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UberPest on June 12th, 2010

Okay, so my attempts at a weekly posting have really gone awry over the past month. I got crazy with work and, between the heat and the rain, I just haven’t [...]

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UberPest on May 9th, 2010

I’ve been stepping up Ranger’s conditioning over the past several weeks. Compared to how he looked a month ago I can see some genuine muscle development. In the past month his [...]

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UberPest on May 2nd, 2010

I found this great blog about small dog team training. There is great info on skijoring, scootering, and bikejoring.
I’ve owned a bikejoring setup for several years, but have never had a [...]

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UberPest on May 2nd, 2010

Since I got back from Louisiana a few weeks ago I’ve had: minor injury (Ranger), major illness (Beau), minor illness (me), and another minor injury (Ranger again).
This got me thinking: I [...]

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UberPest on April 25th, 2010

I just got back from a UKC dog show in Wapakoneta, OH. While we were there Ranger earned two more competition wins toward his GRCH title. He just needs one more [...]

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UberPest on April 21st, 2010

My friends Mel & Jeff run Training Tracks Canine Learning Station. Last summer they put together a couple of training videos that are now available at DogStarDaily.
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UberPest on April 19th, 2010

I got out this weekend and took Ranger for a walk on a section of the Cardinal Greenway (the Whitewater Gorge section) in Richmond, Indiana. We parked at the site of [...]

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Ranger!
After 5 days on the road (including 1 tent night and 4 nights sleeping in the Jeep over the course of 2000 miles and 6 states), swimming in cold lake water, [...]

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I have very little interesting going on in my life this week on account of getting prepped for a dog-oriented road trip that starts in 3 days, and also [...]

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UberPest on March 28th, 2010

Well, it certainly feels like I’m in the middle of spring training.
This week’s updates to my mileage weren’t nearly as dramatic as what I got in last week. Part of that [...]

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