Community Companion Dog part 1

I have had busy weekend at the dog trials. On Saturday I was in a trial where there were lots of kids playing soccer while I was in the ring. At one point I had to wait for 20 seconds while they moved a couple of kids away from the fence because the ball was distracting me. Well they were right, I got too interested in the game and lay down in the Recall and blew my first attempt at a trial.

Next day we were in another trial, and this time I passed. The picture shows me in the middle of the Recall where I have to run to Keith as quickly as I can. I am in mid-air in the photo, showing how fast I can run.

After the trial I was given a ribbon and a certificate. I need 2 more certificates to get the letters CCD after my name. Not bad at 14 months, Keith took 20 years to get letters after his name!

Port Pirie

Here we are at Port Pirie for the dog trials. We stopped at Port Wakefield for a loo break on the way up yesterday, then came here in time to meet up with Freki, so there have been the three of us having a ball so far. We went for a walk across the causeway for about an hour, then came home, got fed then we collapsed while the humans had their food. Tomorrow we are back at the trial for the morning then we go exploring again.

Bert has to go home when we get back, so we are making the most of our time together.

Bert is Back

Bert has come to stay for 3 weeks! I missed Scruff when he had to go, but now Bert is here I have another live-in playmate. We are playing Tug in the picture. We have toys all over the house so where ever we go there is a toy to play with. Kathy keeps spoiling the fun by picking them up and putting them in the box, but we just spread them out again as soon as she is not looking.
I am learning how to do agility weaving poles using the 2 X 2 method. This means that I occasionally run through some poles stuck in the ground and Keith gets excited and throws a ball for me. It does not take much to entertain the humans.

Scruff's Visit

Scruff has come to visit for a week. He is staying with me while his humans are away. We spend all day playing until we are exhausted, then we have to have a nap. The best game is Chasey, we go running flat out through the house until KnK start yelling at us and kick us outside, but we just run back in through the dog door when they calm down.

I am going to miss having a live-in playmate when Scruff has to go back in a couple of days.

Back to normal

After all the excitement of Easter, we are back to the routine life. I am learning Agility on Thursday nights, learning Obedience on Tuesday nights and going to trials at the weekends. Kathy said I can not get into another show until June because we are all booked up.

Keith disappeared for 3 days, so when he came back and I gave him a good licking. They say I should not reprimand when he comes back, but if he does it again I will bite him.

At last I can now settle down to an afternoon nap under his desk.

Skinny Bum

It seems that my bum is too small! The judge said my pelvis was too small and would cause concern if I had pups so he refused a challenge. However the next two judges said I was fine and gave me my points, and then another judge refused the challenge, but did not say why. On the last day I was Best of Breed again.

So out of the 5 shows I got 18 points towards my title. This leaves me needing only 7 more points. Ah well, I will have to do some more shows now.

Showtime

There are 5 shows at Mt Gambier this weekend, and I am in all of them. If I get the points, I could be an Australian Champion, just keep your paws crossed.

We got down the Mount early so I have had time to fill in the blog, Keith took the picture of me trying to think what to write.

Last night we stayed at Keith (the town) as we started out late as usual, partly because I had to have a shampoo, manicure, pedicure and a coiffure.

Anyway, I have to get off the computer as the humans want it back, I will write as soon as I know the results of the shows.