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Tired from Flyball

I am beat tired! The Mum, me, Chase, Levi, and Muffit all went to flyball practice today. We had to take Dad’s little car ’cause the Mum’s big car is in the shop, it has a big dent in it.

Anyway… you know how I’ve been going over jumps to a lid with a liver on it? Well… we did that at the flyball park! And it was fun. The Mum said she was so proud of me, because I went over three jumps in a row for the livers on the lid! But then I got silly again and had to just run and run and bunny hop around the park! It was lots of fun. But then people had livers so I would go up to them and see if I could have some, and I could!

The place I used to live, where there were tons and tons of dogs… the people would grab my collar and drag me around, and I’m always afraid people will do that to me now. They haven’t in a long time, and the Mum said no one will ever do it again, but I’m still a bit afraid they will.

So it was fun, and now I’m tired!

This Jump Thingy

So the Mum has been taking me outside a bit now that there is not any slippery snow on the ground, and she brings out this white thing and when I jump over it I get a click and a treat. So it’s been fun and I’ve been jumping over it! I was pretty excited… I ran and bunny-hopped over and got the treat on the white plastic lid on the other side.

But then, at the last minute, I thought maybe I’ll go around the jump this time… the Mum had dragged the Dad out to take pictures of me, and so of course I had to do something different! If you want to see me really go over a jump you have to go to the Mum’s blog, Tip Tail. LOL this is funnier!

And then I ran right up to the lid and the Dad didn’t know I wasn’t supposed to get the treat if I didn’t go over the jump and so I ate it anyway and it was yummy. LOL it’s so easy to trick these silly humans. But it is really fun to do these jump things too!

The Mum thinks it might be weird for me to start bouncing off the wall like Chase does, she thinks I’m more delicate than him. Hrmph! I can do anything he can do! Except jump off the side of the couch like Chase and Muffit too.. that’s a bit too high.

Me in the Hotel on the Bed

The Mum dragged Chase and me to a hotel again.. this one was different. It was only me and Chase and the Mum in the hotel this time. I missed having all the other dogs around. But it was fun to play with Chase, and it was safe in that room, though it smelled kinda funny.

The Mum and Chase did a flyball tournament. I got to stay in my crate where it’s cozy a lot of the time, but sometimes the Mum would bring me out and we would walk around. I have a new best boyfriend! His name is Oreo and he’s a border collie. He’s very handsome! We had a great time playing!

There was some really scary stuff and I tucked my tail, but then there was mostly fun stuff and so I was okay. The Mum said she was very proud of me for being so brave!

Agility and Dog Park!

Last weekend the Mum took me, Muffit, Chase and Levi to the agility trial. It was a lot of fun! I really like it there. I’m used to it now, and I get to see all the dogs and all the people and eat livers.

We even got to run outside without a leash on. It was fun to run a bit, but the Mum had good treats on her and so I kinda stuck around. I saw Riley again, who I haven’t seen in a while ’cause he has to fix his leg in an operation for an ACL something.. but he’s getting better now.

And then today the mum took me and Muffit to a dog park. I’d never been before but there was a Staffie there who I got to play with even though she was a bit pushy, she was nice. And then she left and the Mum and Muffit and me walked around and peed on everything. Muffit had been to dog parks before, he told me, and he knew all about the double gates and things. The Mum says Muffit and Me are the only two dogs here in the pack that would do okay in those fenced dog parks. I think it was fun!

Hoppin’ like a Bunny

So the Mum took me, Chase and Muffit to flyball practice again on Sunday! It was fun. I like to nibble on people I see there, because I can and I’m not afraid of them anymore. Nope.. I just can push them around instead of being afraid of them. I stayed in Las Vegas with them in that house too, so I know I can push them around now!

The Mum let me run around and bunny hop while we were there. She wanted me to go and play with her.. which is okay, but I like the other dogs better. Except when they don’t do anything, and then when the Mum does stuff, she is more fun to play with. I actually quite like her for a human!

This picture is of my and my new brother Muffit. He is fun but he doesn’t play with me as much as I’d like. The Mum says he is still settling in and, hopefully, will in the future.

Touching the Stick with my Nose

So Yesterday the Mum puts all the other dogs in the kitchen and gets out the phone book and yay! I put my feet on it. The Mum likes that and clicks and gives me a treat when I do. Then she started to move around me and I’m not sure what she is doing.. she said something about ‘rear end awareness’ but I don’t know what that means yet so I just try to move around a bit and get that click and treat.

She also brought out this funny long thing with a yellow ball on the end. And every time I sniffed it she clicked and treated. So that was easy! I touched the ball with my nose and got the click treat!

Then the Mum brought out this weird long thing with high sides and I just kept walking around it. When I did put my foot over it I got the click and treat! So I kept doing that… the Mum said it was a jump and I will get to do it much higher in the future, when we can go and train outside.

Then I got to go in the Kitchen and the Mum got out Muffit. Gah… only I should work with the clicker! But the Mum said that Muffit has to learn this stuff too for flyball.

My Crate is a Safe Place

I’m back! Back from the flyball seminar that the Mum took me and Chase too. It was fun. Well, at first I was pretty nervous. The drive there was super long but went by pretty fast. And then when we got there we had to stay in a whole brand new house that was very different than our regular house!

But there were seven other dogs there, including Chase. There was a puppy named Bandit who I really played with a lot. And then there was a Jack Russel named Chase Me who wanted to make Collie-Jacks but I don’t know what the Mum was talking about!

Then after we spent the night in that house, in our own bedroom, we went to this pretty scary place. I have never been there before so I was nervous. But I got on my mat and did the stuff I already knew like sit and down and shake and eat Livers so that wasn’t too bad. But then I really wanted to go back into my crate because it was safe.

The Mum said I had to come out once in a while to meet people and dogs and practice our tricks, so I did. It was okay but I didn’t want to do much. The next day was a little better, I wasn’t quite so scared. But the last place we went to was different again, and I’m not really used to different places too well.

But by Monday morning at the new house I was relaxed and playing with the other dogs and then I started to bite the humans on the butt, too, and make them squeal. LOL that’s my favorite thing to do!

The Mum says I get to go with the end of March, too, to a flyball tournament with Chase and Muffit. And stay in a hotel. But I’m a pro at it now!

A Little Bit Scared

Well, the Mum says that she is packing up me and Chase and we are going to go to a Flyball Seminar this weekend.

The Mum says it’s a really long drive, about 7 hours. And I don’t know how I’m gonna play with Chase in the car because the car is really small, but the Mum says I can get out sometimes and take breaks and stuff. She says that we will mostly sleep the whole way there.

I am nervous ’cause I haven’t slept away from my new home since I got here in September of last year. But the Mum says we will have fun because we get to stay in a Townhouse with the other flyball team people and dogs, and it won’t be as scary as a hotel with the people walking around. Because I really must bark at people when they walk around. And Friday I get a seminar day all to myself but it will be a strange place. I’m so glad Chase and the other dogs will be with!

Wish me luck, we leave tomorrow!