You can complain
because roses have thorns,
or you can be thankful
that thorns have roses.
Alphonse
Karr
JUNE 2010
Photo of the
Month:
Candy 14 years old 13th
June 2010 (photo from 10th June 2010 -
MORE HERE)
MAY 2010 Quote of the
Month:
The big secret in
life
is that there is no big secret.
Whatever your goal,
you can get there
if you're willing to work.
Oprah Winfrey
MAY 2010 Photo of the
Month:
Candy &
Winnie
27th April 2010 when
receiving a package from
Cleanrun:
APRIL 2010 Quote of the Month:
Life is 10% what
happens to us
and 90% how we react to it.
Dennis P. Kimbro
APRIL 2010 Photo of the Month:
Candy & Winnie Photo 27th March 2010
MARCH 2010
Quote of the Month:
Let us rise up and be thankful,
for if we didn't learn a lot today,
at least we learned a little,
and if we didn't learn a little,
at least we didn't get sick,
and if we got sick,
at least we didn't die;
so, let us all be thankful. Buddha
MARCH 2010
Video of the Month:
Candy 13,5 years old
What does a 13,5 years old dog do?
The last months I have taken photos and video every week of Candy to
find out.
Photos and video clips are regrettably not of the best quality, but
hopefully you can see what I like to see: Candy is enjoying life and her
activities :-)
Easter photo of Candy,
13,5 years old:
FEBRUARY
2010
Quote of the Month:
We've all heard that
we have to learn from our mistakes,
but I think it's more important
to learn from successes.
If you learn only from your mistakes,
you are inclined to learn only errors.
Winnie (searching for treats in the snow) (photos from January 31st
2010)
JANUARY 2010
Quote of the Month:
The
future is something
which everyone reaches
at the rate of 60 minutes an hour,
whatever he does,
whoever he is. C.
S. Lewis
JANUARY 2010
Photo of the Month:
Winnie (tug of war in the snow) (photo from December 2009)
QUOTES + PHOTOS
2009
DECEMBER 2009
Quote of the Month:
In
any moment of decision
the best thing you can do is the
right thing,
the next best thing is the wrong
thing,
and the worst thing you can do is
nothing.
Theodore Roosevelt
DECEMBER 2009
Photo of the Month:
Candy 13, 5 years old on 13th
December (photo taken on 15th december)
Candy and Winnie in
November 2009
NOVEMBER 2009
Quote of the Month:
You are what
you are
and where you are
because of what’s gone into your mind.
You can change what you are,
you can change where you are,
by changing what goes into your mind.
Zig Ziglar
NOVEMBER 2009
Photo of the Month:
Winnie in October 2009:
OCTOBER 2009
Quote of the Month:
Agility
is like playing the piano.
First you must learn to play by the rules.
Then you must forget the rules
and play from your heart.
Unknown
OCTOBER
2009
Photo of the Month:
Candy in October 2009
(> 13 years old)
SEPTEMBER 2009
Quote of the Month:
Time is what we want most,
but what we use worst.
William Penn
SEPTEMBER 2009
Photo of the Month:
Cory
and Winnie in the mountains in August 2009:
AUGUST 2009
Quote of the Month:
Let’s not do it your
way or my way;
let’s do it the best way.
Greg Anderson
AUGUST 2009
Photo of the Month:
Winnie (left) and Candy (right) in July 2009:
JULY2009
Quote of the Month:
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave
with the intention of arriving safely
in an attractive and well preserved body,
but rather to skid in sideways,
Chardonnay in one hand,
chocolate in the other,
body thoroughly used up,
totally worn out
and screaming
‘WOO HOO, What a Ride"
Unknown
JULY 2009
Photo of the Month:
Candy 13 years old
13th June 2009:
JUNE
2009
Quote of the Month:
People may
forget what you said,
they may forget what you did,
but they will always remember
how you made them feel.
