Your Canine Sports Home in the Country :: The Poodle Farm

Here at the Poodle Farm, we are committed to the idea of performance and versatility. All canine sports are welcome here, with a fully fenced and gated agility ring outdoors or inside our heated training building. All breeds are welcome, it isn't an exclusive club for poodles!

Please join in our support for Agility, Rally, Scent Detection and Obedience activities including training from introduction to advanced skills and special events. We remain a facility open to clubs wishing a dedicated venue for registered competition with CKC and CARO affiliations.

We have a CARO trial in December, one more opportunity to compete before the end of the year. Details are available, entry is open. Check out the Trial Info for more details and the online entry form.

The garden is picked clean and all packed away to be used up until next year's harvest. Our last CKC event for the year is underway, and we are fortunate to have some nice weather considering it is the end of October. Our very own Jyve got a HIT on Saturday in Obedience, Open B. Thanks to Judge Susan Bell and Judge-in-training Chantal Rioux.

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Sometimes you start a project in May, expecting to have it done in July. Something simple, not easy but uncomplicated. Tear down some wood, replace with new wood. Done. Then you learn what 'scope creep' means. The 'since we are doing this, we should probably do that while we are here.' And the next thing you know it is mid-November and your simple little project is still incomplete.

I have also learned that ChatGPT is a wonderful lubricant for 'scope creep'. If you want 'creep' to turn into an avalanche, then just start asking ChatGPT for some advice and guidance. Having the tools to do the complicated sometimes encourages you to do the complicated, just because you have the tools. 'Why are we doing this? Because we can.'

Eventually you may realize that you can make much better progress if you just stop asking ChatGPT for advice. Look up things yourself, spend less time getting AI-generated images of things, spend more time actually making real things. You will wind up building a slightly more complex version of what you set out to make in the beginning. Maybe not the ultimate vision of what could be, but you can't sit on an ultimate vision and enjoy a cup of coffee watching the sun come up.

Learning when to use AI is a harder lesson than how to use AI.

Our December CARO trial is open for entry. Trial Info. Entry closes when we get to 90 runs, or December 6.

Our second CARO Rally trial is in the books for 2026. Another actually nice, though still long, day. We are again happy to be able to help prospective new CARO Judges meet their shadow judging and mentoring requirements, extending our pool of talent with certification for all levels of judging. Results (unofficial) in PDF format for the Regular Classes and Working Classes are now available. Check in your CARO portal for your own official results and report any discrepancies.

Poodle Poetry & Pynky

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