Eat Snow

"Weeeeeeeeeee!"

"Can't catch me!"

"But I can....

....catch YOU!"

Tibby: "Eat snow, little puppy face!"

Dhali: "Mghrdhkl!"

Tibby: "Eat some more snow!  Here have a pawful in the FACE!"

Dhali : "I eated snow."

Bonfire Night

We went to a bonfire on Thursday.  I like this picture, because it has Tibby, the bonfire and the moon!

This is Tibby with her 'boyfriend' Benji.  Benji would like Tibby to be his girlfriend (if you know what I mean), but she just likes to flirt.  She gets all happy and waggy when Benji comes out to play.

Zoe and Tibby

"Benji!  This is a girls only picture!"

Tibby kisses!

Sparklers

Tibby's good at giving snuggles.

Last Night of Class - Out With A Bang!

Tonight was the last night of class.

Tibby was SO naughty!  She did super amazing great for most of the hour, but for the last run of the last night of class she wanted to remind everyone that she is the ultimate party girl and that AGILITY IS SO MUCH FUN!

Especially if you make up your own course.

She makes me laugh.

I know we have sooo much work to do, but come on! those cute little sits that she pops when I call her back?  Darling!

Ok, yes I had to call her back a few more times than once :P but she eventually came back and did the course.....after she was tired out.  And I guess I have proof that she likes agility!  LOL! 

How Would You Handle This?

I thought of a lot of titles for this post - 'Everyone Loves A Car Crash',  'Rubberneck Paradise', 'Rough Agility Night', ect. ect. ect.  I think you get the idea :)

There were many, many good things and a few tiny little problems. 

Take a look at the course below (please!) and tell me how you would handle it.  How you would handle it with your dog and also with a dog like Tibby.  Or just with your dog, if you don't know us that well :)
  You'll probably have to click and make it bigger.  It was my first time drawing a course, so it's not exactly drawn to scale. 
(see all the little people and dogs at the bottom? Hmm, how about that?)

Here were the problems I ran into: 

1 - Tibby is waaaaay too fast out of the tunnel for me to beat her for some kind of cross.  Sure if I had a solid go on cue or what ever people train for this situation.

2 - The tire is suddenly SO TEMPTING!!  After ignoring it and going around it....now we like it???  I missed the memo.  Not complaining!  It's great!  Just saying....

3 - Jumping straight into a crowd of dogs and people.  DOGS!! and people.  Especially when said NEW DOG (joy! happiness!) comes in the door at the exact moment that Tibby is jumping straight at the crowd of dogs.  ooooopsy!

Things that I thought were great:

1 - Tibby was speedy!

2 - She was having FUN!

3- She did the tire + offered the weave poles (which didn't make it onto the video - boo) and then did the tunnel for fun.  For FUN?!?!  Yeah!

4- I thought our turn at 5 wasn't too bad.  I was saying tic - not sure if that helped her turn better or if she was just following my body language.

Of course, after 5 it all goes down hill.....:)

Watch the video and then tell me - Does that look like a stressed dog?  After we got done Fay told me that Tibby's zoomies were because she was feeling stressed.  First of all - that was not a complete zoomie.  Yeah it was slightly embarrassing or whatever, but she finished the course (eventually) and she wasn't totally wild.  Second of all - in my opinion she doesn't look stressed.  She looks like she found something more rewarding then me (and my meatballs).

Eat My Snow

Daily Dog Challenge - 11/19 - Action

Capture a photo of your dog in action today.

Tibby's too fast for me!  All I catch is a waving banner of tail and some flying snow.

This was my 2nd choice for the challenge.  I forget now why I didn't choose it.  I like this picture!

I also liked this one.  Her ears are flying!  And she's tugging!  Yeah!

This is not action!

That's action!

Half A Frame

Half a frame is better than no frame at all!  I LOVE Tibby's face.  She has the best facial expresions.

She looks so happy running.  Fast!

Happy!

"See.  I can run fast if I want to."

Grandma Zoomies

My Mom (Tibby's Grandma) saw her first zoomies tonight.  She thought it was the funniest thing ever!  I caught them together in mid zoomie.

I like this one the best.

