tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post5831898719230742695..comments2023-11-02T04:07:36.590-07:00Comments on team small dog: Getting ready for the Sylvia Trkman seminar by regressing into an insecure, hair wadded diva.team small doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980770631350927665noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-25638347902521781632009-11-28T11:32:33.858-08:002009-11-28T11:32:33.858-08:00So the seminar is going to be so much fun because ...So the seminar is going to be so much fun because all of us cool people are going to be there. And my dog knows no tricks - none - Altho I make my students teach tricks - but obviously I don't show them because I don't know how. Haha - that is really funny and bizarre. Bette does have her ADCH but partly due to the fact that I beg Rob M to walk me thru each and every course to show me how to handle it. What a saint that man is. Luckily I see he will be there Monday!!maryvwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-86780297958317159482009-11-23T14:27:19.735-08:002009-11-23T14:27:19.735-08:00I will be at the master handling day with Boost. B...I will be at the master handling day with Boost. Boost, who has attempted 36 Masters Jumpers courses and has not Qed on a single one. You might guess that we don't have our ADCH, either. <br /><br />Boost might know more than 4 tricks, but we're only auditing the tricks days. So I can pretend that she knows more than that.Elfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-66293452269253677912009-11-20T17:37:17.587-08:002009-11-20T17:37:17.587-08:00Ha ha! I just read the last part...I am pretty sur...Ha ha! I just read the last part...I am pretty sure NO ONE would mistake me for the best dog trainer in that crowd! Maybe I could win the best hair award?<br /><br />While I was typing that Gustavo ran out of the room with an ugg boot and tried to shred the already shredded toe.team small doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980770631350927665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-89445510904735355962009-11-20T17:26:13.342-08:002009-11-20T17:26:13.342-08:00Nah, I definitely wasn't thinking in terms of ...Nah, I definitely wasn't thinking in terms of agility or ADCh's when I picked out my dogs. Ruby was feral. Otterpop I only kept because she was too evil to rehome and she wouldn't have been able to stay alive. Gustavo I got because he was too hyper for a "normal pet home" and I just thought he was so cute. <br /><br />I just think I should be able to train them all good enough to get an ADCh. Ruby likely would have finished hers if she didn't go lame. Otterpop i KNOW she can do it someday if she doesn't stay lame. Gustavo, I dunno. I think if I was a good enough dog trainer, I could DO IT! My dogs are the best dogs in the world and champions and I think the best dogs should have ADCh's so I need to be a better trainer!team small doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980770631350927665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-47306007305903976382009-11-20T13:27:30.104-08:002009-11-20T13:27:30.104-08:00I didn't know you had a hang-up about those st...I didn't know you had a hang-up about those stupid 4 letters. Were you thinking about that when you heroically rescued each, er, *interesting* member of the Team? When I rescued my dog (who is just barely an ADCh) I had specified "no project dogs." Sylvia will think you are the best dog trainer there, is my prediction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-10468596781815158552009-11-20T10:59:11.170-08:002009-11-20T10:59:11.170-08:00I'll prolly never have an ADCh dog. My dogs wi...I'll prolly never have an ADCh dog. My dogs will prolly only ever get an APD. Three weenie, whimpy, lowly, sorry little letters. Still, Sylvia said my dog was good! She knows when they are good. And Gustavo she will know, even if he just screams and sees dead people.<br /><br />She will be kind, you'll see. She will LOVE Gustavo! And like Alaska says, I KNOW because I know you on the internet! And do the ADCh people have heathens anxiously awaiting Gu blog drippings?Amy Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10135074197511764649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-15271855406147657132009-11-20T08:07:56.521-08:002009-11-20T08:07:56.521-08:00I will be the only one with ADCh-less dogs though!...I will be the only one with ADCh-less dogs though!<br /><br />I have a big hangup about those 4 stupid letters.team small doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980770631350927665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-75640732911327185232009-11-20T07:17:51.296-08:002009-11-20T07:17:51.296-08:00They is at least one other handler at the seminar ...They is at least one other handler at the seminar FAR less experienced handler than you. With a boring dog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-89643627347462022482009-11-20T06:21:30.977-08:002009-11-20T06:21:30.977-08:00Hey it is like she is describing my dogs! This is ...Hey it is like she is describing my dogs! This is also good because I have this little uh, barking and loud screaming issue when the other dogs are having their turns.<br /><br />Yes, it's a Masters Handling seminar. I can't go to the Tricks class a different day. I guess it's the idea of being the least masterful one in the group. Character building.team small doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980770631350927665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-4527575324209186622009-11-20T00:33:31.662-08:002009-11-20T00:33:31.662-08:00Take Gustavo. Leave Ego.
