www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA70zmxgaKE

Other summer options for classes are Handling Classes and Advanced Tricks that have no time limit, meaning that you can join and finish the class whenever you are finished with all the courses/tricks, no time limitations.

On a special request by those who are getting puppies, we’ll also keep March Puppy Class open, meaning that while those who started in March will be ending it in June, you can as well register now and then keep posting after the class is officially finished, to get the normal 12 weeks of feedback on your videos. All the previous videos and discussions stay on line too, just as with all other classes. So you can also join Foundations, but only as an auditor.

New Puppy class will start on 27th August, new Foundations in October and Running Contacts end of October/November.

And well, I hope Bu and Bi do as well in our qualifications as in Austria today – some videos soon, but first off to bed, I just had to brag about Werner&Esmeralda

On a special request by many to hold a Running Contacts class also during the summer, I’m opening the registration for May RC class. This class will probably have some more breaks as usual 2 weeks we do with every class as I’ll be absent some during the summer, but we’ll still have the usual 15 weeks of interesting discussions. The class is starting with 1st to-do list on 21st May (and will end by the end of September), but you can register and enter the classroom already now.

There won’t be any other classes during the summer, other as Handling and Advanced Tricks that are on-going classes with no time limitations. Next Puppy class only starts in September, but because of many request for a Puppy Class, I’m leaving the March Class open, meaning that you can register at any time and simply post for next 12 weeks. So you’re welcome to join us with your puppy, just use the March registration form!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw9VMdVvyas

Remember when I said that if Bu was a person, she would be a mathematician? Well, there is no doubt about Le either: if Le was a person, she would be an actress! She would be famous for her victim roles.

Le possesses amazing acting skills, you should see how she looks like when she needs to get off agility field and her friends can stay there! She is fine if we all go to the house, no torture signs there. But if I leave one of the dogs on agility field and only take Le to the house -- she will lie down, look away, lick her lips and make you believe I’m going to beat her in that house!

I also remember World Championships in Germany, when Le was just a puppy and got to come along, but of course needed to spend quite some time in a crate and she doesn’t really like that. And first day was really cold, so when I saw her freezing in a crate, I took her to a hall with me, it was just a training day anyway. She was again shaking the next day, so I put some extra blankets in and over the crate to keep the poor puppy warm… But she just kept shaking even the third day, with the sun out and a real warm day and many dogs in the same car! That’s when I started to get suspicious and asked a friend to check on Le first when we came to the car. She said she looks fine and happy, so I came close too -- and my poor puppy was shaking terribly! I moved away from the car and left my friend there and that’s how we caught her on a lie: she was only shaking when I came close and was perfectly fine when I was not in her view!

On that same World Championships, she decided to give a hard time to a dog from our team, play-attacking her all the time just as she does to her best friend Bi -- but Bi likes it and this dog didn’t and tried to tell her that by snapping towards her. We all saw she never touched my puppy, she just snapped towards her ribs. Le decided to attack again anyway and that’s when that dog’s owner stepped towards her and said “no” to stop her. Le looked at her with her victim eyes, curved her back, started crying and looking at the spot the poor dog was snapping towards a minute ago (!), trying to make us believe she is just a victim and almost got bitten into two parts! Nobody believed her, but she insisted for quite a while before she gave up and her back started to look not-broken again

Also, when at home and her favourite spot on a sofa is taken, she will start to alarm bark so that everybody goes running to check things out and she can get what she wants. And when her best friend Bi won’t play with her, she will go get a toy, jump on a back of a sofa and launch that toy down, in Bi’s direction of course, so that Bi can’t say no, goes to get the toy and then plays with her. From some strange reason, Le even tricked La into liking her! La doesn’t really like other dogs and wants to be left alone, but she has very high unexpected tolerance towards Le and while she of course won’t play with her, if she needs to share a sofa, she will always pick Le.

Yeap, she is really good! She has her tortured puppy act polished to perfection. It’s just AMAZING how smart dogs are!!! They keep surprising me and make me laugh at their brilliant ideas every day!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=behCxjYAsVY

And oh, I’ve got one cancellation for July Camp, so if anybody wants a working spot -- mail me -- FAST!

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With thanks to Maja for great photos from April Camp! And to all the group for a great, fun atmosphere! And to the weather for still being better as weather forecast said

It was really cool to finally meet some old friends from long-distance classes in live! We had three participants from the very first long-distance class (Puppy I)!

We were very international again, with participants from Denmark, France, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Slovenia and – AUSTRALIA! Yes, Camilla and her PWD Grace who you might know from tricks videos from Puppy I class actually made it all the way from Australia! To make it even more complicated, Australia has a quarantine, so the only way Grace could avoid it was by getting certificated as a service dog and come as a service dog with Wendy who is in a wheelchair – and doesn’t let it stop her! The three pretty amazing ladies:

More pictures coming soon!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3qm_7_k-do

Tricks for balance, strength and coordination - ready to order! The video is almost 2 hours long and costs 47 eur/62 usd (+ 5eur for shipping for DVD version -- the same no matter how many DVDs you order).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YExvbpkHnIo

As always you can choose between two options:

- download (the file is 800Mb)

- DVD (shipped to your address -- anywhere in the world):