Tuesday Practice

In Attendance....

Jolene/Kort
Amanda/Brit/Pixel
Kim/Bosley
Judy/Maize/Roxy
Donna/Epic/Swift
Roberta/Karma
Shauna/Catch
Tina/Jethro
Maureen/Crawford
Gord/Luna
Jocelyn/Zumba

Guest Daryl/Betty


What we did....

 Well first we sang Happy Birthday to Kim who was celebrating her Birthday :)  We had yummy Crazy Cakes cupcakes too :)

We went right into racing, splitting up into 2 teams & changing up the running order a number of times.  The dogs are all doing so well, making very few mistakes, it should be fun in Lethbridge!

We talked later about another race coming up in January at Spruce Meadows.  We could go for both nights, Fri & Sat, but there was some worry about not having anything to do all day Sat. when waiting for the race.  We still have some time to decide if we are going to go up for both, or just one race.  Also we will be racing as 2 teams at that point.

Here is a list of upcoming races for next year, please print it out so you have it.

AKC Calgary, Jan 17,18
SSHC, Calgary, Feb 15
FSACA, Agility, Cardiff, March 8 (?)
BRCA, Camrose, March 22
RDDKC, Red Deer, Apr 5
RSG May 4
CKOC, Cochrane, May 10
NACA, Edmonton, May 30,31
LKDC, Lethbridge, June
SSHC, Fox's Balzac or Wetnoses, Carseland, June 29
LDKC, Agility Lethbridge, July 5
EKKOC, Calgary, July 11,12
AKIC Calgary, Aug 1,2
EKC, Edmonton, Aug 9,10
WKKC, Calstlegar BC, Aug 16
CDKC, Cranbrook, Aug 23
SSHR, Carseland, Sept 6
CKOC, Cochrane, Sept 13
Demo, RDOG, North Glenmore Park, Calgary, Sept 20
LKOB, Lloyminster SK, Sept 27
BRCA, Camrose, Oct 25
RDDKC, Red Deer, Nov 1
FSACA, Cardiff, Nov 15
LKDC, Lethbridge, Nov 15
RSG, Calgary, Dec 13

See you all next Tues, 7 pm !

Tuesday Night

Jethro

I'm getting behind in my blogging!

Practice this past Tuesday was a good one, we raced our dogs to & from the box  hoping for more speed & excitement from them, especially running "to" the box.
We sat & watched passing to try & cut time there if we could, wouldn't it be great if we had a race under 35 seconds!
We had a look at individual dog points to see who was close to titles.
We took a quick vote to see if anyone was interested in going to the individual race in Calgary on Dec 14, looks that that is a go as long as the weather holds up!

Racing dogs for Lethbridge have been decided....

Jethro, Bosley, Maize, Karma, Kort, Pixel, Crawford, & Catch

Lastly we voted on changing our practice night to Thursday, this will start after the Lethbridge show,
that's about it!


See you Tues at 7pm !

Practice Night

Hey!!! that's my dumbell!!

Wow what a crowd we had last night! Everyone was able to make it, so nice to see!

In Attendance:

Kim/Bosley
Shauna/Catch
Roberta/Karma
Maureen/Crawford
Judy/Maizie/Roxy
Donna/Epic
Jolene/Kort
Sarah/Gyp
Amanda/Brit/Pixel
Gord/Luna
Jocelyn/Zumba
Tina/Jethro

We talked for a bit about the split in the teams, while it would be awesome if we could all stay on the same team it wouldn't be realistic.  There are too many of us now, & if we don't split in to 2 teams we will not get very many races per dog.  We are trying to makes the teams equal, with some experienced dogs, some newer dogs, we think it works, guess we'll find out next year! It won't be perfect, nothing in life ever is, but we'll make it work.  We will still be one team in heart and offer full support for each other no matter what team we are on :)

We started out racing pretty much right away, 2 teams , changing up the running order so the dogs were always running against another dog.  Most handled it without a blink, some dogs still need more work on being reactive to certain dogs, & sounds.

We learned there may be only 3 team in Lethbridge, such a bummer that in our own city we can't draw enough teams, what it means for the dogs running is they may only get 1 or 2 races tops, sucky but a reality.

We talked about the Independent race next year in Calgary, 2 tournaments there, a great opportunity to finish up some titles!! Kort, Bosley & Pixel are very close to their Scenthurdle Masters Titles.  Catch must be getting close to his first title of Scenthurdle Dog!  Tina & Jethro , Maureen & Crawford, Roberta & Karma, may be close to their Scenthurdle Excellent titles, so exciting for all!!

Next practice will be Tuesday, same time, same place, 7ypm, at Paws On The Run, see you there!!

Practice at Cowley

This morning a bunch of team members travelled out to Cowley for a practice.  It is worth traveling for the hour to have a new venue for the dogs to race in , as well as racing against another team.

Making the trip were Amanda & Pixel, Gord, Terri & Luna, Jolene & Kort, Roberta & Karma, Tina & Jethro, Shauna & Catch, & Donna , Epic, & Swift.

The dogs did well for the most part, still some difficulty with some dogs not taking every jump or crossing the line, but all in all a great practice.

The star today was Luna, who has come leaps & bounds, making no mistakes today which earned her the right to race in Lethbridge, & to get an official number of her very own!

Congratulations to Gord & Terri for all your dedication & hard work, and to Luna, Number 2 !!!

Fun & Games

Playing the "find it" game :)

In Attendance:

Amanda
Jolene/Kort
Kim/Bosley
Jocelyn/Zumba
Terri/Luna
Maureen/Crawford
Shauna/Catch
Judy/Maizie/Roxy
Donna/Epic/Sport
Tina/Jethro

We had a full house tonight & it was great!  Started off the bat racing , nothing fancy.
At the end we played the find it game. We all put our dumbells in the center of our circle, Amanda added some toys, extra dumbells, & a food bowl.  Some of the dogs just couldn't resist the toys, mostly the newer dogs who haven't been playing for long.  It was fun to see them thinking though!

Sunday Practice

In Attendance:

Jolene/Kort
Jocelyn/Zumba
Kim/Bosley
Judy/Roxy, Mazie
Shauna/Catch
Roberta/Karma

We had a nice relaxed practice tonight, we worked on getting our butts out of the way so the next dog & handler has room to run, plus faster passing at the line.

We did some fun snatch & grab games at the box as well, racing our dogs back.

Spruce Meadows

Place your dumbbells!

What a rush that night was!!!

We had 5 races and we won each won! & by alot!!  Not one dog made a mistake , not one!! It was amazing, sooo proud of the team.......

Racing Dogs were:

Pixel, Catch, Crawford, Maizie, Bosley, & Kort

I was hoping to have the pictures by now but will post them when I get them !