tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707Sun, 19 Feb 2012 07:48:22 +0000dog trainingbreedsanimal assisted therapydog foodsheltiesbicycleobedience competitionLadcolliescolliepapillonsSunnybankwritingtherapy dogblogshttp://4thdog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (e)Blogger145125http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-5102796968223659442Sun, 19 Feb 2012 07:48:00 +00002012-02-18T23:48:10.739-08:00I'm not sure I have ever experienced anything as magical or as pure as being in the midst of a cloud on a mountain with my dog and 3 sheep. We herd up on a mountain that catches the clouds as they roll in...and clears as they roll out. Luckily! Michele had her camera and got some lovely shots of the day's lesson. Emma and I went into the field first and about an hour later Ike and I went in. You http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2012/02/herding.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-1877497824743906974Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:08:00 +00002012-01-23T13:08:00.716-08:00 <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2012/01/sport-of-dogs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-8499970330852304863Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:59:00 +00002011-11-01T23:59:31.275-07:00 Siri,  Lacewood Bright Star at Kensil has gone to live with Shannalee Michaelsky.....(this is her photograph I've lifted)....hopefully Shannalee will get her CH.   She is Ike's dam.http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2011/11/siri.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-3705016284228286074Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:53:00 +00002011-08-22T11:53:26.502-07:00 http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2011/08/emma-herding.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-6641731033704180010Sun, 29 May 2011 06:59:00 +00002011-05-28T23:59:28.909-07:00 <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2011/05/focus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-6418771163134444479Mon, 23 May 2011 07:03:00 +00002011-05-23T00:06:40.115-07:00Photographs. Just thinking about them makes my imagination sparkle...what they are, what they represent, the joy they create. What it is about seeing and having a good photo, esp of a dog you own and love,  that is so exciting? Is it that  freezing a second in their life  allows you to really look at them, gives you  a talisman, kind of, a touchstone, by which to memorize them? And they grow so http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2011/05/photographs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-4418530081582233401Mon, 02 May 2011 08:39:00 +00002011-05-02T01:39:42.305-07:00 <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2011/05/puppy-love.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-8227394644050186107Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:01:00 +00002011-04-28T20:01:49.617-07:00 <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2011/04/dog-car.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-18753407661757955Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:32:00 +00002011-03-25T00:34:33.320-07:00 <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2011/03/missing-gus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-5106055649437811254Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:26:00 +00002011-02-21T02:36:20.111-08:00 And then there were....more. I have a new blue merle puppy out of Shannalee's Kohlman and a Lacewood bitch. I got him from Sylvia and the whole experience was very fruitful. I got to know Sylvia some...including her genetic foot in some steamy modernism...and because I declared the desire for a show dog, I learned a great deal about wickets and prophecy and knuckles and structure and http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2011/02/true-path.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-5589369443882351116Sun, 09 May 2010 00:52:00 +00002010-08-22T20:56:16.041-07:00Been kind of obsessed with the politics of Animal Rights lately. I find myself thinking about it much more often than I’d like…but given the places and people I "hang out" with and listen to…. it’s inevitable. The basis for much of my thinking about it is Vicki Hearne’s essay, “What’s Wrong with Animal Rights.” In it she posits that rights are about pursuits of happiness and that AR activists http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2010/05/vicki-hearne-temple-grandin-been-kind.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-8622885036753563039Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:32:00 +00002010-05-14T19:54:18.528-07:00eh..publication issues!http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2010/04/dog-poems.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-2454463205301135787Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:41:00 +00002010-05-21T20:51:50.641-07:00forthcoming collection of poemshttp://4thdog.blogspot.com/2010/04/other-work.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-267313435145836927Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:25:00 +00002010-11-27T16:18:41.801-08:00 ( photo: Am Ch Merriley's Steely Dan CD CDX OTCh UD ) photo by Chris ? 198? The National. 