I never meant to let this slip away, but in the rush and busy-ness of life, it did. Somehow it has been almost a year and a half since I last wrote a blog post!
Life with the dogs has been moving along.
Dean is still with us, and he is now going on 13 in February! Last winter he suffered an injury to one of his back hocks. By summer he was doing better, but I was concerned about him. I honestly did not think he was going to last the summer, but he rallied, and now he is doing very well.
I know that our weekly summer Parkour outings made a big difference for him!
He can no longer jump up to pluck frisbees out of the air, but every day we take him out side and roll these plastic rings on the ground for him to chase and retrieve. He absolutely loves it! So, Dean still runs every day.
Next, Miss Tessa! She is doing well. Tessa is also starting to show her age - she is "about 10" now. But, she seems to feel pretty good, and she is still quite active.
Recently Tessa and I completed her second Grand Champion title in All Dogs Parkour, and we are now working in the Premier Division. I hope to earn a Premier Grand Champion title with her. We currently have 13 entries to go for that.
Ever since we finished our Grand Champion 2 title, I have been seeking out new locations to go film with Tessa for Premier, and we have really enjoyed going out to some new locations.
In addition, I have kind of started moving "beyond" just going out to film titling entries. When we are out and about filming our entries, I often have Tessa perform Interactions, or train, on Environmental Features that actually do not meet submission criteria, just for the fun of it. Sometimes I have her run over bridges, for instance. Then, after creating our submission video, I make an informal "Parkour Excursions" video to document and share some of the fun that we had while creating our entry. These videos contain a mixture of submission clips and clips that would not be submitted, and I set the whole thing to music.
Here is an example of one of these. This is our Canine Parkour Excursions video from our filming at the White Oak Trail in Kings Gap several weeks ago:
Tessa is also still running Agility, although we are not as involved with it as we were when we were running for our C-ATCH. We go to class weekly, and we do go to a trial every now and then.
Bandit, going on 5 in February, is in the prime of life. He is a happy, active dog, and I could not love him more!
He loves Agility. We are not super serious about it, but we go to class weekly, and very occasionally I trial with him. He also enjoys Musical Freestyle, and I hope to have more Freestyle video to share of him in the near future!
Bandit and I have not been as involved with Parkour as I would like, mainly because I have been focused on my two older dogs with that. But, he did earn his All Dogs Parkour Champion Title over the summer, and occasionally we get out to film.
Finally, Rocky, our little Beagle Terrier, also in his prime at about 4 years old!! I do not do a whole lot with Rocky, although I do train a bit of Freestyle and Parkour with him from time to time. Ben still takes him to Rally and Agility classes when his work schedule allows for it. Rocky adores training, and it is something that I hope to get into with him more in the future.
Now that I have given a general update of everyone, maybe I will get back to writing a blog post every now and again! It is good to be back, and I hope to stay!
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