Boxing Day

We spent Christmas Day at Audrey's kennel. Molly came with us and Kevin was there too. A little later, two of Audrey friends, Lochie and Gracie came, so there were 3 Scottish Deer Hounds (Audrey, Lochie and Gracie), 2 NSDTR's (us), Molly the Tenterfield/Jack Russell and Kevin the Suburban terrier. There were a lot of humans there too but they don't count.
After lots of games, food and drinks we all went home and vowed to meet up again next year. We were exhausted when we got home and slept like babies. Molly went to bed and we have not seen her since.
Today we got stuck into our Chews. I got a pig's ear and Hannah had a beef hide roll so that should keep us quiet for a couple of hours.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everybody! Its that time of the year again when humans buy each other gifts, drink until their boots wobble, eat until the scales scream "Get off", and they dress us up in funny hats so they can take weird photos of us. Well, they did it again. We are wearing our Christmas Hats, our Christmas Collars, our dumbbells have Christmas paper on them and we are jumping a tinsel covered jump. Still, it seems to make the humans happy, and when they are happy they give us more Scooby Snacks. So Bring On Christmas.

Murray Mouth

KnK told us we were going to see the Murray Mouth. We were expecting to see a great gaping maw with poison dripping from huge fangs, but it was just where a river meets the sea. The Murray - Darling river system collects water from Queensland, NSW, the Snowy Mountains and the Canberra sewage farm and  brings it to the sea just behind us in the pic.
We are in Goolwa for a few days holiday. It has been hot so far but we have been on lots of walks when it cools down. May get a swim at the dog beach later.

Molly's Visit

Molly has come to visit for a few days, The pic shows us sitting out side with Molly. We have had a good week, Hannah won the Obedience Bitch and the Agility Bitch awards for the Gundog Club on Monday night, I got second. We both got awards for our titles too so we have quite a few trophies to add to our trophy cabinet.
The other night there was a thunder storm and a tree got hit in the park behind us. There was a big flash and a bang, we woke up and barked, KnK got up and staggered about until they realised what was going on, then took another ten minutes to calm us down. Molly was in the front bedroom and woke up Maisie, so nobody got any sleep.

Hannah's ADX pass

My baby Sister has passed her first Agility Dog Excellent course on the first attempt! She only got her AD title 22 days ago, and here she is with her first ADX pass. It was not easy for her, Kathy has an injury to her foot and it is strapped so Kathy can not move as well as she should, but they got round the course with a few seconds to spare. Hannah went visiting on her Jumping course so that was a non qualification.
I was in Masters, and we were doing very well until about halfway round when we got mixed up a bit and I passed a jump on the Agility course, and I missed an entry into a tunnel on the Jumping course, but we got round all the difficult bits. Keith is happy we are getting better, the new training system seems to be working.

Night Trial

We were at the trials last night, doing Open Obedience. The pic shows me returning over the jump with the Dumbbell in my mouth. I was going well, until we got to the 3 minute sit stay when I forgot what I was doing and lay down. Keith was not too upset, because we qualified in all the other exercises. Hannah was not happy in her heeling and did not do a sit, then she had a scratch in the Recall, and when she finished scratching she chased after Kathy. She passed everything else so maybe things are not too bad. That was the last Obedience trial for the year for us, so we get a few months break while we brush up on our skills for next year.

Grampians

The touring Tollers were at the Grampians yesterday. We went for a day out to the Grampians mountains, named after the Scottish range.The pic shows us where we stopped for lunch near Lake Fyans with the mountains in the background. The last time KnK were here was during the drought and the lake was almost dry, just a puddle in the middle, but now it is full again. That was before either of us were born. After the drive we went for a run at the dog club grounds, then back to the caravan for a good feed and a long sleep.