I'm a Rally Girl!

Yep!  Mom says I'm a RALLY GAL!  We had so much fun at class this week!  I was a real good girl and watched mom almost the entire time!  This is mom and me doing recalls!  The first recall I have to run back to mom and then do a finish which is just a fancy word to get back beside my mom!  But that's ok...they can call it whatever they want!  I'm smart and know what to do!

This next video I have to sit and wait for my mom to walk back to me.  They try to trick you so that you don't always expect you're going to be called to run back to them.  Actually, most of us dogs would prefer to just sit and let our mom and dads do the walking!  But that's ok...I just let mom think I'm so smart and wait for her.

This is the course mom and I went through outside...BUT we forgot to ask someone to take a video of us.  This little dog is the only one my same size in our class!  All the other dogs are big like German Shepard, Dobs and the like!  They are really big dogs!!  This little dog is so good and does everything "off leash", which means he's not hooked at the neck like most of us!  He just comes to class with his mom to have the distractions of the other dogs.   His mom and my mom let us sniff noses...he's just like me as far as lovin' people, kids and other dogs...so we have lots in common.

I love our class and look forward to our next one!  Mom said they are closed next week so we have to wait two weeks....but mom is going to buy a tunnel for me to run through!  Yea!!!

I'm a Rally dog!

We had our 2nd Rally class last week and it's lots of fun.  Actually, it's getting to be more fun as mom is finally catching on as to what she needs to do to teach me! 
Rally class is a combination of obedience  and some agility.  Right now we are learning to do things like "halt", "90 degree turns", "left turns"....but heck, I'll do anything for food so once mom has her footwork down pat, I think we'll do good as a team!!  I'm really good at my sit/stay/come while on the leash so that makes mom happy!  No, it doesn't take much to make her happy...now dad is another story!  But mom won't let me post about that! 

Mom said she's going to take some video's next week at class at some of the dogs who are really good at Rally work. 

NO!  This isn't me...but it's what mom hopes will be me in about a year or so! 

This is my favorite position but I'll be a good sport for my mom...plus, I'll do it for the food thing I mentioned!  Well, I do expend a lot of energy between my walks and lessons!  Just wait until I start jumping of hurdles!  Hope mom gives me steak then!

She's at it again!

Yep...my mom is at it again!  She signed me up for a Rally Class starting next week!  What the heck is a Rally Class???  From what mom told me, I'll get to run and jump and meet new friends.  Oh, yea...I have to behave to commands too.  I do really well "on leash" as mom likes to say and "off leash" I do my sit/stay/wait/find/down commands really good too.  I just don't always want to "come" to mom or dad when they call me ("off leash")...I just wonder if mom knows what she's in for at this Rally Class!  Oh well...I think it will be fun for me!!  I love meeting new people and other dogs so I'm pretty excited about the class after all! 

This is what mom said I should be able to do at some point in my life!!  I don't know who this Bichon puppy is...mom found it for me on this blog.  It does look like fun doesn't it!!  At least mom will get some exercise...I wonder if she has to jump the jumps too?  I hope so!

I do ring the bell!

 

Mom says no one believe that I ring the bell to go potty...so she did a video..it's a short one because if she or dad don't come to the door really quick I get mad and hit the bell with my paw and my head!  

I've been busy..

 So mom said I haven't been very good about writing in my blog.  But golly!  She keeps me so busy it's hard to find time to get on the computer!  This is me just hanging around waiting for what we're going to do next!  sometimes, mom just doesn't want to do anything but sew...well, I try not to let her get so bored that she has to sew, SO, I'll get her chasing me or playing with me.  I like to call it playing with me but mom and dad don't always see it that way!

Last weekend mom took me down to see Amber and Nick and we actually stayed overnight for two nights!  This is me in my safety belt waiting in the car to head out. 
I like going to see Amber and Nick.  They take me for walks, play with me and I get to play with Alley and A.J. their cats!  Alley like to play more than A.J. does so we two girls hang out a lot!

This is a picture of Alley and me resting!  We ran around ALOT! so we were both pretty tired.  She's a nice cat and sometimes she just lays on her back and puts her paws up for me to sniff and just play.  She's a cool cat to hang out with. 

I sure was tired when we got home last Monday.  So mom sat at her sewing machine and I just slept under her foot next to the gas pedal on her machine. 

 And this was me later at night! 

I'm all rested now so I'm ready to go again!!  Now to get mom and dad ready to play!  I have to keep them moving or they get all stiff in the joints.  It's a good thing they have me or they would be what mom calls "couch potatoes"! 

My new friend!

This is my newest, best friend, Cody!  He lives next door to us and I've only seen him from a distance!  That is until this past weekend.  His mom brought him over for me to play with!! 

He's quite a handsome boy and we had fun running around the yard together.  Mom said he'll play with me lots this summer and we even can play catch!  Cody loves to catch the ball. 

Mom took a video of us playing in the yard.  We're going to get together this weekend and play more.  Yippee!!

My afternoon out

Yesterday, mom took me to our local pet store, which is right around the corner!  We're so lucky to have this store so close to our house!  And I'm lucky because mom takes me with her when she goes there.


This is me being so good, waiting for mom.  She has to give the people something in exchange for getting me some new chewies!  It's a plastic card and all they do is hand the card back and forth to each other.  I think it's dumb but mom says that's how she pays for me toys and food!

I get really excited when I see or meet people but I have learned to settle down quickly and just sit.  Sometimes mom talks so much that I get tired so I lie down.  Mom said either way is being a good dog!  So I guess I was a good dog yesterday!!

I'm wearing Mandy's car harness because I'm not allowed to sit in the car without being "hooked up"!  Mom said I could fall or slip off the seat and if I'm not in the crate I wear my harness. 

Today is a lazy day for me.  I've been sitting on dad's lap or in mom's sewing room.  That's ok because mom said Cody is coming over to play with me today or tomorrow...so I'm resting up!