Water Adventures

Sunday was a very hot doy so we didn't go to Newbury, instead we took the dogs to Odiham to let them have a splash about in the water. It certainly cooled them down and they seemed to really enjoy their day. They made friends with a couple of other black Labrador's too who joined in their game for a while before moving on. Megan even swam properly after Brian at one point, she was in quite deep water and couldn't touch the floor. Anyway here is a clip of the doggies in shallower water enjoying their day.

Tomorrow Brian is booked in to go swimming at Stans and i'm hoping while i'm there he will have time to let me swim at least one of the girls. I think Megan will quite like it after so confidently swimming at the weekend. I'm fairly certain Heidi wont be too keen, she likes water but only if her feet can touch the floor. I want her to have a go though even if it's just to work up an appetite.

Strange Happenings

Good news is that Heidi's leg is better today. She wasn't limping this morning when she got up so I took them all for a short walk and she has been fine. She has played around with Megan in the garden all afternoon and has been for a longer walk on the plain this evening and it still seems ok so we are off to Newbury tomorrow, yipee!

It was just me and the dogs who went for a walk this evening and whilst we were out we walked along a track with fields to the left of us and a completely clear view of everywhere around us. I heard a voice of a woman who sounded like she was calling a dog or a child really close by and the dogs heard it too as they stopped to look but when I looked all around there was definitely nobody there. A little freaked out I headed back to the car and we came home, Conor thinks we may have heard a ghost!

No Agility Tomorrow

Poor Heidi isn't having the greatest week, today she has hurt her front right leg and is now limping. I'm not sure what she has done, we went for our morning walk this morning and she ran around with the others and had no problems. When we got back they all had breakfast and had a nap and when she woke up she was limping. I thought maybe she had slept on it in a funny position but now i'm not so sure. It seems to be easing off a little but we have decided not to go to Newbury tomorrow and let her rest it for the day. If it is better by tomorrow evening we are going to go on Sunday but if not she will just come to watch Brian run and have a day out so tomorrow we are on an unplanned rest day which is always great!

A bit of a swap

Thursday is Heidi and Megan's agility classes, tonight was the last one though as they are having a break until September. Heidi will still go to the same club but is switching to a Tuesday night from July, Megan is too young though so she will wait now until September. Anyway Conor was late home tonight so I took Heidi to agility training. I haven't done any with her since about February so I was a little nervous. I'll be honest I was pleasantly suprised, I had a few handling isues at first (not getting ion the right place quickly enough-due to being able to jog along with Brian I guess) but we did a lovely jumping round with no problems. We worked on her contacts and did an agility course at the end of the lesson which went well. She did have a Tally Ho moment on the See-Saw but I took her back to do it again and she did it perfectly. I can honestly say I really enjoyed running her tonight, it made a plesant change, I wouldn't want to do it too often but every now and again maybe.


As for Heidi's eating problems she is improving already, I have stopped feeding her CSJ as she decided to just leave it or eat round it if you mixed it in with something else. She has had a few meals of just meat and last night and this morning she had a cod fillet (spoiled I know) mixed in with some Royal Canin and she ate the lot. Tonight she had a whole tin of meat and a large cup of SupaDog Active and again has eaten it all. Tomorrow I am off to Pets at Home to get some small bags of different foods to try and see what she likes best. I think we may end up feeding her a mixture of a few but as long as she is taking on food then it doesn't matter. I will weigh her agin in about 10 days time and hopefully she will have put a bit of weight back on.


This weekend we are at Newbury for a UKA show on both Saturday and Sunday. We were supposed to be camping but our tow bar isn't being fitted on the new truck until early July so we are going to travel on both days. Brian and Heidi have 2 runs on each day and I'm hoping for some cooler or even slightly wet weather otherwise it doubtful that I will be able to run Brian at all.

Time to Relax

Today was my very last day at work and a bonus was that I even managed to finish at lunch time! I now have 10 weeks off before I start my new job and i'll be honest I cant wait. I definatly think I have picked the right time of year to have off (watch it rain now for 10 weeks!). I am looking forward to spending lots of time with the dogs, going on some long walks and doing lots of training. We have a few things planned over the summer too so it will keep us busy.

Last night me and Brian made it to agility training, there were only 5 dogs in the class so it was nice. We didn't get to do the see-saw, though we are doing that next week along with weaves. Last night we did a lot of rear crosses, something I find really difficult to do with Brian as he just wont go infront of me, he has to be right by my side and if I try to sneak behind him or slow down to cross behind him he just stops dead at the next obstacle (unless its a tunnel). Something for us to work on while i'm off I think!