Lots to Look Forward To!

The weather's been great here, almost like SoCal weather and the dogs and I have been soaking it up. With lots of doggie activities coming up it's helped keep my mind off sad things and focusing into the future and exciting things.
First up: an obedience fun match on Sunday. Moto is entered in both Utility and Open. This will be his first time EVER in a Utility fun match. He's been doing fantastic in our back yard; it will be interesting to see how he does somewhere other than the safety of his yard. We'll backchain quite a bit there as the goal here is confidence-building. But I have to say he finally seems to be "getting it" in terms of his obedience work. We may not do Open, depending upon how he does in Utility. If he does really really well and tries super-hard, we may just call it a day and go home. We'll see.
Pinch continues to challenge me in heeling. The little bugger is just SO excited to work and wants to do things really really fast and heeling is WALKING dag nab it and he has to be beside me instead of walking sideways. Wow. I know it will be spectacular once he gets it, but I still struggle with the "get it" part.
Next my friend Laurie from CA arrives some time next week. Lots of doggie activities planned: bringing her to Renee's Open class, taking her out to my herding instructor to instinct test her dogs, coming with me to Pinch's puppy class and renting rings and training together. I can't wait. She's as obsessed as I am with the sport and it's wonderful to talk endlessly about all the minute technical stuff we find so fascinating.
And again, the weather is supposed to be great while she is here, so a good time should be had by all!