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Just got home from a weekend of Barn Hunt (2 tests per day) where Michaela had moved up to Senior level (or, as the judge said during the morning briefing, welcome to Purgatory). On her first run, Michaela found the first 3 rats in 58 seconds (maximum time is 3 min 30 sec) and found the fourth...

Michaela at 18 mos (we figure she'll be two in May) Michaela hunting frogs late last summer Running dogs Jawing Sparring It takes two to tango Isnarl Done.

Michaela finished her Open title in Barn Hunt, so we can move up to Senior (looking for 4 rats in a larger area, with a longer tunnel with more turns in 3 min, 30 sec. time) I'm so proud of her and she got a lot of compliments on how well she worked.

The past few days have sucked, big time... Lost one of our cats, Bill Bailey, to cancer last Friday, he was around sixteen. This past Friday, Allegro, our three-legged cat, had a seizure and could no longer control his one remaining hind leg, or his bladder. He was seventeen and our 'talker'...

Uncle lives outside of Baltimore, yesterday afternoon he had 17 inches on the ground but still had power. Some people at work went to DC as chaperones for their kids' class trip, supposedly from Wednesday thru Saturday, don't expect them back for a couple of days. Have relatives along the...

Michaela lurves leaves... Can you find her? Riley can...

9 yr old nephew wanted to be a dinosaur for Halloween, but didn't want a 'little kid's costume'. So Sis and I made him a dinosaur - it's kind of a puppet/costume. He fits underneath and provides the arms (with claw gloves), the legs are jointed and attach to his feet, so when he walks, they move...

Michaela earned two legs toward her Open Barn Hunt title. :D We were the very last group to run, as well as the next to last team to run (they ran Instinct, then Novice test 1 & test 2 back to back, so we had to wait well over 7 hours for Open). Michaela was the only Q in the first test, and the...

Went to a Barn Hunt trial today and Michaela not only qualified, she took first out of 40 dogs, earned her Novice title, and had the judge compliment her on how well she worked. Whoot! On to Open... :D

Went to our first Barn Hunt since taking lessons and Michaela earned 2 legs toward her Novice title (including a second place ribbon out of 30 dogs). Whoot! Long day for her though, she's fast asleep now.

Michaela's second intro barn hunt class and she was just awesome. Homed in on the tube with the rat and yanked it out of its hiding place every time. No qualms about climbing 3 tiers of bales or going through a tunnel with 2 turns (tunnel was set up for previous advanced class). Instructor...

Spent last week on the Outer Banks (near Morehead City) with Riley and Michaela. It was Michaela's first trip to the beach and she was unsure of the waves for about 10 seconds. Then she did her usual a-good-offense-is-the-best-defense and bit the next wave that dared to touch her. :) After that...

Stripey vs stripey A common stripey theme Little Miss Neatnik - No leaves allowed in the pool Running dogs - she's catching up to Riley in size...

I have a chance to enter Michaela in a Barn Hunt trial but I haven't done it before. I looked at the rules and the website but didn't see exactly what the Instinct test entails. I know it's a pass/fail but what constitutes a pass? Does Michaela just have to show an interest? Does she have to...

Took awhile to get photos, she's a bit camera-shy. Anyway, this is Michaela. Adopted her from a rescue two weeks ago, they think she's a boxer/hound mix, about 7-1/2 months old, approx. 48 lbs. She's a sweetheart... a voracious bottomless pit of a sweetheart but a sweetheart nonetheless. With...

It has been a super bad day... Mick was PTS this afternoon, he had a aggressive-growing tumor on his front left leg. We had decided to go ahead with removing the leg, but when Mick was under, the surgeon discovered another larger mass in his chest. The surgeon said he could remove the leg but he...

Samoyed Club held their annual Canine Games to benefit their rescue group this past Sunday. Riley got to do lure-coursing sprints (his favorite); pulled a custom-made three wheeled cart (and I got information on the guy who makes them for a fairly reasonable price); loped along at 24 mph ('Race...

Doesn't seem like it's been five years... Second day at home, 8 wks old Waiting among the irises this past Spring for an unsuspecting Murphy For fun, I threw together pics from his CATs and the Q ribbon from his third leg. (He was unimpressed and preferred his beef lung treats)...

Went to a CAT at Purina Farms (Ibizan Specialty) today and Riley earned his 3rd leg for his CA title. Whoot!

Lost Ms. Bailey yesterday, she would have been 17 on Sept. 11. Her health had been failing recently and it was time. We got her from a friend who had adopted her mother, a semi-feral stray who presented her with 3 kittens a couple of weeks later. Bailey was our traveling cat, we took her with...