Rottweilers Ate My Laptop

Rottweilers. Computers. Cameras. World Domination. Not necessarily in that order.

Rottweilers.
Computers. Cameras.
World Domination.
Not necessarily in that order.

Another Rottweiler birthday

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Axel’s birthday, as well as Freya’s, also falls within the usual time frame of this vacation trip. As most of you know, right now he’s on the road in search of his AKC championship, so is not at home in Chicago anyway. But had we been back home today, we would have made a short-ish trip (about seventy miles) to Kankakee, IL to celebrate his third birthday together. And as it turns out, we would (and are!) also celebrate Axe going Winners Dog at today’s Kankakee River Valley Kennel Club show and earning another point towards his championship.

Yesterday, he got a visit from his “grandma” Denise and “aunt” Gina. He didn’t win yesterday, but I know he was happy to see some of his extended family.

Happy birthday to our “puppy boy”!

(NaBloPoMo | 75% Challenge: 271 of 274)

A few updates

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No majors for Axel this past weekend, and just one point. It is a needed point, though, and brings him to a total of 7 points. On to Kankakee after Thanksgiving.

Our office squirrel became a media star thanks to JR’s continuing photography vigilance. He got a very cute shot of the squirrel adding more stuff to the nest, and sent it in to Channel 5 news for the viewer photo segment during the weather report. It was shown during the 10 PM news on Nov. 18 and printed in the Sun-Times the following morning.

(NaBloPoMo | November ’09: 23 of 30 | 75% Challenge: 268 of 274)

A moment of quiet

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It’s so quiet here without Freya. We’ll be leaving on vacation ourselves tomorrow, so this afternoon Freya started her own vacation at Best Friends American Pet Motel. We have been using this “resort” for our dogs for many years, and it’s one of only a few places I recommend without hesitation when someone needs to board their pets.

Freya will be doing a board and train with her pal Allan Ross as she does every November. It gives her something to look forward to every day (she gets a nature walk on the days that training is not done) and it keeps her focused to do some obedience almost every day.

I don’t do board and train unless I’m going to be out of town, because I much prefer to work with my own dog in a group class or private lessons. This is a pretty good situation, because Allan leads our regular group classes, and I’m comfortable with his training methods. Freya also adores him. She may even enjoy her vacation more than we do ours!

(NaBloPoMo | November ’09: 18 of 30 | 75% Challenge: 263 of 274)

And the shows go on…

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Here we go again! Axel will be back in the show ring starting this Thursday. I got his entry confirmations and judging schedules today. Single point for dogs all four days, two points for bitches on Thursday and Friday, three-point major for bitches on Saturday and Sunday, assuming pretty much everyone shows up.

Axel has six points and still needs both majors. Fingers crossed for a crossover opportunity and at least one major this weekend.

(NaBloPoMo | November ’09: 16 of 30 | 75% Challenge: 261 of 274)

First Rally-O title for Freya (and me)!

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Back in July, Freya got the first of three legs needed for her UKC Rally Obedience 1 title. Today we earned the remaining two legs at For Your Canine’s trials. The lovely Freya is now:

URO1 Sciroco’s Freya vom Viersen CGC, TT!

Here she is, resting up after the stress of trialing with her clueless handler, and flashing some demon eyes at that clueless handler sticking her Q ribbons in her face.
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We’ll have our official new title photograph to show off soon, and hopefully a few action shots as well.

It was not particularly pretty. Our score in Trial #1 was 87 (out of a possible 100 points) and 80 in Trial #2. Nowhere near good enough for placements, and most of the point deductions are on me, not Freya. But it was good enough to qualify (70 points is a passing score) and today, that is good enough for me.

I’ll go into more detail when I have a bit more energy. Hopefully that will be tomorrow!

(NaBloPoMo | November ’09: 15 of 30 | 75% Challenge: 260 of 274)