Lindsay, Heffner, and Bess' Page!

Phew! I've been so busy with the dogs that trying to keep up with different groups and staying in touch with people has gone a bit by the way side.:( To try and help keep up with everything and let everyone know what we're up to (and let them know that I'm not ignoring or neglecting them on purpose!!), I've started my own blog!! http://lifewithbigdogs.blogspot.com/

I'm having a lot of fun with it! It's sort of helping me get some sort of creative juice out there. I used to do a ton of scrapbook… Continue

This weekend Heffner and I had our very first agility trial!! It was so exciting! It was a CPE trial down in Corvallis. I had him entered in Standard, Colors, and Wildcard on Sat. and Snookers, Standard, and Jumpers on Sun. I think that Sat. was about finding a groove and getting used to the new arena because he was definitely more distracted. Colors was kind of all over the place, but we did get first place in his height division! Just no Q. Wildcard went really well and we Qed with another fir… Continue

First of all WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!! Bess got her first point yesterday at the Willamette Valley Kennel Club show in Salem under judge Mr. Edward F Lyons Jr.! And she did it in a pretty big way. She went Winner Bitch, which secured her the point. Then she went Best of Winners and Best Opposite Sex over two specials! There weren't quite enough danes entered for her to get the bump up to two points for the carry over. But I am just too thrilled!! We've been working really hard and she's been getting… Continue

Yesterday Heffner and I did an agility fun match put on by the Columbia Agility Team (CAT)! This is the second one that we've been to and it's been a really great experience both times! Since we haven't entered a trial as of yet, I figured this would be great for us to both get a more laid back feel for what a trial is actually going to be like. It's definitely a lot different walking the course myself and trying to figure out where I need to be, how I need to cue Heffner, and what speed I need… Continue

This morning Heffner, Bess, and I were part of the Teddy Bear Parade in Gresham! We went to support the Willamette Valley Great Dane Rescue. It was a lot of fun! There were a lot of people and dogs there as well as plenty of horses. Thankfully Heffner was on leash, so there were no horse chasing incidents! Our little group of danes were decked out with their teddy bears and proudly marched along the parade route. Unfortunately Bess had to go #2 about half way through. Nothing like going to the b… Continue