This has been the year of changes and challenges, with dog training and agility moving to the back burner a bit (but we have worked on some things like beginning Nosework.) Moving forward with life instead of just treading water and running in that proverbial hamster wheel.
Camping for a week down at Farragut State Park in Idaho for the usual summer vacation. Hit some hikes and explored some stuff we never have before this year. Saw the Roosavelt Forest of Ancient Cedars - just gorgeous!
Spending time camping, and hitting the "cabin" (my parents 40ft 5th wheel on a leased lot out in the Crows Nest Pass.) Hiking and other fun things with the dogs. Taking a break from training etc.
Conditioning, conditioning, conditioning! Happy, fit, and tired dogs. Off leash runs out in by the canal and swimming in the lake several times a week.
Hit some tourist traps, and common hikes out in the Pass. Miners Path in Coleman. Josephine Falls & Lilly/Lost Lakes out in Elkford. Chinook Lake just outside Coleman. It's been fun!
We did a summer indoor trial out in Millarville and poor Spencer shut down. Completely. At the end of day one, when he was entered on Sunday too. He's been running so well, and doing so well with Trial Applications class that it really threw me how badly clapping would affect him. So back to the drawing board a little on that one.
Revisited some old hobbies. Picked up some new ones, like a better camera lens and photo editing programs - now to get better with both of them!
