mostly seeing videos of Thrill and Tilt and a few of Pico. I didn't truly get how impressive these dogs were on an agility course until this weekend.

It seemed to me to be a very small show. There were only two rings going one JWW and one Standard, and a lot of the people seemed to know each other. I went primarily because I wanted to get a feel for the environment. I have very high standards about how I expect people to behave around dogs and with groups of dogs and I was pleasantly surprised. I can only think of two instances that caused me to raise my eyebrows. Well one that caused eyebrow raising and one where I just thought WTF are you thinking!

Basically though I had a good time, I got to see responsible dog owners, which is a rarity in my life at times, and I decided that it really did look like a lot of fun and something that Vivre and I would love to do.

Oh I forgot I ordered Agility Right From The Start and while I just got it in yesterday it seems to be a well written and logical book. I'll review it when I get done, but so far I like it better than either of the other agility books I have.

Agility

I went to watch an agility lesson where I think I will be taking Vivre for training. My plan had been to start privates, but the private instructor was in tonight's class and suggested doing a class first so I don't waste private time with how-to's. There is a AKC agility show this weekend I might go to. I haven't been to see AKC agility. 

I think agility is something Vivre will enjoy and everybody in the class tonight kept talking about how much fun it is, so it will certainly be more fun than working on schutzhund obedience all the time. I found a neat Natural Pet Store (yes that is the name) that has high quality kibble and frozen pet food as well as toys and healthy training treats that is conveniently located next to a human health food store.

I think my old hound mix will be moving back in with us. This wouldn't be a problem except that the last two times she has been here Vivre has launched herself on her back and refused to let go. I don't get it as Aradia lived here up until four months ago. I did get her to lay next to Aradia the last time she was here, but it was an active "down," rather than a relaxed "Okay we have worked this all out." Luckily she doesn't hurt her and Aradia never even gets her teeth close to Vivre so it is something that hopefully can be fixed by simply getting their status worked out.