Archive | September, 2008

Dog tracking

Posted on 29 September 2008

It was that time of year again. The last weekend of September means one thing: dog tracking for 3 days.
The idea was that we would be more prepared this year so that we wouldn’t have lot’s of trouble. So Jessica packed up my fleece for in the evening and everything else I needed. We were all ready to go on Friday, but then Katinka remembered that we had to had our yearly shot or we wouldn’t be able to participate. So we hurried to the vet to get all the shots necesary.
And immediatly after the vet, we went direction Brussels. We were stuck in traffic for a bit (did you expect anything else), but we were still there on time. We caught up with Barbara and Diena. After extended sniffing, we started the first walk. Just like last year we had to walk 75km in 3 days. Last year we did a lot more because we were lost and had to search or way, but there was an experienced map reader in our team so it went a lot better.
On the first day, there were no problems, but on the second day… Nobody was allowed to touch my back. It was hurting like hell. It was a result of the shots I got on Friday. I think that the vet pulled a mussle and with the long walk after, I started to feel it. I was running and walking without problems, but nobody could touch my back for the rest of the trip.
In the evening I was put on my fleece, but some of the other participants found that very funny and started calling us wimps. But after a couple of hours, Shunka and I were laughing because everybody else was could except for us ^_^
Dispite of the pain of the shots and being laughed at the trip was very good and very exciting and I can’t wait until next year.

Eijility

Posted on 13 September 2008

It has taken a while, but it finally happened. Today was my debut of agility and as always I was superb ^_^
Jessica wanted to wait until I got a little bit calmer and not so focused on other dogs, but after 3 years she knows that’s impossible, so she decided I could try it.
After registration in dog school, the first lesson began this afternoon. I had to jump on the table, jump over sticks, run through the sack and tunnel. I had most trouble with the tunnel, because I kept thinking that I would get a treat before entering, but that wasn’t true T-T
I was hoping to get a lot more snacks, for doing less than I had to do. But the instructor was surprised that this was my first lesson, because I did so well. What they did notice was that although I should jump on large, I won’t do it and they won’t allow it. Because of the way I’m build, I don’t jump correctly. So I’m only allowed to jump mini and medium. But that doesn’t bother me, this means less hard work.
After the lesson, it’s normally time for the debutants to play, but since they wouldn’t come on the field, the instructor told us that we could play a little bit more. So Jessica decided to take pictures of me.
So this means that starting today i will be doing ‘eijility’. I call it eijility and not agiliy because I will follow my own rules ^_^

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