2010. Tuscon, AZ. There is so much to think about, so much to say. I got to see a lot of people who were instrumental in the creation of Emma's pedigree, others who sparked my interest in Shelties many years ago. Names I've heard are now attached to faces and lines I've seen bits of here and http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2010/03/sheltie-national.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-8608465859924236912Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:03:00 +00002010-01-04T03:08:39.761-08:00I’m writing a poem a day again with a small group of writers. It’s my 4th month, which means I have about 120 rough drafts to work from.When I started the 4thDog, back in 06, I wrote for the blog every day…I have an idea to sift out all the dog training/showing poems and put them in a collection. I mean how many books of poems about dog shows are there!?! And I don’t think these are sentimental http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2010/01/jan-03-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-2214544040406713508Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:40:00 +00002009-11-01T01:40:14.697-07:00Spin with a Drop Spindle - wikiHowhttp://4thdog.blogspot.com/2009/11/spin-with-drop-spindle-wikihow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-1395568856882617554Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:56:00 +00002009-09-21T23:02:04.883-07:00Picture soon...but Emma is now CH Wintercreek Angels Walk!! We won it with 4 majors and 3 Herding group 1's. IN the UKC a "major" means competition at a certain level...placing in the group or getting Best of Winners.http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2009/09/woo-hoo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-4348003841111410864Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:38:00 +00002009-09-03T01:43:41.250-07:00http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2009/09/fergus-on-memorial-stones.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-7679129989903904437Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:15:00 +00002009-09-03T02:48:52.417-07:00Yes!! We found Mark a puppy. A tricolor sheltie boy with a remarkable temperament, intelligence and structure. He is a little rock, the reincarnation of Abe Lincoln…the bearer of the key. He is Fergus, (primarily Kensil)and just a fabulous little dog. Very likely will go oversize. But this is no matter to an obedience team.And Emma and I ROCKED the park in Albany the weekend of the UKC English http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2009/09/un-petite-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-1947490473444583120Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:52:00 +00002009-09-03T01:03:31.470-07:00 CSN SupplyThe patented Multi-Cart ingeniously changes shape and length to carry huge amounts of equipment yet fols small for storage. Instant transformation into any of 8 configurations, the Multi-Cart replaces the need for 8 different carts. The revolutionary design results in a moving machine that is ver... Multi-CartDog Show Cart woolgatherer Portland OR 8/18/http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-review-of-multi-cart.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-732551925934255774Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:51:00 +00002009-08-13T20:54:13.964-07:00The book that started it all for me... I still own my copy.http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2009/08/gay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-6746645418676923091Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:27:00 +00002009-08-02T12:43:54.819-07:00yes...there is another story to tell...coming soon...the 5th dogEmma and I have been showing in the breed ring and having lots of fun. Since June we’ve been in the ring in Canby, Portland and at the NW specialty shows in Albany for a total of 9 entries.We’ve won our class every time except for once and in Portland we got Reserve! What does this mean? Well, it means that I’ve been taking a crash http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2009/08/fun-with-hair-products.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-4712992613787942378Sat, 09 May 2009 16:31:00 +00002009-05-09T09:35:04.462-07:00Emma.Wintercreek Angel’s Walk, officially now. In training in obedience and agility. She is confident, fearless often, intensely curious, willing, active, beautiful, playful. At times in agility she appears to be quite a little pistol…and she learns things at the speed of lightening.I was teaching her to touch the palm of my hand with her nose, so that when I call her over she will come in closehttp://4thdog.blogspot.com/2009/05/talking-to-emma.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2114050431901689707.post-3989777676296923843Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:27:00 +00002009-04-27T09:30:45.457-07:00I’ve been keeping a separate blog about Emma’s progress…but an up date is required here…She is energetic, happy, calm, eager, a little independent, a little blown away by the world, but always steady and never spooky.She is also into everything, alert to everything and passionate about small farms, so much so that she e fancies the flower garden as a field to be tilled and anything that moves (http://4thdog.blogspot.com/2009/04/emma-and-ttouch-girls.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e)0