Recent content by Barney's Mom

Me! Me! Me! I would love to join! I am not a professional, to say the least, but I try harder!!!! AND, I've been seriously considering trying to start volunteering to take pictures of pets at rescues and/or shelters - there is a professional pet photographer in my area that does just that ...

favorite agility photos My Barney is just now beginning his agility career. I'm so proud of him - he is not fast yet but he is as accurate as my poor handling allows him to be! This last weekend, he participated in the Texas Agility Shootout that was held in Fort Worth, TX. It was a charity...

I am very careful with my dogs. They rarely ever go outside without me - and never go out where there is no fence if I am not right there (and they are on leash). However, my husband has the habit of putting them out in our fenced backyard 30 minutes or so before I get home from work. I came...

I love ASCA ... and NADAC. Not quite so excited (yet anyway) about AKC or USDAA. I'm lucky that there are lots of venues to choose from around this area. It is getting a "little" too hot for as many competitions right now, but generally, you can compete every single weekend if you want...

Thanks! Thanks for the links!! I might try to check out the Dallas club. Trinity Valley is too far away from me, I'm afraid. Thanks, too, for all of the wonderful welcomes!! My Barney-boy amazes me everyday - he is a total delight. I've found, too, that Sheltie-people are pretty amazing...

I have a video of Barney in an agility trial run. He is not old enough yet to compete in ASCA (Australian Shepherd Club of America) trials - they have to be at least 18 months - but they allow them to participate as FEO - for exhibit only. It is like a fun match in some ways - no qualifying...

How do we go about posting pictures? I have lots and lots and lots of pictures of my fur-babies!!!! And I love sharing them! Donna, Cotton (Eskie), and Barney (Sheltie)

Cool that there are several of us from this area!!! I do agility with my Barney - we go to Dallas Dog Sports in Wylie and DAWG in Murphy. He's going to be a great little agility dog!! I am not a member of the Dallas Sheltie Club. Are you? And if so, can you tell me more about it? Thanks...

Shelties Lunging at cars Hmmm, I'm not sure if this makes me feel better or worse about the fact that my Barney wants to chase cars when we are on our walks or lunge at them when he is riding in the car with me... So, this is a trait, huh???

Hi! My name is Donna. I am "mom" to a 2-1/2 year old American Eskimo Dog named Cotton and a 16-month old tri Sheltie, Barney. Barney is my third Sheltie. He's a fantastic dog and always such a happy boy! That tail of his wags nearly constantly. Barney, Cotton, and I do agility together...

any age Hi Nancy, I'm no expert but I started my Eskie in agility at 11 weeks. We were very careful about jump heights (basically, none) and she was not asked to do weaves or A-frames, etc. What she DID do were wobble boards, tunnels, jumps with bar on the ground, traffic cones (learning to...