#and my first sport dog

[caniscorvidae]

howdy dogblr. after what felt like an eternity, i’ve finally welcomed home Kiwi! i can’t wait to see what adventures we’ll tackle together.

#he’s my first dog as an adult #and my first sport dog #not the best pictures but im using my phone and running low on sleep and time haha #anyways im finally ready to be a full participant of dogblr #this is a side account fyi #kiwi dog #sheltie #shetland sheepdog #10 weeks #2023 #dogblr #new dogblr #op #i love him #my main is archetypalcorvidae

[kazoologist]

congratulations to Mme. Pascale Leclerc, who has surely just experienced both the funniest and most unhinged weekend a mother could ever have. Dear fucking christ, I hope your middlest son brought you a bottle of champagne for yourself, ma'am.

#kazoo noises #charles leclerc #cl16 #monaco gp 2024 #zoomies posting #sports posting #like man. where to begin. one of your racecar children is back in town for the weekend. he has yet to have a truly good work #weekend it seems in town. now this year. we're feeling ourselves a bit. we're feeling optimistic even. and then ur son becomes talk of town #because he keeps doing fucking bits on twitter about adopting his coworker who is friends with your youngest son. this goes on long enough #for actual reporters to comment on it. no one is willing to blink first so by friday night we've yes-anded ourselves to a grandson #(congratulations mme leclerc) #things go well. and then at qualifying they go DAMN WELL #BETTER THAN EVER REALLY! but man. im superstitious. i dont trust shit until its over and the dust has cleared #(the adoption jokes have continued by the way) and MEANWHILE everyone is eyeing that starting grid. were humming. we're making vague hand #gestures when commenting. we're all thinking. Maybe? (the streets can hear u tho. keep it down) #race starts. lap one CHAOS. so many fucking crashes. i'd faint if i had a child even in karting honestly. #(every parent in this sport deserves a prescription for laudanum) #but he's not in it. hes at the front. and he. well. he just Stays There. Through It All. and the laps tick down. until the race is run. and #there he is. your middlest son. cross the line and into the books. first place. home town. what curse indeed. thats your boy!!!!!!!! THERE! #they play the radio of him winning and the audio is peaked because he screams out so loudly. you can hear the water in the laughter. #later theres gonna be videos and photos taken of him pushing his boss into the harbor and diving right in after the man. those photos are #gonna be fucking studied in photography classes one day. and STILL! everyone involved with that goofy joke about him adopting his coworker #(who. despite all the silliness of the race stayed second place and got a podium) is still carrying the bit like a baton relay. Do you have #him over for family dinner? might as well add a plate i guess! people are joking about your youngest son having two nephews? a dog born #maybe a month ago and a man born about... what twenty three years and about a month ago? fuck it! family dinner #sorry this bit got away from me but as someone who loves my homecity and my mom so much it might actually be like. #a visible growth inside my body if they do an autopsy on me at time of death or like. my love will eat me alive. sometimes the charratives #gets to me #anyway cheers mme leclerc i hope you party so fucking hard this week

[lloonlloon]

Photographers LOVE when this fiend launches at me for hugs and kisses

#got no decent action shots of her first FASTCAT but there sure are a dozen pics of her being difficult to leash #because shes trying to make out with me #btw yes that is essie on my shirt in the last two #we made custom jerseys for flyball tournaments & demos #i am so tired of this haircut rofl #estrella #australian shepherd #dog sports #dogblr

[babybinko]

Been playing Payday 2 again a lot lately and I wanted to draw some of the character's faces as practice.

#Payday 2 #payday #jacket #sokol #clover #hotline miami #Jacket hotline miami #Sokol payday 2 #clover payday 2 #Jacket payday 2 #I WISH I FINISHED A JIMMY DRAWING HES MY BABYGIRL I JUST COULDNT GET HIM RIGHT #my friend did not like my jacket drawing 😭😭😭 he wanted me to make him a gross old wojak like the in game model #i wanted to make him drive (2011) and my OTHER friend agreed with me. #the first friend insisted sokol wasnt silly and cute like ??? he can be smart and skilled and kill people and still have a boyish energy #hes got that boyish twink charm he does shit asking chains to take him to a sports game like a little kid #bro he has a reservoir dogs specific line where he says “I have flutters in my tummyplate!” like hes maybe a little immature and silly #my art

[tea-time-terrier]

An earthdog weekend in which I drive multiple hours to camp and volunteer at a test that my dog doesn't run in.

