laura hartwick

visual generalist • friend to animals • somewhat fast runner

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Cross training with the Team-The ab shrinking brisk walk as both a sport and a lifestyle choice, or actually, just a reason to go to the forest.

We hiked up to the spring boxes after work last night. Is brisk walking trying to…

  • Jul, 21, 2010

Team Small Dog in the news.

Photo Credit: John Sebastian Russo/The Chronicle Dog agility isn’t in the news very often. Leave it…

  • Jul, 20, 2010

Team Small Dog visits Agility on the Greens, which are not just any greens but The Greens.

We all put on our classy pants yesterday and drove down to Carmel Valley for the…

  • Jul, 19, 2010

There were two choices at the swimming hole in the evening.

Throw the swimstick on the side with the headless squirrel with guts hanging out, or throw…

  • Jul, 16, 2010

The return to Dirt Nite, which is, as you might expect, quite dirty.

We’re back to Dirt Nite after a hiatus. Every summer, a special solution of oily horribleness…

  • Jul, 15, 2010

Practicing with the Team-Sucking it up and trying to look like you do things right, even without a support undergarment on such as Spanx.

So usually, I practice all by myself. Like human-wise. Dog-wise, I have all of Team Small…

  • Jul, 13, 2010

Team Small Dog goes on an important mission which is now reclassified as swimstick vacation recreation.

We didn’t really mean to go on a 5 hour Lake Tahoe vacation. Like drive 5…

  • Jul, 12, 2010

TSD Bayteam Cool Canine Interview-Carol Bowers and her dogs Bernie the Beagle and Deenie the BC/Kelpie.

At the Bayteam July 4th trial, a huge roar of applause went up towards the end…

  • Jul, 11, 2010

Welcome to the Team Small Dog International Film Festival featuring Canadian dog training porn and Japanese slaughter of smiley faced dolphins.

Yesterday was the Team Small Dog International Film Festival! If you don’t live in my living…

  • Jul, 9, 2010

The quick black fox eludes the capture mission.

To get to my work, you leave the beach and drive south to the artichoke and…

  • Jul, 8, 2010

Some important things that we learn from watching our dog agility videos that will be addressed, soon, after I eat desert again.

Wardrobe malfunction. Flappy western shirts do not exactly hide muffin top wraparound gut, and look sort…

  • Jul, 7, 2010

Bayteam July Fourth 2010 USDAA, where everyone was in happyland, even if they stayed up all night listening to the bombs.

First of all, I think the best part of the dog show this weekend was that…

  • Jul, 6, 2010

Every single Fourth of July, this is just what we do.

Otterpop doesn’t mind living in a war zone. Doesn’t notice bombs going off, nothing. Nerves of…

  • Jul, 5, 2010

True Life Story-Reliable recall erosion, or the scaredy pants little weenie is stuck on a log-part two.

Otterpop is showing you her reliable recall look. She believes. She BELIEVES. SHE BELIEVES! She believes…

  • Jul, 1, 2010

RIP, our beautiful, sweet Matilda.…

  • Jul, 1, 2010

True Life Story-How the yoga breathing ruined my reliable recall-Part One.

Susan Garrett is all about the recalls. Her blog the other day told us it was…

  • Jun, 30, 2010

A line of questioning which can just go on and on and on and on.

There is something to be said for when you take a break from agility. During the…

  • Jun, 29, 2010

You are kidding me, right, passing this thing off as a fit-for-blog story?

You are supposed to come here on Monday morning and find one of those uplifting stories…

  • Jun, 28, 2010

A simple story, from a simple time, that ends in a puddle of wetdust.

If I let Otterpop swim after swimsticks for too long at the swimming hole by the…

  • Jun, 25, 2010

Awaiting a cosmic transmission from the mother ship that will deliver an important message, if you can listen long enough.

Team Small Dog has not had a very rigorous training schedule this month. Mostly, they have…

  • Jun, 24, 2010

Things that bad dogs do, Episode 65 Gazillion, and if you are a hygienic person who enjoys moist towelettes, perhaps just skip reading today.

Let us just say that it is a hectic morning. Perhaps a member of your family,…

  • Jun, 22, 2010

The time Team Small Dog visited the AKC agility trial, except actually the team stayed home with the pancakes and just Laura went on her own.

The agility club who sponsors Dirt Nite, where I both teach and take agility class, puts…

  • Jun, 21, 2010

Team Small Dog’s favorite things brings you today’s episode, Nylabone.

During the dotcom, I learned a lot about stocks. Did you get any of those, back…

  • Jun, 18, 2010

TSD True Life Dog Agility Stories – Bring on the Damn Teams.

I know it might seem like the life of Team Small Dog is all glamorous beach…

  • Jun, 17, 2010
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