We have a "guest" at the house. Her name is Ziva and she has her own blog. Well it isn't HER blog, but it is a way to keep her owner in touch with her while she's across the pond visiting friends in England. So feel free to click on the link to read about her adventure at what I'm calling "Camp Jill".
Since we have Ziva most of my effort has been put in to writing about her. But life isn't all about her in my house, Swing and Dodge and Dirk are still my main pups and let me tell you, they are all very good with Ziva. I am very fortunate that my dogs have always accepted other dogs that I've brought in to the house. I believe it is a testament to good temperament and great personalities. Swing is having a great time with this new playmate. She has to be reminded to go a little easy on her in the yard since she's use to wrestling and slamming in to Dodge. But she's doing much better and I think she'll miss the red and white girl when she goes back to her owner next weekend (yep, she's with us for almost 2 weeks).
The EZ Wicket that I ordered a month ago finally arrived last night and I just couldn't wait to use it. It's a very nice piece of equipment, lightweight and very durable looking. I wish I had it the night before because Howard wants to know exactly what Beau's height is. We'll get that measurement next time we see them. In the meantime Swing's height is 25 1/4 inches at the withers and hopefully she'll drop a little once she comes in to heat and her chest drops. Dodge stands 26 1/8 inches, definitely not the 27 inches that the official agility VMO measured him at (and if obedience required height cards you can bet that I'd have him re-measured). Ziva is too short to measure since the smallest height this wicket can register is 17 inches.
My guys are on a short break from shows at this time. Swing will show in a couple of weekends at a small show outside of Allentown and then Dodge will take center stage for a few weeks playing in the obedience and agility rings. My retraining, or should I say re-working, of his ring confidence and attitude in obedience continues and we'll be showing in Beginner Novice to get us through this bump that turns out is much bigger than I realized. Once again I hope to have him back in the Open ring this fall to go for his CDX.
Good luck to all of Swing's siblings in whatever adventures they are embarking on. We'd love to see you guys again some time.
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