We Gots Our Mitten

Thanks Mitch and Molly!!!

Sandy Paws?

Hey dere folks and doggies, it's me, Keltic. This weekend Mums took me and Beckett to see Sandy Paws. At least, that's what Beckett calls him. Me, I'm not too sure bout that. Mums gets pretty upset when we's has dirty feet, dunno why then she wouldn't mind someone named Sandy Paws.

Any hoo, we wents in da car to sum place we'd never been too afore. Mums said it was called the Hoomane Soocity, she said dey heps animals wid no home.

We gets in da room and dere's a big chair and dis guy in a red suit and black boots. I didn't see no Sandy Paws.  So now I not sure I believe Beckett when he says that Sandy Paws brings pressies to good dog boys and girls.

Then Mums puts us both up on da chair. I tink Beckett was a wittle nervous but not me and this lady starts squeaking toys at us and dis man shoots a flashy thing at us.  But it was over pretty quick and I gots to meet some other doggies afterwards so it wasn't a bad visit.

Mums is putting up lots of decorations and sneaking stuff in the house saying we can'ts have dem til Christmas. Is dat when Sandy Paws comes?

Mums was very happy bout the picture. She called the guy in the suit Santa, maybe Beckett just got his name wrong. I hope Beckett is right about the pressies.

Lots of licks from me, Keltic and from Beckett, too!!! 

Last Trial

We went to our last trial for 2012 this past weekend.  I only went on Sunday as the trial location is about an hour away and I didn't want to have two drives home in the dark and because there was no Snooker event on Saturday. Beckett only needs (still) two Snooker and three Gamblers for his title of Agility Trial Champion.

We did six events on Sunday, two Standards, two Gamblers, one Snooker and one Jumpers. The only Q we got was in the last event the Jumpers. This course ran really nice, even the parts I thought would be tough. We very nearly had an off course when Beckett almost took the wrong entrance to obstacle 9. I hadn't even seen that as a trap as I was so far away from that tunnel mouth as I had gone up the left side of jump 8.  The allowable course time was 48 seconds and Beckett did the course in 39.81.  It wasn't extremely fast for him and so we finished in third place.

The first run of the day was a five-fault Masters Standard. I can't say it's Beckett's fault as I felt like I was behind him for most of the course, well at least from after the tunnel under the frame.  When I say I was behind, I mean my commands and body cues were late. I could tell as he was barking at me. What is nice to see is how far down the frame and dog walk he is coming with the running contact now.

Beckett's Masters Standard 3

The other Standard run was a train wreck and we got eliminated for an off-course.  Beckett did have two nice openings in his Gamblers but again wouldn't do the main Gambles. In Snooker, we had a very nice opening. Then as we started the close, Beckett missed his weave entry, since it was only obstacle 3 we didn't have enough points to Q.

It was a nice day overall. Keltic got to play with a Sheltie buddy from this summer. Beckett got to play Frisbee between events. And we won a volunteer prize, a rawhide star filled with rawhide treats that Beckett and Keltic will get as part of their Christmas gifts.

So Beckett still needs 5 Q's for his ATChC but now he only needs four more Jumpers Q's for his Expert Jumpers Bronze. So all in all 2012 was quite a good year, he added Master Jumpers, Steeplechase and Master Standard titles to his list of accomplishments.

Go Beckett Go!!

Mish Mash Monday

Let me in, it's cold out here!

Mish Mash Monday