03.23.07
She is such a bitch!!
03.21.07
Major set back
For those who know me, know how hard Jingo and I have been training for the AWDFs. I have overcome some major obedience issues.
Last night after doing a little obedience and playing tug with Jingo, I noticed he was limping….
We have an appointment this afternoon at the vet. I really hope this isn’t serious.
ADA ZTP, Maryland
Being a spectator this time around, I felt I learned much more about the ZTP. I think many people focus only on the bite work, but the ZTP is much deeper than that. The dog must deal with large groups of strange people doing different things, strange noises, ten minutes on a tie out, and other potentially stressful environmental stuff. The ZTP ends with an attack out of the blind and courage test. It was very interesting to observe how each dog reacted through out the test and a great opportunity to see some really nice dogs.
It was also fun to take Jingo through the test as a white dog. It was good to see with no training he still earned his 1A rating!!! So is that a ZTP 1A rating for life? 
Ok, enough with that. All kidding aside, here is a link to the pictures I took during the ZTP:
http://www.vonschlottke.com/ADA07.html
Viking’s Charlie Brown WAC, CGC, ZTP 1A
Huge congratulations to Lyn and Mr. Charlie Brown for earning their ZTP with 1A ratings. Not bad for just showing up and giving it a try 
03.20.07
Agir Miss Jakoso SchH III, IPO III, ZTP SG 1A
Congratulations to Butch and Agir for earning their ZTP with 1A rating at nine years old!!! I will posting photos of all entries soon
03.12.07
Team work :)
Ok, now that I am almost 24 hours post failure, I can kind of laugh about it. Not that I am happy, but I need a sense of humor with these dogs or I will burn out. I find humor in the fact that we had completed EVERYTHING and we just needed to out and report to the judge. After the courage test, I was like “YES!!! We are done.” Only to be proven wrong…. He was clean on all his other outs, not sure why he wouldn’t let go at the very end. Maybe he sensed my excitment and thought I will make mom even happier if I NEVER let go!!! Gotta love my Dingo boy
Since tracking was not the best, we went back to tracking for food. I think we will continue with this until trial season is over. I am also making a point to age the tracks at least an hour. In the recent past I have been getting lazy and only aging them about a half hour. He did ok this morning, but the conditions were rough. It was sparse, short stubby grass, but it was wet from the morning dew. After laying the track, I went and ran some errands, did obedience, and then came back to track him. Tomorrow we are going to the park to find some thicker, taller grass to track in.
Cosmo: I haven’t been tracking her the last couple of days, because I am trying to focus all my energy on Jingo. We are doing obedience it is getting to be really nice. I was supposed to trial for her BH on Saturday, but the judge would not accept her scorebook from the Czech Republic. She allowed me to be the dummy dog and it was a good experience for the both of us. I realized we had a couple of things to work on I have to get her new scorebook so I will be unable to trial her until May.
03.11.07
Jingo boy, you frustrate me so….
Saturday: 9-80-92a.
Geese on tracking field = not so good. Lots of stupid handler errors on my part lost us about ten points in obedience. Protection missed a couple of blinds and other great stuff.
Sunday: 70-72-DQ.
Trialing two days back to back was stressful for the both of us. Tracking conditions were great, but Jingo wanted to track in his sloppy fashion. Major handler error on my part for telling him to platz and there was not even an article!!! Obedience Jingo was flat. Protection, oh protection. How did we earn our first DQ ever?!? Wonderful performance on Jingo’s part, missed a couple blinds, obedience was great, courage test phenomenal, drive after the courage test excellent, and then he didn’t want to out. My throat hurts from the last out command I yelled, but Jingo hung on like a champ. Would have been V rated if only he would have let go. Damn dog…
03.06.07
Mystery solved!!!
Over the last couple of days, Cosmo has been bringing me random bones. I have been taking them and putting them in a pile by the side of the house trying to figure out what the heck it was. The first bone she brought worried me because it looked like it could have been a small child’s leg!!! But yesterday she brought the crowning peice, which told me it was a fawn or very small deer. YUCK!!!
03.02.07
cara, cara, cara, cara, carAH!!!
Trying to get this girls nose off the ground for photos is a rather difficult task!!! I never owned a dog who uses her nose SO much.
