the most hilarious thing happened today.  and before i begin you should ask yourself this question - how many people do you know who have been kicked out of the rally obedience ring??  as of today the answer to that question is: 1!!!  hunda and i were asked to leave today because he was being a spazz.  the BEST part of the whole thing is that hunda wasn't just being a normal spazz, he was trying to offer behaviors with the signs (you can tell i have NEVER practiced rally with signs and that hunda is a super operant dog).  he offered nose touch on sign, paw sign, go around sign, jump on sign, bite sign, etc.  i carried him out of the ring and by the time we got to the car i was laughing so hard i was crying.  only hunda.  after a time out in his crate we went to the agility practice jump because i don't want hunda to not be excited in trial situations and i felt like he had gotten the point of being carried out of the ring and put back in his crate.  so i started out like nothing had happened and we went and did some jumping at the practice jump where it turns out running a muck is ok and actually welcomed and he was happy and barking and jumping and tugging and in awesome drive mode.  then we went out and did some rally stuff outside of the agility ring and he was great.  so i'm going to try again tomorrow AFTER i glue a piece of paper to a pvc pole and heel around it today.  i don't know if hunda will ever be able to do rally or agility in a real trial but it doesn't matter.  he is an amazing dog.

(hunda's fav rally sign)

pickle got his cd today 3 for 3.  the long sits and downs scare me in open, pickle pretty much crouches for any sit so crouching for 3 minutes with me out of sight may turn into a down...

thanx to lynn i am reading this great book about writing, check out this line by Anne Lamott from Bird by Bird:

"writing motivates you to look closely at life, as it lurches by and tramps around"

i can't wait to lurch and tramp through 2010 with hundalootodo do do do doooo at my side!