Pacific Northwest Adventures

Was a beautiful day today so took off with the boys to the mountains.  Was much needed and we had such a lovely day.  Also, finally got around to using my camera and took some proper photos. 🙂

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2018 Update

In January we relocated to Oregon.  A dream come true.  Packed my stuff and my dogs in my little car and we made the 35hr journey with smooth sailing.  The weather here is lovely and mild and the area is full of nature and amazing views.  We have a big yard with lots of land and the dogs have been enjoying lots of walks.

Mayhem and Zae are entered in a trial in Albany, OR this weekend. Zae is entered in both premier runs sat/sun too.  Lots of ring time !  Running in horse arenas will be a bit of a change for both dogs but longterm will be better.  More space and better footing. I am super excited and looking forward to spending time with dogs and friends for the weekend.

However, the dogs haven’t seen equipment in 8+ months. With getting the stars to align in order to move for some time I was not doing agility.  Not wanting to commit to entering a trial in one state when I was looking to leave to another. 🙂  And just taking a break and not taking the time to drive an hour each week to train dogs and worked instead.

So I took a day off and made the 3.5hr drive up to Salem and back just to train the dogs.  Had to make sure we didn’t forget everything.  🙂  The barn is absolutely amazing with great surface sad it is so far away.  Working with the dogs was really fun.  Time off is always golden and of course after a lengthy break we have some skills to repolish and I have to get back in sync with handling myself. 🙂  But love these dogs ❤️


Also, stay tuned for details on PyrWild classes coming to the Medford area ! And for everyone else not in Southern Oregon, I offer plenty of remote, online learning options and help. 🙂 See Training

KC International Agility Festival 2017

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B.A.S.E. & KC’s International Agility Fest 2017

Zae and I will travel to Germany this August to compete at the Berger Agility Sommer Event in Borkin, DE and then the travel to England by caravan for the next weekend at the Kennel Clubs International Agility Festival.  B.A.S.E. is an international all pyrshep competition.  Many of Zae’s relatives will be there along with tons of other amazing pyrsheps!   I am looking forward to seeing friends old and new.  🙂  KC Fest is a huge four day event outdoors.
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Recently we had competed outdoors one day and there was a chance it could rain.  Everyone was hoping the weather held off while I was secretely hoping that it rained for practice for Zae.  :o)  He had only competed outdoors once before many months ago so and much to my approval it did rain for our first run in the morning quite steadily.  The surface was safe just a wet hazey rainy morning.  Zae was completely unphased and ran great.  Good dog.  Sometimes he’s just too easy and perfect in his own way.  That being said, little princess Mayhem who does NOT like the rain actually did run (I completely expected nothing out of him…but you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take right, ha!) and Q’d!

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I am looking forward to traveling, spending some extra time and going on extra adventures with my little skipskap.  Regardless of how he may or may not do at any of these competitions the trip will be a wonderful time.  At B.A.S.E. we are going for the fun and novelty of it (and cool that we are coming from the USA for it as I’m sure not many are) but I do not expect anything out of Zae’s level at the event.  He is a young dog and has come a long way and I look forward to continuing to grow as a team with him over time.  What is most important are the little beautiful moments…they are building blocks.  And KC Fest is just a bonus for fun.  My intentions are to just have fun and take it all in stride with Zae.  It will be good practice and a fun first ‘international’ or large event for him.  I am thinking of it as a like a training boot camp and not as a competition.  See what skills we do have, see where we can improve and train better.

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As for now we are mostly on an agility break.  Mayhem recently earned QQ #10 putting him halfway to his championship!!  And Zae passed the CGC test (a temperament test).  I really do adore these PyrWild doggies. 🙂

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(also, I gotta say my entry fee for KC fest 12 runs could maybe get me 3 runs in the USA :o) sooo lucky over there! ha)