Unknown
JUNE 2009
Photo of the Month:
Winnie in May 2009:
MAY 2009
Quote of the Month:
If you're walking down the right path,
and you're willing to keep walking,
eventually you'll make progress.
Change will not come if we wait for
some other person or some other time.
We are the ones we've been waiting for.
We are the change that we seek.
Barack Obama
MAY 2009
Photo of the Month:
Cory in April 2009:
APRIL 2009 - again...
Quote of the Month:
"Even when you've played the game of your life,
it's the feeling of teamwork that you'll remember.
You'll forget the plays, the shots, and the scores,
but you'll never forget your teammates."
Deborah Palmore
APRIL 2009 - again...
Photo of the Month:
Candy (and Winnie) 17th April 2009:
APRIL 2009
(before + during Easter)
Quote of the Month:
Don't be content with average,
because average is
just as close to the bottom
as it is to the top Danielle Ballentine
APRIL 2009 (before Easter)
Photo of the Month:
Winnie
in March 2009:
MARCH 2009
Quote of the Month:
You have got to
take the good with the bad,
smile with the sad,
love what you've got,
and remember what you had.
Always forgive,
but never forget.
Learn from mistakes,
but never regret.
Unknown
MARCH 2009
Photo of the Month:
Winnie and Candy Snow, snow and even more snow.... (Photo from February 2009)
FEBRUARY 2009
Quote of the Month:
Success is not a destination
that you reach.
Success is the quality
of your journey.
FEBRUARY 2009
Photo of the Month:
Candy never rests
if she can do something else...: (Photo from December 2008)
JANUARY 2009
Quote of the Month:
If you cannot do
great things,
do small things in a great way.
Napoleon Hill
JANUARY 2009
Photo of the Month:
Winnie (left) and Candy (right) in the forest
30th Dec 2008:
QUOTES + PHOTOS
2008
DECEMBER 2008
Quote of the Month:
Success is like
your own shadow.
If you try to catch it,
then you will never succeed.
Ignore it and walk your own way,
and it will follow you.
Prasanth
DECEMBER 2008
Photo of the Month:
Candy on 29th October 2008:
NOVEMBER 2008
Quote of the Month:
"The
more I talk to athletes,
the more convinced I become
that the method of training
is relatively unimportant.
There are many ways to the top,
and the training method you choose
is just the one that suits you best.
No, the important thing
is the attitude of the athlete,
the desire to get to the top."
Herb
Elliot (1964)
NOVEMBER 2008
Photo of the Month:
Candy + Winnie in October 2008:
OCTOBER 2008
Quote of the Month:
I have missed more than 9000
shots in my career.
I’ve lost almost
300 games.
26 times I’ve
been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed.
I’ve failed over
and over and over again in my life.
And that is why I succeed.
Michael Jordan
OCTOBER 2008
Photo of the Month:
Cory in August 2008:
SEPTEMBER 2008
Quote of the Month:
Four steps to achievement:
Plan
purposefully.
Prepare
prayerfully.
Proceed
positively.
Pursue
persistently.
William A. Ward
SEPTEMBER 2008
Photo of the Month:
Vacation in the mountains,
August 2008:
JULY
2008
2 Quotes of the
Month:
Before
every minute of action,
there should be an hour
of thought. -
Henry Ford
If
you cannot do great
things,
do small things in a
great way.
-
Napoleon Hill
JULY 2008
Photo of the Month:
Photo of Winnie in June 2008:
Photo: Catrine Bjerch
JUNE 2008:
Quote of the Month:
If you ever
discover
that what you're
seeing
is a play within a
play,
just slow down,
take a deep breath,
and hold on
for the ride of your
life.
The real
joy
is in the privilege and ability
to step to the start line
with your dog by your side,
not in the crossing
of the finish line
victorious over others.
Gail Storm
Photo of the Month:
March 2008:
Candy (11,5 years old)
and her new toy:
Quote of the Month:
February 2008:
“I love the
winning,
I can take the losing,
but most of all I love to play.”
