PiCkLe'S Dog Blog: March 2008

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Easter PICTURE OVERLOAD!!!!

Had to take the kiddos down to Turtle Creek for the annual Easter Parade at Lee Park. Its a blast just to see what people (me included) will dress their dogs up as. This years favorite for us was a nun carrying a Maltese dressed as the Pope blessing everybody. I've included some of the pics from the parade... but will definitely add more later.

Oh yeah... there were tons of vendors.... I love this painted crates, but they were smokin' dope on the prices ($400-500)!!! I included a pic- you would have had to see them in real life, they even had rhinestones!!!

HAPPY EASTER

Monday, March 17, 2008

Mom took Bessie-one to a Rally Trial...

"As you probably know, Bessie and I took some obedience lessons as a way to (hopefully) improve her focus and rein in her terrier impulsiveness . Several weeks ago I decided I needed to try her in an actual show situation to see if she (and I) could hold each other's attention for the two minutes or so it takes to execute a Rally course. So, we entered AKC Rally classes which were held in Ft Worth this weekend.

Believe it or not...B scored 93 points on Saturday and after watching the video my husband made of our course, it seemed to me that I caused the majority of her point loss when I released her from a 'fast pace' too soon. We only needed 70 points to qualify so we were quite pleased that we passed so handily. When B was awarded her placement she immediately grabbed the dog toy and tried to kill it...she was quite happy with herself.

Today we went back for Day 2 of our big adventure. The course was much more demanding but once again B somehow managed to keep her nose off the floor (this was due to some very effective guidance I received from my trainer) for the two minutes. This time we earned a 95 and the BLUE RIBBON! The judge seemed to have been smitten by B's energy and attitude....I mean how many times do judges see terriers paying attention to anything for longer than a split-second. I had been the first to do the course in my class and had deliberately chosen not to monitor the scores for the other competitors. So, when the ribbon was awarded it was truly a surprise and since all of you know B very well you can understand how surprising that was indeed! B reacted to my own reaction and started jumping on everyone...including the judge. She was just in outer space with glee.

So, B has a fat head this evening and is probably devising evil ways to goof-off during our next agility lesson. Tuesday morning just might be a real bear!"