Summer is here!?

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.