I feel like I always mention how I’m not a fan of change, but I’ve given myself a lifestyle centered on change. I was reminded of that once again the night before last as I slept in a much-loved place: Waylon’s kennel at Pack Forest. After staying with a good two-legged friend in northern Seattle for a week and a half**, it was time to venture south to visit last…
As training rolled along, it started to become clear who would be dog handlers or orienteers. Some dogs seemed to get stressed with having a different handler each day, so the bosses decided to try figuring out which people and dogs worked well together sooner rather than later. I think most of us entered the program in the hopes of being handlers, but we knew from the start that there…
And so, after all of that, I found myself entering a month of CK-9 training in Pack Forest in late October. By a month I mean 1.5 months, which of course means almost 2… or something like that. Not long after arriving for training, I learned that Washington contains a micro time zone – namely, Pack Forest Time. The CK-9 program doesn’t necessarily run on normal time; during training we…