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Introduction.....
I’m
Lolly; I’ve known Tim and Michelle for about 2 ½ years and was introduced
to them by Jo who trains me and my dog Holly at Obedience (mind you now
that I know them I don’t know if that’s a good thing or bad!! – just getting
my own back for calling my pup the fat cow !!). I have two dogs;
Holly the Collie, she’s from a rescue centre and I’ve had her for three
years – I decided when I lost my very first dog before Christmas three
years ago that a month being “home alone” was too long and spent a whole
day going around rescue places only to take the first dog I’d seen, she’d
been found wandering over the Christmas period so that’s why she’s called
Holly. Bit of a mouthful for Tim at Agility Demonstrations when he
has to announce, “this is Lolly with Holly the Collie” usually he gets
the names the wrong way round! Holly’s been doing Agility for about
three years and we’ve now entered a few competitions after a lot of badgering,
with some clear rounds and two placed clear rounds; a 7th and 18th which
we were very proud of. We are trying to do Flyball but Holly’s more
interested in chasing the other dogs or getting their ball.
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14th April 2003 Tigger(middle!) passed his puppy foundation KC Good Citizens Test tonight! well done tig! |
Tigger passed his Bronze Good Citizens test tonight Well done !! |
The baby-gates have been removed from the house – hooray. Can’t believe this time last year he was so small and I was tearing my hair out with his piddling and now he’s big and doing agility!! He still has the odd moment of chewing something if I don’t put things away – like my slippers the other night and he still likes to chew the bedding, whether it be sheets or rubber matting, in the car cage (even when sprayed with Bitter Bite)! His obedience training is getting better and he’s very good at his waits at the bottom of the stairs (unless Holly runs past and then all hell’s let loose), he’s not that confident at doing them at the hall for some reason. Him and Holly are still best buddies although he is naughty about not letting Holly play with anything in the house; he takes it away and sits on it – so he now gets shut in the kitchen when it’s playtime for Holly (any suggestions?). Outside tho it’s a different matter, he doesn’t attempt to take toys away. Tigger’s a very loving dog and loves to have loads of fuss and rough and tumble games. It’s very hard to do exercise videos tho as he wants to join in and jumps up at you or pounces on you just as you’re doing a tummy crunch! I would not be without him now,; he’s my handsome boy (god, give me a bucket yuk!!). And best of all, he’s finally learnt that if he gets into the car by himself after a walk/play it does mean that he will go out again!!! No more running away – just waits by the car to get in – JOY!!!
Tigger has just started his agility beginner’s course and is coming up to his third lesson. So far so good, my t-shirt needs to read “Fast Dog Slow Handler” I think, and I need to start weight training in order to hold him back (and yes we are doing the “get your dog focused on a toy” – this works for a while and then pure excitement takes over!). The first week he brought me to my knees by not wanting to work on the right and tripping me up – I’ll be glad when he’s off the lead. He’s improving on his Ready Steady Go’s and is jumping elementary height with ease; it’s good to see from the pics that he is actually focused on me. We haven’t done much yet on touch points and I think we are going to get completely tangled when we start on the weaves! When the evenings are lighter I’ll be able to go out with my jumps and weave poles and he and Holly will be able to get more training in as we’ve got quite a few comps lined up already (camping AAARRGGHHH!!!)
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Tig and Meg took part in Exeter Open Breed Show today, Meg came 2nd in Graduate & Open Border Collie Tig came 3rd and 4th in the same classes! |
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4th
July 2004
Tig
had his first clear round today, 6th place in Anysize jumping at a cornwall
show!
He
was entered a long time ago - hence being in anysize!!
It
has probably helped him and lolly to have a good round (or 2 as they had
a run off!) and was a nice easy flowing course.
Well
done Tig - lets hope its the first rossette of many!!
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He is a very excitable dog and when I get the leads out he really just does not know what to do with himself and it takes him about 10 minutes to calm down. He now knows that if he sits nicely (on the settee I have to say) he will get his halti on as before I would come out of the kitchen and he would just run and lunge at me in pure excitement. Unfortunately he has caught Holly’s vibes when fireworks are about and is quite scared of any big noises, and when my washing machine does its final spin he will run from wherever he is straight onto my lap; I completely ignore him but it hasn’t made the slightest bit of difference. I’m hoping he may get a girl-friend or two this year but he needs to be hip-scored and eye tested first. He has just realised how to cock his leg and seems to me that when we go out he tries to see how high he can get it and nearly falls off balance. |
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Tigs Prize Givings....
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5th Sept,2004 -
Tiggers First Clear Round.......
We've won the Class!!!
yeeay! 1st Place Elementary Jumping
Heres the Rosettes to prove it!!! |
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