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How often do rules get changed??

a snail?

One of them looks like a giant Lab mix

Oooh lot's of brags this weekend!! Congrats to those at the state games champs! And to RS and bedazzled at your state trial Dova, those are some nice scores Just remember your dumbbell next time And my brag would be... Jess got her first open quallie with a 2nd on 185

If all else fails, maybe show your friend a heap of cute little Cav puppy photos, who could say no to that?

Kirislin: Canon 7D, 50mm 1.4, 100mm 2.8 Macro, 70-200mm 2.8L IS Bellatrix: Canon 5D Mark II, 50mm 1.4 (and the 1.8), 24-70mm 2.8L, 100mm 2.8 Macro, Speedlite 580EX II JS: Canon 1000D, kit 18mm-55mm & 55mm-250mm, 50mm 1.8, Speedlite 580EX II SchnuzaeryBoy: Nikon D80, Nikon D700, 50 1.8, 18-50 2.8, 28-80 3.5-4, 24-70 2.8, 70-200 2.8, SB-400, SB-900, 1.4x TC, 2x TC Becandcharch: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.4, Speedlite 580EX II and a kit lens I dont even know what it is as I never use it! persephone :point&shootonly here Fuji finepixS8000sfd and a sony cybershot DSCN1 Ellz: P&S only here too: Olympus SP600UZ and Sony Cybershot DSC-S650 MavericksMission: Canon 450D, 18-55mm & 55-250mm Evolving: Canon 500D, 50mm 1.8, 18-55mm & 55-250mm Mish13 : Sony A700, 16-80 F3.5,90mm F2.8,11-18mm F4.5,18-250mm F3.5, 75-300mm F4.5, 50mm 1.8 (Bellatrix, you have my dream camera) CrazyCresties: Lumix TZ65 and my Canon (which is still in storage for another month!) 350D 18-55mm kit lens, 70-300mm and 500mm Tamron mirror lens (about 20yrs old from my old Minolta but works with an adaptor!) Belgian.blue: Canon 550D 18-55mm & 55-250mm .. very soon a 50mm 1.8 and a Sony Cybershot P&S eta: Just purchased a 50mm 1.8 and a Lowepro Versapack 200 AW biggrin.gif Fattima: Nikon D90, kit 18-55mm & 55-200mm Clover: Nikon D40x, kit 18 - 55mm, 55 - 200mm & nikkor 70 - 300mm. MTD : Sony A350 , 55-200mm, 18mm-70mm , 50mm 1.8 SammieS: Canon 7D, 18-200mm but I think I also want a 50mm soon! DMA: Olympus E-30, Olympus E-420, Zuiko: 14-42mm, 12-60mm SWD, 18-180mm, 70-300mm; Sigma: 24mm, 30mm, Olympus EX-25; Canon PowerShoot A590; Canon AE-1, 28-70mm, 85-200mm Ripley: Canon 50D (I've not even used it yet! Was a present from my husband 2 weeks ago); Canon 30D, Canon 300mm f/4 L, Canon 1.4 teleconverter (don't need to use it though), Canon 50mm 1.8 (I hardly use this lens either), Sigma 17-70, Sigma 10-20, 2 ND grad filters, a newish Fuji pocket digital + underwater housing which I am going to sell soon and a Canon DSLR film camera that I probably won't use again. eta: Husband has an Olympus DSLR E500 with kit lens if anyone wants to buy it, not many shutter clicks on it at all Linda K - Canon 5dII, 24-70L, 85 1.8, 50 1.4, 135L, 16-35L & Nikon D700 50 1.4G TerraNik: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.4, a couple of kit lenses that I rarely use, Speedlite 580EX II Tlc: Nikon D80, 50mm 1.8, kit lense 18 - 135, speedlight. Panasonic fz50, nikon coolpix P&S RottnBullies: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.8 ValleyCBR: Olympus e420, Zuiko: 14-42mm and Zuiko 40-150mm LucyCharzie: Canon 1000D, 18-55mm, 50mm 1.8 Ravyk: Canon 550D, 50mm 1.4, 60mm 2.8 macro, 18-250mm, Panasonic Lumix FZ-28, Panasonic Lumix FT1 [waterproof] Firestone: Canon 450D, (I love) and today I laybyed the Canon 50mm 1.4 can hardly wait CareyJ: Canon 450D, 18-55mm, 55-250mm, Lowepro camera bag, Sony Cyber-Shot DSCTX p&s Poocow - Canon 350D (need an upgrade!), kit lenses, 50mm 1.8, 70-200mm. Next purchase will be a Speedlite. ~*Shell*~ - Canon 5D Mark II, Battery Grip, 50mm 1.4, 50mm 1.8, 70-200mm 2.8L, 530EX II Speedlite, Canon IXUS80IS Tibbiemax - Canon 50D, 18 - 200mm, 50mm 1.4, need more stuff!! MrRedDog - Mine arrived yesterday Canon Eos 7D, Canon EF 50mm f1.8 II, Tamron SP AF 10-24mm f3.5-4.5 Di II LD, Tamron AF 28-300mm f3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Plus a few other bits and pieces: bag, filters and stuff (now it's play time) DogSportObsessed: Canon 1000D, 18-55 mm, 75-300 mm (only just got it last week :D)

