32 Posts Tagged With "Petey"
Happy Holiday Wishes!
18 Dec 2016
I hope you have a happy and safe holiday season with all the naughty and nice ones you love!
Naughty and Nice Holiday Wishes
07 Dec 2015
I hope you have a happy holiday season with all the naughty and nice ones you love!
Kathy Keats' World Championship Challenges - Video
09 Dec 2014
I've been a subscriber to Kathy Keats' "The Agility Coach" email Newsletter for a while and have enjoyed her thoughts on the mental…
Big, Fast, Fun Masters Course
15 Oct 2014
Until I arrived to set up a course last night I forgotten that I would have access to the whole training space for my course. With all the…
The Impact of Wings on Back Side Jump Wraps - Video
13 Oct 2014
I thought it would be interesting to see how our dogs set themselves up and jumped a Back Side with and without wings. So I setup a jump and…
Course for a Discriminating Team! Video
10 Jul 2014
I really like this fast moving course from class last week - it obviously has tunnel/A Frame discriminations but it has more: Serpentines…
Nested Masters/Master Challenge/Novice Fun Run Courses
28 May 2014
I dreamt up these nested courses for the Meeker's Pals Memorial Day Fun Run and they include all sorts of fun challenges. The equipment…
Rafael Quiñones "Minions" Practice Course - Video
25 May 2014
Rafael Quiñones was one of the judges at the USDAA North Central Regionals this year and prior to the trial he posted a fun exercise…
Backyard Skills Courses! Video
25 Apr 2014
As my backyard changed from mud to sparse grass I got the itch to set up a backyard sequence and came up with two "regular" and two…
Gabi Steppan Inspired Backyard Course - Video
12 Aug 2013
Here is her original course: I especially wanted to work the Back Sides at jump 2/19 and coming through the box in front of the A Frame…
Fuck You Canine Lymphoma!
19 Jul 2013
I'm not one for a lot of cursing, but I think this calls for it. For those of you following Agility Nerd on Facebook you'll have seen…
Happy Holiday Hiatus!
15 Dec 2012
Happy Holidays to all our agility pals! Here are the four boys in our holiday card. It was way too hard to wrangle them all into a single…
Petey Is Famous!
25 Aug 2012
Nancy was at the Bucktown Arts Fest in Chicago today and saw artist Christy Freeman. Christy had done a really nice watercolor of Meeker…
Flyer's First Swim
13 Nov 2011
Nancy and I take Milo and Petey to Splash Dog for swimming almost every week. Milo loves swimming and it is great exercise for him (he…
"Puppy"'s First Week
26 Sep 2011
Well "Puppy" has been with us for a week now and so much has gone on. He got carsick on his ride home. His eyes checked out OK. His trip to…
It's Puppy Day!
16 Sep 2011
It isn't happening as I had planned it, but today is the day! For over a year I've been researching breeders, admiring local dogs, asking…
Petey Tries Treibball
05 Mar 2011
Nancy heard they were offering Treibball classes at For Your K9 and thought it might be fun to try with Petey . Her friend came with…
Broken Meek
07 Jan 2010
Meeker is probably in the best condition he has ever been in. We've been doing exercise ball exercises 1-2 times a week and he has been…
Trial, Title and Tribulations
17 Jul 2009
Well a bunch of stuff has been going on since the Fourth of July, some good and some not so good. We went to For Your Canine for a CPE…
Ouch is Spelled...
30 Jan 2009
flexor digitorum superficialis. A couple weeks ago at class Meeker was laying in his crate and had wedged himself into a corner of it so…
It Takes a Foot of Snow and Three Days...
16 Jan 2009
Last weekend it snowed heavily and the backyard was filled with almost a foot of snow. I was off work on Friday so all three dogs were…
Meeker & Petey in Herding 101
06 Oct 2008
Well this time it was Nancy's doing. She signed us both up for a one day "Sheep Herding 101" workshop with trainer Kathy Kawalec in…
Dog Photos
27 Jul 2008
Nancy had to work all weekend so I've had all three dogs at my place this weekend. All four of us have been outside most of the time playing…
Unattended Equipment Safety
09 May 2008
I saw a tragic story come through on a number of agility email lists a couple weeks ago that I thought I should share it with those of you…
Just Say "Stop!"
05 May 2008
Nancy told me about her very scary and bizarre experience walking the dogs tonight. It happened when she was walking Milo and Petey…
The 'Perils' of Clicker Training
01 Apr 2008
Nancy recounts her experience with Petey at the vet's office. Back when Petey was just a pup we started clicker training him. It was a…
Meeker Turns Three
28 Mar 2008
Happy Birthday Meeker ! Today Meeker turned three years old. He's been with us just under two years (one more month until his adoption day…
Snow Angels?
04 Feb 2008
Nancy mentioned that I hadn't posted any pictures or videos of Petey in a while. He is approaching his 1st birthday and is now as big as…
How Petey Chose His Name
26 Nov 2007
Greetings everyone, this is Petey . Mom says I'd better get used to keeping a journal seeing as how, according to her, I am 'too smart for…
Dog Doings
14 Sep 2007
Well I've been really busy with work and haven't been updating my blog with any of our dog's activities. So here is an update along with…
Meeker's First Injury...
21 Jul 2007
Well crap, crap, and crap! Meeker and I were playing in the backyard in the morning this past Tuesday. We had been playing Frisbee and…
Petey Loves the Water
22 Jun 2007
Well it was in the low 90s here last weekend and we filled up the doggie pool for Milo , Meeker and Petey . Well it turns out Petey…