Happy Birthday, Jonah!

Today is Jonah's second birthday.  For agility, that means that the next time he gets measured (at All Dogs Gym in a little less than two weeks), he will get his permanent height card for CPE.  I'm sure he will be pleased when he doesn't have to do the measuring thing anymore...until we go to a new venue, anyway.

So, for his birthday we got...a snow storm!  We've got about 6 inches now and we're still supposed to get up to 20 inches total over the course of tomorrow.  That put a damper on pretty much everything:  I had no class today and none tomorrow, Dave worked from home, and all our other activities have been cancelled. We were going to go to Willards Woods for a nice walk, but it seems much safer not to drive if we don't have to.  The paths now are deeper than Jonah is tall, so if he's out on one all you can see is the tip of his tail, which he carries up high.  Luckily the snow is nice and light, but I'm not sure if I'm going to be shoveling off the backyard again.  We're running out of space to put the snow.  The snowbanks where I've piled the snow from shoveling the yard are just about as tall as I am.  It might be time to give up outdoor agility for a while.

We did go to Willards Woods last night as a pre-birthday event.  Mostly it was just cold and windy and we didn't see any other dogs the whole time we were there, but there was one notable experience:  Jonah voluntarily picked up his right lead multiple times while going in a straight line.  The road to recovery?  Well, a very small step, but a notable one to say the least.

In other news, we have a new agility spot lined up.  Joan might have a cancellation at Riverside next week, but in general it looks like my schedule won't match Riverside's or All Dogs Gym, so we're going to start going to Dogs! Learning Center on Friday.  We'll see how we like it.  Two people I've talked to at trials have recommended it, so that's a start at least.  The other point for it is that the owner has been VERY prompt in responding to emails, which is a big deal to me!  I know that's kind of silly, but as someone who's on her computer a lot, I appreciate it.  Jonah will go to the Advanced class.  We'll see how he is.

I also just contacted the local agility club.  They have weekly practice more locally than the lessons we've been going to, so that might be a nice thing to do in nice weather.

Happy Birthday, Jonah!