The Mum says even though I have my Rally Novice title now with AKC that she still wants to teach me lots of fun stuff. So I think that’s great! Here is my second Rally Novice leg up in Idaho Falls last weekend. I had so much fun! The Mum was a dork and didn’t change the batteries in the camera for the last leg and it was my best one yet! She says she’s going to teach me that heeling thing that I haven’t quite figured out yet so we can do off leash stuff too.
Maybe if I get real good I can earn money at this and then the Dad won’t have to do construction employment anymore. But the Mum says there’s no money to be made, only money to be spent. So that’s a bummer! Money lets us do fun stuff and eat yummy treats and things. Though when the Mum shows me what money is, I think it’s dumb because it just smells weird.
So remember how I said I was going to go to Idaho Falls and win lots of ribbons and Qs? Well, I did it! The Mum was so happy with me. I can post some of the videos of me up too they are really good. I won lots of ribbons see!
I qualified all three days I was entered in that Rally Trial. There were no other collies there. No rough collies and no smooth collies. I was the only collie doing AKC rally last weekend. And on the first day I got a 91 out of 100. The second day I got an 89 out of 100, and the last day I got a 95 out of 100! I did so well! I was kinda nervous some of the time but by the last day I was relaxing and even watched the Mum a little bit. Though she didn’t give me any treats in the ring but that’s okay, I got lots outside of the ring.
So this is me with all my ribbons. The Mum said she’s very proud of me and she wants to get more ribbons for me too in the future. I can do it! I am learning lots and having a really fun time doing the Rally!
So the Mum was way happy last weekend when I got that first letter Q that she says is a really neat thing. I was still kinda nervous but here is the video of me doing the Rally-O and you can see how good I did. The Mum says I still have to walk with her better but when I’m nervous I just kinda don’t want to as much.
So this is my first Qualifying I’ve ever done in anything and the Mum is really happy. I even won a toy. But I don’t really like toys so much so I gave it to Jet. It’s a froggie toy and it makes a weird sound! Jet really likes it and wants to tear the insides out. The froggie needs cheap home insurance so that he might live longer but Mum says he doesn’t have much of a lifespan to expect!
Okay so the Mum took me to do that Rally thing today! And it was kinda fun, but I was a little bit nervous. Here is the video of me doing it. The Mum said I did really super well and she was so happy! I like it when the Mum is happy.
I just kinda had to follow her around and do sits and stands and stays and stuff like that. After we did all these weird things then she told me to lay down for a really long time. And I didn’t want to stay all the way laying down so I got up. And the Mum said that wasn’t so good, so I didn’t get a Q whatever that is. I just know I got treats after. The Mum said that she made sardine brownies for me for tomorrow, I love those! They are good and tasty and smelly too!
So we are going to do it again tomorrow and the Mum hopes we get a Q thing tomorrow, and a ribbon and a toy. And then she said she will take me to Idaho to do some AKC Rally in August. I like to go on trips so that should be fun too. She better bring lots of Sardines and Tunas!
So this is one smooth collie girl that has done Rally now and it’s kinda fun!
So the Mum tells me that tomorrow is the big day. And that she has entered me in the first ASCA Rally trial here in Utah. So I’m kinda nervous because I don’t know what Rally-O really is. And this collie girl hasn’t done it before. But I’m willing to give it a good try! The Mum says all I have to do is walk nice on her left side and stop with her, and turn with her, and make sure I follow her around. So that’s what I’m gonna do.
The Mum hopes to get some videos of me doing it so maybe I’ll post them up tomorrow when I’m done. I did go and do agility today and that was really super fun! I get to do it tomorrow and Sunday too. The Mum says it’s the first thing I’ve ever been in where I can earn a real Q. I just hope I can earn a tuna brownie because those are better for sure!
So the Mum is worried about what to wear. She says she can’t wear just a t-shirt and jean shorts because she is supposed to look nice. And she even gave me and Levi a bath today, and dremmeled our toenails, yuck! Levi is going too. The Mum says he gets jealous because he hasn’t been in a ring in like a year so it’ll make him happy to go back in and do some novice Rally-O. He has done it before though in AKC so he’s not nervous at all. He has a title called an RE in his Rally-O so he’s an expert!
Wish me lucks! I hope I don’t need any opiate detox when I’m done, because I’m so nervous that I have to have some dugs!
So yup I did more weave poll thingies in the back yard. The Mum says she wants me to practice every day. And since I don’t really know how to do them yet, I need the Mum there to practice with me. So she did some video of me last night and aren’t I just good? I had fun too, you can tell because my tail was wagging. I like eating the tune brownies! And even though it’s hard to learn the weave polls, this smooth collie girl can do it!
I think I’m starting to understand how it all works but it’s confusing and it’s hard to bend my body around those weird things! The Mum wonders who came up with these things anyway. Because they are hard for me to learn. Maybe I need some prenexa vitamins to help me be stronger so I can do them better. But the Mum says, we will keep trying, and I will learn soon!
So the Mum took some videos of my doing the weave polls today and she says I’m doing really well! Of course I am but I’m glad she thinks so to.
The Mum says that we won’t need any cheap insurance if I keep up doing so well! That I’ll stay young and healthy for a long time and do lots of fun agility. So what do you think about me weaving? I think it’s fun. It’s really hard though but I’m getting better all the time!
Okay so this is the agility that I did a couple of weeks ago! The Mum was too sad about Angel to get it up before today.
Aren’t I good? The Mum says I should run a bit faster but I don’t really want to, I like it when she runs faster and I just get to chase after her. And the Mum says my tail is up and that makes her happy when I wag my tail. It was kinda fun! I was a little bit nervous but I had a good time too!
This is a picture of me tired. I am cute, even tired! Today after the Mum got home from work she took me, Chase and Jet to the park. And we did some obedience stuff. It’s okay, the Mum ran out of Tuna Brownies and so she stopped at the store and she got some yummy ham and turkey and those were good too. But I haven’t been getting out as much as I used to and so outside is a bit scarier than it was for a while. So the Mum says she’s going to take me out more and that’s good because it can be really fun!
So we did some heeling and some staying and some coming and stuff. It was okay, and the treats were yummy. They didn’t fit into jumbo envelopes though because they were kinda slimy. But I like slimy treats even though the Mum doesn’t like them much.
So yesterday the Mum took me all day and we went and did fun stuff. We did agility and flyball and the jumps are getting more interesting. But it’s because that the Mum is bringing tuna with! Ooo tuna is my favorite. The Mum says I may have been a cat in a prior life because I like fishes so much to eat.
Last Wednesday we went to lessons and the Mum gave me okay so so treats and then she brought out the Tuna Brownies…. Oooo then I got interested! The Mum has to laugh at me because I go so much faster for tuna than I do anything else. Maybe I could use the Kansas City job search to find a job in Tuna or something, because it’s so yummy to eat.
So the Mum says she wants to make the jumps in agility and flyball more fun for me, well if she keeps using Tuna to help me get over them, I will like them much way better!
Hi I'm Tatum and welcome to my blog! I'm a smooth sable collie, the prettiest kind! The Mum said a blog would be a fun thing for me to do, I can tell everyone how I'm gonna learn some things called agility, and obedience, and flyball.. and go on walks and play in the park and bark at the TV and lots of fun stuff!