I got to play some agility!

Today was nice enough for us to get outside for some more agility! Mum's been working on keeping me fit, and keeping up my speed. We've been playing with toys more than rewards with treats in recent weeks, and I'm not minding at all! (Gracie still like her food though).

We're missing training and competing in agility, but have to say that getting out in the yard to play some agility is super motivating, and a super nice break from work! Here's a quick vid - you'll notice I'm just a tad bit interested in herding some birds, but I got the job done :) BTW - sorry for the poor quality of our latest vids, Mum has to use the video function on our digital camera when she runs with us, 'cause it's a one handed operation.

I ♥ my Mum!

She's the best friend a dog could ever have. We had a really nice day yesterday, got to do some agility, tug, play some ball with Mum in the yard. She even cleaned the house and I didn't mind the Dyson too much. (She always feels better, more organized, and together when the house is clean). So...

Here I am with my favorite ball in the entire universe.

Here I am with my favorite tug.

Here's Gracie after a nice little agility run. Boy, she's got a big mouth, doesn't she :)

Here I am again, I was just a blur most of the day.

But the bestest part? Mum brought me and Gracie home a big surprise from the store. What did we get? Marrow bones!!!!

Here's Gracie, getting down on her bone.

And here I am with mine!

Hope all our friends had a super Happy Valentine's Day! We ♥ You!!!!!

Gracie plays some agility!

The other day, it was a little warm again. We've been lucky to have a few nice days after such nasty snow, ice, wind and rain.

Mum's been working a bit on Gracie's weave independence. Since Mum's holding the camera, and not babysitting Gracie through the weaves, looks like they're having some success. (Although I do think Gracie missed a pole somewhere in there :) This would be categorized in the genre of Christian videos, I would guess, BOL!!

Gracie she sure is having some fun!

Shoplifting dog identified and pardoned!

Hey remember that shoplifting dog in Murray, Utah around the holidays? Well, seems he's not homeless, and is quite the smart pup!

According to ohmidog!...

After seeing the video, the Stirling family of Murray suspected their dog — an 11-year-old Husky named Akira — was the culprit, and drove her down to the store so that she could be positively identified.

Akira had broken through an e-fence, and walked 6 miles to the store to pick up that rawhide, can you believe it? Then she walked the 6 miles home to enjoy her stash. Luckily the store pardoned her :)

Cool dog agility shirts and stuff!

We scoured CafePress the other day and found some pawsome dog agility shirts.

I pawticularly like this one - Eat, Sleep, Agility, BOL!

If you'd like to see some of the coolest dog agility shirts on the planet, check out my Squidoo lens - Cool dog agility shirts!

To much work!

Mum's been working way to many long hours! We get up at 5 AM, get fed, get in a little backyard exercise, then Mum sits at the 'puter until about Noon. Then it's time for a little more backyard exercise (aka, bird herding). At least our wooden fence is holding up from my bird herding and we don't have to look into aluminum fence installation!

Then we get some snuggle time with Mum while she takes a break. Then she's back at the stupid 'puter, and she works until we let her know it's time for dinner at about 4 PM.

After dinner, at least the last few days, we've gotten in some backyard agility practice. Saaawwwweeeetttt! Then, Mum's back at the 'puter until about 11 PM. Gotta tell ya, this is not the kind of stuff I like! We're looking forward to some fun time!

So what do I think of all this? Ttthhhhpppphhhhttttt!

Snow melt brings a little agility!

After weeks of super cold temps and lots of snow, it finally melted away and got warmer. Today it was almost 50, sunny and absolutely no wind! Perfect weather for a little agility - which Mum was glad to indulge in for both me and Gracie. A super great break to a busy, stressful week!!!

Here is a pic of our yard when the snow melt got going. No where for the water to go, so I got in a good wade!


But this morning we woke up and the water was all gone!

Of course we got all excited the minute Mum reached for her agility shoes. The sad thing is that one of us has to go in our crate and wait while one of us gets to go first. It's the rule at our house. Guess who got to go first today? Me, Me, Me!!!!

We worked on some distance stuff, sending to jumps and tunnels and the weaves. Worked on a few difficult weave entrances with post turns and rear crosses. Worked on some weave speed, using a target out from the weaves. For not doing agility for weeks, Gracie and I both did pretty doggone good. Both of our weave speeds weren't up to end of last year, but not bad. We were both super focused (not easy for the Grace-ster), and our jump speed wasn't bad either.

But the best part? It was fun, fun, fun!!!!!!

Here's a little vid...

Johann's Toofer Challenge Update!

Well, we've been having lots of fun with my Toofer Challenge in recognition of February as National Pet Dental Health Month.

Good job everypup and pawrent!

It's never too late to join in the challenge, just like it's never too late to start brushing regularly. So if you'd like to join in, leave a comment here!

And to all the challenge pawticipants - be sure and send me those brushing pics, K? We'll be sure and feature them!

Look at all the doggies who have jumped on the challenge train, and are brushing, brushing away! We've got:

Marley

The Four Musketeers

The Canine Mafia

Princess Snowball

Lucie and Addie

Mason Dixie

Eduardo

The Fleas Gang

Rudy

And Amber-Mae sent in one of her Toofer Challenge pics! Check this out!

And KendraAnn at A Groomer's World joined the challenge to brush all her client toofers during the month of February - now that's a lot of clean teeth!

Mum's been brushing our toofer everyday, and we're loving it! No pics of us since it takes Mum's two hand to brush our teeth. But maybe if we get lucky, Mum will do a vid!

Happy Brushing!!!!

We have a winner!

I spent a bit of the afternoon today selecting the winner of our Puppy Bowl I-IV DVD Set giveaway!

Mum laid out all the entries, and once I got my bearings, I sniffed one of 'em out!

The winner is.....Barkzilla! Stop over at their blog sometime, they do some pawsome reviews of all kinds of pup products!

Big congrats! We heard that Barkzilla was looking more forward to the Puppy Bowl, than the Super Bowl! And big thanks to Animal Planet, for providing the super cool DVD's!