This is a Mother’s Day Story that is sort of about dead whales, because that’s what you expect from Team Small Dog, righty-o? We took the dogs down to the beach after breakfast yesterday morning, which was Mother’s Day.… May, 10, 2010
Dirt Nite looks like this. It starts early. Before dark. Not that I can ever get there on time, even though… May, 7, 2010
Team Small Dog, in fancy moving pictures. In which Gustavo earns a Standard Q, without his brain exploding. In which we wonder, what’s… May, 6, 2010
Blind Cross-the gateway move that you were warned about that leads to the hardcore stuff, part two, the ending part. So, where we left off yesterday, there was a conundrum, a quandary, a moral dilemma, about… May, 5, 2010
Blind Cross-the gateway move that you were warned about that leads to the hardcore stuff. So we were out there walking a course the other day, and there was this bit… May, 4, 2010
USDAA in May, but not just any old day at the dog show. Guess who came home with us from dog agility? Not just one, not just two, but… May, 3, 2010
Dirt Nite, under the full moon. Gustavo just came flying across the room, did a rebound leap up off my lap, grabbed… Apr, 29, 2010
Team Small Dog brings you agility health and fitness tips-today we try rotting, fermented juice of champs and hippies. I see everybody drinking this hippie juice. It’s The Thing around here. This is Santa Cruz.… Apr, 28, 2010
Practicing with the Team-Better weave poles to stave off the global warming blues. Lest I sound too megabummer about Gustavo’s runs over the weekend, let’s do a little good… Apr, 27, 2010
A report from the trenches of Northern California USDAA. Every dog show I attend, it becomes clearer and clearer to me that we will never… Apr, 26, 2010
Team Small Dog, masters of fiasco, bring their finely tuned sensibility of OOPS to their pal, the Agility Nerd. Most of you probably know Steve. He’s the Agility Nerd. Steve is also a man of… Apr, 23, 2010
Team Small Dog’s favorite things. This is popular. We call it “That Skanky Gross Thing.” I am a little bit mean… Apr, 22, 2010
Sometimes we drive by the covered bridge. As a rule, I think that you should stay away from covered bridges. Because of: headless… Apr, 21, 2010
Discrimination training the Team Small Dog way. OMG. We are resuming our dog show career this weekend. I forget when we last had… Apr, 20, 2010
In the spring, sometimes I wear my checkered grandma blouse when we walk in the breezy air. … Apr, 19, 2010
Racial, gender, class and breed based profiling and why I do not work in homeland security. So we’re heading down the stairs to the beach at Mitchell’s, and I look down the… Apr, 16, 2010
Consolation prize for the working stiffs. If, you are like me and you are missing the big 4 day dog agility trial… Apr, 15, 2010
The soundtrack edition-there is a point to this and it involves This Blog has Moved so keep reading even if you’re all, huh? The other night I watched a documentary about the Runaways. Because I wore all the same… Apr, 14, 2010
This blog has moved This blog is now located at http://blog.teamsmalldog.com/. You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or… Apr, 13, 2010
Reboot, restart, refresh, redo. At least they hold really still when they sleep. Ruby, always the optimist although she sometimes… Apr, 13, 2010
The hippie doc comes down off the mountain. I don’t like to go to the doctor’s office. Neither do the dogs. When it’s time… Apr, 12, 2010
If you listen carefully, you can hear when the monkeys start jumping all over the snare drum. Gustavo has a soundtrack. Imagine mariachi surf music, except played triple fast by a marching band… Apr, 11, 2010
Practicing with the Team-Heat seeking laser missile drill you can do in 5 minutes even if you’re late for work. I have mentioned this before. Gustavo’s weave pole performance lacks a little feature that we all… Apr, 10, 2010
A few things that might be nice to discuss. Speed traps. IE, like when a cop sits in the bushes by an apple packing plant… Apr, 9, 2010