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Almost ready to open!
I only have a few more things to do and the Puppy and Basic level courses will be open for registration! I have completed the chute, window jump, water obstacle, and panel jumps. All I have left to do is finish some pallet ramps and clean up the parking/potty area.…
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New obstacle finished
The hanging tire obstacle is now added to the course! You can see my dog learning it here: Learning the hanging tires (youtube.com) I also did some video of the ladder work: Ladder work (youtube.com) And the Cavaletti: Cavaletti warm-up (youtube.com) I also graded the Basic area with the rake…
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Medals and more!
I got the proofs for the medals I want to have made for each dog that completes each level. I LOVE how they turned out! The blue part will be translucent! And I have added the plank with obstacles to the course. Here is a 1 min. video of my…
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LOTS of progress!
I’m usually a night owl, except when I have an exciting project and warm weather I woke up before the sun and my brain started working and I knew I should just get up and get started. So by 2 pm when the rain got heavy, I had done the…
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Grading is done!
I can’t quit looking at the area and photos, I love it! My neighbor let me use his tractor and I was on it all day yesterday (10a – 5:45p) and all day today (8a – 5:15p)! I am blown away by the gas mileage on it! Even with all…
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Progress
Half of the basic area is now cleared, the narrows, cavaletti and wobble board are done and there is a new youtube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClp340rfs9pCiFWZtkeUfKQI have uploaded a couple videos of my dogs doing some of the puppy level obstacles.
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Slow but steady progress
LOVIN the weather today! I was able to get the wobble board put together and then took some time to let my dog play on it Also created some “stoppers” I can velcro on to make it not wobble as much for the beginner dogs. I put together the frames…
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Today’s progress…
I got the velcro on the cavaletti uprights and got them onto the course. I have the cross bars ready to paint, but I’ll do that inside in the morning. I got paint on the 2x3s (that I’ll use to build ‘the narrows’ obstacle) as well as on the wobble…
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First Obstacles!
I wasn’t able to work on the course as long as I had hoped because my body told me I’m still recovering from the crud I caught over last weekend. But progress is still progress! The rest of the obstacles require some construction (or digging). I had to use the…
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Stump stepping stones & medal sketch
I had to go into town today and on my way in, I passed a yard where a tree company was removing a tree and had it cut into logs all over the yard. I stopped to see if I could get some of them and was told I could take…