Noli becomes an honorary 'Nole

...as Devin tours the Florida State University campus with him.

 

Road trip!

Anders and Sparks enjoy a little time in South Beach --- and that's no bull.   ;-)

 

Mexican standoff

Fifo goes toe-to-toe with a vulture over a tortoise carcass in Rukmini's famous-for-its-roadkill suburban neighborhood!!

 

Baking for dollars

Jennifer's annual baked-goods and raffle-ticket sale was truly an impressive spread this year, bringing in well over $1000 for the cause (Walkathon fundraising).  Jennifer and her sister baked many, many of the goodies themselves, and other raisers and friends contributed to the feast.

 

Mall meeting

This evening's meeting (in addition to providing obedience practice and discussion, as always), provided a chance for the pups to wander through some strip-mall stores to investigate.

Convening time -- great for portraits!

 

Snoopy

 

Effie

 

Guest, Century

 

Noli

 

Fifo

 

 

Sparks with "on" switch

 

Sparks with "off" switch

 

 

Linda shares the training reports of the dogs currently on campus.

 

 Lots of work with "stays."

 

 

Effie chooses the flower display in front of JoAnn Fabrics to strike a pose.

 

 

Sparks shops for fabric.

 

Fifo ignores the stuffed toys nicely.

 

Snoopy, Century, and Noli explore Kirkland's home furnishings.

 

Noli and Snoopy marvel at the handsome dogs in Kirkland's!

 

Rough gig

Snoopy does a little PR work at Dog Days at Bass Pro Shop.

Rally obedience

This morning's meeting gave us both a new activity and a new venue:  rally obedience at Water Works Park in downtown Tampa.  The weather cooperated and we had a great day!

Lots of well-behaved pups hanging out during down time and announcements.

Bart

 

Snoopy

 

 

Snoopy and Effie

 

 

Fifo

Noli

 

Sparks 

 

 

Effie

 

 

Effie meeting Noli

 

 

Linda explains the guidelines for our rally event.  Each dog goes through the stations, perfoming what is dictated by the signs.  If commands are too advanced for the "baby dogs," handlers can substitute something the young pups know how to do.

 

 

 

 

Holding a stay in a distracting crowd.  Devin is always up for some extra activity!

 

 

 

Turn your back on your dog in a down-stay

 

Walk around your dog in a down-stay

 

The smells of grass are a perpetual distraction, so we move into the pavilion before handing the dogs over to puppy-raising applicants for more work on the rally commands.

 

 

Anna Grace with Sparks

 

 

April with Effie

 

 

Harry with Fifo

 

Mari with Snoopy

 

Robbie with Bart

 

 

"Little guys" Snoopy and Effie do a demonstration of a "proximity drill"--bringing the puppies closer and closer while they maintain their composure.

 

The "big guys" execute a self-control exercise in which they must hold stays in close quarters.

Thank you, Linda, for preparing today's rally event.  Kudos to all of the pups and handlers for a job well done.