#my first time observing an earthdog test #I ended up stewarding (front row seat to watch the dogs do their thing) #and now I am collecting verification of stewarding papers in case in the future I want to be a judge #everyone was hella nice and absolutely commited to getting a young person into the sport (I am a club member and show up to practices) #I have a judge I could apprentice under #and a list of dogs I could borrow to run 👌 #I am a hella anxious person so the fact I was able to make so many connections is wild #connected with a border terrier breeder #a wire hair daschund breeder #someone who does tracking locally #and someone who does blood trailing #turnpike #pig got to wiggle and worm

[ocala-is-calling]

Look at them 🥹

#this run was their last in an hour and 15 minute class #with only 3 other students #I think everyone had 7 turns total #so she was superrrrr tired #but she still wanted to go for it and she finished the run 🥹 #she lovesss agility #and my husband and her make such a good team! #I'm very proud of both of them 🥹 #and kudos to my husband for having a sighthound as his first agility dog lol #they aren't great by any means but they have a lot of fun and that's what matters!!! #I'm so glad both my husband and Ocala have found Their Sport #dogblr #silken windhound #snootblr #ocala #2 years #agility #video

[abirddogmoment]

it's so funny i spent sooooo much time being embarrassed about Mav's normal dog behaviours (e.g. worming in the grass, pulling on leash, soliciting pets) and then he would do something objectively hilarious and embarrassing in front of a crowd of people (e.g. heeling away with the judge during an obedience trial) and it was like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#dogblr #about mav #that dog gave me so much perspective #i am so so so lucky i had him as my first sports dog #i am so sad i spent so long embarrassed about him #i have a lot of guilt for not loving him from the beginning #but it will benefit every dog that comes after him and thats something i think #some objectively hilarious and embarrassing things he did: #run across the ring in an agility trial to sit in a polesetters lap #run across the ring in an agility trial to try to kiss his favourite judge #be too busy making heart eyes ata crowd that he missed my heel cue and did a stand-stay while i walked the offleash heeling pattern alone #heel away with the obedience judge after a beautiful stand for exam #soooo many others #just little bloopers that were soooo embarrassing in the moment but what could i do about them ebsides laugh? #im so glad i had mav #he fixed something in me for sure #(he broke my heart too but sadly all good dogs do that at some point)

[thelittlespanielthatcould]

baby was getting tired towards the end of agility class so he sat down while doing his paws trick

#we're doing foundations agility again because the first foundations class we did was like 3 years ago and I forgot everything #well #not everything #a lot of the stuff we're learning he does have some background in #but my mechanics need a lot of work and his focus needs some fine tuning #its so much fun though #the only reason I couldn't do it more often was because it was hard to fit it in with my schedule and how far I had to drive #but now I moved somewhere intentionally close to an agility facility and we could walk there if we wanted to #which I will want to if the next round falls on my day off #and if I could build up his stamina... lol #i think both our muscles atrophied never leaving the house because it was so goddamn hot all the time when we lived in fl #we're catching up now though! #slowly but surely #agility #classes #kovus face #ckcs #kovu #dog sports

[fitveganlifts]

I always think I've got a handle on my anxiety and then something happens to set it off and I'm just suffering again lol

#max went out of town #which i hate sleeping in an emoty house #i am forever afraid someone will break in and kill me #so of course the first night he's gone the sliding lock for the patio door breaks #and the second night my dog starts barking like crazy at the front door #so both times i end up with the fear of a human being hunted for sport #i know its illogical #but it doesn't stop me from taking 4x as much ativan as i usually need #then i lose sleep #and my symptoms get worse

[groenendaze]

noodles trying ✨ flyball ✨ today

#pando had been doing it since the start of Nov #but this is nettles first time #imo i think nettle will be better at it than pando because she is FAST #but she is not flexible and has wide turns so we will lose time there #vs. pando who is experiencing this all as a baby #i am rlly rlly proud of him tho i am hoping he will be my “do everything dog #i am rlly proud of nettle too she speedy #flyball #sports

[healingheartdogs]

NGL, it is very mindboggling to me as a person coming from a police and commercial detection dog training background that so many people who do nosework seem to struggle with imprinting? Like I see it brought up frequently as one of the most common challenges people have and want webinars or classes for, and I’m like... but that’s the easiest part of detection???

#which also seems to imply that nosework people aren't taking any pointers from actual detection dog training too which I find odd #because imprinting is a non-issue for working detection dog training #it's like the first easy step that you breeze past and is mostly done in the form of playing games #not even involving any sort of formal training setup or clicker or often even treats because the play is the training and the reward #unless you have a dog who is significantly more motivated by food than play in which case food rewards might be used #not to like downplay the struggle of people who are having issues with imprinting I'm just very curious *why* #like what is the piece that nosework trainers or classes are missing that is leading people to struggle with it so often? #is it the method they're using? the equipment? is it missing base knowledge on how scent works scientifically and how dogs imprint on scent #maybe I'll take some nosework classes one day to see more of what things look like on the sport side and why those issues keep popping up #my suspicion is that it is mostly method and equipment #causing cross contamination issues for imprinting and causing people to expect the imprinting to be successful before that's feasible #basically rushing it and not having enough direct in-nose-and-mouth target odor contact before moving on to searching and alert shaping #I'm just rambling because detection is a special interest of mine don't mind me #if you ever want me to talk forever and never shut up ask me about detection dog training lol #OH also trying to imprint multiple odors at the same time #i bet thats a part of the problem #i see posts with people talking about inteoducing 3 or 4 odors in one session sometimes and am like?????? #imprint one odor completely then start the next one or at least keep them confined to separate sessions

