SuperToller at the Games Trial

More powerful than a HO scale locomotive, faster than a spent bullet, able to leap 400mm high jumps in a single bound,  is it a bird? is it a plane? No; its SuperToller. The dog of alloy that has the amazing ability to leap over any coloured contact area on dog walks and scrambles. She missed three of them yesterday to record one of her most spectacular failures in Gamblers Excellent. The pic shows Tiffany flying over the bars in the distance section, but all to no avail because she missed out on points in the points accumulation section.
We were in Strategic Pairs too. We were going well until we started playing on the dogwalk. Both of us were on the top of it while KnK were going spare trying to get us down, that was a lot of fun for us and the spectators. We were voted the Most Entertaining Pair of the day!
I had my first go at Snooker and was doing very well, until I saw Grahame who was doing the timing. He always gives us pats, so naturally I went to see him. That was where things went pear shaped and I got disqualified shortly after.
They are called Games trials, so we played games. What has qualifications got to do with it?

Hannah's Birthday

Hannah was 2 years old yesterday. We were staying at the Berri caravan park for the trials at the Riverland. I took Hannah for a run on the oval next to the caravan park just after breakfast, then we went home for a biscuit and a lie down. Freki was next door so we all went for a long walk in the bush along the river before he had to go back to Adelaide. In the afternoon we had a sleep and then went to a training session with Chocolatedog at Barmera. It was late when we got home and we all collapsed in a heap and went to bed.
Hannah had a good time for her birthday. We were worried about her health ever since she was a pup, but she seems fully recovered and fighting fit now. She has passed lots of trials and has CCD and CD titles in obedience,  2 passes in Rally-O Novice and we will be trying for our second pass in Strategic Pairs agility on the week end. Add the Champion of her Breed in the show ring to the other titles, and you can see why Hannah is such a special dog.
The pic shows us standing by the Murray River near where we went for our walks.

Barmera Trials

We both got a pass in the Rally Obedience at the Riverland yesterday. The pic shows me doing the three step backwards with Kathy. Kathy has to walk backwards and stop after one step, then two steps and finally three steps, and I have to sit in front each time she stops. There were 15 stations altogether and this was just one of them.
Tiffany passed with Keith, and so did all of our friends with their handlers, so it was a good day all round.

State Championships

We were at the SA State Championships on the weekend, I was in Masters and Hannah was in Novice Jumping. The pic shows Hannah as she just landed after the last jump. It was a long weekend, we were in the Saturday afternoon and the Sunday morning trials (Keith was judging on Saturday morning so we could not enter). Hannah ran very well and was a bit unlucky to knock a bar off but then she got over excited and started to nip at Kathy's jeans and missed a jump. She still got round the course, but did not qualify. Keith got lost in Masters Agility when we went the wrong way after the fifth time through a tunnel, and I got a bit excited and took off too quick for Keith to keep up in Jumping so it all went pear shaped very quickly. Still we had a nice week end out with our mates, and we had a go at the championships too, even though we did not qualify for the Finals on Sunday afternoon.

Painting the Kennel

We are having the kennel painted. KnK have moved out the furniture except for the heavy stuff that has been piled in the middle of the room. Sheets of plastic have been spread over the pile and we have the job of holding it down. We wanted to help paint, we have built in paint brush tails that could spread the paint faster than Mr Bean's stick of dynamite, but they declined our offer. Hannah managed to use her tail to spread a bit of paint, and I used my ear feathers, but we were much better employed in a supervisory role, directing operations from the Family room. Anyway, after day 1 the ceiling is done and the woodwork has its undercoat on and with a bit of good luck and a thorough barking at, KnK should have the first room finished by tomorrow.