"Inspirational Quotes For Sport and Life"

This great little video was created by our friend & long time instructor, Susan Garrett. I hope you will enjoy it as much as we do!






The video kicked-off the launch of Susan's fund-raising effort (details below!) for the 2010 Canadian IFCS Team, of which she is member. The IFCS World Agility Championship takes place on May 14-16, 2010, in Cleverdon, U.K. (Click on the link to visit the 2010 WAC website.)

We join in wishing Team Canada the best of luck at the competition!

If you are interested in the agility training e-book and/or helping support Team Canada, click the link to visit Susan's blog at: http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2010/05/the-big-kick-off.html for full details!

I'm proud to give special recognition to my husband as one of the contributing photographers for this video. He contributed the picture of the soaring eagle and the cover shot of the e-book, with Susan and her (then) puppy, Feature.


Happy Training! It's About Love!

More Summer Greetings from One!

Below, my personal favorite...beautiful photography, beautiful moment with Bungee's brother One. (pronounced in Finnish: "o-nay")


Such expression! I just want to reach out & hug him!


Another gorgeous photo of gorgeous One!


Our sincere thanks to Helena Tiainen for sharing these great photos with us!

Happy Training....It's About LOVE!

Summer Greetings from One!

One!

Some new photos just in! Here's the 1st half of some awesome photos we received from One's 'mom', taken on a recent vacation to their cottage at Lake Saimaa, Finland's biggest lake. Here's Bungee's brother, One, making some waves & having a swim! What a beautiful spot for a cottage & a swim!



Or just looking on very handsomely!


WoW! Great form!!!


Ahhhh....water....


Splashdown!


Many thanks to Helena Tiainen for sending us these lovely photos!!!

...stay tuned for the next installment soon!

Happy Training...It's About LOVE!

Surviving Canadian Winter

With A Little Help From Our Friends!

Gabby - showing the youngsters how it's done!

I don't know why this picture looks so over-exposed. Straight from iPhoto it looks perfect, uploaded to the blog it's completely changed - weird.

We got these pictures 3 weeks ago when Sarah & I took the dogs for a walk behind Tamsu one day and the DH (dear husband) could come along with his camera. Sarah's dad was already out back with his training buddies doing some field training with their dogs, with the usual stack of dead birds at the line and other birds laying out in the field for the dogs to find & retrieve. We were heading east, where we'd let the dogs have a good run in the open fields as we make our way across into the bush (Canadian woods) for trails not nearly as nice as Finland!

Gabby, unable to resist the bird-doggin' fun off to the north of us, veered off on a fast line disappearing out into the field, only to come running back, clearly happy as a dog can be, holding this big duck, and looking stunning in her purple coat too (!! :-) ...much to the chagrin of the "field people" I'm sure - who had been muttering just loud enough so we could hear them about ALL our dogs in coats, Hah! Clearly this grand Golden lady was showing their youngsters how it's done right!

Vince had come along to take pictures for us, but did so only as far as his long lens would allow him to follow us... :-)) But he managed to get this one of Gabby - what a perfect shot! You can double click on it to enlarge.

Below, Bungee, Guinness & I heading for the trails, with Bungee pretty interested in the "bird work" (field training) going on off to the side. I can guarantee her she doesn't want any part of what they're doing over there.



Below: Sarah, Gabby (purple coat) and her gang


Off in the distance, Gabby's gorgeous son, Cutter, doing what all good bird dogs will do, finds a spot a bird was laying (during earlier training that day) and rolls in it with exuberance!


Here's the whole gang, heading for the trails. See ya' in a few hours.



Surviving Winter - A Mental Reflection
Thank goodness for good friends, warm fires & home theatre! It's turning out to feel like a long season already. It's been 3 years since we have stayed home with no solid plans to get away and enjoy southern latitudes. We both want to but so far things just haven't been right. Clearly, I'm out of practice at this winter bit. Lately I've had a small case of the "winter doldrums", just a combination of things I suppose not the least of which was the news about Gabby, (diagnosed with lymphoma 2 weeks ago), the lack of outdoor warmth, sunshine, or the fact that some of my most favorite training camps & fun trials were going on down in the Florida sunshine without us. Though in my heart I really shouldn't feel that way as I know there are bigger and more important reasons we were meant to stay home. On that note we are both very happy that we are here for those reasons. Still, the last week especially, I've been pretty blue about this grey, blah, winter condition.

