As promised (warned?) here are some of the gazillion pictures taken over the course of as many days spent at Cynosport.
First, RV livin':
Sweet sleepy girl. |
Can you believe it, no posing for this one:
Head tilt! |
I think it was good enough for awkwardfamilyphotos.com
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White Dog the Pig reckons herself an awesome kitchen assistant.
Only one pepper was harmed in the making of this dinner:
Hungry piggy! |
The Pup is still working on her Pig status.
Pleez push nom closer, can't reeach! |
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And then of course there were all the BS Reunion/Smackdown pictures.
I don't quite know what is wrong with my dog's face in all these pictures. But I can easily see how she came to sprain her jaw after sorting through...
Pirate impression? Argh matey? |
Sadly, there were about 20 shots of her doing this. Mean sister!
Though she still looks pretty sweet with a hunk of Sister in her mouth... |
Sister's fighting style is um, bodily.
And then meeting Brother Crime for the first time as big kids.
He liked them a lot. As in REALLY liked his sisters.
So much love.
A sweet Angel who would NEVER try to eat her siblings:
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And as if that wasn't enough, we threw in all the OTHER sibs too!
Handsome older brothers:
The Pup LOVES this particular brother. Until two days later when she tried to eat him. Oh wait, she would never do that?
A swarm!
And of course, a requisite clone picture.
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So anyways, after a little hiatus we went to practice last night before the classes I teach. The Dog was back to her normal amazing self; even a bit improved since her Aframe was all kinds of awesome.
I couldn't resist setting up a small portion of one of the courses at the WC- the section on the Agility course where the A entry was hugged on both sides by the tunnel, with a wicked approach. She nailed it; in fact, was a veritable genius regarding all kinds of discrimination. Now, naturally, I want to punch myself for worrying so much about that Team Snooker course. Live and learn.
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The Pup was the one that REALLY blew me away. I told her to study a certain Border Staffy VERY carefully while we were in Kentucky and I guess she did! Or she just really missed her time to play.
There was even a fun class happening next door and she stayed focus on me the whole time.
Not too shabby for my little ADHD baby.
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She was very fast and into jumping more than before so I took advantage to start working offset lines with her and other interesting jump formations. She was great! I love to see her actively searching for jumps, since she prefers actively searching for me more.
I ended up running her on the same sequences as The Dog. I learned that she largely prefers me to stay out of her path- front cross are ok as long as don't squash her speed or in the case of wraps. Wraps are allowed. Overall though, she seems to prefer a very subtle side change.
I think it's a good thing?
Because she wants to keep running and not slow down?
Good, right?
So just a different form of path management.
Whatever it is, its very cute.
I do love my genius baby!
And I love how baby dogs keep you so honest in your handling.
No matter what The Dog feels about The Pup, she will thank her in the long run when I remember to run clearly and not stand there with my arms pointed all directions like a sign at a fork in the road...
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Oh, and a jump kicked my butt yesterday.
No, not when I was running.
I was standing there, directing clean up.
I was holding a jump wing casually.
Then all of a sudden, down on to it I fall.
Did it trip me? Decide to collapse?
Use tae kwon do take down tactics?
I don't know. All I know is that is smacked my face (bloody fat lip today!), bashed my knee (looks like I'm hiding ostrich eggs under my patella!) and the metal jumps cups left a bruisy, scratchy trail down my other leg.
Today I feel like I was in a car accident!
It totally kicked my butt.
So if you see me in the next few days... NO, it wasn't The Pup!! I SWEAR- THIS TIME SHE IS INNOCENT!!
Super cute pictures!!! What fun to see how everyone is doing in their homes!
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