Shhhhh!! You are breaking my concentration!! Leeaavvvee iiitttt….

Yes! And I did it really fast! Teehee!

Yea whatever. I like to take my time. I’ve got 2 more Qs under my belt in Open, so you still got some catching up!

Don’t you be worrying! I’mma gonna beatcha! Anyway, Mumsy says she’s awfully proud of us and of everything we have accomplished!

We got to eat yummy Lawry’s steak after each trial!

Romeo is now Romeo Sangiovese, JD & Juliet is Sharndah Star Crossed Luva, JD!

26th March 2011 - Judge Gloria Page (Australia) - Romeo: Jumpers Novice 2nd & 3rd

30 July 2011 - Judge Keith Millington (Australia) - Romeo: Novice Jumpers 1st; Juliet Novice Jumpers 2nd

3 September 2011 - Judge Lawrie Knauth (Australia) - Romeo: Open Jumpers 1st and 2nd; Juliet Novice Jumpers 1st and 1st

Lawry's - Food for champions!

You mean agility jump hurdles? I saw Mumsy busy drawing out her jump plans! Here are her plans for making a simple standard jump or hurdle for agility!

The blue parts are them PVC T shaped connectors or jump cups (which can be made from T shaped connectors), while the white bits are the PVC pipes.

Mumsy mumbled something about 3/4 inch diameter pipes being enough and that they are lighter and easier to carry around than the 1 inch ones. Oh and then she said something about getting PVC glue to glue some of the bits together.

Her drawing skills leave much to be desired!

I added the hearts over the i’s! Teehee!

Why is that so hard to believe!

Mumsy said that some time back she posted a picture of you at the USDAA trial ground and practically cackled when people suggested you entered the trial. Teehee! See! Here’s the original post!

Well who’s laughing now!

Yes Mumsy is most pleased and said back then she could not see you joining USDAA much less coming in 3rd for Gamblers (with a Q) and 1st for Performance 1 Jumpers (no Q)!

Hmpf. I sure showed her!

Hmm. Is it just me, or does Mumsy look… roasted?

Why?

Coz then they’ll know how to prevent dogs like YOU from getting into trouble!

You mean like when I walk the talk at the dog run? *looks macho*

Yes, when you go around pissing off the other dogs at the dog run. If other dog parents know how to tell if their dog is happy, stressed or pissed off, they’ll be able to help the dog out so the dog doesn’t take things into its own paws and get into fights or become really scared or get hurt!

So dog parents should learn to talk Dog?

Yes! Dogs “speak” a different language and communicate differently to humans. If humans want to be responsible pawrents they should learn to talk Dog! And they can learn it from Jean Donaldson!

Mother says she’s a great dog trainer and canine behaviourist.

Duh! She did a seminar to help dog pawrents learn how to speak Dog. Everyone should watch it! There are 7 very informative parts to this seminar on Youtube. You should be able to find them all from the link to the first part below. Happy learning!

COME ON. Give me the treat already! ARrrgghhrrawwrrawrr

Yes I know what Mother said, but what the heck is that?

I don’t really know. I just saw her take out some poles and make a ladder thingy.

Huh. Oh well, another one of Mother’s nutty training exercises!

Here’s a video of my brother’s big booboo!

Hey! That’s not supposed to be made public!

Me & Mother & Medals!!

I'm an obedient boy!

*grumble* Anyway, I have *ahem* improved by leaps and bounds and when Mother and I entered the Singapore Kennel Club jumpers novice trials in earlier this year in March, I ROCKED! Not only did I qualify, I got 3rd in the morning trial and 2nd in the afternoon trial! I knocked Mother’s socks off! Check it out! I got ribbons, medals and everything! Mother says she’s real proud of me *beams*. You should watch the videos of my runs!

Yawn. Ho hum.

Oh and as if that’s not enough, I also qualified at the Obedience trial! Pre-novice! Woot! I’m on a ROLL! Juliet however, didn’t get anything. *sticks tongue out*

Yea but that’s coz I’m young! I only trained for 3 months. And I didn’t get the lowest score for the heelwork, recall and stand for examination part. Hah! Plus if I had taken part in jumpers I’d have run circles around you, coz I’m FAST! Double HAH!

Whatever.

I’ll beat ya! You’ll see!

Oh yea?

YEA!

Says who!

Says me!

Kids. Stop fighting!

What’s going on Romeo?

It’s more of that 5 minutes a day dog training thing Mother is doing with us.

OHYAY! *jumps around like popcorn*

What yay, they just want us to respond immedia….”

Mother: JULIET!

Father: ROMEO!

*runs to Mother*

*runs to Father*

Day 5 pre-course

Collar Grab – cooked meats – patio at night – 6 tries per dog – both very attentive – no one was bothered with the collar grab outdoors

Call Once game with Collar Grab – cooked meats – living room – at least 35 tries per dog – with co-trainer – Romeo broke into a run and was very attentive; Juliet ran slowly but missed her name a few times (might be because her name was called at the same time with Romeo’s? Not a problem if called just after or before), also very attentive; no problem with collar grabs.

YAY! More training! More treats! I’m so loving the course already! It’s so much fun!

What exactly is fun about having one’s collar grabbed?!

That’s not all there is! There’ll be more soon, it’ll get more interesting! But the idea is that Mother has to follow the e-course and train for at least 5 minutes a day! She says this will help improve our recall. I don’t really need to improve mine coz mine is FAB-U-LOUS. *beams*

Uh huh.

………………………

Day 2 pre-course (course starts 1 August)

Collar grabs – cooked meats – living room / study - >25 reps per dog – 10 with name being yelled before collar grab – both R+J looked happy to have their collars grabbed and “dragged” to Mother – both ok with name yell

Call Once game with Collar Grab – cooked meats – living room – 5 tries per dog – no co-trainer – Romeo didn’t break into a run but cantered to Mother; Juliet ran of course!