I have been remiss in my introduction of my newest member of the pack, Halo. I got Halo from my friend Tori at J Cross’ Catahoulas, which is where I also got Ranger. After the loss of Beau in 2012 the house and my heart had an empty spot in it. I wasn’t sure I…
I recently completed an Owner Review of the Shockles Petkeeper Pet Leash for BackpackGearTest.org. Check it out here.
I was recently at a show where a little boy was selling some really cool paracord show leads. I bought one (orange and black, naturally) and really like it. A friend bought a pink and black one, then commented that she’d like one much longer for obedience. I studied the construction a bit and came…
A few weeks back I decided to make the trip to the National Working Dog Association National Weight Pull as Ranger had qualified to attend when he pulled in Michigan at the beginning of November. We loaded up and traveled from Indiana to Pennsylvania to compete, where Ranger earned two 2nd place finishes in his…
Hey all, I was cleaning out my gear closet and discovered that I have entirely too much stuff in there. I have a lot of dog packs for reasons I won’t get into here, but I want to get them out of my closet and into the hands of people who will use them….
Earlier in 2010 I decided to set a goal for myself to walk or bike 400 miles in 2010. This seemed like a completely attainable goal—and it would have been if I’d not started having some health problems. I was tired often and wrote it off as stress. I figured exercising regularly would help. It…
I put together a spreadsheet to help me calculate drop weights for Ranger’s weight pulls. At first it was designed for dogs in his rough weight range and for a specific set of equipment. Upon further thought I decided to make it go from a 1-block drop on up to a 25-block drop and to…
My summer has been very busy, so I haven’t had much time to post, nor has there been anything particularly interesting to post about.
The results on how everyone who participated in Weight Pull at Premier are available now.
So, my Premier weekend came in with a bang and went out with one. As I said in my previous post, Ranger had a really good Thursday–he won the Best of Breed Top Ten at the Top Ten Invitational, then went on to a 5 point pull in weight pull. This was over 10 times…
