Photo of the Month: June 2007

Winnie looks at a ball.....:

Quote of the Month:
June 2007

Tell me and I forget.

Teach me and I remember.

Involve me and I learn.
 

Benjamin Franklin

Previous quotes of the month

 Updated: 14 June 2007

Photo of the Month: May 2007

Winnie:

(photo: Gro Andresen)

Quote of the Month: May 2007

The reason most people
never reach their goals
is that they don't define them,
or ever seriously consider them
as believable or achievable.

Winners can tell you
where they are going,
what they plan to do along the way,
and who will be sharing
the adventure with them.

Denis Watley

Previous quotes of the month

 Updated: 30 May 2007

Photo of the Month: April 2007

Candy - 10,5 years old

Quote of the Month:
April 2007

Be aware of the role you play
in your dog's mistakes.

Do not blame your dog for
an off-course or missed contact.

Our dogs are only a reflection of us.

Susan Garrett

Photo of the Month: March 2007

Winnie

Quote of the Month:
March 2007

Julie Daniels
(agility instructor and competitor)

Believe in yourself and in your dog (and do your homework, so you have reason to believe in yourself and your dog).

Eat and drink properly. Love the course. Avoid people who are whining and worrying. Internalize only what is good for you.

Visualize what you DO want, including the entirety of your perfect run in detail. Breathe. Loosen up yourself and your dog.

Know and do what helps your dog when you are on deck.

Go for it!!!

QUOTES + PHOTOS  2006

OCTOBER 2005:

Visualize the thing you want.
See it, feel it, believe in it.
Make your mental blueprint
and begin!

Robert Collier

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

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

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

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

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

Tålmodighet er nøkkelen til alt.
Du får fram kyllingen ved å ruge på egget, ikke ved å knuse det.

Ukjent forfatter

The key to everything is patience.
You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.

Author unknown

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

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

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.

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.

Author unknown

OKTOBER 2003

Tren mindre og lek mer!

Silvia Trkman
verdensmester 2003
(Mer av henne i farts-skrivet mitt)

OCTOBER 2003

Train less and play more!

Silvia Trkman

World Champion 2003

NOVEMBER 2003

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.

Author unknown