We went hiking and Tibby had a blast.  I love hiking here.  Tibby can run off-leash and we have never met any other people.  It's like our own private multi acre forest.

In other news my grandma came for a visit today.  She last saw Tibby almost a year ago.  Today we realized that Tibby is her ONLY GREAT-GRANDCHILD.  We all had a good laugh about that.  Funny that there are 5 grand kids and none of us have (two legged) children. 

Game On!

Work On

We had another great lesson today.  Lots of stuff to work on, but all things that I think we can get with a little practice.  Loretta got to see Tibby's zoomie skillz LOL! 
Some of Tibby's past zoomie experience if you need a reference point -Boot Camp or Watch Tibby Run, Run! Jump!, Zoomies: The Dog Park Edition, Walking On (Lake) Water, Tibby and Zoe Racing, Super Stinky Speed, Long Walk Part 1 ect. ect. ect...... Lots of zoomies.

One thing that I really like about having lessons - having someone else watch us and give me advice.  I like advice :)  At one point Tibby and I were running and I changed direction and Tibby followed me.  I didn't see it, but Loretta did.  That's what Tibby was supposed to do - Yes! Good puppy!  A lot of times after I have taped one of our practice sessions and then watch it, I see a bunch of things that Tibby was doing, but I missed during the session.  Sometimes it's just seeing things from a different angle - floor level vs. me standing up and looking down on Tibby. 

So this next week we are working on creating drive before working, but then not letting Tibby zoom away, so on leash.  I think we will get a lot more done LOL!   And also follow me game thingy - Tibby on the leash I walk/run away and Tibby follows me.  We are going to do this EVERYWHERE!  It doesn't sound hard, but it is something we have to work on.

After our lesson we went to PetCo and the to Petsmart to practice.   PetCo was kind of a bust, because the staff kept coming up to us and asking if we needed help.  When I told one girl that, "We are just looking around and I'm practicing with her (Tibby) walking."  The girl said, "Oh is she new?"  "No, but I like to practice all the time."  Blank stare from the girl.  Don't people ever train their dogs in PetCo?  There was one girl that walked up and knew that Tibby was a Tibetan Terrier (impressed).  Also, there was a woman customer that said she had had a dog that was part terrier and looked just like Tibby only smaller (laughing to myself).  Tibby did get a new plush soccer ball - I felt like a shop lifter with all the staff checking up on us, so I obviously had to buy something, so they would know I wasn't a shop lifter - wow they are so manipulative. 

Then we went to Petsmart.  No one bothered us at Petsmart, so we were able to do some practicing.  There were also 2 dogs in the store, so we worked on Tibby's dog obsession.  I think Tibby did a good job.  There were definitely some moments when she chose to follow me instead of sniffing at everything or trying to play with a dog.  I rewarded those moments really well - jackpot!  At one point we were going to get in line to check out and there was a pug on a flexi-leash already in line.  The owner was totally oblivious and the pug ran over to us - about 10 feet away - and started to play with Tibby.  Well,  their leads very quickly got tangled up, so I untangled them and we walked around a corner and down a few aisles.  Tibby didn't whine/scream to go back to the pug!  She followed along behind me.  I was really surprised. 
We bought some hay for the bunnies and a can of food for Tibby to try Simply Nourish.  I have to go to a wedding this week-end, so Tibby is staying at Woof Dah again.  Last time she lost 5 lbs in 4 days.  Not a happy mamma.  I packed her food last time with canned lamb, kibble, pumpkin, yogurt and some frozen veggies, but she still didn't eat OR she played so much that she lost weight.  Either way.  At home she picks at her food all day, eats from the treat ball or I feed her by hand.  At Woof Dah she has to eat at a set time and she is excited about all of her new doggie friends.  I think I might ask them to give her a little extra time to eat.

 

Dog Park - Part II The Zoomies

Dog park trip:  The Zoomie Edition

Zoe is telling Tibby a secret, "Want to see my sharp teeth?"

"Look ma!  Two legs!"

"Look ma!  NO legs!"

Scary eyes.

Tibby, Zoe and Zoe's Mom.  Tibby thought it was fun to get on and off the picnic table.

A picture of Zoe and her Mom.