We’re all tired. It’s been two weekends in a row of dog shows. First the 4-day Harvest Moon Cluster in California, and then this weekend’s Vancouver Kennel Club show. This is my three favorite mammals, just after our nap this afternoon: But not to complain. We had a great time, and a lot of success. [...]
Archive for October, 2010
Tooey’s last show, but not Cooper’s
Posted in dog shows / conformation, Realta Rosario Cooper, Stanegate Second Thoughts, tagged conformation, dog, dog show, dogs, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS on October 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
soon-to-be-official Rally Novice
Posted in dog shows / conformation, life with dog, Stanegate Second Thoughts, tagged dog, dog show, dogs, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS grooming on October 30, 2010 | 3 Comments »
As soon as the AKC gets to recording it, Tooey will add another title, so her name will be Ch. Stanegate Second Thoughts RN. Or spelled out: Champion Miss Tooey Rally Novice. Tooey earned her third qualifying score today in the Rally Novice A class at the Vancouver Kennel Club show. It was a respectable [...]
abandoning our SLO experiment
Posted in dog healthcare, Realta Rosario Cooper, Symmetrical Lupoid Onychodystrophy, tagged dog, dogs, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, SLO treatment, Symmetrical Lupoid Onychodystrophy on October 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Well, today we discovered a badly split nail. Looking back at our records, since starting our reduced-tetracycline-&-niacinimide experiment on Sept 15, I can see that Cooper has had 2 minor-ish splits and today’s 1 bad split. Prior to that, on the full dose of tetracyline-&-niacinimide, plus the herbs, we had 11 weeks of no split [...]
dogs in cars in California
Posted in life with dog, tagged dogs in cars, dogs in crates, dogs in hot cars on October 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As you may have read in yesterday’s blog entry, two times the same man threatened to call the Humane Society because I had kept my dogs in crates in the car over night. He said that it’s illegal in California to keep dogs in cars overnight. Here’s a link to the actual statute for California: [...]
unfortunate incident at the dog show hotel
Posted in dog shows / conformation, life with dog, tagged angry threats, dog, dog show hotels, dog shows, dogs on October 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
This last weekend, I attended the Harvest Moon cluster of dog shows (at which I had a great time). I, like a lot of dog show folks, stayed at a nearby hotel. After two threatening incidents in the hotel parking lot, I may not stay there ever again. We had a medium sized room with [...]
Champion Miss Tooey and Major Mr. Cooper
Posted in dog shows / conformation, Realta Rosario Cooper, Stanegate Second Thoughts, tagged conformation, dog, dogs, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS on October 24, 2010 | 9 Comments »
It’s not official. I’m not supposed to actually make this claim on any entry form for any AKC event. So unofficially, just between us — Tooey is now Ch. Stanegate Second Thoughts. She took Winners Bitch at the Del Valle dog show today, which gives her that last point she needed to get her championship. [...]
Maybe the dogs aren’t barking at nothing
Posted in life with dog, Realta Rosario Cooper, Stanegate Second Thoughts, tagged coyotes in the city, dog, dogs, dogs and coyotes, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS on October 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Frequently — I’d say once or twice a day at least — Cooper and Tooey will start alarm-barking. They run stiff-leggedly to the front door in the living room and bark. Often I’ll go over to the door, open it, look out, and see nothing. No cars, no pedestrians, no dogs, no cats, no squirrels [...]
how not to hunt with your Irish Water Spaniel
Posted in life with dog, tagged dog, dogs, Irish Water Spaniel on TV, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS on October 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The beginning few minutes of the following video clip shows how not to hunt with your Irish Water Spaniel. It’s from an old British TV show called the “The Irish RM,” which often features an IWS named Maria. The clip also shows an unfortunately public example of “the spaniel handle.” Good the thing the dog [...]
A Day of Ducks, Dogs, and Water
Posted in dog training, hunting / hunt training, life with dog, Realta Rosario Cooper, Stanegate Second Thoughts, water dog, tagged Avery Outdoors, dog, dogs, hunt training, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, Sutter Bay Retrievers, Tellus Calhoun on October 4, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Everything converged to make a great training day. The company Avery Outdoors, a maker of duck hunting gear and dog training equipment, sponsors a number of professional dog trainers, including Tellus Calhoun of Sutter Bay Retrievers. On Saturday, we joined Tellus and Tracy for a very full day of land and water retrieves, and with [...]
My two favorite boys
Posted in life with dog, Realta Rosario Cooper, tagged dog, dog photos, dogs, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS on October 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
