Showing posts with label Hoagie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hoagie. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Video evidence of my insanity.

I present the long awaited video of our first Canine Freestyle performance!  (There are two run throughs of our routine on the video.)



This was taken at our last Freestyle class at Gentle Touch Pet Training back in February.   I got a bit lost towards the end of the 1st run, but I think we faked-it alright. 

Hoagie did fantastically, especially considering he had a bit of a traumatic run in with another dog in the class.  One of our classmates lost control of her dog during their routine, and he decided to be a bit forward greeting Hoagie.  As I may have stated before, Hoagie isn't exactly the "meet and greet" type when it comes to unfamiliar dogs.  With the help of Ivy and Teah, we were able to break things up, and after a little breather, Hoagie came out ready to shake his tail for a second run.

Despite the drama, everyone in the class did really well.  It was truly entertaining watching everyone work with their canine dance partners.  Between our performances I was able to get some great photos of all our classmates.  The pictures came  out a bit blurred due to the low light in the room, but let's just pretend they are intentionally dramatic action shots! (and not just due to me avoiding distracting the dogs with the camera flash).

Donna and Booker

Their pink theme was adorable!

Taz the Golden rockin' it!

Shiraz the cocker lookin' cute!

Teah, the owner of Gentle Touch with her English Cocker, Shamie.

I love the look on Teah's face in this picture.

Our starting pose.

Awesome figure eights!

Toe touches!

High five!  Ta-da!

Hopefully we will be able to continue working on our freestyle routine as we learn more moves and improve our skills.  We had lots of fun and look forward to plenty more doggy-dancing silliness!  Enjoy the video, but be nice, it's our first attempt.  Thanks, as always for reading!

P.S.  You can keep updated on all our pup related exploits by liking Short Paws blog on Facebook!  Thanks!

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Resolutions and Requests

Let me start by stating that I'm not particularly one for resolutions.  I tend to consider myself a bit of an "obsessionist" and therefore easily distracted by the next exciting project, interest, or shiny object.  This isn't something about myself I'm necessarily fond of, but I've come to accept it as one of my many personality flaws.  Now that I think of it, perhaps my obsessionist tendencies are partially why I relate to dogs...

Need I say more?
Anyway, I digress.  My dislike for resolutions is occasionally overwhelmed by my desire for self-betterment.
This year I have given in and made a couple resolutions.  The two that concern ya'll are that I have resolved to: A.) Work with and train the dogs on a more regular basis, and B.) Blog more often.

So far I'm doing fairly well on both accounts, but it is only January, and being both a realist and an obsessionist, I see the impending need for some form of external motivation.  That's where YOU come in!  I am interested in what you, my faithful readers would be interested in seeing more of in this blog.

I can tell you now that, although I liked doing them, I'm not prepared to do too many more of my stick figure drawing.  They are simply too time consuming.  (I know, I know, they are stick figure drawings, but have you ever tried to draw with a mouse in MS Paint and make it look like something recognizable?)

Good grief.
I'm still going to post training updates, and report on any activities, classes, or trials I attend with the pups.  That's what I started this blog to record.

Hoagie always wants more posts about how awesome he is!
Would ya'll like to see more training information?  Videos and articles?  Would you be interested in book reviews?  Cute pictures?  A bit of everything?  Anything you would like to see less of?  I've put a poll on the side bar for easy voting, and also on the Short Paws Blog Facebook page.  Feel free to comment below.  We'd love to hear from you!



Saturday, December 31, 2011

Happy New Year 2012!

Happy New Year from all of us!  Wishing you a happy and healthy 2012!

As you can see, we are a house full of party animals...

The pups both fell asleep watching Kathy Griffin make Anderson Cooper feel awkward.  I guess they just don't appreciate comedy gold.

Have a fun and safe New Years Eve, however you spend it!


Saturday, December 24, 2011

Merry Christmas!


Merry Christmas!
 
 
Just a quick note to say Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our home to you.  Wishing you and yours much health and happiness in the coming New Year!

Much love,
Carol, Stew, Draco, Pesto, Hoagie and Pretzel