Wow, summer arrived hotter than normal here in Central PA. To say that the seasons so far this year have been "odd" is a bit of an understatement. Swing and I wonder what the second half of the year will be like.
I've neglected the blog even though I know all of the M&M kids have been busy. Swing and I participated in a Greg Strong handling seminar the weekend of June 16-17 just to name one of the things that we've done since the last post. More on that seminar in the next post (and I promise to do that before the beginning of July). We have not accomplished a lot in training this month, the human part of the equation had to make a trip to VA Beach for a week, Dodge had an agility and an obedience trial to go to and oh yeah... the trip to Dover for the NASCAR race! But we are picking up again and our goal is to have the foundation of "stay" in place by the end of July.
Let's hear from the rest of the gang. What are your goals for this summer? I've decided to focus more on obedience with Dodge (we've been having some growing pains and struggling with Open and mostly because of the lack of consistency on my part). The "stay" gremlin that I feared would plague us (Murphy's Law, I worried about it so much that I believe I created the problem) needs to be conquered and hopefully Swing will benefit from just one of the mistakes I have made with him. And both of them will do a little tracking when the weather permits so that we can be ready for the winter tests (maybe Swing will be ready to certify by late fall). Of course we will do a lot of playing and enjoying hanging out and perhaps we'll get the chance to visit with friends as well.
Next post will have info on the Strong seminar and some pictures from the spring. Welcome to summer everyone! Stay cool, safe and don't forget to share your adventures with the rest of us.
Swing & Hank
Swing (L), Hank (R)
June 27, 2012
June 5, 2012
Happy Birthday M&M pups!
One year ago today our crew arrived thanks to the efforts of our fabulous breeders, Amy Anderson, Laura Lauffer and Mary Ann Richards. Without the cooperation and knowledge of the pedigree our wonder pups would not be the up and coming bunch that they will be. Ok, the owners have a major roll in that area but it goes without saying that these girls did a great job choosing the right sire and dam to produce our monsters (geez, did I say that out loud? <wink>). I've tried to report on various activities/antics our bunch have engaged in over the last 10 months and I hope everyone will continue to provide me with stories, videos and pictures as we all move forward with our goals for these guys. And hopefully we will get to see each other at some point in our travels this next year as we continue to enjoy our pups.
Speaking of video, I was going back through my mail and realized that I did not report on Milo's swimming experience last month. For those of you that did not see/read the story, here it is...
We took Milo swimming this Friday. After some initial hesitation, Milo
started enjoying his time in the water. After a half hour of swimming he
was one tired boy. As we all know, a tired Weimaraner is a good
Weimaraner.
In case you are interested the facility is Canine Fitness Center
888-711-7947 . The instructor was very good and the price for a half hour
session is reasonable.
It looks like Milo did enjoy himself and I'm sure he'll get the chance to do some more swimming this year. Swing and Hank will probably enjoy our friends pool this year when we are at the farm training but maybe we can meet up with Milo at some point as well.
Ann and I took our crew to a nice creek while we were in NY a few weeks ago. Ella has had very little exposure to water and Stanford will wade in up to his chest. With the help of my guys (even Dirk, who has very limited vision, got his feet wet) those two were slopping around in the creek trying to steal Dodge's pheasant and chasing sticks, etc. The water wasn't very high but it was a good experience and now I've got a young lady that want to stomp through every puddle (muddy or not) around!
Spring has returned to Central PA, it's been cool and cloudy/drizzly for the last day and today does not look like things will improve. It's all good though, I'm not in a hurry to see summer arrive in full force yet. I hope all is well in everyone's part of the country and stay tuned, I hope to have more to post this coming year!
Speaking of video, I was going back through my mail and realized that I did not report on Milo's swimming experience last month. For those of you that did not see/read the story, here it is...
We took Milo swimming this Friday. After some initial hesitation, Milo
started enjoying his time in the water. After a half hour of swimming he
was one tired boy. As we all know, a tired Weimaraner is a good
Weimaraner.
In case you are interested the facility is Canine Fitness Center
888-711-7947 . The instructor was very good and the price for a half hour
session is reasonable.
It looks like Milo did enjoy himself and I'm sure he'll get the chance to do some more swimming this year. Swing and Hank will probably enjoy our friends pool this year when we are at the farm training but maybe we can meet up with Milo at some point as well.
Ann and I took our crew to a nice creek while we were in NY a few weeks ago. Ella has had very little exposure to water and Stanford will wade in up to his chest. With the help of my guys (even Dirk, who has very limited vision, got his feet wet) those two were slopping around in the creek trying to steal Dodge's pheasant and chasing sticks, etc. The water wasn't very high but it was a good experience and now I've got a young lady that want to stomp through every puddle (muddy or not) around!
Spring has returned to Central PA, it's been cool and cloudy/drizzly for the last day and today does not look like things will improve. It's all good though, I'm not in a hurry to see summer arrive in full force yet. I hope all is well in everyone's part of the country and stay tuned, I hope to have more to post this coming year!
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