Harry doing his "On my feet" trick

What a strange week...

Olympia Horse of the year was on and some the best agility dogs where competing there, but this year you couldn't see it on the TV, so we were sat on Facebook waiting for messages to pop up from friends who where either there or watching the results pop up on the official Olympia web site, so many agility folk would pay to see this, I personally cant see why some one doesn't show this for us all to watch........

Sunday evening we suddenly and unexpectedly, very sadly lost an agility friend, a lady who did so much at shows, although in a lot of pain herself, she always had time to stop and chat to people, never said a bad thing about any one and totally adored Tom and her dogs...all their dogs names began with "P", not sure the reason why, they just do.....

The Agility community is in shock, having not long ago lost Gary (who gave me my first ever agility clear round Rosette with Cassie) to cancer....

and then in another breath, I'm all excited about this manic Sennen pup, who's bonkers and I do wonder what we have here!...both Ian and I where expecting something a little quieter being that Annie (greyhound/whippety lurcher girl) was the mum...

She can Tug like the devil! (not that I've tugged with the Devil, but you get my drift) plays ball and retrieves (indoors) great, sits on command, knows her name, has learnt to open the back door, stand on and in a washing up bowl, just about to progress on to the elephant trick. stands on a paint pot, twist to left and right and a down, I hasten to add, she knows none of these except "sit" by name!...just about to start on the crate games, but as I've forgotten how the first part goes, must borrow my DVD back! and about to start on the wait game.

She has been to Padstow, met a policeman, been in the pub, meet a pram and a wheelie bin, a donkey and pony, been to the beach, walked on the sand, dug holes in the sand and started to play with our pack, Harry's her bestest mate.....

She has played with Holly the collie, had a wee walk with 2 labs, 2 collies a springer and a wocker, been in Steve and Peta house with their two Belgians.......That's all in week one of being here!

She eats her chicken wings, mince and vegs, without a second glance, house training is interesting, I'd forgotten how much a large pup wee's! and last night she slept from 9.45 straight through til 5.15 woohooo!

So I think you can say, she's settled right in, although she still need a telling off, from the Red dogs yet, to become a fully fledged member!

Sennen's first wordless Wednesday!

Back to the vets!

for a nice reason this time!....A PUP!

Tired out after her first afternoon away from Mum

Checking out the bone chopping board!

Meeting Harry.

So this is Sennen....5 DOGS! I cant believe it, we have 5 dogs! how did that happen???

She's going to be rather a large girl, she weighs in at 5.65kg this morning at 8 weeks old.

Mum is Annie a whippet/grey hound lurcher and father ...take your pick!

Walking with Friends.....

Nikki and Jem

St Austell ale, Beer at the end oh and lunch...

Kathy, Bertie and Ted and Me with Harry and Mindy

We walked from Trisillian to Malpas, 1 hour and 10 mins there, lunch then 1 hour 10 mins back.....great walk, although Nikki and I were making a few noises about "where we there yet!" around the odd bend and after 100's and 100's of steps!

Happy days....

Haircuts!

well Mindy and Harry have been to Val the hairdressers for an almost "short back and sides", I was beginning to struggle keeping up with the grooming, so I think you realise if you have been following this blog these "Puffs" take a lot of looking after if you want to keep the coat longer, they feel like silk and it just knots going out in the wind! Val loves them and Harry adores her and rushes to see her outside of the salon but hates going there..hope that makes sense, whether it's just all the other dogs barking, they were really noisy yesterday and I do hate leaving them, the last time I stayed and stuffed them full of treats and they really had a nice time...but look at the end result they came away with neck chief each and Xmas stocking....

They have all been to the vets this week too, Harry for his jab and weighing..I try and weigh them all regularly just to keep track with them, it can creep up...as it does with me!
everyone has lost weight, just little, but nothing to worry about, Mindy really needed to0, Red I try and keep low in her old age for her movement in her hip, she has HD in one hip oh and a grade 2 heart murmur (not bad for a grade 7 retired at 10 agility dog!) Buzz I was a little more concerned about, he had jumped off the bed on Saturday morning and did his back leg thing that he did last year that took £500 hydrotherapy and pills and potions and 6 months rest to sort out, although it really was just a management thing...he is a lot better after 6 days of metacam and lead walking, Vet agreed with my idea of another few days of rest and Metacam, take him off the metacam and then keep lead walking for another week and see how we go....

What else happened this week.......No lessons as the ground was just too hard, until today....but I did manage to fit in some cik and cap training (twist and rop, Dawns saying) great DVD that Slyiva Trkman has brought out, very down to earth in how she teaches it and why and where to use it....great Christmas buy! I'm still at the pole stage and haven't made up my mind what words I'm going to use that I can remember, I use "this" for both sides, but hadn't really taught it around anything...just used it out on walks to get them back to me.....Lots to learn.

Oh and Ian chopped another 6 inches of my hair with the kitchen scissors, it's rather short now and I can only just tie it up.. yes I know it will grow out a bit...it's short !!
May be I should have just gone with Mindy and Harry....

Frosty mornings...

Cant show you any snowy pictures as we didn't have any, looks like the rest of Cornwall has had snow, but it by passed us, this time. It has been very cold and we haven't been able to do any training...agility training that is. I think because the sun is lower in the sky, the sun doesn't get around to many parts of our ground, it does seem that others can still train outside, lucky them.......

So in the mean time we are trick training, well Harry is, his Christmas trick is coming on, although Ian says I'm too old to be teaching it!, red flag to a bull moment, so I'm sticking with it....we bought them a Radiator bed, which Harry seems to like, although haven't caught him in it, unless we are eating our food at the table...

Busy week if everything goes to plan this week, all dogs are off to the vets, check up, weighing and Harry for his Jabs, Harry and Mindy are off to Val's their hairdressers too, going even shorter this time, I am finding it hard with their coats and knots and as it's so cold they have been wearing coats too, then I have to spend an hour afterwards just grooming them...it will grow back for the summer (I hope)