Amazing Agility!

Well - this is my last post until HM gets back from her vacation on the 14th. So I'm leaving you all with some Amazing video of Chilly Black Bandits - the German agility champ AND fellow Manchester Terrier!!! HM and I aspire to become a great team like this one day!!!

My TV Debut!

Check it out! They've got video posted on the BT website now..just click on the "What do Burgers Smell Like" clip...I come in around the 4 minute mark.

Here are some screen caps:

waiting at the startline

startline games: gimme ten

tunnel!

We're Going To Be On TV!!

For any local Ontario pups - check out CityTV's Breakfast Television tomorrow morning from 7am-9am! HM and I will be on TV!

They are doing a spot on location at PawsWay and we'll be there! HM is getting interviewed about her pawesome Pop Dog Portraits! and I'll be doing an agility demo with some Fast n' Furry team members!!

Agility Graduation!

Well, today was the last day of my Intermediate Agility class and I graduated! I start the Advanced class next week! Thanks Brandi - you are the BEST trainer!!

my certificate!

setting me up in a sit-stay

good sit!

over! weave! over!

the bang game!

Training on the Go!

Tuesdays are my usual Agility night, but my instructor Brandi was away today...but HM didn't want us to simply take the night off! So what did we do? Agility training on the go!

downstay before my 2on/2off target work

nose touch!

Brandi..I had great nose touches..really...my paw wasn't on every one..the camera was distracting!

practicing my table!

going over a jump!

then I got to hit the park and play with my buddies!!

Manchester's Rocked at the FCI Agility World Championships!

Finally found some video on the two Manchester Terrier's that competed at the FCI AWC last weekend!

BIG CONGRATS to Stephanie Tiemann and Chilly for winning a silver medal in the Medium Individual class!! WHOOOO-HOOOOO!!! You are a team HM and I aspire to be like!! You can see more of this team at their YouTube page HERE!

Another team was from the Czech Republic: Eva Sulcova and Jimy. They had a bobble, but represented well!!! There were only 2 Manchester Terrier's out of the WHOLE field of dogs!! (mostly made up of Border Collies and Shelties!)

The courses were really tricky with lots of twists and turns!! Congrats to all the dogs and handlers who competed!!

Here are videos of both teams:

Steffi + Chilly


Eva + Jimy

Busy Week!

Well, not for me..but for HM...she's going to be exhibiting her Pop Dog Portraits this weekend at PawsWay!! So this week she's been busy meeting local clients to borrow their portaits she did of them to display at the show. I've been tagging along for the car rides, and getting to meet some of the lucky pups she's painted!

She's also been making dog-breed key chains to sell at the show too! She'll post more about that soon, as she'll be making them available on Etsy soon!!

I started agility again this week! YAAAAY!!! I love agility, and my trainer Brandi ROCKS!! We did some small sequences this week (jump, tunnel, table, jump and A-frame!) I did really well! We're also starting to learn the the dog walk!!

JRT All-Breed Fun Day

What a day!! The weather was AMAZING!! Soooo summery and warm! OMD! The place was packed with Jacks! BOL!

We got there first thing in the morning, and up first...Terrier Racing! WOW, it was very cool to see the little Jacks that love this sport go at it!!

I got to borrow a muzzle (which is required for all racing for safety), and HM just popped me in the little box (which I didn't like) and off we went! Er, well, that's what supposed to happen...

I didn't really have time to do a training run, so it was a crash course on racing for me! They opened the gates and off the dogs went..I ran out too, but then just looked around at everyone! BOL! I figured out to run to the other end and finally made it down. I ran four times today, and each time was better, I realized I was racing to chase the lure against the other dogs, but I didn't like the muzzle on me so while I was running down the lane, I would stop to rub the muzzle and try to get it off.


There's no video of me, cause HM had to run to the end to cheer me on to run, and she couldn't do both.

Up next was a quick run through of some AGILITY equipment! They were having offical run throughs of the course in the afternoon, so the morning was just to familiarize yourself/practice with the equipment.

