Does soap get dirty?

That is just one of the many questions that seems to have no answer, plus, I thought it was a great title for a blog post! I was trying to come up with something seriously profound to back it up but I got nothing!
The nothing part most probably has to do with the fact that I have been sick for a week and although am feeling a bit more on the human side today, cannot seem to simply shake this thing!
I really, really, really hate being sick! I cannot imagine that too many people truly enjoy it, but, I think I am even more irritated by illness than most. You see, I simply do not have time to be sick. Plus, when I am sick I find that all ability to think, reason, and generally function seems to all but disappear, being a control freak makes it very hard to tolerate pretty much losing all control for that duration of time that these bugs have over taken me!

I am literally craving the ability to train my dogs, this could be partially to do with the illness thing thing and partially about everything else that has been going on. Little things like driving across country to teach, driving a little further to trial and then teach some more, and, finally driving another 1500 miles to sunny Arizona where I trailed again (not very effectively I might add), while trying to move into my winter digs that I had never actually seen prior to this trip! It seems a few thousand miles, sleep deprivation, and, stress may contribute to the body finally saying ENOUGH!
Not that I listen of course because I have a wonderfully busy year ahead of me that I am feeling very excited about and lucky to have!! I am sure that it sounds like I am whining, and, although it may appear to be the case, i am most certainly not! I am an incredibly lucky person to have the job that I have, to be able to meet and work with so many fantastic people in so many awesome places!! I am happy to keep jam packing my schedule and will continue to do so long into the future! I will be taking my vitamins though!
So, other things... the dogs, well, SoBe continues to deal with this silly hamstring issue and it is making us both a bit crazy! Yet again I ask myself how a dog can withstand 4 days with Silas Boogk showing absolutely no signs of fatigue, yet goes for a walk in the country and comes up with a chronic lameness issue!!! AAARGHHH!!!!!
Maze is doing awesome and although he has a few shows this month, we are essentially taking a winter break and Feb. 1 will officially mark the beginning of his World team training schedule to get ready for the WAO World Championships in May, have I mentioned how honored and excited I am to be part of such a fabulous team!?
I also have to mention the fact that all 2 of the dogs I have made World teams with have been related and from Jackie Parking of Besslin Kennels in Ontario, Canada thanks you Jackie for my awesome, wonderful, spectacular dogs!
Wally continues to amaze me :-) He is loving 16" in USDAA tournaments, but, at the same time is kicking butt in 22" Championship titling classes! Wally is truly amazing!
Danger is doing well, he is continuing to mature (slowly:-), he is sound of body, and, in a couple of years will be quite the competitive agility dog! LOL!!
I have the weekend off this week, which is good because trying to trial or work while sick is never a fun option! It is giving me a bit of time to get my poop in a group regarding some up coming projects.
I am launching my own on line classroom (C Spot Teach). The hopes is that we are up and running by the beginning of February. My fabulous webmaster has her part of the equation all done, now it is up to Stacy to deal with hers!
My initial offerings will be a 2on/2off contacts class, a running A-frame class, and, soon after these are launched, a foundation Cones as Courses class (catchy name, huh? :-), I am pretty excited about these as it seems to me with all of the running contact discussion these days, it is time to help deal with the confusion regarding 2on/2off contacts as well.
You can have a fast, reliable 2on/2off contact performance! I have been revamping my original training plan and have made some improvements that will make the whole process more fun, and, ultimately, more reliable! Stay tuned! :-)
I love a 2on/2off dog walk but am equally in love with a running A-frame, i have been teaching running A-frames for years and feel very confident that almost any dog can have a running A-frame, I am going to help you see how!
Cones as courses teaches accuracy, speed, flexion, and, timing utilizing only traffic cones as obstacles, fun!
Well, time to hit the couch for a nap! Don't forget to ponder whether soap gets dirty and while pondering think of some of your own unanswerable questions.