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I’m a retired English instructor, now devoted full-time to training, showing and enjoying my spaniels in many sports.
I’m an English college instructor by trade, a dog trainer by vocation. And lifelong baseball fan.

Month: June 2011

  • A Tale of Three Trials

    I’m feeling exhausted but happy from a demanding schedule of 3 trial weekends in the last 5 weeks, occurring at the end of a school year.  Roz finished us up with a bang, by earning her second novice leg yesterday at the Puyallup shows and a 1st place!  Her score was a very respectable 196. …

  • Sometimes tears, sometimes joy

    Life with performance animals can be such a roller coaster ride of tearful disappointment and loss and in the next moment, exhilarating joy.   In my last post, I wrote about Kani possibly having to retire.  That’s now been decided.  A urine culture told us that Kani is carrying FOUR pathogens, two of which are highly resistent…