Agility Night

We went back to the dog club for their Thursday night training session last night at the Cairns dog club. Look at that picture of me going through the Weaving poles, I am going that fast I am just a blur among the poles. There were lots of people and dogs at the club and they all made me feel very welcome. They are having trials next week, but I probably wont be here then, so I have to wish them all the best for next week end.

Congratulations to Ricky on his graduation through the ranks of obedience. Ricky the Cavalier is another dog-blogger who also trains in Agility back home.

Why I have to go back to school.

Here is why I have to go back to school. Keith said "heel", so I went to the heel position. Just because I did a loop round his legs first is no reason to get upset. He could have easily got out of the lead round his legs. I can not see any reason for all the fuss!

Back at school

I had a run on a deserted beach between Cairns and Port Douglas. I had to stay out of the water because of the Stingers, Crocodiles and strong currents but it was good to have a leg stretch on the beach, even if I did have to stay on the long lead.
On Tuesday I went to the Cairns dog club training night and had a run on their agility equipment. I did not get to do sequences, just one piece at a time, but I had forgotten a lot of my training so maybe it was just as well.
There were lots of dogs to talk to, including another Toller, Fernando. I will be going back on Thursday night for more work.

Townsville

We went for a drive to Townsville where we climbed to the top of Castle Hill. It was steep, narrow and tiring, but the Navara Diesel coped well with it. Some poor dogs had to walk the 2.9 km up there so the council has put a dog water fountain alongside the human water fountain. Here I am at the top looking towards the Townsville beaches. I had a run on the dog beach, and found some sea glass.

We moved on yesterday to Innisfail. It started raining 2 hours before we arrived and has not stopped. I had a brief run on the paddock behind the park and since then it is just a quick trip out and then back inside to get out of the rain. Playing fetch under the caravan annex is not much fun.

Tropical Life

It has been a beautiful day here in Tropical Queensland. I have had my morning run on the big open space at the back of the caravan park, then we went for a drive into Ingham. When we got back I went for another run and then had to have a lie down in the shade of the palm trees surrounding the caravan.

What a tough life I have.

Turkey Spotting

There I was minding my own business when a Bush Turkey came wandering past. I was in my run in the annex of the van so I could not get out to see what he was doing, all I could do was watch. The van is in Midge Point Caravan Park in the Whitsunday region.

There is lots of wild life here. On the beach I chased hundreds of tiny crabs, then later on I went for my evening loo walk and there were several Cane Toads jumping around, but Keith would not let me near them. Tomorrow I will be exploring Midge Point again.

Dog Wash.

Here I am in a Public Dog Wash! No privacy, all the world looking on and me wet through in the trough. I have never been so embarrassed in my life. What made it worse was that it had been vandalised and the owner was repairing it. He had to stick his finger in the mechanism to make it work.

After the bath I did feel better, and I had lost my doggie smell, but it wont take long to get it back.

We have been touring again, round Rockhampton. Keith tried to get me in to the Rockhampton dog club for a training session, but we had missed their training night and they did not want visitors anyway. Maybe I can get in next week at Mackay.