UberPest's Journal - dogs

2008/10/31--Petable-Portraits

uberpest — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:01:10 -0400

About a week ago I was contacted by Daniele at Petable-Portraits.com regarding Daniele doing a portrait of one of my dogs. Since I have a ton of pictures of Beau, and Ranger isn't done turning into a little dog yet (he's going through some crazy growth spurts), I chose Beau as the subject of the portrait.

I sent her several pictures with Beau NOT wearing his pack, but she chose to do the portrait with Beau in his pack since it shows he's not just out for a jaunt, but he's out with his person as a working partner.

2008/10/27--Go West Young Man

uberpest — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:49:04 -0400

Today I got to briefly meet a very cool Cowboy, Mr. John Wayne Haynes. He is traveling from his home in Michigan to New Mexico to visit his family. His is no ordinary road trip, however, as he is on horseback (2-year-old Misty, and Appaloosa). and is accompanied by his pack horse (Harley, 23, another Appaloosa) and dog, Sheila. I didn't get to talk to him very long, but heard about his stop from an online friend many states away. Her hometown is nearby and Mr. Haynes stopped to spend the weekend in my neighborhood.

Mr. Haynes is hoping to make it to NM to spend Easter with his family.

2008/10/23--Ranger at Puppy School, Week 2

uberpest — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:20:07 -0400

I'm quite pleased with how Ranger is adjusting to his new life here as well as the new skills he's learned in the past few weeks.

He was having issues with housetraining (he still has a few, admittedly), however that has gotten better now that he understands what the bells that hang on the door are for. The problem now is that he rings the bells about every five minutes to get to go outside.

He also has learned to offer a sit to get a treat or praise. That's awesome since I want to do performance with him in the future, as well as conformation. He's also working at learning to walk on a leash now that's he's big enough for the smallest collar I have for him. He's had his nails trimmed once and that went much better than I expected. I can show his bite/examine his bite one or two times, then he's very done and fights me a little bit. I'll work on that so when we go to shows he can handle being looked at often.

J Cross' Currahee

uberpest — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:49:31 -0400

RANGER

Ranger's Pedigree

I thank Tori Earls and Justin Starnes at J Cross Catahoulas for allowing Ranger to come join my family.

J Cross' Currahee

uberpest — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:47:41 -0400

J Cross' Currahee
Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Dog
Red Leopard, buff trim, and white
Hazel eyes
D.O.B.- 2008/07/15
Breeder: Tori Earles, J Cross' Catahoulas

Camp A While's Tom Cat OFA GOOD	HD A CH Blair's Diamond Cutter OFA EXCELLENT	Blair's Clyde	Schreiner's Rhinestone	Live Oak's R-I-N-G-O
				Blair's TO Crystal
			Blair's TO Gumbo	Blair's TO Gator, Jr.
				Bubba Hill's Mandy
		Blair's Bonnie	Schreiner's Duke	Schreiner's Gator
				Schreiner's Vixen
			Circle Star's Maxene	Canal's Maximum Premier
				Oak Run's Crystal Bayou
	Camp A While's Absenthe read more 2008/10/15-- Ranger goes to school! uberpest — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:25:23 -0400 Mr. Ranger has started Puppy Kindergarten at a local trainer, Training Tracks. This past spring Beau completed a class through Training Tracks to help me learn the basics of clicker training and he did very well--he's a much faster learner than I am. Ranger is taking to the clicker very well and I can see the benefits to the method for the show ring, the trail, and being a good companion. I will make updates on his progress as he grows, learns, and accomplishes new things. 2008/09/29-- J Cross' Currahee uberpest — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:02:41 -0400 Last night I was visited by some friends (Carlye and Craig from Cross Check Catahoulas). They left a new little friend at my house, a littermate to their own little girl "J Cross' Ammunition". J Cross' Currahee--a.k.a. "Ranger". I thank Tori Earls and Justin Starnes at J Cross Catahoulas for allowing Ranger to come join my family. read more 2008/09/24-- Across Indiana uberpest — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:42:59 -0400 The PBS Program "Across Indiana" (produced by WFYI, Indianapolis) came out at the end of August to shoot some footage of the park where I work and live (well, the Park end of it. the other end, Brookville Lake, is 16,000 acres with 5,000 of that in water). We spent 8 hours out on the lake (Whitewater Lake, 200 acres), on the horse trails, in the campgrounds, etc. gathering interviews and just cool looking footage of people enjoying themselves. At one point while on the lake I was asked why I like to work here and I gave my canned response of "This is my office!" as the camera panned at the scenery (Whitewater is very calm, it's trolling motors only). A few minutes later Jay, the camera man, was still rolling and I was still miked while I pointed at some trees. "My house is over there. I'm really lucky that not only do I work here, but this is my back yard." Which, of course, is the sound bite they liked better than the canned response. Included with this was the host's dog Darby (a 13 year old Lab/Husky mix), who is the mascot of this segment. She got to go on the boat, on a hayride, and walk around a bit as we visited with people. The segment is somewhere in the 4-5 minute range and will air on WFYI (Indy channel #20) on October 27 at 7:30--the season premier. Other Indiana PBS stations will carry it either that week or the week after. For folks outside of Indiana, or outside the reach of any Indiana PBS stations (yours truly--Dayton and Oxford, OH stations here), it's also going to be available online at : Across Indiana It's under the archives section at the bottom. Program #1901. Beau didn't get to do a cameo. Oh well. read more 2008/09/18-- Let There Be Light! uberpest — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:13:44 -0400 Sunday night SE Indiana/SW Ohio was rocked by the remnants of Hurricane Ike. I lost power from 2:15 Sunday until 10:30 last night (I celebrated Beau's 8th "Homecoming Day" in the dark with him on the 16th). I was all right since I have enough food on hand to survive a zombie uprising, plus I have good water sources close by to filter with my backpacking filter after I do run out of potable stored water. I also have my JetBoil and a French Press coffee maker. A friend of mine got me an early birthday present--a hand-crank coffee grinder (yeah, it's those little things that make the day brighter). read more 2008/06/16-- Beau's UKC Premier Show Results uberpest — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:37:25 -0400 Beau and I traveled to Kalamazoo, Michigan to partake in the festivities of the UKC Premier. This was our 8th appearance. We showed in the Top Ten Breed Finals, COBRA Breed Specialty, and all three days of the Premier. In Saturday's show Beau earned the Grand Champion Award of Merit under judge Karen Johnson. There were three dogs in the class including Beau. In Sunday's show Beau showed under judge Joe Allen. Beau won his class as he was the only Grand Champion entered. He went on for Best of Breed over ten Catahoulas. Later in the day, during a thunderstorm, Beau earned a Group 2 placement in the Herding Group. I can't remember for sure how many breeds were represented in the Group ring, but it was at least 15. He defeated approximately 200 dogs that day. read more

UberPest's Journal - dogs

2008/10/31--Petable-Portraits

2008/10/27--Go West Young Man

2008/10/23--Ranger at Puppy School, Week 2

J Cross' Currahee

J Cross' Currahee

2008/10/15-- Ranger goes to school!

2008/09/29-- J Cross' Currahee

2008/09/24-- Across Indiana

2008/09/18-- Let There Be Light!

2008/06/16-- Beau's UKC Premier Show Results