Teachers in Tacoma have been on strike for 4 days. Today we picketed at CAB (the Central Administration Building) downtown Tacoma. It was the first day that we all picketed together at a central location, instead of at our individual schools. We had a rally at Wright Park afterward. Here are a few videos from today's experience.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Nosework Demo in Wright Park, Tacoma
This morning we took Morpheus down to Wright Park for a nosework demo, at the Bark for Life event. (a fundraiser and awareness event for treating and preventing canine cancer). Mike handled Morpheus today so I could get some videos of him doing what he does best. Videos of each of his 5 searches are posted below.
Morpheus did a fabulous job today! On our drive down to Tacoma, I was crossing my fingers and just hoping he wouldn't pee in the search area. Not only did he NOT pee in the search area - he ignored all of the many distractions (including tons of dogs barking & playing flyball at the other end of the park - and a lot of dogs and owners hanging out right outside of the search area to watch the demos), and got right to work. In fact, the longest video below is only 32 seconds long. The video of his last search is only 4 seconds long - and that's including the time it took Mike to reward him with a treat for finding it!
The woman speaking on the microphone throughout the videos is Diana. She runs the center where we take nosework classes. We take classes with her colleague Doug (who wasn't present at the field trip today) - but Diana was overwhelmingly impressed with Morpheus's skills today too! Diana first met Morpheus at his very first class - where he came right in for his first search and (not knowing what the game was yet) tried to pee on a cone instead. He's sure come a long way since then! I'm so proud of my dog! :) Enjoy the videos!
Morpheus did a fabulous job today! On our drive down to Tacoma, I was crossing my fingers and just hoping he wouldn't pee in the search area. Not only did he NOT pee in the search area - he ignored all of the many distractions (including tons of dogs barking & playing flyball at the other end of the park - and a lot of dogs and owners hanging out right outside of the search area to watch the demos), and got right to work. In fact, the longest video below is only 32 seconds long. The video of his last search is only 4 seconds long - and that's including the time it took Mike to reward him with a treat for finding it!
The woman speaking on the microphone throughout the videos is Diana. She runs the center where we take nosework classes. We take classes with her colleague Doug (who wasn't present at the field trip today) - but Diana was overwhelmingly impressed with Morpheus's skills today too! Diana first met Morpheus at his very first class - where he came right in for his first search and (not knowing what the game was yet) tried to pee on a cone instead. He's sure come a long way since then! I'm so proud of my dog! :) Enjoy the videos!
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