Dog Agility, Salem Oregon

[JaniceL]

I had an experience unique to me . . . an arena THAT WASN'T DARK! Yet, I continue to whine about the lighting. In this case it was covered but all four walls were open someplace. So I was fighting mixed lighting and complaining all the time. Just can't please me. Poor Nina, she just can't make me happy.

Here are some of my favorites.
This guy hit the ground running.

If you don't have wave poles, well you just have to improvise.

Hey, all paws on deck.

Aw, come on, no points for style?

 

[JaniceL]

hair, hair, hair, hair, hair
Hair, hair, hair.Flow it, show it,long as God can grow it, my hair.

Let it fly in the breeze and get caught in the trees,give a home to the fleas in my hair.
A home for fleas (yeah) a hive for bees (yeah),
a nest for birds, there ain't no words for the beauty, the splendor, the wonder of my:

Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair
Hair, hair, hair
Flow it, show it,long as God can grow it, my hair

 

[JDueckPhoto]

Very nice! The first one is great and the hair shots are all super. I bet they get warm with all that long hair this time of year.

 

[Mike Jordan]

Excellent captures, Janice. Yep, either there's not enough lighting, to much lighting or too much of both.


Mike

 

[JaniceL]

Thank you JD and Mike

It was nice and cool in there. I had Keeshonds and they were about as hairy and fluffy as they come, but I was told not to shave them in the summer because unlike us they cool through their feet and when they pant. The hair actually provides them with some protection from the sun as well as the heat and they would get skin cancer if exposed.
But, they still got warm in my hot little 1970's era condo.

 

[Julie]

Those rock, the action and intensity is SO apparent!

 

[JaniceL]

Thank you Julie.

 

[BrianH]

fantastic shots! love that first one. perfect

 

[Tony S]

Way to go. What fun action dog shots.

LIke you said, don't shave 'em. Nothing worse than a doggy with a sun burn. My sister has a couple of Great Pirenese over in Coleville where the temps get pretty high during the summer. They just laze around in the shade until early morning or late evening.

 

[JaniceL]

Wolves, coyotes, dingos, and all furred animals get by with blowing their coats. And boy did my keeshonds blow their coats. I still find hair around my place even after they are gone.

 

[Mike Jordan]

Our Bouviers are double coated and have long hair. They don't blow coat in the summer. When people keep a show coat on them, they will run hot in the summer. We don't keep a show coat on ours, we keep a working coat, so everything except for their beards, fall over their eyes and furnishings get trimmed down. They also get their bellies shaved down, which is how they stay cool. They find a cool area, either linoleum, concrete, or packed dirt under a bush or the AC vent and will stretch out over it. Sometimes, when we get those few really hot days, we'll put a wet towel down and they will lay on that. It is really funny to see these rather large dogs flatten out on the floor until they look like lump rugs.

Mike