http://vikingdobermans.com/blog Viking Dobermans - promoting the total Doberman!! Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:38:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I looked at my blog and was aghast that my last post was in July!  Busy, yes... lazy, always, except when I have a burning desire to do something with my dogs.  That trumps all thoughts of a lazy, do-nothing afternoon sitting in front of the boob-tube.  Actually, my personality ... http://vikingdobermans.com/blog/2008/08/18/ive-been-busy-or-lazy-or-both/ What a lazy day.... no club training for us, so I took my time this morning getting my butt in gear.  The result was my arrival at the tracking field close to 10am... already warm and dry!  Two things not to do when training a dog with low tracking drives:  first, ... http://vikingdobermans.com/blog/2008/07/26/lazy-saturday-no-offical-training-scheduled/ I had to modify my last post because the link was not working....  In time, I'll figure it out.  Until then, the only videos will be on my video page.  Hopefully the ones listed will be correct... http://vikingdobermans.com/blog/2008/07/20/cosmo-looking-good/ After a huge disaster on Sunday (described below), Charlie and I needed a successful experience.  With that in mind, I laid a straight-line track with a couple of serpentine curves, six articles and one turn.  The jackpot was his favorite breakfast food-raw cut-up chicken wings!   I'll start with the disaster.  After ... http://vikingdobermans.com/blog/2008/07/15/monday-july-14-2008-number-98/ On Saturday the 12th, Zellie was asked to be a neutral type dog for one of Kristina's clients... seems a very nice young  woman was afraid of dogs and wanted to work thru her fears.  In my book, quite a brave person to face and try to conquer a long ... http://vikingdobermans.com/blog/2008/07/14/my-girl-zellie-did-good/ Whap! Huh? Am I under attack? Whap, whap.  WHAT!  What'da ya want? Whap, whap, whap!  Followed by whineeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee For crying out loud!  I'm single.  I should be allowed to sleep in, don't you think? Whinnnnnnnneeeeeeeeee.....  Whap, whap.  Zelda!  you whap me one more time and I'll upside your head! Just fine.  You guys think you got me up, but I ... http://vikingdobermans.com/blog/2008/07/14/57/ http://vikingdobermans.com/blog/2008/07/11/july-10-2008-track-with-charlie-brown/ Under the heading how was your day, mine was hell, I make this journal entry …  At 11 am I got a call from a friend…  She can’t get down my street because it has yellow police tape across it and according to her, there has been a homicide!   I’m thinking, in ... http://vikingdobermans.com/blog/2008/07/10/homicide-on-deepdene/      I wrote this in 2000 and it is about me and about one of my heart dogs, Lizzy.  ENJOY! My parents had dogs before they had children, so dogs, Dobermans in particular, and dog shows have always been a part of my life.   While some people dream of running marathons or ... http://vikingdobermans.com/blog/2008/07/08/everest/ My eyes are closed.  It is pre-dawn and dark outside.  I can tell because when I look at the inside of my eyelids with my eyes closed, I don’t see the yellow-red color created by the light hitting the skin on the outside of my eyelids and filtering though to ... http://vikingdobermans.com/blog/2008/06/17/53/