08/23/2026
More reminiscing. 🥰 When Jeb and I miraculously made podium at the Dec 2006 AKC National Obedience Invitational, fellow trainers and show friends I’d met traveling around were wonderfully supportive. I was by myself and it was fun that Jeb had a fan club there while in Long Beach, CA. I got quite a few cards in
the mail. I have more cards somewhere. They meant so much to me. Janice Gunn, the late Bobbi Anderson and others sent cards. Laurie,
Louise, Janice, Jeanne, etc were all always very kind and helpful to me at shows. They and many others played roles in our success. Mostly, I had an open mind and trained about an hour a day 5-6 days a week. Yes, I did! But it was fun the way we did it. SAR taught me my hound could have endurance to work and learn to deal with stress. I learned how to maintain a balance of isn’t this fun and you have to do this in this way.