Try To Embrace Fall

It is a sunny September 1st afternoon which is nice considering it was actually cold this morning.I am trying to remember the things about fall I like as opposed to the thing I don't like: its proximity to winter.

Yesterday I had no power all day so I started out early with the car loaded to be gone all day. This means I went to Pacific Fabric before the Labor Day Sale, but that is OK.

Orange sashing choice. I am just going to say it: this quilt pains me in its ugliness. :)

I bought enough to mix with 6 fat quarters I got years ago for another planned quilt.

The end of our very long Friday was Rally class. Nim is still recovering.

It was a great class however. It was just Nim, this really neat female doberman, and a terrier (which you can hear barking at one point in our video). The terrier was often working outside the ring at the same time Nim was working which was good distraction work for us.

This is our video from three runs last night. The first two are a beginning course, the last one advanced. Truth be told, unless you are my mom and learning Rally Obedience (or in my case trying to fix my handling) this will be painfully boring.

Things we are working on:

• Tension on the lead. This is a no-no.
• Changing my hand signal for heel side sit so it looks less like luring
• Cuing the sit before I come to a complete stop (worked on run #3 - you probably can't see it, but it makes a huge difference).

Mom, that sign you are starting next week:

On the first two runs you will see us performing it. It happens in the 3rd corner to turn us back on ourselves so we can do one more sign before the spiral. You possibly can hear me say "around." He is going around me on the outside while I am turning into him.

Have a great Saturday!