[kazoologist]

Under appreciated side effect of me binging dts and analyzing the editing bc I’m a reality tv nerd before all else is my dad watching with me despite being a notorious hater of race car related sports and also deciding he likes Lewis and Fernando Alonso a lot on pure vibes (he appreciates my fun trivia about both of them)

#it’s Bridgerton all over again and it’s SO funny to me he was like ‘damn this shit looks like a fifa doc’ #kazoo noises #zoomies posting #sports posting #He also keeps giving me shit for liking Williams you leave me alone you know I like losing dogs #dad I love you but we are from stl the highs are high and lows are comical and absurd here what do you WANT #Had to explain a villain edit in reality tv to him. Quoth my father: why is that music there???? Me: oh it’s the villain edit they’re givin #Him bc you know. Controversial first championship and then RBR cheating drama #Him: *scoffs in Only Cheating If Your Caught* but he just drives the car??? #Me: I’m not saying he is one I’m just telling you it’s a villain edit. See the cuts on that scene? They’re clearly talking about other #Topics just vaguely for the edit. Also lewis’ is in two different shirts in those talking heads so they spliced him #Dad: *suddenly realizing there’s a villain edit* VILLAIN? HES JUST DUTCH! #shoutout to my dad for having the funniest response to f1 content btw #He’s just Dutch….dad u would do fucking numbers on sportsblr.

[theadventurek9]

The trial this weekend just about had me wanting to cry out of happiness. Aayla really showed that she can handle utility and that we can do this.

On the third day, we outdid the previous day and showed we can do even better.

Aayla had a very nice Utility run, getting the Q, a score of 193/200 and picking up second place to get another OTCH point.

Her Open run was amazing too! She got the Q, a score of 196/200 and first place. (For no OTCH points since there were not enough dogs in the class)

Which means she got ANOTHER UDX leg. Then to top it off Aayla was high in trial and high combined.

This weekend wrapped up with 4/5 Qs, her Utility title(!!!!), 5 OTCH points, 27 OM points, 2 UDX legs, two high combined ribbons, and a high in trial ribbon.

She did so well that other competitors jokingly were telling me that I shouldn't get used to this much success cause the OTCH journey will find a way to kick our ass again. Since we have been in the utility ring 18 times before getting a title, I think I understand that very well! I am going to have a lot to say over the next few days probably since I'm emotional about this. So feel free to ignore all my text posts.

#just me bragging about my dog #my dog that was paired up with me to be a good social pet #that maybe wanted to try some sports not-seriously #my first UD dog #please hold why I cry in the corner over my love for aayla

[1327-1]

it is actually nefarious how grounding a work out can be

#i did take cbd coz i didnt want any injury war flashbacks on my first day back #but the endorphins #the endorphins…. its so good #im like if a very sad racing dog retired and found the joy in a sprint again #anyways. whatever. #im normal about the body and sports #.jrnl #apologies as i become a squat number tracker but ive hit many rock bottoms and found the joy of my life again

[megpricephotography]

Spot the collie! 

Did you find Flynn?! He’s watching you! 

Daft dog has given more than one passing hiker a bit of a fright while walking on this track... I see people, plodding along down the hill, quite unaware & relaxed & then, there’s a moment when they obviously register the fact they’re being watched & they do a double-take at the sight of a stripy little *face* peeking out at them from the trees. 

#as soon as Flynn realises he's been seen he slinks off to hide somewhere else... #he is endlessly amused by hide & seek #I am endlessly amused by him #I fell in love with border collies when I was very tiny #my granddad's working bred BC used to hide on walks #I thought a dog who plays hide & seek was just the BEST #later I became interested in BCs for their herding skills (grew up going to sheepdog trials) & I thought dog sports - agility etc were cool #but the sneaky sneaky hide-behind-a-tree type behaviour was what made me first want my own collie #child-me would be ECSTATIC to know I would eventually get my own BC who also enjoys hiding #Barney does have herding instinct but only ever showed it when around actual sheep - whereas Flynn is herdy any time he's off-lead

[abirddogmoment]

an extremely fun video showing a HUGE gap in our noseworktraining. I neglected to teach Mav how to do a proper container search so for a while there he just alerted to all containers, whether they had scent in them or not.

we eventually got it sorted and he finished his novice and open nosework titles, but this was funny to me while it lasted

#mav memories #i couldnt even tell you which had the scent in it #probably the middle one but i dont remember #im so glad mav was my first sports dog because we were able to work past these huge massive gaps in training #also his last ever trial was a nosework trial #we ran excellent level (food distraction) #and he did these beautiful alerts on cheese all weekend #the judge was like yeah thats indistinguishable from his real alert #and i still laugh about that #he was the funniest dog #eta i just remembered the hot container (the correct one) wasnt even one of these 😂 #it was out of frame and all of these were empty