Well, this blog is WAY behind in updates, and we have plenty of photos to share of our fun Vacation in FL and videos of our Rally, but for now, enjoy this video of me and my brother, sisters, aunties, and foster sister opening out presents on Christmas Day!
Hope you have as much fun watching it as we did starring in it!
WOOF!
ArthurGOOD!!
This weekend my mom took me and my sister on a really, really, really, really long car ride! Then I stayed in the car for a few hours while my sis got to try something called WAG IT GAMES. Mom says they are really cool - you can see more here: http://wagitgames.com/ Dally learned to put her front feet on a skateboard and push it forward!
Then we went away and mom and I took a hike all by ourselves! That was lovely and I ran and played frisbee and everything.
The next morning, mom took us back to the same place Dally got to play the day before. I was really excited because there were lots of cars and dogs and I just **KNEW** we must be at an agility trial!!!!! Momkept telling me that wasn't true but I didn't believe her.
FINALLY it was my turn to go in the ring and I was SOOOOOOO excited!!! THEN . . . I looked around . . . and . . . I didn't see ANY agility equipment!!!!!!! I was starting to get a little frantic . . . there HAD to be SOMETHING fun in there . . . I saw something and I grabbed for it! But mom told me to leave it! It was a number, she said. She kept having me walk beside her and do those crazy moves. I was still pretty frantic so I was adding my own in there too . . . some extra spins . . . an automatic down instead of a sit . . . what were we DOING???
Mom kept talking to me and she gave me a treat or two . . . then I started to realize this was like when we are at home with the signs in the yard . . . we were playing THAT game!!!! Now I got it!
After that mom said I was such a super, super boy! Then I rested in the car for a little while. Mom took Dally out and she had a turn in the building . . . mom said she did super in her puppy class!
Later, it was my turn again. This time I KNEW what was going on!!! I was super dog and listened and concentrated real hard. I got a huge round of applause at the end!! Later mom told me I was PERFECT! I already knew that!
We went back to the place where we hiked again after Dally had another turn (she was good again too!) This time, when we got there mom left me in the car while she brought Dally to see SHEEPS!!!!! I got back at mom though by eating a huge bag of puperoni. Mom says she doesn't usually get those for us but they were easy in the pockets. They were yummy! Then, *I* got to get the sheep. Later that night I really didn't feel well at all! :( I was sooooooooooo thirsty!!!!! And my tummy hurt a little too. :( In the morning mom saw I had eaten all those 'roni's and she realized why I didn't feel well. She was real worried but I perked up when we got back to the competition place. Iran and played in the yard. They I had another two turns in the ring, and Dally had 1.
We did GREAT!!!!!!!!!! Mom says these are our scores:
ME:
Trial 1, Level 1A, score 195 - 4th place
Trial 2, Level 1A, score PERFECT 210! - 1st place
Trial 3 Level 1A, score 208 - 1st place! This earned me my Rally Level 1 Title!!!!!!!!!!!! And an Award of Excellence for having my first 3 Level 1A scores over 190!
Trial 4 Level 1B, score 208 - 3rd place!
PLUS, they gave me two toys and2 more big ribbons for being the High Scoring Rescue Dog and High Scoring NewTeam!!!!!!!!
Dahlia:
Trial 1, Level Puppy A, score 207
Trial 2,Level Puppy A, score 205
Trial 3, Level Puppy A,score 192 This earned her her Rally Level Puppy Tittle! And we think an Award of Excellence too!
So, as you can see we were very successful!!! Take a look at our videos!
Me being PERFECT:
Dahlia getting a 208:
Well, that was our cool weekend!!!!!
WOOF!
ArthurGOOD! RL1
and DahliaRIGHT! RLP
We went on a field trip and she got to go into LOWES! Lots of people petted her and mom says she tried to jump on them but mom helped her not to. She wasn't scared of anything! (But mom kept her away from the Halloween Monsters just in case!) Then we both got a new Kong Air Squeaky Tennis Ball! I killed my squeaker on the way home and removed some of the FUZZ, too! Take that, tennis ball!!! Mom says next weekend we get to have a bath! Phooey!
That is all.
WOOF!
ArthurGOOD!
Even though I didn't get voted into the NEBCR calendar this year, I still have a shot at getting into a different calendar!!!!! You all can help me by voting for my photo (and the cool part is, my Auntie Sparkle is in it too.)
The sad part is that if you vote for me, you can't vote for my brother, sisters, or Aunties, and that's because only one of our photos can have a spot in the calendar. Mom and GrandPaw decided since mine was such a great action shot, and it also had Sparkle in it, that they would promote it for voting.
So, without further ado, please go and vote for my (or whoever you think is the most deserving!) at: http://polldaddy.com/poll/3919477/ I'm easy to find since I'm the first one listed!
Yup, you guessed it . . . that's my sister snuggling up against me in mom's bed!!! I was just not gonna move for her . . . I didn't really wanna be snuggled up to her really!!!!
That's Cuban Amazon Cypress soaking up the sun in his travel cage . . . he hasn't been able to go out in the aviary since his wing broke so mom takes him out this way. Only 11 more days until all the bandages and pins are removed!!
Well, that is all . . . hope you enjoyed the pics!