HM was so proud, she did a slow run with me on FULL SIZE contact equipment! I did the Teeter, TWICE all by myself for the first time!! I went on the dogwalk, attempted the A-Frame, but wasn't too sure about it.

Up next was something called Barn Hunt. They had a bunch of bails of hay in the barn, with tubes squished in between them. In one of the tubes was a LIVE rat!! So our task was to find the rat! YAY!! Cause that's what I was bred for, HM thought I'd be a natural! Guess what??!! I was! BOL! I sniffed around the barn, and went to directly to the tube with the rat!!


Such an eventful morning! My best buds, Denali and Starr showed up with their human and we had a nice lunch break "tail-gaiting" in the parking area. We sun bathed, wrestled, met some nice Jacks.

The afternoon session had more agility, where we had to sign up to do what they call a Jumpers course. No contact equipment, just jumps, tunnels (and weaves for the more advanced dogs!) So, I got to do a real fun match! The pressure! I was so tired from all the mornings activities. Check out the video...of HM trying to handle the course, and me fumbling through it! BOL! Brandi, we NEED more lessons STAT!!



After my run, HM knew I was done for the day..so we went up to check out the other activities and watch some pups have a good time!

This is a shot of the advanced "Go-to-ground" tunnel (dogs go through the tunnel maze to find their quarry...either a live rodent or a scented toy version).

We all ended our day watching the Lure Coursing event. Denali did the course, and ROCKED it!! Then we watched my buddy Forrest Gump..here's his shot of him waiting his turn, in the water bucket! (he's a Dock Dog!) BOL!

I'm completely pooped, so I'm off for a good long nap! Bark at ya later pups! Enjoy your weekend!

Inspirational Video! - UPDATE

For those of you who watched the video of Lis and her Crested in their final agility run, I am sorry to share that she passed away on Tues eve.

The video of her final run showed us all how precious life is and how the simple joy of running a course with your dog can impact not just hundreds, but thousands of people.
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Get your kleenex box out...HM is in tears over here....
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Lisa & Diva's ADCH Run. It is with great emotion that I made this video to celebrate a great team and an outstanding competitor. It is for Lis' friends, who I know are going to deseperately miss seeing this team out on the agility field together. I have trained with; traveled with; argued with; cried with; laughed with; and learned from Lis' since the day I started in agility. Now I will go on to begin again with a new pup and hopefully I will take with me all the life lessons I've learned from her.

Fast n' Furry!

Hellllllo pups! Hope you all had as pawesome a weekend as I did!!

I've been given a great opportunity to tryout for a dog sport performance demo team! It's called Fast n' Furry. They will perform cool agility and flyball races at various sport shows and festivals around the city.

Today was the first practice/tryout.

I'm very green compared to most of the dogs there today, but I got lots of great training and turns at all the games set up.

I LOVE going through tunnels!! I learned a cool sequence to go over 4 flyball jumps into a curved tunnel.

There was a super cute 12 week old Border Collie pup that was sooooo smart! We did a series of barrels to run around, and this little puppy had the moves down!! I've got LOTS of practicing to do! BOL!

Here I am with HM practicing the motion of getting around a "barrel".

Here I am running around the barrel

Both HM and I are completely pooped! But man what a great day! (I ditched agility for this today...sorry Brandi!)

Agility Withdrawl

*sigh*. Today is the day I usually have agility class. But we're on a 2 week hiatus.

Feeling much better! Agility heals! BOL!

BOL! So I felt MUCH better yesterday! I went to agility and had lots of fun! HM is off work today..it's a brand new holiday in Ontario...Family Day! So I get more snuggle time today!

Well, HM decided to set up a little jump/tunnel sequence in our living room today. Here's some video of me! Enjoy! (sorry..I came so fast, and HM was videoing herself..so you can't really see me over the small jump...)

Something to Shoot For!

Got a great link today to the 2007 German Agility champ...a MANCHESTER TERRIER!!! Aroooo!

