Really getting fed up now

This legs starting to really get on my wick now, apart from the swimming everything seems to be off limits. Chasing the cat, jumping up at the fence, beating granny's car down the drive, and I've not done any agility for ever and ever. Granny now says I'm not well enough to play at the weekend, its getting beyond a joke. It is getting better though Anne said there was no sign of it when I was swimming last time, but my best friend Lucy was there and I wanted to show her what a good swimmer I was. Wasn't going to give in to a stupid leg. I'm going to see Christine tonight see if she can work some magic.

Granny says although I can't run at the weekend I can go for a day out so I should be able to catch up with all my friends I don't seem to have seen anyone for ages, it been 4 weeks this week since I've been to training I wonder how everyone is.

But to add insult to injury Mikey my camera man said I was getting fat at the weekend! how dare he, not as if he's a skinny. He wants to watch it I can still nip an ankle or too bad leg or not. Better still when I'm up to full speed I'll go that fast him and his silly camera will be mile behind then granny will moan at him and I can sit smug in my bed. I'll give you fat mate.

Anyway time to go back to sleep again, there are some perks. See you all at Lincoln.

I've found something almost as much fun as running

...........Swimming. I had my first swimming session at Dogwise Hydrotherapy on Saturday and it was awesome. It only took me a few minutes to decide that the best place was the water especially when they put someone elses toy in the pool. Once I got in there was no stopping me, although my poorly leg meant I kept needing a bit of a rest now and again. But not much!! Anne the nice lady who showed me where I could get in and out of the water kept telling me I had to have a rest. Nah rests for sissies, even with a bad leg I was still faster then her, but she'll soon learn to keep up. I was in the pool for quiet a long time but eventually I had to get out, and I had to have a wash with some soap that made me smell like a girl! but I guess everything that's good has to have a down side (like rolling in fox poo always ends in a bath, but its always worth it).

The best news is I get to go again on Wednesday I can't wait, and although I was a bit stiff I think it will help my leg get better as I can swim without it hurting.

So at the minute (base on injury factor) my favourite past times are

a) running, even if it hurts

b) swimming

c) agility

d) sleeping on grannys bed.

oh and playing with my new mousey toy

Time to get my typing paws out

At last managed to get granny off the laptop, I bet you all thought I'd disappeared into a rabbit hole. Well I'm still here and as the season is about to begin I thought I'd better brush up on my typing skills.

So what have I been up to? Through the winter I've been keeping up with training, sleeping, playing in the snow and all those important doggy things and everything was going great until two weeks ago. I was running around the exercise field at Dog Vegas when all of a sudden my back leg started hurting, so now I'm on the subs bench, Billy Beckham Mikey calls me. I've been pulled and prodded and they made me sleepy to take pictures of me. They gave me some horrible tasting sweeties that granny tries to hide in some yummy meat, but I know they are there! but the meat is just so good........ mmmm meat. Sorry got a bit distracted. Anyway good news is nothing was broken and I'm starting to feel back to normal. But its really played havoc with my ability to run. Granny took me for a walk down the field Tuesday night and I just couldn't stop myself I hadn't run for what seemed like a life time and it just felt like someone was squashing a spring, all of a sudden my legs just exploded and I ran as fast as I could, then faster and faster, round and round, and it felt great. Nothing hurt and I could still walk on all 4 legs afterwards so I think I'm well on the mend. You should have seen Granny's face though she didn't know whether to laugh or cry, guess she thought I'd be back to square one.

So hopefully back on track I might be able to do a bit of training next week. I'm going for a swim for the first time on Saturday, I like swimming and Granny says the waters warm not like those cold rivers she normally throws me in!

My first show is in a couple of weeks, and despite the silly vet saying I'd be at least 6 weeks out of action I'm sure I'm going to be up for it, or at least up for going for a run round!!

Training Weekend

This weekend one of my best human friend came back to play. Lucy my old trainer came back to do some classes and some 1 to 1 sessions. Friday night we did a class at Skellingthorpe. It was good as one of my old friends Benji was there, we met back in obedience class and hes a small to. It was fun as we were concentrating on tight turns and those collies are rubbish, they have long legs to cover the ground but us shortiescan turn much sharper. Lucy said we were her star pupils. On the Saturday I didn't go out to play with granny like I normally do, I had to stay in the house. But guess what when I did go out to play Lucy was in my field, and my mate Leo was there as well and I could smell loads of other doggy pals. I don't really know why, but I don't care, Lucy was in my field, my agility toys were out and that only meant one thing time for some fun.

