Big Dog Fun! Agility Training

08/14/2024

A new session of classes will be starting September 16th. Contact me at [email protected] for more information or to sign up. (Foundations for Agility has 2-4 spots left)

07/28/2024

Jyl and Dybz playing the game in Montana! Congrats!

07/19/2024

Last week of classes for most, and it was a hot one! Congrats to all! We had some doggie ice cream treats to celebrate! Photo by Kaylee Davidson of Wish, Cardigan Corgi!

07/16/2024

Smoky here this morning from the "Texas" fire in Kendrick. If you have respiratory issues, consider wearing a mask to class. Hopefully it will clear up by class time.

07/09/2024

Tues. Intermediate class and private lesson are cancelled due to the heat. Weds. Pre-Comp and Comp make up class is cancelled.

07/06/2024

I will let everyone know on Monday if classes are going to be cancelled. The forecast looks a little better today!

07/04/2024

Agility dogs meet on the trail! Ritz (Aussie, owned by Marcia Gossard)and Mikan ( Corgi, owned by Scyler Li) hiking Kamiak Butte today!

07/04/2024

Beautiful photo by Marcia Gossard

07/04/2024

I’m sincerely hoping that the forecast is not correct. If it is, I will be cancelling classes.

06/23/2024

Beautiful day!

06/23/2024

Mich Powers and Chibi!

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/CJL6CSNoyj6fyJFK/?
Currently on NBC

06/16/2024

Congratulations to Kathleen and Piper, Ella and MacKay, and Karen and Chica for competing in your first trial!!! Your dogs were happy and you did a great job! Congrats also to Kaylee Davidson and Wish and Mandy Barner and Maggie ( not the first trial!) Thank you all for representing well, and volunteering! Looking forward to tomorrow!

06/03/2024

Congrats to Stacey/Finn and Dale/Shelby on a successful AKC weekend!

05/30/2024

Those of you planning on attending/volunteering at the Moscow AKC trial, please contact Denise Waiting at [email protected]

05/17/2024

Sunset for the competition class tonight!

05/11/2024

Pretty interesting, it makes sense!

Solar storms and how it may impact your dogs.

Scientific studies have repeatedly demonstrated that dogs are sensitive to geomagnetic changes.

Currently the earth is experiencing a powerful solar storm. It's effects on our dogs should not be underestimated. Especially our sensitive working dogs who are bred to have a heightened sense of direction. Dogs who are anxious or nervous may experience exacerbated symptoms. Dogs are sensitive to even small changes in the earth's magnetic field, this current storm is big and disruptive.

Epileptic dogs and people may be affected. There is a huge body of evidence relating to solar storms and seizures, have a little Google, there's too many relevant bits of literature to post here.

What can you do? Dogs are at increased risk of becoming disorientated in new environments, keep them on lead, in sight, have a heightened awareness of where they are. For dogs who rely on their sense of direction for work such as sheepdogs working hills, search and rescue dogs, tracking dogs, hunting dogs and trail dogs, it might be worth evaluating putting off any work where a dog may get lost. This is not me being a f***y either, I've already heard of a couple of normally savvy dogs becoming lost and disoriented in the north of Scotland, out of character for them.

In humans existing mental health conditions can worsen temporarily, particularly conditions caused by or associated with trauma, where your integral ability to orientate becomes distrupted and makes you feel unsafe, increasing anxiety and hypervigilance. This change in your presentation can also impact your dogs.

Just something to be aware of. As much as it sounds like hippy woo woo nonsense, I can assure you, it's a thing.

"the idea that animals can detect Earth’s magnetic field has traveled the path from ridicule to well-established fact in little more than one generation. Dozens of experiments have now shown that diverse animal species, ranging from bees to salamanders to sea turtles to birds, have internal compasses. Some species use their compasses to navigate entire oceans, others to find better mud just a few inches away."

https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article/61/3/29/413382/Magnetoreception-in-animalsDetermining-how-animals

(Google stock image)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259472878_Dogs_are_sensitive_to_small_variations_of_the_Earth's_magnetic_field

05/06/2024

New session of classes opening. Start date: May 27. Contact [email protected] to register for classes.

05/01/2024

Our new receptionist will be available to answer any questions you may have about upcoming classes!

04/14/2024

Kaylee and Wish, Stacey and Finn and Dale and Shelby did a little AKC agility this weekend! Way to go!

04/14/2024

Misty and Hagrid(Chihuahua)tackling the teeter in the Pre-Competition class!

04/08/2024

Good idea!

04/06/2024

03/14/2024

Foundations for Agility class open for enrollment! e-mail [email protected] to sign up!

03/07/2024

We will be opening a new Foundations for Agility class beginning April 1st. Please e mail me at: [email protected] for more information!

02/29/2024

I too have had Kuranda beds for many years. You’ve heard me talk about elevated bed work. Not only are they indestructible, and the dogs and puppies love them, but they are great for training! If you are looking for a bed, or training aid check them out, and help ASCA at the same time!

02/28/2024

The intermediate classes rocked tonight’s exercise! Wraps, post turns and backy uppies! Great job!!!