Here's to Chilly Black Bandits and his owner/handler Stephanie Tiemann!



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Building a Great Foundation!

Well, I wrapped up my Agility Foundation course yesterday, and WOW was it ever great!

We did our first mini sequence, and I TOTALLY ROCKED IT! HM was very proud of me and our teacher Brandi was too! We had to go over two jumps, then through the tunnel.

We practiced weaves again, and we're doing channels to help us get used to it, and I had no problems with it this week!

I was very confident on the teeter too! (it was just stationary on the ground...) But it's great practice for the Dog Walk too!

I can't wait, the next round of classes starts in two weeks!
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PLUS!! After HM tries to get me to swim next week, I get to go to a real agility trial!! Brandi is competing with her dogs Soshi and Zona in the same area that our swim session will be!!! So pop over to her blog and wish her luck!!

Best Sunday! (ie: Dog Tired)

Well, the day started off great! AGILITY!! Whoot whoot!

I had a great class, we even had an extra half hour of class! I practiced the Bang Game (on the teeter), weaves, and one of my favourites: TUNNEL!

My instructor had her new puppy Brix there too! Soooo cute!!

If that wasn't enough...I got to go to Westney today for a play date with Denali!!

I also met 2 German Shepherds, 2 Golden Retrievers and a Boston Terrier. We all had sooo much fun!!

I'm pretty pooped now...off to snuggle under the covers.

Agility Countdown: 4 days to go!!!

Yaaaayyyy!!!! First class of 2008 is THIS SUNDAY!! I've missed agility! I've missed my teacher, Brandi!

I've been practicing the tunnel (we have a small one at home), my targets, table and jumps (over HM's legs)!!

Oh agility, how I've missed you!

Officially Addicted to Agility!

Well, I'm sooo very sad today. Tomorrow is my last class of foundation agility...and due to the impending snow storm...classes have been canceled.

We'll resume again in January! I can't wait! I'm officially addicted to agility!!!

I love the jumps, the tunnel and am very confident with my basic interaction with the teeter and weave poles!

Can't wait to do more in 2008!!!

I'll leave you with some great agility video that inspires me!

No news is good news! (agility recap: class 2)

Sorry pups, my human mom (who types for me) has been super busy at her new job, and has ignored my repeated requests to blog this week. Grrrrrr.

But I'm back!

I realize I didn't give an agility class re-cap from last week...so I'll do that now.

Class was pawesome! We were introduced to jumps more in this class. Three in a row, which I took with exuberance!! Miss Brandi (my instructor) loved my toy drive! Human mom tosses it as I finish my jump and I go straight for it!

We did some more tunnel work, and I was much better this class too.

We started to learn target training with little plates (I now use a Pringles lid...YUM-Pringles...). That trick is going to take some time to learn!

We were also introduced to the teeter (laying flat on the ground...no actual teetering). We just have to get comfy walking on it and listening for our release word (OKAY!).

We don't have class this week, as Miss Brandi is at an agility competition with her two dogs, Soshi and Zona. Let's all wish her GOOD LUCK!

Agility Class: Day One Recap

Soooo...I love my instructor! (can't be because she gives me cookies!) Her name is Brandi Jacques, and she is a world class agility competitor! Check out her blog!

There are mostly small dogs in my class...a really cool French Bulldog, Mini Poodle, Brittany Spaniel and one big dog...a Standard Poodle!

I felt bad for him having to go through the tunnel....he barely fit!!

I was pawesome (of course!) on learning the tunnel and the teeter! (it was flat on the ground..so it wasn't scary at all) and we investigated the weaves a bit too!

Brandi said my focus on human mom was top notch! ;o)

I just need to settle down and wait my turn a bit better...I was a bit barky to some of the other dogs...and whined when I couldn't go in the tunnel. :o/

All in all , a great start! My homework is to practice my heeling, and to learn hand touch...which my human mom was already teaching me!! I'm ahead of the game!