We played for ages, loads of jumping and tunnels which went well. Then we did some contacts which I think I've got the hang of now. I keep doing handstands at the bottom of the A frame cos I come down so fast but I think I can cope with that now, it used to be a bit scary but now I'm expecting it its not so bad.

We finished off with some weaves. I LOVE weaves, I can do them real fast now so we started looking at the different entrances. I had to turn tight turns and run between jumps and the weaves were the other side of the field but I got it most of the time. So then Lucy set up a jump and kept making the entrance to the weaves tighter and tighter most of the time I got it. Everyone was so excited they kept wooping and shouting, Lucy said there weren't many grade 7 dogs that could do that, she event took some video of me. I was very proud of myself but it was very tiring and eventually I just had to slow down a bit.

There was lots of chatter as we walked back up to the house, talk of getting together a small team, and trying to enter some qualifiers next year, not sure what that means but I think I'll like it.

Mikey was playing with the camera while I was training so heres some of the results (Granny made the slideshow bit techie for Mikey)

RVA - End of the season

On Sunday we went to the East of England Showground to the RVA Autumn show. Its our last KC show but what a nice end to the year.

The sun shone and everyone was happy, I had three runs 2 jumping and an Agility. Jumping is my favourite so I was happy. All the runs went well and we came away with 2 rossettes a 3rd and a clear. Granny messed up the Agility (again!) it wqas funny when she realised, she should have rear crossed the dog walk but she didn't so I didn't have clue where to go. As I ran the top she must have realised as she looked up and said someting and the judge laughed. Didn't help she fell apart after that and I think I could have done well. Never mind she is getting on a bit and you humans seem to get a bit scatty as you get older!

So what a year 22 rosettes and 8 trophies, and this is just year one. Now its all over and I'm sad but apparently now the real work starts, so granny says, not sure what that means but hope its fun. Anyway apparently we're out again in a couple of weeks to Dog Vegas at Arena Uk, but its not KC so no more chance to climb a grade. I've had the best year ever and I can't wait for April, so bring it on. Start planning granny so we get in a many as possible.

Theres a rat in the Kitchen what am I going to do!!

Call Billy busters !! It official I am a lean mean killing machine. Well I killed a big one yesterday, it had the cheek to come into my garden and tease me. So I chased it up a pole where it sat laughing at me for a minute. But guess what I had the last laugh!

It hid for a while in the bush and granny got a broom and started wholloping the bush but it wouldn't come out. Then all of a sudden it broke cover and ran.....towards the open back door....granny screamed. So I shot towards in and that was it. I took it down the garden to show off to the neighbours but it tasted yucky, all hairy and nasty. Granny was all excited and kept telling me what a clever boy I was. Don't really know what all the fuss was about, in fact I'm not really sure what I did. It was just a big squeeky tuggy which needed a bit of a shake. It was a bit boring really didn't tug back or anything. Anyway I got loads of sausages for being such a hero.

Bring on the next one!!

I had a great Vegas

I've just realised Ihaven't told you all about my Vegas weekend. Where does the time go! anyway back to bank holiday weekend. The winning streak just kept on coming, I won four classes which was great everyone was really excited and pleased with me I got loads of treats and sweeties. Mummy came with us for two days which I really like so I tried especially hard and she was really pleased. I now have four new trophies sitting on the side. The first win was an Agility which really was a bit of a fluke I won on 10 faults which was incrediable granny said someothing about me being the only one not to get elimianted, but a wins a win. The other three were for Jumping great course just my style not to twisty and loads of running. Unfortunatley this show was to close to me winning out of grade 1, otherwise with 3 Jumping wins I could be grade 3 by now. I've still got 2 shows beofre the end of the season so you never know. But everyones so happy with me granny says now we just going to have fun. I thought thats all we did do!

Heres my winning rounds, the first vid is a bit fuzzy cos Mummy was just learning but she soon got the hang of it.