Fun with your dog week-end

Actually, mine. Sorry if you are jealous of my 4-h clubs,but we are so cool!(sorta) This week-end was our state annual fun with your dog week-end. It's a chance for 4-hers to meet other outside of their county, and take a break after all that competition. The first night, photos were taken of everyone and their dog, I think they are gonna mail them to us. The next day, the 80-something group was split off into teams, so we could rotate for station to station.

There was a bonding station, where the command 'touch' was introduced to those who had never used it before. At the same station we played a game where different commuticating challenges were given. The first set of 2 people to do it got to answer the question first read off. We could encourage and bait our dogs but for simple things,like sit and down, we could not say the command. In this game I learned that teaching your dog to bait is more important than I thought bcuz the kid I got paired with's dog didn't know how to bait and was getting confused.

The next station was just plain fun. In a small area, there were 20 numbered cones with bandanas sticking out of them. One at a time we had to go in, find our number, and get out so the next person could go. After we got all 20, we went through again, trying to beat our first time. We did. After the cones we played red light green light with our dogs. When red light was shouted out, we had to quickly get our dogs to sit or go back to the beginning.

At the next station we played dog bowl. It was fun(mostly bcuz I knew all the correct answers.)

After lunch we did 3 more stations. Rally relay, were real rally rules were non-existent. Just get through the course as fast as you can.

at another station we played this game similar to barrel racing for horses but there were 4 chairs and at there was a specific way the dogs had to go around each one(inside or outside)
At the same station we played that egg/spoon/race game. No more explanation needed, but Kirby did try to eat the eggs already in the carton.

The last station was about exercising with your dog. It was ok, but I may have to vent about the leader later.

we also did a cabin decorating contest. Our cabin did Halloween, complete with dressing up our dogs. I found out later, we were the only cabin 2 use our dogs we won an award for 'best use of canine companions' and 'best chocolate' cuz no Halloween is complete with out candy!

after winning some prizes in sunday morning, it was time to go home. I may have more details later, but all in all, it was a good week-end!