Then we had a near-blizzard and death-defying experience to drive 90 km. home in from our running clinic last night, complete with raging winds, walls of snow & white-outs. My goodness we were glad to see our house! Waking up (alive!) to this morning's peaceful landscape, even with a new layer of snow, suddenly seems pretty good!

Meanwhile, as we make our way through this winter, (at times one long day at a time) I'm LOVING the training we're doing, and Bungee's progress! Her contacts are coming along brilliantly and I'm just loving what we're producing now. Thank goodness for families, great coaches, great dogs & good friends!

Today we send out a very special prayer ~ God Bless Gabby!
We love her dearly and send her kisses & kisses & kisses & more meatballs!

Happy Training...It's About Love!

Bungee's New Coat!

Surprise! Surprise!

Here's Bungee, enjoying her new coat!


Bungee in high style!


Santa came around to see Bungee twice this year, once at Christmas and another time this week! (Even though technically it's a new year :'). This time he brought her the most beautiful coat from Finland, custom-made just for her. Made of high-tech sport fabrics for winter weather, designed in Canadian colors, complete with her name embroidered, and decorated with her national flags of Finland & Canada too! Glow in the dark safety stripes as trim and a perfect fit!

As soon as I came in from the mailbox with the parcel, Bungee came up & tried to take the package right out of my hand. Wanting to see what she would do, I let her have it and watched her carry it all around the house a time or two before I helped her open it up! Pretty sure she knew it was for her right away! She could not keep her cold little nose out of it as we opened it either! We weren't prepared to find such a beautiful gift! It's the most beautiful gift one of our dogs has ever received!



Many thanks to Auntie Helena, Uncle Ville & brother One for the fabulous coat! Bungee will be decked out in great winter style from now on!





Happy Training....It's About Love!

2009 Contacts & Weaves & Trials

Welcome 2009!
I hope everyone survived their New Year's Eve celebrations without feeling too badly today! I'm starting off 2009 very excited about the prospect of seeing Bungee in trial in a couple of months.

Contacts & Weaves Camp
As you may recall, one of my Christmas presents was attendance for Bungee and I at a Say Yes workshop called: "Contacts & Weaves". The timing on this camp was perfect for us. I was really looking forward to going, and it didn't disappoint. It turned out to be just what we needed. I love it when training opportunities exceed my expectations. I have to admit I loved this camp!

First, each of our skills were evaluated in a number of areas that are necessary for good contacts & weaves. Bungee was on top of the curve with everything, with contacts themselves being our weakest skill, in my opinion. From that point a plan was set in place for each of us to get where we wanted to go with our skills. The rest of the weekend was spent working our buns off with one really fun session after another, reviewing what we just did and working again, with lots of instructor help, mixing up contacts, weaves and the complimentary skills associated with perfecting each. As camps go, this one goes on the list as one my favorites.

Contacts
I was relieved to have Susan's nod of "good" for her initial evaluation of Bungee's contacts. We were not as far off as I thought, always nice to hear. However, though technically "correct", I found then average, lacking drive and boring - definitely not the way any of us would like them to stay, especially me! This is also why I have not had Bungee working full pieces of equipment yet.

The camp information was terrific. What we learned has already improved her contacts a lot and filled in gaps for me too. I'm confident it will be a short road from here to the equipment.

The 1st "Aaaaha" Moment
The target cue should create ACCELERATION (not brakes) to the target! This was a real epiphany for me. I've always used the word "target", for my dog's contact "end-zone" cue, so I'll use that as the example here, but it doesn't matter what cue you use. But the end result should be the same, you give the cue and the dog pushes harder. I've always pictured the opposite, the target cue as brakes on the dog's speed over the contact.

But here it is, when I say the word "target" it should cue the dog to accelerate to the contact!

Upon hearing the cue to "target", the dog should ACCELERATE into the contact!

How did I get such backwards thinking all this time? I suppose I just pictured it that way from the start. Lucky for Bungee she will now be the recipient of my new and improved understanding, which will really help. First giant gap in my knowledge of how to get from what I had to what I wanted closed by camp info! Awesome!

In truth, I had actually backed off training contacts recently. I was not happy with the results I had and not sure how to get the ones I wanted. Meanwhile when I did work them, it seemed I was forever working through various learning curves of my own regarding the many herding & stalking type things that a clever little Border Collie can present to you in training contacts! It's not often one of my dogs will lead the parade in how we use our training time but leave it to Bungee, she was doing just that. To say the least, our contact training time did not seem very efficient!

