This morning, before work, I had to bathe Mimi. She stunk! Though it was a little hard to find her. She blends into everything so well when she wants to hide from something like the camera. Not so much a bath, but give her time. She’ll learn to hide from that too. She is the queen of neurotic and apparently everything’s out to get her.

So I filled up what I now call the Border Collie Bathtub with water and a little too much dishwashing soap. She was slipping and sliding. Actually, she was way taller than I thought, and this only got her legs wet. Being she wouldn’t lie down, I had to do the deed and flip her sideways. She didn’t go under, but she got nice and wet, which is hard to do with just the hose.  All I had to do was suds her up! I still added more shampoo, and rinsed her off, all in the middle of a mild rain storm from Hurricane Irene and within the ten minutes I gave myself. It was an ordeal, but we beat the clock.  Having this storage bin work out this way was a very nice surprise.

After work, I finally set up my 2 x 2 weaves. I have these 8″ nails which needed to be staked into the ground. (I couldn’t find the nine inch ones anywhere Jennifer D’Onfrio.) The reason I hate setting these weavers up is because the ground is like a rock quary. So after I got these holes made, I decided to leave the nails there in the ground when I picked up the 2 x 2’s, and put some flourescent tags on them so I don’t trip over them.  This will make them easy to find when I want to use them next time.  On the next trip to Home Depot, I will have to get some of those small flourescent flags to put next to them, so I can really see them.

Meanwhile, Raven did very well weaving.  I did learn something.  She has such a low frustration level, that she even quits looking for a big chunky treat when she can’t find it in dirt right off the bat.  I think a nose work class may be in her future.   Or in our backyard!

The big thing in training with her today was indeed that she drove ahead and at least looked for the big chunky treat once.  Then we went back to find it, but I need her to drive ahead and not flip back to look for me.  Little things mean a lot in agility.