It’s time to rest and reflect on our year in dog sports and on the year to come. Now we have a few months to hone our skills, but we need a plan or before you know it the season will start and we will not have done what we should. For starters, we are resting a bit. The weather is beautiful this week, so we are hanging out in the yard enjoying it.
We had a busy year despite things being cancelled for about three months. Now we are coming off eleven weekends of dog sports which was amazing, but also exhausting. It’s nice to chill for a bit and let our sports lie. Mom has us all lined up for our own nose work classes for the winter, and we will also be working on our barn hunt skills but Mom books the ring for us to do that.
Olivia is super excited about all her sports but also has set some goals for herself in FastCAT for next year. She also plans to pass her NW2 Nose Work level and get started on NW3 with me and Bailie as well as completing the Scent Work Excellent Level and at least one element in Scent Work Masters. She probably can hit those goals if the season isn’t cancelled.
By accident, we stumbled across the AKC FastCAT rankings by breed, and are happy with the year 2020, but Olivia (Ethos Loving The Northland) is determined to take over first place in the lifetime stats for our breed next year. Being second isn’t her thing. They tell us the more we run FastCAT, and as Olivia matures, she will get faster. Being so short, I’m happy with my placements as is,second for 2020 and fourth for the lifetime score. It’s fun being a rare breed because there isn’t much competition! Do note, all the dogs are females that are running, where are the lazy guys?
Overall, we are super thankful for a great year in sports and now some ideal weather to relax before starting out training again.
My GBGV Life is joining Brian’s Home Blog in the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
That looks like an amazing year and I’m sure y’all can hit any targets you set! Thanks for joining our Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
We just hope they don’t cancel months of trials like they did this year. It really put us behind.
concats olivia! and concats to you all… it was not lost year for you and we hope the next year will bring much more events for us dogs… the mama wated to jump in da last life boat what leaves da sinking ship to enter for san marino but our dad gave her such a big fat NO! , so we will go to hibernation now too and wait for the next year…
We didn’t want to hibernate yet, but the only trials now are like a two day drive from us and that is simply too far to go because this time of year can be snow too.
Maybe the election will be over by the time you start your fastcat
Mom says the election will never end and she wishes they would just put all that stuff on a special TV channel and radio station so people can go on with life with the crazy ones figure it out. She is not a fan of politics.
Girls – enjoy your time off because it looks like a busy winter honing your skills. My Alex will be honing his snuggling skills (it’s his year round hobby – LOL)
Oh definitely lots of snuggling time going on between training. Winter is a cozy time of year for sure!
That is pretty fast fur sure
We love to run, but Olivia is really fast.
Wow, y’all are so accomplished and beautiful, and cute, and super-duper fast!
We think that is why is it called FastCAT, but too bad it isn’t FastDOG.
That is some fast times!
Even my short little legs can go pretty fast!
I’ve enjoyed your events your pups have participated in. I’ve never been to any of these hunts, but it’s sure fun.
Have a fabulous Thankful Thursday. Scritches to the pups. ♥
Some of them are new to us as well. Dog sports are a lot of fun, and good for more bonding too.
You girls should be resting on your laurelsl! Those are impressive lists of titles!
We get lots of rest while mom does the dreaded work thing. Sports are lots of fun.
It’s always good to reflect and plan and look forward to what’s coming next. You are all such talented girls!
We just use our natural talents to have a good time and we all love it.
Enjoy your relaxation time! We are sure your Mom has a plan for your down time. We hope this stupid virus is better by the time you are ready to compete again, so it doesn’t mess things up again.
If it can continue as it has been we are fine with that, but shutting it all down like last spring would be bad.
What a great year you all had…and some wonderful goals for next season!!
It was better than we thought it would be with everything shutting down in the spring, but we hope next year will be even better.
Your mom is brilliant to take such care in planning and working with all of you.
She loves our sports and we all want to do well, so we have to have a master plan.
Very interesting activities you are all involved in! Enjoy your beautiful weather and we hope you had a great Thursday!
We are looking forward to a quiet weekend for the first time in almost three months. You have a good one too.
It’s great to see how much pleasure you have with your activities, sweeties. Enjoy a well deserved rest now😸Pawkisses for a Happy Caturday to all of you🐾😽💞
We are pretty busy dogs who love to play/work hard and then rest hard. Not a bad life at all.