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Here is one of my Rally Videos for all of you doggers that are dying to see it.

Aren’t I good? I think I look good. The Mum says I should stay with her more but I don’t understand why since there’s no treats involved when we go in there. I stay by with treats! I did all my sits and downs though which are sometimes kinda hard. And the Mum forgets that she can show me with her hand what she wants. Because I get nervous sometimes and have a hard time hearing what she is saying.

Maybe the Mum will use some cleanse smart for her brain so that she will remember how to tell me to do stuff!

But anyway I had fun and I sure look good don’t I?

I did a lot of agility this weekend and it was really fun! I did good yesterday and I did the class called Gamblers, and the class called Standard. This video is from the class called Gamblers and it was an ASCA trial and I had a lot of fun!

The Mum said that there is a distance challenge in Gamblers but she didn’t make me do it because I’m still kinda new at agility. But that’s okay because I did everything else like I was supposed to. I may not have done a jump or two but the Mum didn’t care she just said we should keep going and have lots of fun! And so we did!

I even did all of my weave polls right, the first time, every time, in all the classes they had them in. The Mum says she is so proud of me. And of course she is because I’m just really good at agility! The Mum says I run a little bit slow though, but that’s okay because I look pretty when I’m going slow.

We didn’t do agility in the metal buildings at this place, we did it outside on the grass. In the mornings it was really nice and cool and fun. But then in the afternoons it got a bit too hot and I wanted to go find the shade more than I wanted to do the jumps. But the Mum said Tatum… she said, Tatum you gotta keep going for a little while. And so I did. The Mum says she has to say when we start and stop, and well I think I’m fooling the Mum because I’m the one who wants to say that!

But we had fun and the Mum says I might get to do an AKC agility trial in January. Way fun!

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!

Okay so guess what? The Mum is taking me to a place called Idaho Falls! I haven’t been on a road trip for a while so I hope I’m not too nervous about it. But the Mum says I’ll be fine because I’ve had like a whole week of resting. She didn’t try to teach me anything for the last three days (isn’t that a whole week?) so she says I’ll be all rested up and ready to go!

I am going with the Mum, Chase, Jet, Aunt Marie, and my sheltie cousins Twist and Dare. Me and Dare get to be in Rally again! It’s AKC rally this time but the Mum says I won’t hardly even know a difference. I just have to do what she says and stay with her and I’ll be fine. She says maybe I’ll even get a title called an RN! Maybe I’ll be a Registered Nurse! Or she really says it’s called Rally Novice so that’d be even more fun!

The Mum is gonna bring her computer so I can blog about it after I do it. I do it Friday, Saturday and Sunday and I need Qs every day to get the RN title. And the Mum says she might even get laptop insurance so that her laptop won’t break while we are up there!

So anyway wish me luck and that I’m not too nervous!

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 this is my first agility run that I did yesterday. It’s good too but I didn’t understand a couple things the Mum wanted me to do but anyway it still would have been a good qualifying run!

This one is a little bit blurry too again but you can kinda see me in it anyway. Today I stayed home and got to do some nice rest and snoozing. Tomorrow I get to go again and do more agility and it’ll be fun too! There will be some energy auditor certification people around too at the fairgrounds, they are everywhere! And I like to bite them in the butt if they come by! Hehe okay not really but anyway it’s fun to do agility and see all the people.

Watch for more videos again!