Falkor in another new fancy collar!Sheesh my poor dogs haven't been blogged about in forever again!! I am always thinking about things I want to blog about and then when I sit down to do it about 10 other things all of a sudden need to get done. Darn life getting in the way. :)
Falkor and I are thrilled that spring finally seems to be on the way so we can get to some training outside. We have been working really hard on his dog reactivity issues but it's a really slow process so I am hoping to do some serious tracking training this spring/summer. We have also been doing lots of running and playing in a huge open field near our house. The dogs just LOVE it and we all need the exercise after being cooped up all winter long.
I am really bummed because I missed the deadline to enter a trial I really like near Iowa City. I thought I had another week to enter and I missed the deadline by a day! Grrrrr. I was going to enter Falkor in Beginner's Novice. It's such a great place to show I'm sad we'll miss out this time. I need to start writing everything down on a calendar instead of trying to remember it all i my head!!
I have been going a little nutty buying new gorgeous collars for the dogs. I think I have a full fledged addiction now. :) I am also trying to think of a good tag line for Falkor so I can order him a Fetching Tag.
We have been training at our local training building a little bit and Falkor is really coming along nicely. I am starting to incorporate some open exercises and he seems to like them a lot.
I think that we might enter a trial at the end of April. My main goal is to get him ready for Novice in the fall at our local club. If we didn't have the dog reactivity stuff to contend with we would be ready much sooner, but it is what it is.
I definitely have spring fever and we are ready to buckle down and get to training!!!!