I am really pleased to come away from camp being able to make short work of Bungee's contacts now, they're already so much better.

Weaves
Bungee's weaves were already just rocking before we went to this camp. I've always been proud of the awesome weave skills I've been able to teach my dogs, using Susan's 2 X 2 weave method. The method has always served us well. But now Susan has expanded the training insights to allow greater proofing and create even stronger skills. So how great is it when you go through a camp and get 2 really big "Aaahaa" moments? The 2nd came in the weaves department, and it is going to help us create even stronger skills.

As for Bungee's weave skills now, she is running 12 poles brilliantly, but we backed up to 4 poles a while back to really push the envelope for entries and find every point of failure we can to train through. Once we work through this stage we will move up to 6 & 12 again and focus on handling.

Unfortunately we're in the middle of winter and coming up on our coldest season. At this point in time our only weave training limitations are brought on by deep snow, super cold temperatures and conditions that require us to wait for barn-time to get some work in on them.

Guinness


Ketch


Bungee


Can you believe a new year is here already?
I'm really getting excited about the prospects of being ready for agility competition in 2009. I believe Bungee could handle a Jumpers or Jumpers with Weaves course now. But I intend to finish working through the new 2 X 2 program we revisited first. We'll also have to see where we're going to be for late-January, February and March trials before we go entering any. Warm beaches, green agility fields and big fish are starting to call our names once again, but at this point, no solid plans yet. With any luck our dollar will start gaining it's strength back as the first week of the New Year gets going.

Click here to see if you can spot Bungee's many appearances in the video clips Susan posted to her blog from camp!



Until the next time, Happy Training! ....It's About Love

It's a Family Tradition!

Happy New Year Everybody!!!

Lately I have really been enjoying Jenny's latest videos. It's clear where our Kvarkin "Champagne kids" get one-half of their large talent!! So we just can not let 2008 get away before we get a chance to brag about brother, Ogin, and compliment the fantastic work he and "mom" Jenny Damm are already doing in agility training & competition! So, what better way to brag about them, than bring you directly to Jenny's latest YouTube video of Ogin & Elvis right here! And now...drum roll for Ogin, Elvis & Jenny, prepare to be impressed!



Congatulations Jenny & Ogin on your awesome debut! Congratulations also to "papa" Elvis on his continued success! In a word: Wow! You guys are looking awesome! We are tickled to see these videos and looking forward to many more! Meanwhile, I'll be filing this video under "inspiration" and Jenny's latest weaves video as well! (We've been keeping a little busy in that department too, but another time-this one's for Ogin!)

Between Mia & Ogin, it seems Sweden is off to an early start with a monopoly on the competition market for Kvarkin kids!!! Ho Ho Ho! Good thing we love them! Go Sweden!!!!! :-)))

I have some lovely photos & nice video clips of Jenny & Elvis relaxing in the park and showing a few of Elvis's many tricks, on a break during FCI AWC 2008. I'll be putting them up very soon!!

You can learn more about Kvarkin Kennels and our dogs, or Jenny Damm, Elvis & Lotus Education by visiting the "Family Links" to the side, the link to Jenny's YouTube site is also listed to the side under YouTube channels.

Signing off today to again wish you a Happy New Year! We raise a toast of champagne to all for a wonderful & prosperous 2009!

Luv & hugs from Bungee & family...XOXOXOXXXOOO!
Happy Training, It's About LOVE!

Kvarkin's Cristal "Mia"

Below, Bungee's sister "Mia", in Sweden.


Mia poses for the photo above, after enjoying early success in the obedience ring. She's already moved out of Class I of Swedish Obedience Competition and is now training to be ready for Class II in the spring! Wow! Best of all, reports are that Miss Mia is a very, HAPPY worker in the ring!! That comes as no surprise but is still fabulous to hear :-) Nice work ladies!!!

Big Congratulations to Mia & Mona on all their obedience success!

Our special thanks to Mona Kjernholm for the news update & lovely photo of Mia!



Happy Training, It's About Love!

Excellence In Weave Pole Training

EXCITING NEWS FOR AGILITY ENTHUSIASTS!

