#shes a cool little dog

[abirddogmoment]

Thinking about my Rory goals again and its been a minute since I updated on her progress so here are some thoughts:

Tomorrow will be seven weeks of Rory! I've been working really hard to convince her to be a good citizen and we've had some big successes:

She is fully crate trained, very rarely if ever makes noise in her crate.

She is housetrained and fully understands how to ask to go outside. Only one accident since I've brought her home!

She sleeps really well and will put herself back to sleep if I'm not ready to get up (provided she doesn't have to go outside).

She can maintain her path walking past people on the sidewalk, some wiggles and staring but no attempts to jump on them.

She has never met a stranger and was excited to meet her vet, groomer, misc trainers, etc.

She is neutral to excited around strange dogs of all shapes, sizes, and behaviours.

She rarely alarm barks and her demand barking is way down.

She's eating reasonably consistently and understands how to ask for food.

She's a really cool dog and has a lot of potential. I've been thinking a lot about our goals for competition. I got her "as a friend to dabble with" so there's a tiny bit of pressure to perform, but not much.

I want to get her CKC CH since I've never had a show prospect and we have so many local shows (and lots of competition locally in the breed).

I want to run puppy stakes to learn more about CKC pointing field trials.

I want to work through the trick dog program as something easy and low pressure to do while she grows up.

So no huge goals for her first year or two. As for upcoming outings:

Confo debut at two semi-local shows at the end of March and beginning of April.

Field trial at the beginning of May (if they hold puppy stakes).

Big road trip at the end of May.

Local shows in June and August if we're feeling it.

So anyway, we have some plans but mostly we're just chilling. She's a cool little dog and I'm trying to keep the pressure off her.

Can't wait for the spring and summer though, it'll be so fun to get her out! 💜

[glowsticcc]

gem and wormy!! they are so cutesy i love them

[intriga-hounds]

it will never get old to me how much ponzu enjoys motherhood. 🥹 i have never met a dam who wasn’t at least a little over it by now. she just adores them so much.

today she chose babies over going in her crate for dinner. she hadn’t played with them all day bc i was at work, so she wouldn’t even hear of being put away when she knew i was about to let them out. they’re so cute together. 🥰

[chickensauras]

I think Laois and MY personal favorite creature, The Simurgh, would get along :]

[despazito]

He pays his rent in wool that will get spun into yarn

[thosewildcharms]

i am chuckling thinking about stage 5 clinger rick grimes post-towl, plainly refusing to ever let michonne out of his sight. and michonne doing the same thing too, like they will be attached at the hip for the foreseeable future, and good for them!

so true, we support them in their codependent era!

[liibation]

Hear me out. Elise redesign

[thehellsystem]

Tumblr user thehellsystem, involved in another fandom with a total of 2 people in it and drawing it as horses? It's more likely than you think!

@juniper-clan

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[sartorially]

jade harley... plox

Something on your blog smells AWESOMESAUCE...

[pixel-axel]

i started singing little wolf (epic) to my dog and my mom went “don’t call her a wolf, she’s going to get a complex!”

[crimsongrimoire]

i need 4.1 to be here faster so i can be insane accurately

[abirddogmoment]

a little midday rollerblade canicross to get the beans out

[tea-time-terrier]

I just think she's neat!!!

One of my unofficial goals with a dog was to get some nice position changes at a distance. As with anything, I have not broken it down and my criteria is loose (there's still lots of little tippy tappy paw movements <3) but I am really happy with have far we've gotten so far!

[golden-girl-daisy]

I literally did a trick I deserve to eat Honey’s breakfast you’re holding.

[sidetongue]

i say i wouldn't go back to girl dogs but budge is really trying her hardest to change that

[shameboree]

do NOT get them started about their kids ffs