On a roll!

Yesterday we were off to the last Rat Pack trial of the season. At this trial we sat with our friend Andrea from Serenity Canine Massage, and her Standard Schnauzers Harley and Quinte.

Kessie also had a visit from Catharine, who own's Ceilidh and Brie, Kessie's mom and brother.

The first run of the day was Steeplechase. When I took Tinky out to warm her up, she was very anxious to get out there... too anxious! I was worried that the run was going to be CrAzY, but Tink held it together and we got our 6th Steeplechase Q.

Next we had an Advanced Standard run, which Natasha was really looking forward to us Q'ing to get us closer to our title, so that when she gets her final Q in Junior Starters, she can move up too. We got another Q (our second in Advanced Standard).

The third run was Advanced Snooker (our hardest challange by far), We completed the opening and got to the weaves in the closing and Tink kind of hesitated before the entry and was called on a refusal, we got up to 27 points, so as far as snooker goes, it was a good run!

The last run was a difficult Master Jumpers run. I had made a mistake, and wasn't where I was supposed to be, and had a refusal on a tunnel. There was also a serpentine, which I haven't worked on as much as I really should have. So the was a knocked bar, and a refusal in there too, but it was nice run. And that was the only knocked bar of the day!!

We have a busy May ahead of us! 3 trial weekends, and finishing up with Tink's first showing at the Regionals!

How to impress Simon Cowell

Escape Artist!

This morning I had went out with a friend, then I went out with my Grandma. So, like I usually do with Kessie when I leave her home, I put her in her ex-pen then close the door and off I go. I returned home later to a puppy at the front door! She had climbed over the ex-pen, pushed open the door (it doesn't close properly) and hung out upstairs. I have yet to see what the second floor is like (I'm afraid!) but the basement and main floor have surprisingly little damage! She's also having an 'awkward ear day' so I had to take pictures (which was a challange all in itself!). Now she looks like her mommy! (Just the other ear)

Back in the game!

I headed off to Royackers with the girls today. Kessie had another successful day of meeting some more people and dogs, she was well behaved while she was in her crate. It's hard to put her on the ground at any point because all she wants to do is eat dirt and rocks!

Tink's day started off with a Team run... probably not the run to do first! Our team member (who's name was also Kestrel) had a very nice, clean run, but Tink had a couple of refusals and an off course at the end of her run, when she decided 9 obstacles just wasn't enough.

Her second run was Standard, I did a very long lead out (which she held her stay very nicely) and when I released her over the first obstacle (which was a tire) she crashed right into it, she ran too me so, after making she she was fine, we went back to the beginning to make sure she was still ok with a tire. She very eagerly went through it and we continued on our way. We had an off course on a tunnel (which was the reason why I lead out so far in the first place). The rest of the run went very well, so I was happy with it.

The third run was Steeplechase, Tinky ran it very well coming away with a Q, and a first place of 21 dogs! She's halfway to her Steeplechase title. The last run of the day was Master Gamble. And Tinky got another Q with 90 points giving her a second place. She needs one more for her Master Gamble title. It ended up being a great day... giving me some hope for a good showing at the upcoming Regionals! ;)

Long time no... blog!

So I haven't posted a whole heck of a lot in awhile. Pup's been keeping me busy and there hasn't been a lot of worthwhile stuff to blog. Tink is now playing with Kessie, they play very nice together, though she's still not allowed to sleep next to Tink! Natasha got a sheltie puppy last weekend, his name is Coby, he's fitting in very well with their family. The day after they got the puppy, Natasha came with me to the AAC World Team Fun Match and had a hard time being away from the new puppy. The fun match was... well, fun. The courses were quiet hard! And it was fun watching the demo of most of the team members from Ontario and Quebec. On the team is Tink's Uncle Bogey! Go Uncle Bogey Go! Flyball training is going well. Tink has a super quick box turn, and is holding the ball over all four jumps (ball spitting had started off as an issue)... though putting those two things together is a bit of an problem. But this week she successfully got the ball out of the box and came back over all the jumps, the closest thing to flyball she's ever done! And it was Morgan's birthday so we all got cake! (At least those of us with 2 legs!) This weekend we will be running at the Royackers trial, wish us luck ;) if it's anything like the last few trials, we'll need it! Enjoy the pictures!

Yay Uncle Zephyr

Tinky's 'Uncle' Zephyr has been featured on the front page of the HiQ Border Collies website! Congrats! Tink, Kessie and I got to hang out with Zephyr and his mom Erin this past weekend at the Acton trial. Run wise, Tink didn't have a very successful weekend, but Kessie had a very good experience at a trial for the first time, she was very happy to meet all the people and stayed quite while she was in her crate. To read all about Zephyr and Erin, click here! Also check out Zephyr's blog here!