tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post5386738026353543123..comments2023-12-31T17:47:27.217-08:00Comments on Taj MuttHall Dog Diary: Bummed About the WeekendElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post-49383041563315358032008-06-04T12:21:00.000-07:002008-06-04T12:21:00.000-07:00I'm sorry your weekend didn't go as you'd hoped. ...I'm sorry your weekend didn't go as you'd hoped. It's typical agility though, some weekends are fantabulous and some not so much. <BR/><BR/>Aside from being tired yourself it's also possible that the dogs were a bit off because you were gone.Elaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734583197185810124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post-9103673676995064182008-06-03T14:51:00.000-07:002008-06-03T14:51:00.000-07:00Thanks, I'm laughing now. I've got this site bookm...Thanks, I'm laughing now. I've got this site bookmarked already, actually, but it's a nice reminder.<BR/><BR/>-ellenElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post-13234739193306687332008-06-03T13:12:00.000-07:002008-06-03T13:12:00.000-07:00And the ultimate rebuttal to your woe is me post:h...And the ultimate rebuttal to your woe is me post:<BR/><BR/>http://failblog.org/page/1/<BR/><BR/>You aren't even close.Amy Siegelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08243610775853872002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post-43392105963577624842008-06-03T08:43:00.000-07:002008-06-03T08:43:00.000-07:00Well, that's what I'm saying in part: Thursday aft...Well, that's what I'm saying in part: Thursday afternoon's when I realized that I was fighting the beginning of a migraine and, no, you're right, that might very well have been the main factor.<BR/><BR/>-ellenElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post-15538947381587001522008-06-03T08:26:00.000-07:002008-06-03T08:26:00.000-07:00You need to read your own blog...look at your post...You need to read your own blog...look at your posting for Thursday the 27th. You were wiped out. You even took a picture of you with your head down on your desk. Did you recover miraculously on Friday?<BR/><BR/>AmyAmy Siegelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08243610775853872002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post-58372395266448242932008-06-02T18:37:00.000-07:002008-06-02T18:37:00.000-07:00Well, as an ADCh-free lifelong resident of the Mas...Well, as an ADCh-free lifelong resident of the Masters ring, when I need to pull myself out of the pit of despair of why do I SUCK at this so bad when actually I believe I should be a huge rockstar of dog agility, I try to remember that happiness is a choice, just as crankiness is a choice, so I just give myself a choice of which one, (hopefully do not select cranky), try to stick with it, and remember that life is too short to Not have fun. So then just find a way to have fun, even if I am still out there (fill in the blank here) knocking bars, missing contacts, with a lame dog, with a dog that barks at the judge, haven't finished training my puppy, bailing teeter.<BR/><BR/>I forget what those ways are now. But I'm still doing it so I guess I come up with something. I think I like to set bars and watch the dogs go around.team small doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980770631350927665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post-70922309261384440672008-06-02T17:19:00.000-07:002008-06-02T17:19:00.000-07:00But I *WANT* to be 100% all the time! :-) OK, OK, ...But I *WANT* to be 100% all the time! :-) OK, OK, I know that's not realistic. In fact I'm probably not even 100% ANY of the time. Just different parts of me are 100% while the rest of me is off on vacation in Fresno or somewhere.<BR/><BR/>So maybe it just was my physical state this weekend--now that I think about it, just coming off missing a major migraine Thursday, which before I had the right meds would possibly have laid me up for 2 days, maybe I still suffer the lingering effects but without the actual head pain. I suppose that's a possibility, too. <BR/><BR/>And throw in the contrast to my vacation and the previous two weekends of agility where I was so pleased with the way things went. And Team. It just sucks when you're standing there watching your friends compete and discussing among yourselves, "Not enough people are Eing." It's just such a downer.<BR/><BR/>-ellenElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post-49822275730417345302008-06-02T14:52:00.000-07:002008-06-02T14:52:00.000-07:00Next time out will be better. From the getgo, it s...Next time out will be better. From the getgo, it seems your head wasn't in the game...forgetting your clothes...come on. For me that would be a sign telling me I am mentally in no condition to be trying to show my dogs. With all the little oops that you had all weekend long, I would venture that it was just an off weekend in general and not particular to agility. I bet if you had been home, you would have f'd something else up...just because a few screws decided to loosen up for a few days. It happens to everyone. <BR/><BR/>When it has happened to me (it was particularly bad during the worst of menopause) I always feel so guilty for having subjected my dogs and any friends to me during that time. I want to tell my dogs that they should find someone else to take care of them until I am back in one piece. It is never very serious. It just is life. We can't be 100% all the time or on demand. It just doesn't happen. <BR/><BR/>So cut yourself some slack, honey and give those dogs an extra bone for putting up with you and next time, it will be better. <BR/><BR/>Really.<BR/><BR/>AmyAmy Siegelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08243610775853872002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post-70651292816547866032008-06-02T13:53:00.000-07:002008-06-02T13:53:00.000-07:00I can really identify with this post. Whether or n...I can really identify with this post. Whether or not I qualify with my Masters dog seems to make such a difference in the amount of fun I have going to trials--epecially since I've been running this dog for about 6 years and not really improving my Q rate. <BR/>After awhile I just don't feel like going to trials anymore but without testing yourself at trials it seems a little pointless to train and then you've got a viscious cycle going. Not to mention I'm a real bummer to have around.<BR/>It's why I've decided to take some time off and just explore other fun things to do with my dogs. I'm not giving up, just taking a break.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730801.post-34036025434057645732008-06-02T13:48:00.000-07:002008-06-02T13:48:00.000-07:00Yanno, I think anytime there's a DAM event, it bri...Yanno, I think anytime there's a DAM event, it brings about so much stress that it's hard to enjoy yourself! At the last DAM event I entered, I was a serious grouch. I mean, downright pissy. I HATED the stress and HATED the whole team thing since I NEEDED that show to qualify. I stomped around in a funk all weekend and in the end, my team came in 2nd and the weight of the world lifted off my shoulders!<BR/><BR/>I can certainly commiserate with you on bad weekends...but I truly think Team is to blame! :)Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15879038476064844736noreply@blogger.com