Here are some Sylvia qu...Take Gustavo. Leave Ego.<br /><br />Here are some Sylvia quotes to inspire you:<br /><br />"I find well behaved dogs like my BC a little boring and prefer psycho dogs like La."<br /><br />"Bu is always behaved, Lo is mostly behaved and La is never behaved.:) And I guess you can guess that La is my favourite."<br /><br /><i>What about when you’re training your other dogs, are they allowed to bark and be crazy?</i> <br /><br />"Yes. They go nuts when I train with one of them and the other two are in a car."<br /><br />So. Aren't you going to the seminar to learn how to teach tricks to Gustavo, not show off the dog you already know how to teach tricks to?<br /><br />Take the dog you want to take. I'm just trying to help you see if from a different angle. And of course I only know Gustavo through the internet, so what do I know anyway?<br /><br />I know that I'd love to meet him. That I do know.Alaskanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-56279504103940209582009-11-19T13:05:44.885-08:002009-11-19T13:05:44.885-08:00Waaaaaaaa..........I am SO envious! You are on the...Waaaaaaaa..........I am SO envious! You are on the LIST! OMG, OMG, OMG. <br /><br />I once was on a list like that. I felt really special. She even said my dog was really good. That was two years ago. It drives me still. He has learned one new trick since then. But, he's still really good.<br /><br />Waaaaaaaaaaaa............I am SO envious! You are on the LIST. OMG, OMG, OMG.<br /><br />She is VERY nice and brushed her hair one morning! She looked like you that morning.<br /><br />I am not able to see her this year when she comes East. Darnit.........Amy Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10135074197511764649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-69275276108439596222009-11-19T09:38:08.519-08:002009-11-19T09:38:08.519-08:00Doing the seminar with Gustavo might be just what ...Doing the seminar with Gustavo might be just what you need to end up looking all pro with him like you do with Otterpop! Who cares what the others think of you? Besides, your blog is LIGHT YEARS BETTER than any of their blogs ;-)Lisa B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13396635060591062402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-5114610018187605842009-11-19T07:13:27.347-08:002009-11-19T07:13:27.347-08:00She does look very nice!
Running Otterpop makes m...She does look very nice!<br /><br />Running Otterpop makes me look competent and I like I've trained my dog. Gustavo, who I've trained on millions more hours, makes me look like a crazy beginner who just started agility foundation class except with contacts. Miraculously. If the teeter totter isn't evil.<br /><br />Ego.<br /><br />And I worry, when I get asked that question with Gustavo, Does he know any tricks? The same exact question I just asked a bunch of new students...<br /><br />Otterpop (and Ruby) know buckets of tricks. They are good circus dogs. If you just ask Otterpop to do a trick, she'll run thru a repetoire of 6 or so until you tell her which one or throw her toy. She's funny.<br /><br />Gustavo though...oh my. We try. In the last week, I've been teaching Otterpop this dumb little routine that gets more and more complicated and she runs backwards thru my legs and flips around and starts hopping backwards and it's funny and we just keep adding on to it. Ruby has started offering craziness such as running around and picking up every object she can get her teeth on and flinging them around which entertains me to no end and I'm calling her new trick because apparently I shaped this. During Gustavo's turns, we've just accomplished he can put both of his front feet on a shoe. And then go run off and look for cats. And forget how to do it the next time we try. That's it. He knows like 4 lame tricks.<br /><br />Ego of a frumpy diva.team small doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980770631350927665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-21341218596389498152009-11-19T00:41:01.086-08:002009-11-19T00:41:01.086-08:00Uno: Sylvia is going to LOVE Gustavo. He is her k...Uno: Sylvia is going to LOVE Gustavo. He is her kind of dog. You can't deprive her of the pleasure of meeting him.<br /><br />Dos: Recall that Sylvia has endless mountains to explore with her dogs, so she does have a slight advantage over your situation, what with evil park rangers and wildfires and the like hemming you in. I think that pretty much explains any slight differences there might be between her dogs and yours, don't you?<br /><br />Tres: You are in the seminar. That puts you ahead, way ahead, of all the rest of us whose names do not appear on that email list. Go forth and feel entitled. We heathens will be anxiously awaiting such blog drippings as come our way afterwards.Alaskanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-20142416728515638742009-11-18T23:37:43.311-08:002009-11-18T23:37:43.311-08:00I am looking forward to your post all about the Sy...I am looking forward to your post all about the Sylvia seminar! :-) She is very kind; you will be fine!OBay Sheltieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06350593537135339353noreply@blogger.com