Sweet River Studios

River and I went to Dogwood Training Center in Ostrander, Ohio over Mother's Day weekend and participated in a barn hunt trial. On Saturday, I have to admit it was horrible. River and I didn't qualify at all. It seemed like she was searching really well but her alerts were not noticeable if they occurred at all. She may have found the rats but I certainly didn't. Sunday went was almost as bad. The first trial we didn't find any rats and the second trial we found 2 out of 4. River seemed a little calmer but not much. I think all the waiting around is hard on her. In order to search 4 times, we waited about 3 hours which is hard for her to do. At least the weather was nice and maybe she'll do better at the next trial.

My dog River, participates in C-WAGS scent trials and has won or qualified (Q'd) in several levels. You need 4 Q's to get a title in each level 1-4. She has her title in Level 1 and 3 and 3 Q's at level 2 so we have quite a few ribbons. I thought I'd organize them on a piece of black foam core that I had laying around. So I got out my Cameo Silhouette and got cutting. I had some paper left over from my in-laws 50th anniversary party and then I found some paw print paper and stickers in the scrapbooking section at Joanns. The board isn't really all that big so I started with the Level 1 ribbons at the top left of the board then I dropped down a little and went to the right side of the board for Level 2 and so forth. I was trying to maximize the board space and I think this way worked out well. The Title rosettes are large and colorful and I didn't think it would work hanging at the end of each level. They are a lot longer then the purple ribbons, so I f...