by Tena Parker | Mar 11, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
There are very few things I love more than learning new games/sports/tricks with the dogs. I love the process of learning together… of taking a journey together where neither of us really know the route. It’s why I’ve taken obedience classes,...
by Tena Parker | Mar 1, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
A few weekends ago at agility class Rio had a bit of an accident. We were just working on a simple circle pattern with a crazy entrance/exit from the tunnel (from the back of the curved tunnel). There was a tight-ish turn after a jump to the dog-walk. I don’t...
by Tena Parker | Feb 9, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
“I’m at a loss of what to do. I bought a Border Collie and she is impossible. She gets a walk everyday, I play fetch everyday in the yard, and her job is herding and chasing a big ball in the yard. After all this, she is a nightmare at night when I just...
by Tena Parker | Jan 24, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
At the end of November, I enrolled Rio in an beginners agility class with a friend and colleague and signed Shayne up for a Rally-O class with her as well. I wanted to give them both something to do during the frisbee ‘off-season’ and I wanted to continue...
by Tena Parker | Dec 21, 2010 | Blogs, Uncategorized
During a recent agility class, I was working with a teenager who was frustrated with her dog’s trouble with the teeter and dog walk during competition. She bemoaned that her dog did both obstacles at the training facilities where she practices but regularly...