Boris Becker
Photo of the Month:
February 2008
Winnie in January 2008:
Quote of the Month:
January 2008:
Run
the course like each one is your last.
Make it a run that leaves you smiling,
if not laughing aloud for the joy of the sport.
Otherwise you will have missed
the most important thing in agility,
the love and companionship
of a trusted, loyal and loving canine partner.
Kathleen Highfill
Video from 2007
of some of Winnie's agility training
click
here
Photo of the Month:
January 2008
Winnie + Candy in December 2007:
QUOTES + PHOTOS
2007
Quote of the Month:
October 2007
Often the difference
between a successful person
and a failure,
is not one's better abilities or ideas,
but the courage that one has
to bet on one's ideas,
to take a calculated risk,
and to act.
Maxwell Maltz
Photo of the Month:
October 2007
Candy - 11 years old:
Photo of the Month: September 2007
Winnie and her ball:
Quote of the Month:
September 2007
It's kind of
fun
to do the impossible.
Walt Disney
Photo of the Month: August 2007
Cory 7,5 years training agility again (after 3 years break):
Photo: Gro
Andresen
Quote of the
Month:
August 2007
I've got a theory that if you give 100
percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the
end.
Larry Bird
Photo of the
Month: July 2007
Candy 11 years
old 13th June 2007:
Quote of the
Month:
July 2007
It's the little details
that are vital.
Little things make
big things happen.
From
left:
Candy
10 years + Winnie 2 years are having their own kooiker sprint
Quote
of the Month: October 2006
We
may run, walk, stumble, drive, or fly,
but let us never loose sight of the reason for the
journey,
or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way. Gloria Gaither
"Never
give up!
If you want to be something,
be conceited about it,
give yourself a chance.
Never say you are not good,
that will never get you anywhere.
Set goals, That's what life is made of."
Mike McLaren
May 2006
Getting what you
want
is not nearly as important
as giving what you have.
– Tom Krause
April
2006:
“Not
being able to do everything,
is no excuse for not doing everything you can"
– Dale Carnegie
March
2006:
“A snowflake is one of God's most fragile creations,
but look what they can do when they stick
together"
– Author Unknown
Winnie
has run through our new agility tunnel in the snow
February
2006:
“People
rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are
doing.”
– Dale Carnegie
JANUARY 2006
When
it comes to the future, there are three kinds of
people:
those who let it happen,
those who make it happen,
and those who wonder what happened. John
M. Richardson, Jr
QUOTES + PHOTOS
2005
DECEMBER 2005
"Great
opportunities to help others seldom come,
but small ones surround us every day." Sally Koch
NOVEMBER
2005
Experience
is a hard teacher.
She gives us the test first,
and the lessons afterwards.
Anonymous
Winnie
"killing" her toy....
OCTOBER 2005:
Visualize the thing you want.
See it, feel it, believe in it.
Make your mental blueprint
and begin! Robert
Collier
SEPTEMBER 2005:
If you always do what you've always done,
you'll always get what you've always gotten. Author
Unknown
AUGUST
2005:
People often say that motivation
doesn't last.
Neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
Zig
Ziglar (American motivational Speaker and Author)
JULY
2005:
Success is getting what you
want.
Happiness is liking what you get.
H.
Jackson Brown, Jr.
JUNE
2005:
You
got to be careful if you don't know where you're
going,
because you might not get there. Yogi
Berra (American professional baseball player and manager)
MAY 2005:
Believe in yourself! Have faith in
your abilities!
Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers
you cannot be successful or happy.
Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
APRIL 2005:
Nothing is particularly
hard, if you divide it into small jobs.
Henry Ford (1863 - 1947)
MARCH 2005:
When it is obvious
that the goals cannot be reached,
don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. Confucius
(China's most famous teacher, philosopher and politcal
theorist, 551-479 BC)
FEBRUARY 2005:
Nothing
can stop the man
with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal.
Nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. Thomas Jefferson
JANUARY 2005
Shoot for the moon!
Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
Les Brown
QUOTES
2004:
DESEMBER 2004
To
sit with a dog on a glorious afternoon
is to be back in Eden,
where doing nothing was not boring, it was peace.
Milan Kundera
NOVEMBER
2004
If you can solve your problem, then what is the need of
worrying?
If you cannot solve it, what is the use of worrying?
Mary Hemingway
OCTOBER 2004
Do just
once what others say you can't do,
and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.
James
R. Cook
SEPTEMBER 2004
You should spend at
least as much energy trying to understand your dog
as trying to get your dog to understand you.
Author
unknown
AUGUST 2004
Vi gir hunder den tid, plass og kjærlighet
vi har til overs.
Til gjengjeld gir hunder oss absolutt alt.
Det er den beste avtale vi noen gang kunne gjort.
M. Facklam
AUGUST 2004
We give dogs time we can spare,
space we can spare
and love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their
all. It's the best deal man has ever made.
M. Facklam
JULI 2004
Det finnes
ingen bedre psykolog i verden
enn en valp som slikker ansiktet ditt.
Ben
Williams
JULY 2004
There is no
psychiatrist in the world
like a puppy licking your face.
Ben Williams
JUNI 2004
Mange av livets tabber er folk
som ikke
skjønte hvor nær de var suksess da de ga opp.
Thomas
A. Edison (1847-1931)
JUNE 2004
Many of life's failures are people who did
not realize
how close they were to success when they gave
up.
Thomas
A. Edison (1847-1931)
MAI 2004
Heisen til suksess er i ustand.
Du må ta trappen - et skritt ad gangen. Joe
Girard
MAY 2004
The elevator to success is out of
order.
You'll have to use the stairs - one step at a time.
Joe Girard
APRIL 2004
Jeg har ikke mislykkes 10.000
ganger.
Jeg har lykkes med å finne 10.000 måter
som ikke vil fungere. Thomas Edison
APRIL 2004
I have not failed 10.000
times.
I have successfully found 10.000 ways
that will not work. Thomas Edison
MARS 2004
Suksess avhenger av
at man takler
hindringer…..
Men intet problem blir
noengang løst
av han som, når han
mislykkes,
ser etter hvem han kan
skylde på
istedenfor hva som må
gjøres.
Fred
Waggoner
MARCH 2004
Success is
relevant to
coping with obstacles...
But no problem is ever solved
by those, who, when they fail,
look for someone to blame
instead of something to do.
Fred
Waggoner
FEBRUAR 2004
Hvis vi ikke hadde
vinter,
ville ikke våren være
så hyggelig.
Hvis vi ikke fikk føle
motgang,
ville ikke fremgangen
være så velkommen.
Anne
Bradstreet (1612 -
1672),
'Meditations
Divine and Moral,'
1655
FEBRUARY 2004
If we had no winter,
the spring would not be so pleasant.
If we did not sometimes taste of adversity,
prosperity would not be so welcome.
Anne Bradstreet (1612 - 1672),
'Meditations
Divine and Moral,' 1655
JANUAR 2004
Kanskje vi bør ha en
annen definisjon
på perfeksjonisme.
Kanskje perfeksjonisme
bør måles etter hvor
mye glede
du og hunden opplever
på de forskjellige
nivåer av treningen.
Forfatter ukjent
JANUARY 2004
Maybe we should put another definition
on perfection. Maybe perfection
should be the amount of enjoyment
you and the dog are achieving
during the different levels of your training.
Author unknown
SITATER 2003
QUOTES 2003
MARCH 2003
Om 20 år - uavhengig av antall
seire og titler,
det vi vil huske om hundene våre, er vårt forhold til dem,
deres smil, deres tilbedende øyne
og deres ubetingede kjærlighet.
Bud Houston
MARCH 2003
In 20 years, regardless of the
qualifying scores and the titles,
what we will really remember about our dogs,
is our relationship with them, their smiles, their adoring eyes,
and their unconditional love.