A fabulous new training tool for weave training has hit the e-market and we have had the privilege to preview it! Hold on to your hats folks - this one REALLY is outstanding!

It's Called: "Excellence in Weave Pole Training - Phase One"
It's By: Susan Garrett
Available at: www.clickerdogs.com Read more about it below!

Here's Bungee learning her weaves with 2 X 2's this past fall!


Above, Bungee is building her weave pole skills the way all of our dogs have, with Susan Garrett's 2 X 2 weave pole training method. Susan's 2 X 2 system has produced such fabulously fast, reliable and independent weaving skills for each of our dogs that I just don't think about using any other method. The shot above was taken by me, one hand to reward with a toy and the other for the camera on about her 15th day of weave training and that was actually a set of 12 poles.

Now Susan has really outdone herself (yet again!), creating an absolutely fabulous new 2 X 2 Weave Pole Training E-book called:

"Excellence In Weave Pole Training - Phase One"

Available on Susan's website at: www.clickerdogs.com

I am thrilled and proud to be one of the first to have a preview of this fantastic new training tool and to be able to share in announcing it's launch with all of you. When you see the quality and content for yourself I'm sure you'll understand why I'm raving about it!

I cannot wait to get started working through it. That said, I think there is about 6 months work there if one diligently trained 5 days a week, which in my book is great value for the money. But, set your calendars to get it fast! It launches off Susan's website listed above, November 26, 2008, and it will ONLY be available until December 10th, 2008, when Phase Two is launched.

Even with my previous success in teaching beautiful weaves with 2 X 2's, I am blown away by the content and the quality of Susan's new e-book and the potential it holds for taking Bungee's skills to the highest level attainable. I am not kidding or just throwing adjectives around folks - this workbook is a MUST HAVE! I'm really impressed by the enormous amount of information and the quality that Susan has put into this as well as the value that is to be gained by any team who works through it from start to finish.

I have no doubt that the "Phase One" workbook will take Bungee's (and any dog's) weave pole skills to a world class level if followed systematically. But for trainers and/or dogs new to the method, the workbook starts you at Step One for a dog that is seeing a weave pole for the very 1st time and brings you along with instructions for producing as nice of weaves as you want to have.

Get this book while you can, it's a GEM! I myself can't wait to start working through it. I wish we didn't have a foot of snow on the ground already but that's another story!
Kisses home to all from Bungee!!

Happy Training...It's About Love!

Chili & Fun come to see me off!

More photos of my recent trip to Finland!

L-R: Mia, Fun, Pirjo & Chili (I hope I got Fun & Chili right - these girls look a lot a like!)


Below, our dog's fabulous breeder & friend, Mia Laamanen with Fun, then Chili, and myself.


I got to see lots of the human "Kvarkin family" at the 2008 FCI Agility World Championships, but not quite as much of the dogs as we spent most of our time at the games.

So, Pirjo generously decided to bring sisters 'Fun' & 'Chili' to see me off at Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport! I was so happy to get to see them! It was the 1st time I'd seen Chili since she was a wee pup and a full year since I'd see Fun. It was so fantastic to see them! Thank you ladies for making this happen!

Fun is Bungee's big sister, a half-sister by her dam, Aino, also out of Mia's breeding and belongs to our friend, Pirjo.
Chili is Bungee's litter mate sister, and belongs to our friend Maisa who could not be there at the airport, but fortunately we got to visit quite a lot at the World Championship.


Below, assorted shots of Chili & Fun, in the airport terminal.






To read more about Fun & Chili click on Mia's: Kvarkin Kennel website here.

Many thanks to our friends Mia for "everything" and to Pirjo for bringing Fun & Chili for bringing the girls to see me off! Kiitos paljon!

Happy Training...It's About Love!

Brother One!

A few photos from my recent trip to Finland

Here's Bungee's lovely brother "One"


And again, One, very happy to be going out for a walk in the woods!




Here's One with almost all of his family (where's Ville?)
L - R: One, Tyyne & Roope with "mom" Helena standing behind.


I got to see One, Tyyne & Roope at lunch one day of the games. Helena invited me to come home with her to give the dogs some exercise at lunchtime. It was a short visit due to our schedule at the games but it was still a really nice walk in the local woods and it was great to see Helena's dogs and visit with them again. I had not seen One since he was a young puppy, and it was marvelous to see what a fabulous young man he's grown into! One looks so much like Bungee, it really stunned me for a second when I first saw him. He's very handsome!! Many thanks to Helena for this special lunch time treat!

