by Tena Parker | Mar 18, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
With the addition of Dex, the third or fourth dog (if we count Bandit), life has been a little crazy. He’s a great dog who is just the happiest boy in the world, but he is also like a 40lb puppy, boundless energy, no impulse control, not so many manners, no...
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 | Jan 11, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
This is Shayne. She is Ms. Serious. Everything about her is no-nonsense. She likes to play, but even her play is work. She is generally quite stoic and observant. She does not let herself loose to be silly and crazy (unlike Rio who embodies...
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...
