Today Cayenne started her first obedience class. She has been here with us since April and has had plenty of time to settle in. She has ridden along to obedience school, agility, and herding events. Now that summer is over and she has become much more comfortable in different situations, she gets to attend her […]
Posted on October 20th, 2008
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This was distributed by the Humane Society legislative Fund. IMO, it makes some important points. Humane Society Legislative Fund Endorses Obama-Biden One of the guiding principles of the Humane Society Legislative Fund is that we evaluate candidates based on a single criterion: where they stand on animal protection policies. We don’t make decisions based on […]
Posted on October 20th, 2008
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This has been a busy week! At the end of last week, Barb O’Brien of the Animal Connection called. They were interested in auditioning/ photographing Bandit for a Cargill ad. The shoot would be at the beginning of this week. We had never done an ad before, but it sounded interesting.  Luck (or chance) would have it […]
Posted on October 16th, 2008
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It was fun to meet Christina and her family. They showed me a video of some of their disc dog routines, which were fun to watch. Their cat taught Bandit respect by bopping him on the head with a paw through the dog door when he was walking down the hall. He didn’t even know […]
Posted on October 5th, 2008
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On Saturday we met the dog owner from hell. I stopped at a rest stop in eastern Ohio and was accosted by a huge friendly yellow lab while on my way to use the restroom. He came barreling down the hill from the picnic area (which was posted “No Pets”) and ran right toward me. […]
Posted on October 4th, 2008
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On Friday we got to watch more of the cattle runs, but on Friday afternoon we had to head out. We packed up, said our goodbyes and hit the road heading west, planning to make it to eastern Ohio that night. We had a long drive on the Pennsylvania Turnpike before sneaking through a sliver […]
Posted on October 4th, 2008
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I’m pleased to announce that Bandit earned his first AKC Pre-Trial Test leg on cattle this morning at the ACDCA National Specialty.
Posted on October 3rd, 2008
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Today I visited the Hillside SPCA. I drove by the SPCA on my way to the spaghetti dinner fundraiser on Sunday. I kept my GPS programmed for Pottsville, knowing that it would take me by the SPCA again. The area was hilly and wooded, with very beautiful scenery. I understood how Hillside got its name. When I […]
Posted on October 1st, 2008
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Bandit and I were signed up for a herding practice run on cattle today. The practice runs were about a 45 minute drive from the show site. It was a beautiful drive, with some fall colors appearing. I was glad that I had my GPS along though, because just the two of us went and […]
Posted on September 30th, 2008
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Monday was relatively dry outside. I sat outside and watched the Australian Properties classes. I met Melissa and Christy from ACDRA, the Australian Cattle Dog Rescue Association. They were selling items to benefit their rescue group. It was fun to meet them in person after corresponding with them in the past. It’s nice to put […]
Posted on September 29th, 2008
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