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Recently I began teaching Tommy to shut doors - with his nose to ensure no scratch marks. It is useful when we have company and getting up to shut the door would be impolite, plus with the dog doing it he gets a lot of attention for being cute. He first has to knock the door away from the sofa by nudging it then pushing it shut with his nose. It's going quite well and is a useful trick to learn. He loves to learn and gain affection, it's a slight problem trying to find more tricks for him to learn.

recently

Recently has been Tommy's birthday. We went for a walk around Watermead with our friends. Just the one dog.

Clipped

Another post.

This weekend I clipped Tommy, he has quite a close trim because he normally gets mucky in agility training. 

He looks very handsome.

Recent Events

I have joined the debate society in my sixth form for enrichment. As our task last week we had to pick something we were passionate about and debate for our POV on it. I couldn't decide. It was decided for me that I should argue dangerous dogs. I was against the ban. My debate was mostly on it's the owners not the dogs that are dangerous. I had to give a little insight on how a dog thinks, very basic, Fight or Flight.
http://uk.pinterest.com/vickygleave/dangerous-dogs/

That is my entire debate. :P I found it quite fun to be standing trying to persuade these people with little understanding of dogs that "dangerous dogs" shouldn't be banned.


Also recently I went to the YKC Newark weekend and entered the Agility Crufts Qualifier. We came 5th in our age and height category. Quite good considering he's not ran well this year. We saw Earl and Ethel from http://sumskersandearlskers13.blogspot.co.uk/ . Unfortunately I couldn't stay to watch people running their dogs I needed to write some essays.


Lastly, this weekend, on saturday I am in newark again! For the DV winter indoor show. Only three classes so it shoud be quite fun.

Recent Agility Results.

Tommy hasn't been on top form recently, he walks round all of his agility competition classes and runs at training. Annoying.

Anyway here are the results for the DV 10 day show in Thetford and the DV show in Osmaston.

This photo has a filter on, it's off my phone from instagram
Osmaston 1st place with Time Faults

 

3rd with TF, 4th clear and 2 unplaced clears

 

silly dog

I was walking Tommy the other day at our local park and a rottie and GSD came in, both off lead very friendly, Tommy stopped to be sniffed as normal, he was behind me so I kept walking thinking he'd catch up when they'd finished but he didn't he stayed stood there for ages, I whistled him he didn't come, he stayed behind the pair of dogs and kept stopping. Eventually I took a slight detour down the hill to the brook, the other dogs followed me as I expected then were called away and left, I whistled Tommy and started back up the hill before he burst through the grass (he must've been quite far back). I put him back on his lead and we continued our walk. He normally stops to be sniffed but this was just ridiculous!

Yesterday we practised "stop the dog", there was a lot of bread put out for the birds at the park so I repeatedly stopped him before we got to the bread to ensure I had him under control. We left the park then I took him off lead again to walk up the street, I spotted a cat before him, he was quite surprised to be being put back on his lead as he'd be doing beautiful heel work :P

Jigsaws

You may have noticed that I'm really bad at updating my blogs, this time it was the online jigsaws fault.

Since MIKA put some jigsaws of his album art on the website I have not been able to stop doing jigsaws, I have a free account :P
However I have now created 3 jigsaws on this website, (reasonable difficulty for a novice, simple for a pro) all of which are pictures of Tommy.

http://www.jigsawplanet.com/ziggy228/Untitled