It can be difficult to support shelters the way we’d like to. freekibble.com is a website where EVERYONE can help give food to shelter animals! There is a trivia question every day, and for every answer you give (even if its’ the wrong one) you give ten kibbles of dog or cat food. While ten kibbles may not seem like a lot, think of it this way. If ten people do it, that’s a hundred kibbles. That’s a quarter cup. That’s breakfast for some dogs! It takes a second, and you can do it every day. If ten people do it for ten days, that one thousand kibbles! That’s a respectable amount of food! (there’s a link for cats, too!)
There are several hundred subscribers to this blog. If everyone does this, we could contribute 6,000 kibbles in just one day! It takes so little, and yet it can be so much to a needy animal.
This film clip below is amazing. Dogs really don’t use their forepaws, but this dog seems to instinctively know that its’ injured fellow needs more than just being dragged by his mouth. The dog is showing more humanity than the humans driving by on the busy highway.
It’s rare that a film actually moves me to tears, but this one does.
UKI Agility has come across the pond! This organization is a fun, lighthearted place to work with your dog and brings ‘european’ courses to America, with their tighter turns and big handling challenges without their being a huge equipment challenge- the A-frame tops off at 5′7”. Dogs have angled entries to go through, and handlers have cross-over challenges. Think of European courses as the Da Vinci’s of the Agility world- they’re real works of art, in a simplistic, understated way. They require thought and preparation but in the end… it’s oil on canvas. It’s you and your dog!
While this may not be your cup of tea, there’s more! You can bring toys’ on-course for ‘training runs’, which means you can take your trial-shy dog for fun runs with toys, and then do a real run later in the competition! Think of how much zoom you could avoid! There’s also ‘nursery class’ for debuting dogs, which I know is a blessing. You can also enter a trial online (that’s right, no postage!) and keep track of your scores online as well.
The organization is still in the infant stage here in the U.S., but check here for a trial near you and try it out- you may just find that you love it! (I know I’m going to try it once my dog is old enough!)
The Love-me-hate-me contest is now closed, and we have a winner! Congratulations, Kathy! You’ve won three sets of E-Z sacks to help you keep your course in place!
Thanks everybody for participating, and stay tuned here at Agility Fusion for more contest and training tips upcoming!
And the results of the contest… you all love spending time with your dogs, and most of you hate letting them down. Some of the answers made me laugh, and some made me nod in sympathy- for instance, the long wait to get into the ring. It’s the hardest part of competing. And the driving… but it’s all worth it, in the end, when your dog grins at you, and you’re off! Then, when you’re done playing agility, the happy tired dog lying at your feet, content with the world is a reward unto itself! Definitely worth it, don’t you think?
We all have our ‘druthers’ in Agility- and our dogs definitely do! But there are some things we love about it. Is there anything we hate about it? Comment with your love and hate for agility below! Any aspect of agility- training, trials, obstacles, or tricks! Name one thing you love, and one thing you hate. There are no wrong answers, and lots of fun to be had! The prize is a three sets of red E-Z sacks (Value approx. $45) to show the love you have for your agility course by not letting it blow around!
The winner will be selected by a random number generator, and notified via email (providing you are a registered user here). Deadline is Feb. 15th. Good luck and have fun!
This contest is now closed- stay tuned for the winner, and thanks for the great participation!!!
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It can be difficult to support shelters the way we’d like to. freekibble.com is a website where EVERYONE can help give food to shelter animals! There is a trivia question every day, and for every answer you give (even if its’ the wrong one) you give ten kibbles of dog or cat food. While ten kibbles may not seem like a lot, think of it this way. If ten people do it, that’s a hundred kibbles. That’s a quarter cup. That’s breakfast for some dogs! It takes a second, and you can do it every day. If ten people do it for ten days, that one thousand kibbles! That’s a respectable amount of food! (there’s a link for cats, too!)
The Love-me-hate-me contest is now closed, and we have a winner! Congratulations, Kathy! You’ve won three sets of
We all have our ‘druthers’ in Agility- and our dogs definitely do! But there are some things we love about it. Is there anything we hate about it? Comment with your love and hate for agility below! Any aspect of agility- training, trials, obstacles, or tricks! Name one thing you love, and one thing you hate. There are no wrong answers, and lots of fun to be had! The prize is a three sets of
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