My day was spent working obedience with YO. Now, he does a great 'Sit" (if he wants his collar on to go someplace or to have me walk in his pen, he BETTER sit!) And does a so-so heel unless we are close to a showgrounds. But I have never believed that a conformation dog doesn't know the difference between obedience work and conformation rings, so after 4 years of putting it off (Life intervened), we are learning an obedience "FRONT!" and Down!. Now how does one work a 90 lb, 4 year old dog into a down when he NO WAY wants to go down???? LOL. (Yes, I know, dip and drop, but GEESH! never had to do that w/a pup!) Then, Dreamer pointed out that the feral cats are pooping in the yard again (well, his pointing was more like, "DREAMER, DROP IT, YUK!", then I am there with the scooper. Run in to read the blog, check the master catalog, which for some reason only comes out as a downloadable form....AOL browser version for the MacIntosh? And off to screen dirt from the gravel that I will be putting in a 'homegrown' leach field. Of course, the wind comes up and my newly washed hair....... .........well,.................... So how was YOUR day, PPPrs? Not much action. Think it's time for my glass of Cabbie. Stormy "You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result." Mahatma Gandhi Stormy Hope *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* Dog's love is different, it requires no return UPDATED 2/11/06....CHECK IT OUT!!!! www.FairhopeGSD.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================