So the Mum said that I had to take this test last weekend and that it would mean that I was a Canine Good Citizen. I already know that I’m a good citizen but I guess they wanted this test so that they could prove it to the world and get this funny peice of paper to hang on the wall. So now I can be called Tatum Tot Spice CGC. That is kinda neat those letters after my name!
This is me doing some of it. I was kinda nervous up on the top of the arena place, I like it downstairs better, so we did some downstairs too and the Mum didn’t get video of us downstairs.
I’m smart though and I passed really well! We didn’t send out any communion invitations to my test but that’s okay because I was a bit nervous anyway and didn’t want anyone else to watch!
So last Friday and last Sunday the Mum took me to do some agility training. This picture is of me on the way fun A-Frame thingy that I get to climb up and over and then lay down on the bottom side for a cookie treat yummy thing. I do it really well and don’t I look cute up there? The Mum thought it would scare me but nope! I like the A-Frame!
So anyway we did some agility training and we did the jumps, I think I said this a little bit before. And on Friday I did some of the jumps but thought I’d go around some because that’s easier even if I don’t get treats for it. But then Sunday we went to the place that usually makes me really nervous, but it was fun this time! I got to follow a Springer named Ringo around a bit and sniff stuff. Then I did some agility with the Mum and guess what? I did five jumps in a row! The Mum was so proud of me and it was kinda fun really. So maybe I’ll do more jumps too, jumping over them instead of going around.
The Mum only is having me jump 16″ instead of 20″ like they rules say I should. But she’ll put me in preferred because I am a preferred collie and the best so I get a special jump height!
So the Mum was proud that I did five whole jumps in a row and maybe next time she’ll have me jump more than five and maybe I’ll do all them too!
OOo whoo hoo look at me go! It was so much fun to chase the sheep! The Mum called it herding. I kinda thought I wanted to play with the fuzzy white silly sheep but they didn’t want to play back. And then when the Mum would reach for me I was afraid that she was gonna tell me I was bad and punish me for herding them around, but she didn’t and she gave me a tuna brownie instead!
Muffit and Jet went herding too and she’s gonna post about those on her own blog Tip Tail. But I did the very best of course! And we got to drink yummy water from the refrigerator water filters that the Mum brought with. It made us super thirsty!
I was so good at herding that it only took a couple of minutes I hope you like the video!
So here is me doing what the Mum calls Weave Polls for agility. I don’t really get it yet but I think I’m figuring it out. This is a three and a half minute video of the Mum and Aunt Edie trying to let me figure them out by myself. At first I really don’t know what I’m supposed to do to get to the Mum and the yummy treats she has but then I start to understand!
So see how smart I am and how I figure it out? With all this weaving in and out of the polls I’ll get some big weight loss I think! The Mum says she’s gonna do this every day with me now so I can learn how to do them. And wiggle and move weird through them. And then she’ll move the guide thingies away as I understand better what I’m doing.
So it’s kinda fun and I think it’s weird too but I’m gonna figure it out!
So I had fun with the Mum yesterday we did some agility lessons. It was fun! I went over three jumps all in a row. Then the Mum had this square thing set up with jumps and she would move in front of me so that I’d go to a different jump other than the one in front of me, and she called it a Front Cross. I kinda got it but then I thought why go over the jump when I can just go get the cookie on the white plate? Well the Mum wouldn’t let me so I had to go over the jumps, but they are fun too!
So I got to eat cookies and go up on the fun A-Frame thingy too. And I’m learning what the Mum wants me to do in those weird Weave Poll things but they are confusing. Maybe I just need to break some air intakes into my lungs and take it easy and relax and eat cookies!
The Mum says I can go practice agility tomorrow morning too so that’ll be fun!
So this is me in a fun crate! Crates are cozy. This one was set up for my new baby brother Jet, but the Mum already took it down. She said Jet doesn’t need a crate anymore because he potties outside (sometimes I forget and potty inside still) and he sleeps with the Mum on her bed (I do sometimes but it makes me nervous) and he’s just a good boy.
So I don’t have a crate of my own at home. The Mum says the house is too small for crates. Oh well, I like them they are cozy.
Oh and I went and did agility practice last Friday. It was really fun! the Mum did this thing she called a Front Cross where she ran in front of me and I thought it was weird, but then we turned and did another jump instead of the one I thought. But I followed her around okay and ate the treat of the white lid and the Mum said Yay so I did good.
