Swimming

The weather has let us down so far this week so no training at home. Chaos went for a trip to Pets at Home earlier in the week for the first time, he was happy enough to explore and see what was going on. He wasn't bothered by any of the animals, he just had a good sniff. We bought the dogs a knuckle bone each, they spent ages munching on them and then were all very sick for 24 hours! The bones are now in the bin and everyone is back to normal thankfully.

We have been to hydro today with them all. Chaos is so confident, he just strolls in wagging his tail, a real happy little man! He had a swim again and I photographed and videoed him, the photos didn't come out too great, more like happy snaps so I guess ill have to wait a while for my giant swimming one for the office wall.

Starting Training

We have started some training this week, we have only managed one session though and it was quite windy so Kody and Heidi did a session on contacts and weave entries. I took Kody to training last night and apart from a naughty barking moment at the start which resulted in him going back in the van he was a good boy after that.

Chaos has been out and about too. I took him yesterday on a walk that neither of us had ever been on, it was really nice and starts just to the left of our house, I can't believe in the year we have lived here we have never been down that way!

I have been teaching Brenda some jumping too, I don't plan to do agility with her, we really don't need another agility dog but she is used to working and seems to be getting bored so I thought I'd teach her some basics, if anything it will be good practice for teaching Chaos when the time comes. She is such a sweet dog, very affectionate and very keen to work. When we first got her she couldn't jump over a small height jump, she put her paws on the bar but now she can jump a full height jump perfectly although she will continue to learn at a low height.

Catch Up

We haven't actually done a lot of dog related stuff but we do seem to still be very busy! Last Thursday we had a power cut from 2am in the morning until 11pm that eveing, somebody had stolen the electric cables and they had to be replaced, until you have no electric you really dont realise what you use it for!!!

Heidi is in season at the moment (finally) so I took Kody training on Thursday instead. I have had to give up his Wednesday class at the moment as I've been working and have just been missing loads. Hopefully after Christmas I might be able to get back there. He was a good boy on Thursday though, we havent done any agility together since August so I did struggle a bit but I will take him again this week, hopefully we will be better.

Chaos is still doing well, he has now moved up to Advanced Puppy at his obedience class meaning training is now going to be on a Saturday morning. It will be a mad rush for me as his class is 10-11am  and I start work at 1pm (takes me 30 mins to get there) but hopefully it will work out.

Busy Boy Chaos

Chaos is coming along nicely, I am so pleased with him, he has got bags of character and isn't phased by anything and is proving to be quite easy to train (so far) although he certainy does have stubborn moments too!

He is still loving puppy class on a Sunday morning and is a very good boy. We took him to a horse show last weekend which had a fun dog show and a birds of prey display. He trotted around quite happily, said hello to people and took treats from them, he seems to attract a lot of attention! He has his first experience of horses, he wasn't sure at first but after seeing 2 or 3 they were not something to be scared of any more.

This week he had his very first hydro session. I don't think I could have been any more proud of him, he had his harness put on when we got there and had a shower and was then allowed to explore while Brian was swimming. He ran straight up the ramp and into the water! We kept him out until Brian had finished then he had his first real go, he had a couple of goes where Anne lifted him off the ramp and he swam straight back so he knew where to put his feet down and then he had a couple of goes swimming all the way up the pool and back down, he did it perfectly, as though it was totally natural for him :) We got him out and dry and Brenda had a go and again he ran back up the ramp and tried to get in so he certainly hadn't been put off!! Hopefully ill get some pics next time he goes.

Yesterday Kody went to the Chiropractor as his back has seemed very twitchy, he was a bit out of line and had a lot of muscle tension so hopefully he feels better now. After that we headed down to Jans  for a visit. Chaos got to play with his brothers and sister and we took Chaos and one of his brothers for a walk which  they seemed to enjoy. Somehow though, stupid me didn't take my camera!!! I have attached a short video clip of them all playing though.

There are still two boys from his litter looking for a home, they are lovely puppies, very confident and outgoing.

Oh we have also had Chaos' KC name confirmed and we got our first choice which I love, Bonvivant Gonna Be Chaos :)