Snookered

I almost made it in the Snooker last night. I got 17 points in the opening round and I only needed 10, then went all the way round the closing sequence right up to the exit colour of the Dog Walk and I missed the colour. I got everything else, but missing the last colour put me out. The pic shows me on top of the Dog Walk when we were at Alice Springs. Karen's brother in law took the photo, so thank you to him for the great action shots.

I missed a jump in the Agility Excellent course and then got DQ for jumping it wrong way, so last night was not very successful at all. Hope the Jumping and Gamblers courses go better tonight.

Fannie Bay

The Touring Tollers were at Fannie Bay today. We went for a drive around, had a look over Darwin Harbour and had lunch at Fannie Bay. The pic shows us on the cliff top overlooking Fanny Bay with the Casino just visible in the background.

Did not do very much today, saving my strength for the Agility and Snooker trials tonight.

Tropical Tollers

Hannah and I are in the tropics at Darwin. We got here today, the humans set up our camp and we had a sleep outside. It is warm all the time, we are finding it hard to find a cool place to snooze.

The pic shows us having a run on the way here at a rest stop. It looks like we are off lead, but it just goes to show you can not trust a picture if Photoshop is handy. The leads made the picture look funny so they got painted out.

Tomorrow we are going to an Agility trial. Not much hope in this heat! I am an Arctic dog, not a Tropical dog. Humans- I could bite them at times.

Max Points and Gamble Dog

Both of us had good news for the weekend in Alice Springs. I am now on 78 points towards my Championship, and I can not get any more until I am twelve months old because I need 25 after my first birthday.

Yesterday Tiffany passed her third Novice Gamblers Trial and now is a Gamble Dog. Her full name will be Champion Sherbrooke Tiffany Ale, CD, AD, JD, GD.

I did not do too well in the obedience trial. The pic shows me doing Heel Free, well I am free, Kathy is nowhere near me. Anyway Judge Clive was not happy and I non qualified. Tiffany just missed her JDX trial by 2.44 seconds. That's how long over time she was after getting a fault free round. At least she is getting close again after losing her confidence a bit after Keith went away for 4 days.

Alice Springs Success

The first day at the Alice Springs show went well for Hannah, she got 12 more points towards her championship title, and I got one more pass in a Gamblers trial. Don't ask about the ADX or JDX trials.

The pic shows me going over a bar jump at full speed, just before I did a wrong jump in the JDX class.

Hannah has had her drugs reduced for the first time after her relapse and she is doing very well. The show judges were not bothered about the bare spot on her back and they both gave Hannah a Challenge worth 6 points each.

We start again tomorrow only this time Hannah is in a Novice Obedience trial too.

Outback Tollers

This is Hannah's first trip to the outback, so I am showing her all the tricks I have learned during my bush experience to the Cape York Peninsula. The pic shows us just north of Port Augusta having a break from travelling.

There are many things a dog needs to know in the bush, such as if you pick up a stick and it wriggles, let it go - it is probably a snake.

Tasty morsels lying around could be a Fox Bait. Little insects have nasty stings. Crocodiles live in the rivers, so don't swim unless a human goes in first! There is lots to show her, luckily she is a quick learner.

Hannah's First Novice

Hannah is feeling a lot better on the extra steroids, so much so that she went in her first novice trial. The individual exercises were done very well with only losing 8 points. The pic shows Hannah coming in on the Recall and is just about to sit.

The stays were going well until the end of the one minute sit stay. Kathy was actually on the way back when Hannah lay down. It was a warm sunny day, and she was a little tired as a result of the drugs, and Hannah could not hold the sit any longer. The three minute down stay was done easily, so Hannah missed out on her first Novice pass by about 10 seconds. "Missed it by that much" as Max Smart used to say. Still, it was a good effort for a pup that has a heavy medication and has only just completed CCD last week.