I’ve been doing lots of jumps all in a row too, and in curves and things not just straight lines. And some tunnels in there too. And I like the big A Frame thingy and the Dog Walk thingy and the Teeter thingy is fun too even though it moves! I’m not afraid of it moving though, the Mum is teaching me to feel when it goes down so that I am gentle with it and that’s good so I’m not afraid of it! Sometimes at home I try to climb on the desktops but the Mum says that’s not really a good idea ’cause I might fall off. But I don’t fall off stuff!
Next weekend the Mum says she is going to go to Idaho wherever that is, and I don’t get to come! Bleh! But the Mum said she really wants to bring me… but Chase and Jet get to go, and my Aunt Marie and my cousins Twist and Dare. So the trailer will be full up so I get to stay home and bite Dad in the butt. And that’s fun too!a
So I have been learning agility with the Mum and my friends Sadie and Jezi for a while now and we are having a really fun time! The Mum says I am ready to learn how to put jumps and other things together one after the other so we can start running little courses. Sometimes the outdoor furniture gets in the way but the Mum moves it and then we have fun!
This is a picture from last summer when the Mum thought maybe she would use my mat to help me learn these poll thingies, but now she has changed her mind. I haven’t learned them much and I want to try more. It’s fun to try to figure out what in the world the Mum is trying to tell me to do. These still confuse me! But I can do the thing she calls Frame, and the Walk, and the Teeter and tunnels and all the jumps!
So we are gonna learn more and more of this fun agility stuff and I am going to run through it all. I hope the Mum will figure out how to teach me better. Sometimes I just don’t understand what she is trying to tell me, but I’ll eat the treats anyways!
Woo Hoo Hoo I did more agility today! It was fun! The Mum said I looked happy because my tail was wagging and I was wanting to do all the stuff. She was trying to teach me stuff while at the same time filming with her new camera… so some of the parts of the video aren’t too good. But it’s still me, and we are having fun!
The Mum says she is gonna teach me more stuff, and when my new little brother comes we both get to learn! Maybe the Mum needs a Bluetooth headset to help her do some video.. but I don’t know what that is so maybe it won’t help!
So the Mum has this weird plastic thing and I’m not sure what she wants me to do with it but she puts squeezie cheezie on it and it taste’s good! So I lick it off and that’s pretty easy. But then the Mum tries to slip it into my mouth and I’m not so sure about that. Though the squeezie cheezie goes in my mouth too and I do like that part!
The Mum is trying to teach me lots of things and it is really fun. Though sometimes I am not so sure about doing what she wants. though it never hurts, it’s just weird! Why would I want to pick up this dumbbell and put it in my mouth? The Mum does give me a click and a treat for it, though. She says that I’ll understand soon, becuase I’m a smart girl. And when she puts the dumbbell thing in between her knees like this, and then I get to lick the chees off, that’s super yummy!
It’s kinda like following the stick around with tuna brownies on it. I like all the good treat parts of these games! I hope I don’t get fat and need to eat some diet pills too!
Ooo man, so the Mum made these super yummy new treats that I love a ton! The Mum calls them Tuna Brownies and they are great. And so we went to do some training on Saturday and I got to follow the tuna brownie around on a stick. The Mum says Trott! when we start out and so I look at the tuna brownie and walk by the Mum’s side and we go around in a short circle or a short straight line.
The Mum says that this will be a fun thing to do for obedience. But after I eat the tuna brownie then I have to touch the stick with my nose too. The Mum says that if I don’t, I might just only follow the stick when there is a tna brownie on it, and not the stick without a tuna brownie on it. Well, like duh, why would I want to follow a boring stick without a tuna brownie on it? That’d be like taking a stupid diet pill and I don’t want that, I want to just eat tuna brownies!
So the Mum says we are going to practice that more and more and I say fine, but I want more tuna brownies!
Oh and this is a picture of me when we were up in Idaho last summer, isn’t it pretty?
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!
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So this is me in a fun crate! Crates are cozy. This one was set up for my new baby brother Jet, but the Mum already took it down. She said Jet doesn’t need a crate anymore because he potties outside (sometimes I forget and potty inside still) and he sleeps with the Mum on her bed (I do sometimes but it makes me nervous) and he’s just a good boy.
So I have been learning agility with the Mum and my friends Sadie and Jezi for a while now and we are having a really fun time! The Mum says I am ready to learn how to put jumps and other things together one after the other so we can start running little courses. Sometimes the 
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!