If you'd like to read more about Helena and her dogs and see lots of great pictures of them, visit her website by clicking here. You can also read more about One by clicking on the Kvarkin Kennels website here.


Happy Training...It's About Love!

So what have you been up to?

Bungee At Training Camp



Training progress this week
Focus on serpentine handling, distance & motion challenges on contact training, moving up from 6 to 12 poles, and speed circles of 5 jumps mixed up with 3 sets of 2 X 2's to create entries with speed. I will also be adding poles after tunnels & out of chutes for the same thing. We found some weakness in one particular kind of 180 situation for both Bungee and myself when we went to work with Sarah yesterday so we have that going too. I learned at camp that Bungee only understood a 270 for a limited distance (maybe with jumps up to 10-12 ft. apart?). When jumps were set on square 18' - 20' (ft.) apart, she really needed a lot of support to stay on her outside line and not come through the gap. So we'll work on that too. Lots of the work is mine to do, to find the sweet spot between the how-to & amount of support she needs and not getting myself stuck, flat-footed in a gap when I really need to be moving down a line. As always we finish any box work or technical sequences with simple speed circles of 7 - 10 jumps (heights & sets always in flux, never the same twice) just to let her open up and release a bit after technical work.

On a personal note
I have been feeling so cut-off and frustrated with our still-dismal internet situation. I was pleasantly surprised to be able to upload one medium-sized picture of Bungee to my blog this morning without timing out - amazing. The line-of-sight internet company told us they are planning a new tower for our area early in the new year. No solutions now :-( Meanwhile my husband was in touch with our county office as they are also doing a high-speed upgrade project for several areas, however our road was not included on their mapping!! When my husband contacted the county administrator in charge of the project, the man asked my husband if he was one in the same as the person that authored a certain whitepaper on MS Exchange. When he found out that indeed my husband was the same individual he really got excited telling him our county is in the process of deploying that same architecture now and he's the architect in charge and agreeing how much we REALLY need the bandwidth and how happy he was to meet him and so on. Maybe we've found a new ally who can actually come through with high-speed for us - fingers crossed. In the meanwhile, I am still stuck with going to an internet cafe for out-bound high-speed or a friends house. Both are possibilities in the near future the trouble is just finding the time.

But moving on to more positive subjects, fall is here in all it's splendor and it's just gorgeous to be outside. Fall days are so fabulous, especially here in Ontario. I don't know how some Canadians can take this season for granted to go about their days in the same hum-drum fashion as always. I never get used to what must be the most beautiful fall color to be seen on the planet. I really just love this time of year. I wish I could put up so many of the beautiful pictures I have been taking here at home. The temperatures have been perfect for working dogs, the colors are glorious, the sunshine is brilliant, this year the grass is plush from the wet summer, it's just hard to stay inside.

Of course Bungee would like to train 8 hours a day in any weather, so she's really all for any day when I'd rather be outside than in! In between training sessions I can find endless odd jobs to do, all the business of being a "good squirrel" and getting ready for winter. Somehow fall always creates an urgency in me to take advantage of every spare minute of sunshine. Perhaps it's the days getting shorter, or recognizing that every day of green grass is a gift this time of year that creates a desire to pack every minute of a training you can into day.

I may only get one picture up at a time but I can make many short notes to the blog when I have uploading success. Videos are still just out of the question from home but I'm looking for alternatives all the time.

Happy Training! It's About Love!

Kvarkin's Cristal "Mia"

Mia Makes a Splash!

Here are some great photos of Bungee's sister Mia, in Sweden, taking some time out of her training for the all-importance business of having some fun!

Enjoy!









Many thanks to Mona Kjernholm for sharing these wonderful photos with us once again!

Happy Training...It's About Love!

Bungee's Winter Vacation - 2008

This will be a little bit of a repeat for our Blog readers, but it is new to our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/bl0art, which has been in dire need of updates. Content: Winter training & a little R & R, lots of relationship building. Enjoy!





Happy Training...It's About Love!

Everybody Splish Splash!

Bungee, Guinness & friends have some weekend fun in the water.

Bungee advances to running 6 feet and jumping into the water without stopping! Guinness just loves everybody & loves to swim. He never wants to leave the pool!!
Some dogs are just learning to swim, some are old pro's at this game, the rest are somewhere in between. Enjoy!




