"We give dogs love we can spare, time we can spare and room we can spare.
In return, dogs give us their all.
It's the best deal man has ever made."
--
Mary Focklam

Monday 27 September 2010

...chillin' weekend....


Mum:
well instead of going up to Hare 'n Hounds we stopped at home and had a chillin' weekend, car is playing up (again) and there are loads of shows to go to and no way to get there.
Never mind, it's sloe pickin' time!
Jette is a bit miffed, she heard the alarm clock go off at 4am Saturday and I didn't get up...the show bag was packed and she knew she should be going jumpies but we stayed in bed instead. Sorry Jetty girl, make up for it by extra-long training on Weds. By the sounds of it we missed a good day with lots of fab results coming in, but made up for it by going to the park as Flynny-wobbles has developed an aversion to men and small dogs, we need to get this behaviour nipped in the bud!
Someone has been pickin' my sloes, still I've a very secret patch not disturbed yet so they'll save until next week!
I'm wondering whether to actually enter more shows as we seem to not go to more than we do lol!!
Flynn missed snoggin' Miss Pickle though....

PS I'm amazed I missed this first time...Flynn did the dogwalk and see-saw at training...straight up 'n over no problem!!! How good is that!!!!
(sorry Flynny-wobbles) :-)

Tuesday 21 September 2010

...discussing my wibble-wobbles...


Flynn:
We had an ace weekend, got to go to Dilly Dogz and play out with a lovely chocolate lab called Winston who knew all the lab play moves other dogs just don't get, the 'bouncing in-the-face' move or the 'run-and-knock-over-opponent' move nor the 'jump-up-and-break-nose' move nor the 'get-them-behind-the-legs-and-floor-them' speciality, you have to practice that one to time it just right so the knees are nice and relaxed! Winston understood all this so we got on just fine. Willow got to show her unlimpiness and Jette got to do a couple of agility runs and got nice clears for mum. She said she was worried about running on her leg so just ran very slowly and it was OK and also that Jette was a very good girlie. That's ace news as it means we get to go to Hare N Hounds at the weekend, yeah!!!!
I've been hearing the 'removal of my wibble-wobbles conversation' a few times now and I'm worried I won't be able to do my extra wiggly blokey walk if I don't have them anymore so tonight, when we went to the vet, I tried to hide behind mum so he couldn't look at me...I think I heard them say it's not going to be yet so I can wiggle some more... phew!! Willow-old-but-wise-one was pronounced very fit by the vet who's really ever-so-pleased with her, good girlie Willow!!!
I managed to do 45mins at training too as Jake and Jaz weren't there and I could concentrate...hope I don't have to work so hard next week, I had to go home and have a snooze... so did mum!

Jette's pic courtesy of Dilly Dogz

Monday 13 September 2010

...trying not to panic.....and failing!


oooooh what a weird week, don't like weeks like these :(
It was a Flynn week really:
I started off being very full of myself at training last Monday, I soooo wanted to play with the other dogs and my best mate was there but mum said no I had to sit still and behave, I think she meant it as she very nearly had to sit on me to make me stay 'down'. I could tell her voice was getting higher and higher but then she said I would have to go home if I didn't play nicely, so I tried very hard for 5 minutes just to show I could.
Then the vet lady rang on Weds and told my mum my left elbow xray had come back showing a possible problem, mum was positively apoplectic and I knew to stay out of the way whilst furrowed brows were going on....still it all got sorted on Friday after a long chat with the specialist vet and it seems I can carry on with the agility, just not too much too soon and if I start to limp I have to pull back and have a holiday for a while, sounds good to me, no idea why mum was so anxious...anyway we all got a meaty bone each after hydro and Jette's not competing till next weekend so can have bone in her diet without her filling up...
Apparently I've got ace hips though and it's training tonight so I get to see my best mate Jake ;-)
Kirsty got all muddy at Wigan but Maisie's a clever Mouse and got 4th and 5th and big lad Skip got a place too, well done mateys!!!

Saturday 4 September 2010

'ickle Willow's week....


Willow:
Well I've had a great week, went with other two to training and got to lounge on the back seat of the car, sooo comfy and I got sausages too. Mum only took Flynn in for an hour and when she came back, said he'd been really good and tried very hard to get on the see-saw but he was a little scared when he got to the top...he liked the Aframe better as he could see his toy down the other side and wanted to play with it :-)
Jette didn't get a go, mum's wondering whether to still take her or not, she probably will when Jette stops doing the Aframe pingy thing ha ha!!
Friday I got to go to work with mum, I love going to work with her, I can curl up on the floor under the desk and hope no-one knows I'm there so I can come every day, had to go and bark at the loud printer-machiney thing outside the door though so they knew their print-outs were coming out. Everyone made a fuss of me and I got more sausages and felt very important...then just me and mum went to hydro and had a swim, I tried to cheat and do small circles but Carol and mum caught me and I did some big swims then. It feels nice when my leg is stretched out and I don't limp so much.
We're having a weekend at home, should be at UKA in Cheshire but mum says her calf muscle might not be mended yet so we'll all just chill out and do some walks :-)