Bud Houston
PÅSKESITAT 2003
Tålmodighet er nøkkelen til alt.
Du får fram kyllingen ved å ruge på egget, ikke ved å knuse det.
Ukjent forfatter
QUOTATION OF EASTER 2003
The key to everything is
patience.
You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.
Author unknown
MAI 2003
Konkurransesesongen er i
gang....
Visdomsord for ditt første
stevne:
Agility er gøy, AGILITY ER GØY!
Hvis du ønsker deg noe mer enn det, finn deg en annen sport.
Verken du eller hunden din kommer til å bli verdensmestre.
Ikke vi heller. Heller ikke 99% av andre agilityutøvere.
Så få den tanken ut av hodet øyeblikkelig
og gå ut på banen og ha det gøy!
Betsy Hyde
MAY 2003
The competition season is
starting....
Words of wisdom for your
first show:
Agility is fun. AGILITY IS FUN!
If you want more than this, go to another sport.
You and your dog are not going to be world champions.
Neither are we. Neither are 99% of agility competitors.
So just get that out of your mind right away
and have fun.
Betsy Hyde
JUNI 2003
Hvis hunder kunne snakke,
åh - hva kunne de vel si:
"Jeg gjorde mitt beste,
til tross for den dårlige føringen
jeg fikk idag!"
Denne sporten er 90% mental
og 90% svette
Marquand Cheek
JUNE 2003
If dogs could talk,
oh, what they might say:
"I gave it my best,
despite the marginal handling
I received today!"
This game is 90% mental
and 90% perspiration.
Marquand Cheek
JULI 2003
Med riktig trening,
kan mennesket bli
hundens beste venn.
Corey Ford, amerikansk skribent
JULY 2003
Properly trained,
a man can be
a dog's best friend.
Corey Ford, American writer
AUGUST 2003
Det er synd vi ikke kan lese
hundens tanker. Ofte antar vi at
hundene dabber av eller gir blaffen
i oss, når de i realiteten bare
leser vårt kroppsspråk,
plukker opp små signaler
vi ikke engang vet
vi sender, og adlyder det vi
ikke vet vi forteller dem.
Trisha Stall
AUGUST 2003
It's too bad we can't read dogs'
minds. Often we assume dogs
are "slacking off" or "blowing
us off", when really they are
just reading our body language,
picking up subtle hints we
aren't even aware we're sending,
and obeying what we don't
realize we're telling them.
Trisha Stall
SEPTEMBER 2003
Hvis du tror du greier noe,
så greier du det.
Hvis du tror du ikke greier det, har du rett!
Forfatter ukjent
SEPTEMBER 2003
If you think you can, you
can.
If you think you can't, you are right.
Alle har
alltid
vært hjelpsomme mot meg,
alltid villige til å ta seg tid
og til å gi treningstips.
Dette vil alltid være
det viktigste i agility
for meg og mine hunder:
Dele med og bry seg om andre.
Forfatter ukjent
NOVEMBER 2003
Everyone has always
been very helpful to me,
always willing to share time
and training tips.
That will always be
the most important thing in agility
for me and for my dogs:
Sharing and caring.
Author unknown
DESEMBER 2003
Vårt liv er bare et
speilbilde av våre handlinger.
Hvis du ønsker mer kjærlighet i verden,
må du gi mer kjærlighet.
Hvis du vil ha mer kompetanse i laget ditt,
forbedre din kompetanse.
Livet vil gi deg tilbake alt du har gitt.
Ditt agility løp er ikke en tilfeldighet.
Det er et speilbilde av deg.
Forfatter ukjent
DECEMBER 2003
Our life is simply
a reflection of our actions.
If you want more love in the world,
create more love in your heart.
If you want more competence in your team,
improve your competence.
Life will give you back everything you have given to it.
Your agility run is not a coincidence.
It's a reflection of you.