Dogs:  On Monday, we joined the Feilding Dog Training Club.  They offer obedience Monday night, RallyO Tuesday, flyball and sledding Wednesday, and we're going to go to agility tonight, Thursday.
Our first experience Monday was interesting.  After a month of no training (sorry Evi), Rx finally did some heeling and did some sit stays where he tried to check out the kiwi dog to his right.  However, the classes are different (there are 4 levels of CGC), and the exercises are done just a little bit differently (for a recall, the handler walks away in a circle, and faces away from the dog until the judge says to stop), so it was a bit frustrating.  Instead of scent articles, they use pieces of cloth, and they don't do gloves or directed retrieve; and 90% of the dogs seem to be at a beginning level.  The class is really just club members (a small club) getting together to practice, so it was very loose.  I see it as a place to go to work on obedience exercises with Rx and commit to a schedule.  I won't change the way we do the AKC exercises.  I want to get Rx's CD at VVKC in October.  I'm looking into the Tararua dog club (out of PN, but obedience only), because they may have more structured classes.  They meet on Tuesday nights.  More dog pics: https://picasaweb.google.com/115133267095590644390/Dogs?authuser=0&feat=directlink