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Weavin’ Wednesdays

(Sing this to the tune of Maroon 5’s “Payphone.” Without Adam Levine’s really horrible falsetto. Think of Ne-Yo’s falsetto instead. Yeah, that’s it. Now sing.)

I’ve got a Payton, tryin’ to train him,
All of my change I spent on treats
Where has his brain gone,
Baby it’s all wrong,
Tryin’ to do these two by twos

Unfortunately every time I hear that song I FREAK out and practically kill myself trying to change the station, so I can’t parody the rest of the song because I have no idea how it goes.

BUT THAT IS NOT IMPORTANT.
LOOK AT THIS VIDEO.
Make sure you watch all the way to the end!

HE DID IT! Payton can weave!! This is the only time Payton is allowed to say “LOOK WHAT I CAN DO!” Yeaaaaaaah Pay!!

Training Challenge 9/17/12

As you know from Weavin’ Wednesday, last week’s schedule changed to suddenly include weave pole training for P. Surprise! Well, we’ll continue that this week. Maybe I can teach the baby dog to weave before there’s snow on the ground?
Auggie is having fun playing in the six weave poles as well. I don’t really need to work on his poles, they are his best obstacle, but he does enjoy them and it never hurts to refresh, so I’m letting him play after Payton.

M – W – F
Session 1:
Jump work
Set Point x3
Straight line x3
Straight line with height x3

Session 2:
Tunnel rear crosses (A)
Weaves

Session 3:
Weaves

T – R
Session 1:
Jump work
Set Point x3
Straight line x3
Straight line with height x3

Session 2:
Weaves

Session 3:
Table (A)
Weaves

Saturday and Sunday are Auggie’s last agility trial ever, so I will probably not take the time to train P during that weekend… I will be slightly preoccupied.

Painting Helpers

Yesterday was Payton’s annual. My new house is halfway to the new vet’s office, so Pay came to the new house with us while we painted yesterday. He was a very good boy, but I thought it was immensely unfair that HE got to be the first dog at the new house. So Auggie got to come today. My mom decided to also bring Georgie, and because that wasn’t fair to only take two, Pay came along today too.

All three dogs “helped” while I was painting my new master bedroom. Would you care to guess which of the three did NOT come home blue?


Can you tell from this photo??


AUGGIE decided to curl up in the corner of the room right up against two freshly painted walls. AUGGIE!!


You might not be able to see it – I didn’t see it until we all packed up to leave and then I went “hey, WAIT A SECOND.” It’s on her tail and there’s a small bit on her side too LOL. I have no idea when this even happened.

So PAYTON was the only dog who didn’t get in the paint! And he had TWO opportunities to get all painted, yesterday and today! What a good pupper.


The girlie, just because. Not the girlie I wish I was taking a photo of. I’m very unhappy because this house is taking a lot longer than I expected, and the longer it takes, the longer it takes to bring MY girlie home…

Someday. I hope it’s soon. =<