Dream Weaver Dalmatians

Kyra Sundance who made the Dog Trick DVD that Jiggs was in, has just finished the manuscript for her new book called "101 Things to do With Your Dog" and she contacted me last week to see if could bring Jiggs up to L. A for a photo shoot for the book! I brought Jiggs up to the studio yesterday for an

hour of camera time. She used Jiggs to demonstrate the show stack, stretches, grooming (including brushing, ear cleaning, brushing teeth and nail trimming) and then he got to have fun doing some tricks! He did spin of course (his favorite) and jumping through a hoop. It was a lot to do in that hour...between set changes and wardrobe changes (even Jiggs had to change his bandana five times! LOL!!!) but Jiggs was a real trouper and the photos I saw looked stunning!

looking forward to the book!

Here are a few photos given to me by Kyra!

Me and the spots headed up to Norco for an agility and rally show n' go and we had a ball! It was so much fun doing rally with Belle and of course running  Jiggs in agility is always a blast!

Here are some shots taken by our friend Rhonda:

first, this is Belle giving rally a try for the first time!

and then these are shots of my wild spotted boy in action on the agility course:

Last weekend, me and Jiggs met up with some friends and headed up to the mountains to enjoy the snow! At first Jiggs was unsure about all the cold wet stuff under his paws...and he was a bit put out because I wasn't letting him run off leash like the other dogs. Eventually, he did get his chance to run free and he LOVED it!!

Here are some shots I got of my gorgeous boy in the beautiful snow filled landscape!

and here are a few shots taken by my friend Rhonda:

and here is a short video my friend Lauralyn took of me and Jiggs enjoying the beautiful winter wonderland!

click here to watch!

we can't wait to go back up the mountains again! 

We had an awesome day! The weather was beautiful and Jiggs did fantastic!!! The photos are by photography by M!

At the SCAT CPE Trial on June 14th...we were lucky enough to have not one but FOUR professional photographers! I've had a difficult time deciding which pix to purchase! I just can't thank these talented photographers enough for capturing so many wonderful shots of my spotted boy!

These first two are from Peggy Mundell & DogBreedz.net:

and these next ones were taken by Marty Barrett of "Photography by M"

I guess his nickname should be "Jiggs-saw" puzzle! :-) And finally the pieces are starting to fit! We competed at the SCAT CPE (Canine Performace Events) agility trial on Sunday, June 14. For the first time EVER...Jiggs and I completed a standard run! He had one too many refusals so we didn't qualify...but it felt so  good to cross that finish line! In CPE, you can still "place" even if you don't qualify and Jiggs came in third. We ended the day with a "colors" run and again...completed an entire course! YIPEEE!!! No qualifying (we skipped a jump) but he actually managed to come in first place!

Here is a shot Rhonda took of him posing with his ribbons! There are more photos on the "News and Brags" page!

We had a "photo shoot" in our living room...everybody got in the action..even Daizie! Here are my favorite shots:

The DVD, "Best of 101 Dog Tricks" is out on the shelves! It's only being sold at 50 Target Stores across the nation....luckily, one of those was in Mission Veijo and just a short drive away so I picked up a copy! It is so much fun to watch...Jiggs looks awesome!!! Here are some still shots I took from the DVD:

I'm trying to build my confidence in working with Jiggs off leash. I have the hardest time letting go of that darn thing and trusting him! In agility, he's been taking off and doing the "zoomies" and some friends made the comment that I need to do more work with him off leash so it becomes more matter of fact. SO, being on vacation and all, I decided to take advantage of my extra time and do some obedience stuff. We worked on sit/stay and recall and he did awesome! He really does have a lot of focus and loves to work his brain....here are some shots I got of him coming to me for his recall

and I love this one: