Been a while...

What have we been doing... um... let's see.

Labor Day weekend was pretty busy. Saturday we went to a disc dog practice at a local park. We took Tali, Jam and Groovy. Had a good time - the girls had fun too! Groovy was letting all of her admirers adore her and loving every bit of it - even with Chris who she hadn't seen since Florida States and who she wouldn't let near her at that time. Oh how times have changed... Jam was officially off of restriction from her spay the day before practice so Jack threw a few short tosses for her and she did quite well.

Sunday we took 4 of the 5 dogs dock diving. What fun that was! Jam stayed home because she doesn't like water at all - only swims at the beach if we make her so we figured jumping into a pool was not going to be up her alley either.

Dog by dog run down...

Mickie... thought that the sign sort of floating at the pool edge was solid ground, went to step on it and was the first one in. She didn't voluntarily get in again after that which surprised me because she likes water a lot.

Ruckus... the star of the day to some degree. He would go in for the ball. Now I didn't say jump in... just go in. Like slide off the edge into the pool. Not bad though for a dog that hasn't gone swimming in several years. He'll be returning.

Tali... she's so biddable. She'd go in because we asked her to. Not for a toy... just because we called her enough. It's like you could see her say... "Well OK - if I have to... but only because you are asking me to". She'll be returning too.

Groovy... this was Groovy's 2nd time at the pool. The first time she was scared even though she swims like a fish. She wanted no part of jumping into a pool that is 2 feet below where she was standing. This time she still wasn't going in for a toy but by golly have Tali go in and 2 seconds later Groovy jumps in. And yes - I meant to say jump... probably a good 2 foot jump too! She'll be returning as well.

On Sunday evening Sarah came over for agility foundation practice... then on Monday we didn't do anything but hang out around the house. No agility class due to the holiday but we sure did have a ton of homework. Hopefully we've practiced enough this week but somehow I doubt it!

One thing we are supposed to have done was to shape a trick using a prop. I'm attempting to teach Groovy to wipe her feet off on a doormat that says "Wipe Your Paws" however it's not going all that well. I'm thinking maybe I should have gone for a trick that is about carrying things instead... that seems to be more her thing. We'll see though... I thought it'd be amusing to say I taught her to read... hold up the mat to have her read it and then put it down to have her wipe her paws! :) It'll more likely be she'll just go stand on it and move her feet a little. Oh well! We are doing well with some of our other exercises at least!

Tomorrow is Canis Major #1 which means frisbee season has officially started - hooray!!!