Tell Me Thursday #14

What obstacles have you overcome this week, how did you learn from them?


Crue and I accomplished a lot towards overcoming our big obstacle. We had a lesson with Scott Glen on Tues and made some serious headway on overcoming our weaknesses. Crue's weakness was not understanding what I want of him and being a bit insecure about going between the sheep and fence. My weakness was asking him to do it in no uncertain terms and not giving him a chance to figure it out on his own. So now I am asking him to think about it and letting him know any effort on his part is ok with me.
It was a really good lesson and I feel I took away new insight in dealing with Crue.
My student and friend also took her dog for a lesson. She also made great strides in overcoming her dog's main obstacle, which was running too tight. Scott gave us some good things to work on with her dog as well.
I learned to not be so stringent in my way of asking Crue for things.
Thanks Scott!

Tell Me Thursday #12

1. If you won the lottery (a big one...I'm talking stupid muchos cash) what would you do with the money?

   I'm not sure, but I think I would spend it on things I want.  duh...of course I'd buy frivolous crap I don't need but really really want!
   No, not really,
   I would maybe buy a bigger house with more land and get more sheep. I would give my kids money to help them out. If I had enough I would travel to places I've always wanted to visit. And maybe buy a new pair of shoes.

2. After winning the lottery, would you work a day job? If so, what would you do?

   I would probably move my shop to a better location for retail but I'd probably hire someone to help out with the sales stuff and definitely hire a new groomer so I could have more free time to get stuff done and maybe work my dogs more and go to trials.

3. Do you have any auxiliary dogs? Auxiliary dogs are dogs that are not essential to your main purpose (usually tiny, but not always). If you don't have an auxiliary dog, what might you choose?


   I have an auxiliary dog. I call it a superfluous dog though. It's a 13 yr old toy poodle. His actual name is Torka, but we mostly have always called him "The Poodle". You know, "make The Poodle stop that stupid noise", Get that stupid Poodle off the couch. The Poodle got into the lunch bag and ate it all. The Poodle ate that whole bag of chocolate, wrappers and all and didn't have the decency to die. The Poodle ate all the hearguard for the big dogs and yet again, didn't have the consideration to die from it. Seth, get The Poodle!
    Now I hope you all know I am just kidding. 

btw, The Poodle weighs about 10 lbs, does that qualify for tiny status? What he lacks in size he most definitely makes up for in attitude.

4. Do you have a favorite crock pot recipe (or other recipe) you can share?

   I don't even own a crock pot anymore. I need one though. I do have a really good banana bread recipe, but I alter it all the time so its never the same usually. I don't  have it with me, but I will post it on my blog later if anyone is interested. It's actually a zucchini bread recipe that I got from a friend many many years ago, but you can use just about any fruit or vegie in it. I've even substituted 1/2 brown sugar and added chocolate chips and everyone loves it!