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02/07/2025

🐾💜"Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it's off to work I go..." 💜🐾
Flyer is my demo dog for my Canine Conditioning Class at All Things Dog Room on Wednesday afternoons (for which she's well compensated in cookies) - but we also catch the first ferry so we can get some field training in beforehand at Swamp Dog Farm. 🦆
Flyer gives Wednesdays four paws up! 😄

07/06/2025

💙 Happy Heavenly Birthday Sturgis 💙

You touched so many people in your life and I am forever grateful for the five beautiful pups you and Holly gave us.
I hope they have birthday burgers in Heaven for you! 🤗

26/03/2025

Edited to add: She just gets more ridiculous each time I come back! 🤣

Flyer would like you to know that, yes - she is very comfortable, and no - the beds should not go back to their various places around the house now that I've finished vacuuming. 😆🐾🩷

16/03/2025

🐾💛🎈Happy 7th Birthday to Holly!! 🎈💛🐾
I can't believe that she is 7! My partner in crime who is always up for whatever crazy idea I dream up.

💜Trickster extraordinaire
💜Super Rally partner
💜Bird & bumper crazy
💜Eyeglass-stealing thief
💜Banana-lover
💜Mother of five fabulous pups
💜Best travel-buddy ever

Just the best dog I could ever hope for. I am so grateful for our adventures and hope for many more years of them to come. Xox

Wolfe's Winter Holly CD RM RAE WC TDCH ITD-M TDROM URO1 CRNCL

10/03/2025

🎉 Happy 3rd Birthday to the Fab Five!! (Sturgis x Holly)🎉
How are they 3 already?! All of them are blessed with amazing families and have the most fabulous lives. 💛💛💛
As their breeder, I am beyond fortunate to be shared photos, videos, and stories of the pup's lives on a frequent basis. I am so very grateful.

Jenn Wiley
Therese Wong
Natasha Prentice
Emily Jantz

03/02/2025

Happy Golden Retriever Day from handsome Barkley (Sturgis x Holly). Many thanks to Therese for letting me share this lovely photo of him… and, can we just talk about that plume of a tail?!! Gorgeous! 🥰🐾🌟

18/11/2024

Holly and Flyer had a wonderful weekend in Nanaimo at the NKC Rally and Obedience Trial.

This past year has been very busy, and unfortunately we haven't been able to get out to compete very much, and so it was wonderful to catch up with my Island friends.

Both Holly and Flyer gained pairs and points towards their Rally Champion titles as well as their RMX and RAE (RAE2 for Holly). Flyer gained the last four Double Q legs needed for her RAE, which was a really nice way to finish up the season (& a surprise because I hadn't realised that she was this close… I hadn't checked her spreadsheet in a while, lol).

Flyer actually outscored her mum all weekend except for their last run of the day (where Holly went HIC and Flyer came 2nd by 3 points) with most of her runs in the mid to high 90’s, including two HIC. I adore playing these games with her - she tries SO hard and is just the sweetest dog, and so much fun to work with. 💜🩷

Holly was tired on Sunday and definitely lagging, but switching to crating out of the car made a world of difference (thanks Haideh!) & she was back to her regular cheeky self in the afternoon, finding new ways to do the dog equivalent of sticking her tongue out at me in the ring! She is getting opinionated in her “old” age (not really old!!) and I have to laugh at her, I just love her sass so much. 💜🧡 Every time stepping into the ring with these two is a privilege and I am very grateful to have two dogs who enjoy playing these games as much as I do.

Many thanks to Judges Bill Blair and Marina Pavlowsky, whose courses were both challenging and fun to run. And many, many thanks to all of the NKC volunteers; it's always a pleasure to trial with your club and this weekend was no exception!

Arohanui's Blue Side Up RM RAE ETD NTD-M, aka "Flyer"

Wolfe's Winter Holly CD RM RAE WC TDCH TDROM ITD-M, aka "Holly"

15/10/2024

🌟🩷These two! 🩷🌟
Such rascals, the pair of them, and they certainly keep me on my toes with training techniques - but I just adore them both. Their work ethic is top notch, and while they are determined to be the class clowns, they work hard, play hard, but also are delightful house dogs (& travelling companions).
I’m so happy with how well our conditioning and bodywork programs are supporting their competing and allowing them to bring their best to the ring and also to their active lifestyles. Happy days. 😀

12/10/2024

Late post, but one that I want to remember.

🩷Saturday morning at the Alberta Competition Dog Club’s Rally trial was a moment that I will remember for a very long time, when I had the privilege to walk into the ring with both of my dogs - mother and daughter - now working towards their Rally Champion titles.🩷

Both Holly and Flyer performed well and earned points towards their Champion titles, as well as their RAE and RMX titles.
Holly gained her 10th double Q leg for the completion of her RAE title in the morning trial, and then collected her 1st double Q towards her RAE2, while Flyer gained her first double Q leg towards her RMX title with a lovely score of 98 in the Master class and two HIC.
I was so impressed with the pair of them for working through the many distractions present, and continuing to try to stay with me as they became tired.

