Sunday, May 25, 2014

RATCH Jake!

On May 25th Jake earned his Champion title in Oak Creek WI!!!

2014.5.25 RATCH Jake ..

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Sunday, May 11, 2014

New training shed!!

..with no worries about rain!  What a project!

Before (a garden shed that never really worked out) and half emptied!  12x16 and DRY!

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Emptied and blown out with the dogs’ coat blower and then cushy mats put on concrete (Note Jake hanging out in the back – he’s never far from me.)

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Now to get the straw from the shelter to the shed and tried a few ways before I was successful at moving 3 bales at once.  Later I put the mower attachments on and filled those up with loose straw.

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And voile! Bales and loose straw from opened bales.  Oh..  and this isn’t all the bales.  It got hot (note Jake who dug himself a hole in the dirt before lounging in it) and storms were on the horizon.  When this is done I can put sides on the shelter which is 20x20, level it out, and get more straw!

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And the last of the straw is now out of the shelter area so I can level it off, fence it and then fill it up again with straw!  And the other shed now has crates in it so I don’t have to keep them in the garage during training!!

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