Leland and I decided to kick out a roommate to prepare for our upcoming month. Maybe we didn't choose to kick her out...but maybe it's better that way. School starts for me monday and it's going to be a tough quarter to say the least. BUT we have a LOT of dog shows so that should lift the spirits!
We're looking for 300 points by the end of october. Tough...VERY tough. If we have 6 days of showing, that's 50 points a day. I think we'll settle for 20 points a day for 120 points. Then we'll need.... 750-380 which equals.... 370 points left to get before april. UGH. Pray for us. Most for my sanity ;-)
Friday, September 12, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
September 6-7, 2008 Trial
This last weekend Calvin and his mom, Ann and me, Leland, and my mom drove to Cleveland for the Shetland Sheepdog Club of North-something Ohio. I can't remember the name-I've been calling it the Cleveland trial in early september ;-) Anyway...Saturday was kind of a disaster. Leland started the day off Q'ing in Excellent B Standard with 10 points. Not great, but a Q. Then we NQ'd with one refusal in Excellent B Jumpers :( No QQ :( Calvin BARELY NQ'd in Excellent A Jumpers with 1 baby refusal and then out of the blue knocked the double in open standard! It was such a nice run before the 2nd to last jump :(( Sunday was way better-Leland QQ'd for 21 points. Calvin NQ'd in Excellent A Jumpers with a refusal again but it was so freakin fast and smooth other than that!! He was the ONLY DOG in all of 8, 12, and 16 inch Open Standard to Q..so FIRST PLACE! AND FAST! He was freakin amazing. I am SO lucky to get to run such an AMAZING little black boy =) And of course I am so lucky to have Leland to run =)
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Mission: Not-So-Impossible
So maybe not impossible but REALLY REALLY hard. I was calculating Leland's NADAC legs and disocvered he's in elite jumpers and regular. He has his EAC already and is 3 runs away from his EJC. We only need 19 regular legs (yes, seems like a lot-but we totally ROCK in regular) and then 19 jumpers legs (again, we TOTALLY ROCK at jumpers, too!) until NATCh.
But here's the Mission Impossible part: we only have out novice chances title and 1 leg in open chances. Team Leland needs 14 more chances Q's for NATCh. It's not impossible but it's sure darn hard. We suck at chances. And why do we suck? Not Leland's fault...ALL MINE. That tape just throws me for a loop. Leland's so freakin steady he could do it-he's just also a velcro dog so I need to work on MY technique on this whole distance thing.
And we're not ever worrying about AKC's FAST class. We have our NF and 1 leg towards OF. And it doesn't mean diddly for MACh ;-)
My ultimate goal: for Leland's name to be... (you ready?)
Notice how we don't have ANY of those titles? haha. As Walt Disney said...
Only this isn't impossible-it's all about positive attitude, consistancy, and persistance. Right now we have the last two and I'm working on the positive attitude all the time ;-)
But here's the Mission Impossible part: we only have out novice chances title and 1 leg in open chances. Team Leland needs 14 more chances Q's for NATCh. It's not impossible but it's sure darn hard. We suck at chances. And why do we suck? Not Leland's fault...ALL MINE. That tape just throws me for a loop. Leland's so freakin steady he could do it-he's just also a velcro dog so I need to work on MY technique on this whole distance thing.
And we're not ever worrying about AKC's FAST class. We have our NF and 1 leg towards OF. And it doesn't mean diddly for MACh ;-)
My ultimate goal: for Leland's name to be... (you ready?)
NATCh ADCh MACh Litilann's Catch Me If You Can
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible"
Only this isn't impossible-it's all about positive attitude, consistancy, and persistance. Right now we have the last two and I'm working on the positive attitude all the time ;-)
I wanted to add this video as living proof that Leland and I rock the socks off of most runs. This is the June Cleveland All Breed Trial (I think it's June...sometime this summer ;-) )
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Adventure One: Getting on the web
It's been a LONG time coming, but we finally made it to the web!!
I tried blogging on other sites (Dogster.com, WagAndBrag.com, Freewebs, etc.) but between how hard it is to create a pretty blog and trouble signing in...we're on our own and it feels GREAT! I plan on using this as a training and trialing log for Leland, updates on Jett's retirement career (modeling, acting, and therapy dog work), and competition calendar. Hopefully soon it will be about our amazing wins at big shows =)
If you've ever had the pleasure of reading anything else about the WILD Poodles...you know that our signature color is purple thanks to our club, Wild Weavers of Ohio. But we're breaking away from purple for one and only one reason: it's girly. I know I know, I'm a girl and I LOVE LOVE LOVE purple. But my 2 boys have enough problems being big, white fluffy poodles. They don't need to be called girls because I chose purple. So we're going with green. Green is Jett's color and let's be honest-Jett really started the WILD Poodles!
I tried blogging on other sites (Dogster.com, WagAndBrag.com, Freewebs, etc.) but between how hard it is to create a pretty blog and trouble signing in...we're on our own and it feels GREAT! I plan on using this as a training and trialing log for Leland, updates on Jett's retirement career (modeling, acting, and therapy dog work), and competition calendar. Hopefully soon it will be about our amazing wins at big shows =)
If you've ever had the pleasure of reading anything else about the WILD Poodles...you know that our signature color is purple thanks to our club, Wild Weavers of Ohio. But we're breaking away from purple for one and only one reason: it's girly. I know I know, I'm a girl and I LOVE LOVE LOVE purple. But my 2 boys have enough problems being big, white fluffy poodles. They don't need to be called girls because I chose purple. So we're going with green. Green is Jett's color and let's be honest-Jett really started the WILD Poodles!
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