Washed out weekend and the trick worked!

Well so much for our first Canis Major competition - it was cancelled due to rain. Funny thing was it hardly rained up here. Oh well - it's been re-scheduled for this Sunday I think. As a result of it being cancelled Groovy, Tali and I took a trip up to Groveland to watch a little of the CPE trial. Groovy had never been there before and she did very well. She was happily greeting everyone - men and women alike. Even men with hats and glasses - large men too. She was the welcome wagon lady. She did not care for the dogs barking in the kennel (there is a boarding place on this property) but it didn't keep her from functioning normally - just made her a tiny bit jumpy with other noises but not enough that she couldn't hold her sit stays and down stays we were practicing. Towards the end of our visit I went over to an open area away from the rings and threw a few short tosses for Tali then a few rollers for Groovy. Groovy did great (Tali too of course)!

Sunday it did actually rain up here so we didn't do much. Late afternoon we did get to go outside and play some frisbee with the dogs. They all did great - especially Groovy who did a few real catches (5 feet or so) and Jam who caught her first real back vault!

As for our mat trick - it actually turned out quite well. Last night was class and it was time to show what we had taught them. I did my little spiel about teaching her to read, set the mat down and after looking at me for about 5 seconds she "wiped her paws"! Hooray! The instructor thought it was quite cute. Hooray Groovy for cooperating! LOL Maybe I'll attempt to get it on video sometime...

One of Groovy's catches!

Mickie's Border Collie impersonation

Jam's first back vault with a catch! (I swear there is a disc there and

that she caught it! I did not however "catch it" on film!)