Sunday was a day of reminder lessons for me in not entering too many classes. Seriously, I know better! Yet, there we were 😆 Dog sports keep you humble, that’s for sure. I cost both dogs decent scores in two classes as I turned the wrong way at the first sign - for BOTH dogs! 🫣 To make it that much worse, I really worked to make those (incorrect) turns as the dogs were flowing the right direction naturally and I directed them to change. Oh well. All three of us were tired and it showed. I focused on keeping things as light and fun as possible and finding the positives of each run, while making notes of the areas where we were falling apart… and giving myself stern talks about class entries.
Because of where we live, I am not able to get to many competitions through the year, and thus I tend to want to make the most of those that I am able to get to… however, entering too many classes isn’t fair on my dogs who always give me their best, and I will try very hard not to repeat this mistake. And, yes - I did say the same thing last year… clearly, I’m not as quick a learner as my dogs are! lol

Ultimately, I was tremendously proud of both of my girls, both for their performances in the ring as well as how well they took the entire trip from BC to Alberta and back again in stride. They are delightful travel companions and were wonderful teachers as demo dogs for both my Canine Trigger Point Massage course and for the foundation Canine Bodyworker course that I TA’d for following.

Many thanks to judges Sharon Otto, Lora Cox, and Linda Hause, and to the Trial Committee and volunteers of ACDC for a very fun and well run weekend. You were all so welcoming to an out-of-towner and just a lovely group to trial with.

🌟🩷Pending CKC approval, Holly is now Wolfe’s Winter Holly CD RM RAE WC TDCH ITD-M, and Flyer is Arohanui’s Blue Side Up RM ATD NTD-M 🩷🌟

21/09/2024

😀Today was a very good day at the Alberta Competition Dog Club, with fabulous Rally and Obedience folk, in VERY challenging conditions.😀

Wind - prairie-wind, not our West Coast wind!! Apparently, an Alberta Clipper?! Serious flapping of tents and lines as the wind tried to take things away, school kids playing close by with the bell ringing right at the start of Flyer's Excellent B run, sirens - oh my gosh - so many sirens!! EVERY RUN!! People walking through the park outside the trial area, and some fascinating odor that Holly could barely focus through in her last run. Oh, and did I mention the magpies? (devil-birds, in both of my dogs' opinions 😆😈). Also, the trial grounds are in a dog park... which actually works really nicely because there's a nice big fence so you don't have to worry about cars that are driving past, but does add additional scent challenges. As a fellow competitor told me with a(n evil) smile - it separates the mice from the men. 😉

To say that I am happy with how my two managed is a bit of an understatement, especially considering that they have both spent the past eight days at school with me participating in my Canine Trigger Point Massage course as demo dogs. 🥰🐾

Miss FancyPants got the last leg for her Rally Master 😀 and one more Double Q leg towards her RAE. 😀
Holly got some more points towards her Rally Champion - I haven't sat down yet to figure out how many... my brain is fried, lol.
Also, leg 9 towards her RAE, that I thought she achieved last May... but apparently, I can't count! 😆

Many thanks to Judge Sharon Otto for recognizing my girls, as well as to the Ring and Table Stewards, and all of the Trial volunteers. Rally Obedience is such a great sport and I just love how we can support each other throughout. Alberta-folk are super, I have to say. 🥰
🩷 Finally, the day was also made all-the-sweeter by being greeted with a hug from the lovely Penny Jackson, fellow FPOTC member, who is Sunday's Obedience judge! 🩷🩷🩷 West Coast girls representing! Lol
Also, ACDC - your photo spot is fantastic!! 🌟Thank you!!

🩷 So, pending CKC approval, Flyer is now Arohanui's Blue Side Up RM ATD NTD-M 🩷

Back tomorrow for Day 2 - Saturday beside sports fields... should be fun! Lol. 😃

14/08/2024

Somehow I missed posting this last week:

I know that this won’t last for long, as the rankings continuously update from results all over the country, but I’m enjoying Flyer’s moment right now. 😄
Holly had to stay home for these past trials as she was in season, but will be out at the next ones 🤞but it appears that she has a challenger for Top Rally dog in our house, lol.
For now, Miss FancyPants gets the cheese. 🧀

09/08/2024

Flyer was not impressed with being asked to come and pose with her ribbons from yesterday, however Master leg #2 deserves recognition imo.
She was a good girl, but the heat really sapped her energy (mine, too!) and I pulled her from both Excellent runs and the morning Advanced in order to try to save her for the afternoon Master run. Sadly, it was just too much for my young dog in the heat and especially on day 4 of trialling, and we NQ'd.
However, the high point of the afternoon runs were her performing the Broad Jump in BOTH classes 🎉🥳🎉
There might have been explosions of joy on my part both times 😆
Please note my beaming face in the photo ⬇️😁😄
Thank you Nicole Ryan and Stacey Love for the photos and videos 🤗 and, of course, many thanks to Judge Margaret Chandler and to the volunteers of the AVKC for what is always a fun show.

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