OMG. Though, I was down at Marion last Thursday and there were no puppies or kittens in any of the glass cages (@ Pet's Paradise). Don't know what's going on there, hopefully it's closing down :D

Another vote to desex here :D for reasons already stated.

;) I've done this too.

Clean Run + DOL'rs = pure evil. :D

I never used to put Jess in stays when she wasn't passing, but I did on Saturday thinking she'll stay since it's homegrounds. But nope, little witch dropped in her sit stay, not once but twice! So no more non-qualifying stays for her!

I do watch his show sometimes, I guess I agree with SOME of the things he does, but the rest of it is just plain weird. Most of the time it just seems like the dog doesn't get any praise at all, it's just a correction for doing something wrong, but do something right, the only reward is not getting another weird correction. One episode there was a dog who was extremely scared to go walking in the city (which is where they lived). Cesar's idea to fix this was to tie the end of the dog's tail to the leash (with the other end clipped to his collar), so his tail was high in the air as he walked. I really don't see how this worked! Another episode he was trying to 'train' a dog to like swimming in the pool, solution? Force her into the pool. Just saying, that would scare my dog even more...

No brags from me again, Jess did a lovely novice recall in open today ! Argh! Most of her ringwork was really messy but somehow she got some decent scores Well done to Seita and Ella, that's great news!! And congrats ness too :D ^I did see some very nice work from a certain Toller out there today

At least she got an open quallie, ness ! Apparently qualifying is too much to expect from Jess Nice work in UD too!

Way to go Ptolomy and Scoota!!

Not much of a brag from me today. We had a double obedience trial, Jess entered in open (which is her second open trial). AM trial, she didn't do COP and PM trial she didn't do DOR. Both trials she lied down in sit stays!! Seems she doesn't wanna drop when she needs too, but will happily drop when she's not meant to! But apart from stays, she passed all exercises, but just over both trials! funny dog, we'll try again tomorrow I guess!

Woah $100 a trial! The most I've ever spent on entries was $64 and that's over a two day trial!

I think Flat coats are more bouncey but I don't know for sure. Slow to mature I've read? They didn't want a super energetic dog right? Well from what I've heard 'oodles' can be hyper crazy energetic so they really really don't suit there needs at all.

Challenging? I find it challenging to live without her! Mine has never, ever tried to escape. Ok, yep she is constantly analyzing/reacting to every tiny movement, but I wouldn't describe training her to be a frustrating experience (most of the time ) ETA: Oh and there was something about chasing cars all the time... uhhh what? My BC much perfers tennis balls rather than automobiles

Thanks all for the info ^

x2 My retriever loooves this and it keeps him entertained for ages! Both my dogs sleep most the day, then play fight a bit, sleep, play, sleeeeep!

So I've been thinking for awhile about getting a SLR, probably not 'til next year at least, but I want to do my research I've been looking at reviews and things, but I want a DOL opinion What's a good SLR to start out with?? (There's bound to be a similar thread around here some where....)

Is it just me, or do all of the working line dogs look healthier?

Me too, and in every one so far I have preferred the working dog over the show one. Yeah same here!