The two Rotties are our good friends Emma & Eli (mom & son). Emma and her human mom Cassie joined us in our RV for our trip out to Nationals last month. Unfortunately we all came home quite sad to see we got nearly no pictures of them to include in our vacation photos :-(...but we're making up for it now!! Here they are in all their glory, having a blast, dock diving like old pros and amusing everybody with their antics!

Happy Training...It's About Love!

Bungee! 2007 The Early Days

A photo collection of Bungee's early days, August to December, 2007.








Happy Training...It's About Love!

Barrel Racing Bungee

Bungee's 2nd Demo is a Success!

Bungee's 1st demo was just a year ago this past weekend. She was about 11 weeks old. This year she got to do more :-), including Barrel Racing. Here's are some assorted photos of her races over the hot but very fun weekend. She won her share. She dialed herself into the tight line like an old pro! Her best time was 6.4 seconds, but I don't have yardage so not much good! Most dogs were averaging 10 - 11 seconds. Faster dogs got into the 7 second range. Only Bungee & Grip got into the 6 second range, Sarah's dog were not running this one or we may have had a bit more company in the 6 sec. slot! At any rate - it was all about fun & teamwork and as the pictures show...Bungee really liked Barrel Racing.

Here she is...


Around the 1st barrel...


Around the 2nd barrel...(how about those tight turns?)


I could take credit for them...


But she's never done this before :-)


Around the last & down the finish line! Go Bungee!!


Rounding the 3rd in another race...


Racing to the finish on the tight line!


Does this picture remind anyone beside me of sister Mia??? :-))


Go Girlie!!


A great big "wally ball" toy reward awaits her over the line and a victory lap!



Happy Training...It's About Love!

A Day At The Beach - P.E.I.

A day at the beach - P.E.I., Canada

L-R: Guinness, Bungee, Barbie (in front), Grip, Gabby, Zimmer, Cutter & Jiggy

Above, the whole gang minus one (Emma flew home after Nationals).
Our campground on P.E.I. was actually at this fantastic & deserted beach. We had it all to ourselves and we loved it, most of all the dogs, who swam & ran together until their little legs practically fell off! A great day we will remember a long time!


L-R Below: Sarah & Zimmer, Cynthia & Barbie, Guinness in front, Grip on the lobster trap, Bungee & I, Jiggy out front with Guinn, Cutter, and Gabby next to me.


Happy Training...It's About Love!

Kvarkin's Princesse Bungee!

Bungee on Prince Edward Island, (P.E.I.), Canada

A proper place for a Princesse, don't you think?

Below, our beautiful Finnish Princesse, Bungee gets center stage on this morning's blog. How could I resist with such a beautiful shot of our Bungee?


Below, the same photo, cropped to zoom in for a close-up of Bungee.


Happy Training...It's About Love!

Dickinson Falls

Fundy National Park's Dickinson Falls, New Brunswick, Canada

A most beautiful and protected area, much like a rain forest, perhaps it is. One of the prettiest places I have been in a long time. The dogs liked it too!

But between the rain, the mist from the falls & water all around, and the wooden walkways & stairs, it was a very slippery place for fast dogs who would prefer to tear around together, with no thought to tearing themselves up! So it was leashes all around most of the time. Oh - and lots of stops for photographs!


Dickinson Falls


L-R, Jiggy, Cutter, Bungee


The folks who have helped the most over the years to make all of our dreams with the dogs, possible! Our friends & traveling companions - Mr. & Mrs. Mairs


OH! Wait a minute, where have all the women gone?
These guys look like trouble!


L-R - top: Gabby, Cutter, Jiggy, bottom: Guinness & Bungee


After a good long hike, we finally arrive at the falls view. Bungee was quite interested in the water below, as you can see her with her head between the railings looking over the side (and mom holding her securely on the other side!)


Another bunch of troublemakers no doubt...


One scene like this after another, all the way up to the falls.


Up stream from the falls, and more trouble makers! :-)) ....hmmm, they have familiar looking dogs...perhaps we know these people/grin/ Actually there were several people at this lovely swimming hole by the time we made our way, don't know how they missed the picture? Cynthia gets the spotlight! The swimming hole doesn't seem to make it into the photo either. Hmmm... But the dogs all enjoyed it and a little break here, then back to the leashes for the slippery hike out.


Happy Training!...It's About Love!