AZ Canine Experience

Today was the AZ Canine Experience. I *thought* there was going to be tables and chairs provided, and that we'd be in the shade, but well, it seems I was wrong on ALL accounts! Shannon, and Karen let me swipe a table from the registration area, and I swiped a chair too! Everyone around me had easy ups (as you can see), but I braved the sun! :)

I made the little banner last night.... swiped some butcher paper from school and made the banner look as best I could..... I'm thinking it might be time for the local group to get a banner put together ;-) I'll start looking into that soon :)

We were next to the GSD's, and it wasn't long before Sedona was making friends :)

This is little 12 week old "Story". She was SUCH a cutie, and Sedona was rolling over on her back for the baby.... TOO cute!


Rita showed up with Gypsy, too, so Sedona and Chance gave Gypsy a good sniffing and a quick little wrestling session :)
Kota was involved too, but for some reason was not in any of the pictures.... but I got this nice one of him as they were hanging in the shade provided by the table ;-)


Before we left, I made sure to get the obligatory picture of the kids in front of our little "booth" :)
By 12:15pm, i was fried and had to leave... I got there at 8am. Four hours was all I could stand sitting directly in the sun. It was a cool event tho. I wish I had been able to go and check everything out! :)

Kota's exciting news!!!!!

Kota has been in the "Advanced Obedience and Intro to Agility 2" course for the last 5 weeks at MLF Dogsports in Queen Creek... you all have been subjected to my weekly summary of how our classes were each night ;-)

He hasn't been in a formal training class of any sort since he was a young dog.... gosh, less than a year old??

On our way into the AZ Canine Experience today, I was approached by my instructor who after my dogs all mauled her, asked me "Hey, would you want to be in our Foundation 1 class?"

My jaw dropped for a bit and I realized what she was asking me!

SHE WAS INVITING US TO THE NEXT LEVEL!!!!!!!

FOUNDATION 1
This is a beginning agility class that teaches the dogs and handlers the correct performance of the obstacles. Obedience and familiarization with the obstacles is required for this class. Students are invited into this class upon completion of the Obedience and Agility Intro. 2 class. The dogs must learn to work with their handlers and stay focused on the job at hand. The instructor determines when the student is ready to move on to the next level.

They stressed to us that it's not uncommon for many dog/handler teams to repeat Obedience and Intro to Agility a couple of times before moving on into Foundations, but Kota really impressed her and she thought we worked really well. I told her I was SHOCKED because the night Cindy came to observe was Kota's worst night! She agreed, but said that overall we work really well as a team and she thought we could move on. I am STILL amazed!!

So one more class of Intro, and Kota and I will be moving on into the Foundations class!!!

EEEK!!!!! I'm SOOO happy for Kota, cuz I KNOW he's gonna just LOVE it! :)

the 8 things

I got tagged by Tavia - gee, thanks Tavs! :P

8 Favorite Foods
Pad Thai
Crab
Chicken Spaghetti
BBQ Ribs
Homemade chili
Homemade tamales
Edamame
Sushi

8 Things I Did Today
Fed dogs
went to the AZ Canine Experience
Sat in the hot sun for 4 hours
Drove a total of 2 hours
Checked email
Squeeled with excitement
drank a soda
worked on the CWCCA Newsletter

8 Favorite Stores
Walmart

Target

Kohls

PetSmart

Bed Bath & Beyond

Cost Plus World Market

DSW

Lane Bryant

8 Favorite Restaurants
Market Broiler

Red Lobster

McCormick’s

Chipotle

Applebee’s

Chili’s

Ray’s

Outback

8 Things I Look Forward To
Falling in love with a wonderful man
Marrying said man

Christmas

Buying a house

Finishing Sedona’s Championship

Finishing Chance’s Championship

Starting full on agility with Dakota

Having my mom visit

8 Things I Like To Do With Family
Go shopping

Talk

Look at old pictures

Play games

Visit other family

Reminisce

share pictures

just spend time :)

8 Things On My Wish List
HDTV

A house

A marriage proposal ;-)

A money tree

A happy family
to get in shape again

more materials for my job

to get an extreme make over :P

8 People I Tag
Richelle

Kate

Kim

Ariel

Megan

Emily

Penni

Jeri