"Dogs are like a chocolate bar. You cannot just have one."

4/26/2009

Flagility!!!

This is my sister's Flat Coated Retriever Giaco - a.k.a "The Blog Clown" getting his try at Agility. What shall I say - he loves it! He's got nice speed and makes uneblieveably wide jumps, yet he manages to turn quickly or wind himself around easily if we change direction. He knocked off a few of those bars, but mostly it's my fault cause I either rush him or don't tell him early enough were we're headed. Bad case of "handler has to learn more than the dog"! Jump height is approximately 23 inches (60 metric centimeters). Though the tunnels are tied down with sandbags, he always will move them anyway. That dog is sheer power. Many thanks to my "filmteam" :-)

4/19/2009

A year ago today...

... we were there, doing this:

4/04/2009

Giaco - RBP II

Kora & Giaco (Giacomo umbra fida) today passed the RPB II, a basic retrieving test, with a 94/100 score. I'm quite proud :) Good teamwork!!

4/02/2009

Finally... Sunshine!

Usually I'm a "Winter-Wonderland"-Lover, but this year, we were in an out of rain and frankly, I couldn't stand it anymore. I was sick of getting soaking wet just from taking a 30 minute walk... but finally, spring has arrived! It's a really nice day today, so I took the camera along for our walk... see the results below... (these are *clickable* thumbnails).










Of course the dogs still managed to get wet!