Fast n' Furry FUN!

Hey pups - sorry for the lack of blogging...it's been pretty busy around here - and we're not going to be doing as many posts as before. I'll be sure to give you updates of what I'm doing - and anything to do with HM's Pop Dog Press business.

This past weekend the Fast n' Furry team was at an open house for K-9 Country Inn doing some dog sport demos and some agility racing! We had a blast!! Enjoy the photos!

Here I am doing a novice Rally-O course

Getting ready for my race! We were timed on the course - jumps and tunnels only

Finishing up the agility course

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

Jump Forrest!

take a look at my pal Forrest Gumpy, he was on David Letterman on Monday!!! He's one of Canada's TOP Dock Diving lap dogs!! (and a personal friend of mine!) GO GUMPY GO!!



Just to note: He is battling Lymphoma cancer, so he is truly a special dog!

Woofstock this Weekend!!

For all the pups in Toronto or Southern Ontario/North East US and looking for something FUN to do this weekend...it's WOOFSTOCK!!! It's the LARGEST dog festival in North America!! It's a truly pawesome event with vendors, sports, and thousands of dogs!! (you'd be amazed how well behaved all the pups are!!)

Giveaways, news bums to sniff..it's a doggy dream! I'm headed down on Sunday, and will blog about it next week. I'm hoping to score some new loot, and see some friends!

DockDogs will be there with many of my doggy buddies competing! So good luck and JUMP BIG!

Also, wish me luck, I'm entering the Mr. Canine Canada competition on Sunday...I hope I've got a good shot!! What do you think??

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!

Terrier FUN Day Tomorrow!!

I'm going to a Jack Russell Terrier Club of Canada all-breed FUN Day tomorrow!! They're going to have Terrier Races, Lure Coursing and of course AGILITY!

I can't wait to try the terrier racing!! Here's an example of what it looks like!



This is a picture of Flea, a Seattle area Mannie, who competes in racing.

Hope every pup has a great weekend!!!

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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.

I Tracked Today!!

Whoooo!! So much fun!

HM and I started Tracking lessons today!! It was pretty cool, our instructor Marie is really nice, and very knowledgeable.

We start simple, and I only did a straight line track at about 30 metres in length. I have to build some drive for my article, which is what is laid at the end of the track...usually a leather glove.

I did three tracks tonight, and Marie was impressed how quickly I caught on from the first track to the third!

Tracking is a fun way to get out with your owner and use what comes naturally...Our Noses!!

Great Crate!

So now that I'm getting into dog sports, HM realized she didn't want to drag my huge wire crate around all the time, so she's found me a great alternative. The fold up travel crate!

It's great, she says it folds up in a snap, is light to carry, and best of all....I actually like it! ;o) Don't I look cute?

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.

Virtual Dog Show: Do You Have the Stuff??

Ever wonder how you would stack up against the dogs at Westminster or Crufts?? Well, now is your chance to find out!!

Canine Review is creating Canada’s first online “virtual dog show,” people from across the country an opportunity to beat the winter blues, win fantastic prizes and support a worthy canine cause – all while enjoying the sport you love from the comfort of your living room.

The Virtual Dog Show will use Internet technology to allow dogs from across Canada and around the world to compete in an online environment. Real, licensed judges will evaluate submitted photos against Canadian Kennel Club standards of perfection. Winners will be chosen at the breed, group and Best In Show levels.

Best of all? A portion of all proceeds will benefit the Dog Legislation Council of Canada’s fight against Breed Specific Legislation.

Entries open February 25th and end March 7th

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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Sink or Swim?

SWIM!! Can you believe it!! Dead of winter! BOL! I can't say I "loved" it..but all the pups were so cool!! At least the pool was warm!

I met LOTS of Labs (they are cuckoo for the water!!), a Shepherd, a NS Duck Toller, 2 JRT's and the coolest pup was a Bulldog puppy named Juice!! In his bright yellow life jacket, and he was such a good swimmer!!! Every human fell in love with him!! BOL!

I don't think I'll ever have a sports career as a DockDog..but I'm now on the honorary "Fun Police" crew!! (all the dogs that don't like to jump..we still go to the events and make sure everyone/pup is, well, you know - having fun!) The leader of the fun police is Spencer, a fun little Jack Russell.

*photos to follow...a DD member who is also a photographer was taking pics and promised to post them on her website!*

UPDATE: Visit the Ontario Dock Dogs website to see the photos! Under "Fun Swim", focus on photos 1, 2, 10 and 20 to see me and HM in all my glory! Also..image 18 is of Juice...isn't he cute!

Cool Runnings

Haliburton Highlands Dogsled Derby is being held this weekend, and there's one cool team making waves! Damion Robb from the Jamaican Dogsled Team continues to break barriers and buck trends that folks from the Caribbean don't enjoy winter sports! (I really like this, as both my pawrents roots are Caribbean-based!)

They train mostly on dryland, in Jamaica, with strays they rescue from "death row". Then during the race season, they move to colder climates and work with their snow dog team mates. To meet the dogs...visit their site here.

Paws up to this very cool team!!

If you want to help support the team, visit their website to purchase their documentary, Sun Dogs. Proceeds go to team training and the JSPCA (Jamaican SPCA).