Hey Everyone! (I'm finally out of my slump)
So Ellie and I started our training for her CDX (Companion Dog Excellent) title. We started earlier this summer, I meant to keep up on my blog of all the things that have been happening this summer. The issue being my laptop was broken and by broken I mean dead and unusable so I had to go months without posting. I even tried to add it to my new phone which is a Droid 2 it still didn't work because I temporarily forgot my password. I will go into the details of my new phone later. Another cool thing that has happened I have transferred schools. I no longer go to Ferrum College thank goodness! I also have tons of things to tell you about my trip to Ireland in May I was there for most of the month. Lastly to talk about is my plan for this new puppy I plan on getting in a couple years.
So first things first let me tell you about my summer, it started off with me packing for my two and a half natural history course in Ireland that was taking starting in May. I will eventually get around to sending the link to the pictures so you all can see for yourselves haha. It was a 2 week course and the first two days we stayed on campus. Then we flew out the third day and as soon as we arrived we went right into touring. Much to the disappointment to the rest of the class. We were all very jet lagged and the time change hadn't set in yet. I loved it I took at least a whole notebook of notes and that's a lot especially for me haha. I talked to my biological father and he and I agreed after my visit in Japan he and I will go back to Ireland. The only difference is he is going for golf and I am going for research haha. Yes what a dweeb I am ^_^
Now onto my school as you know I have bitched and moaned and grumbled about Ferrum College and how much I despise going there. After last semester I finally was able to leave that horrid place and start anew at Howard Community College. Howard CC or HCC as we like to call it is the second best community college in the country and the first in the state. I changed my major to Archeology and minor to Philosophy I am considering Dance and Animal Sciences as an additional option. I'm not sure yet I really want to explore different things like Psychology or studying as many languages as possible. I am taking French as a hobby language, however I found out that French is the 2nd most used language in the world. So I can see blue skies in communication if I keep strict about it. I also want to learn Arabic and Latin they are one of the oldest languages that would be useful in my field. I say this because if I or we discover something with words that of an old language I can at least somewhat interpret haha.
Finally! Ellie and I are training for her CDX title we are working on her heeling she is so disgustingly wide also her fronts and finishes need to be ironed out as well. Her retrieve is getting better we are at 20-30ft at the moment. Margot, our coach and my boss, thinks Ellie and I are readying to go full distance for the drop on recall. I'm going to hope we can work a couple times before we go to the match. I was planning to work her today but to many things were going on so I didn't get the chance unfortunately. Although I'm not to worried Ellie and I aren't going in the ring to trial until Spring. Speaking of Spring Holly, Labrador, is another dog I am going to title but she is getting her CD title. It was supposed to be in the Fall but then it got pushed back till late Fall and early Winter. Now it looks like because of the way the trials are and when they are held we probably aren't going to get into the ring until Spring as well. I don't mind but changing twice before going in the ring will be tricky haha.
Well blog ya later!
Ellie(left) Holly(right)
