Park again

The thaw and no flyball training today allowed us all to go off to the big Park for a nice run about after our tennis balls.

Chip was out with me, Dare and Auntie Breeze had gone out for a run together earlier. We generally go out in pairs not all together in this Park. just in case there are any other dogs about.




As you can see in this video I am very good at letting go of the tennis ball when I bring it back unless Chip is trying to pinch it off me...

You can also see when he runs why Chip is so very quick at flyball for such a little dog!

Enjoying the snow

We had another burst of snow fall on Thursday night and a nice play it in the back garden on Friday but its all nearly gone again now. But I am not sure I would fancy the chances of of anyone riding that bicycle at the moment however.




Chip and Dare have found a different way of enjoying the snow.





Dare seems to really enjoy it!

Happy Birthday Mr Dickens

If you Google'd or checked the news it probably hasn't escaped your notice that today is Charles Dickens 200th birthday.



He was Born Charles John Huffam Dickens on the 7th February 1812 at a house in Mile End Terrace, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.

A very popular English writer whose books have apparently never gone out of print and there always seems to be a new film or TV series based on his books. If you want to check him out this is his bicentenary website


A very Happy 200th Birthday to you today Mr Dickens.

Playing in the Snow

Well last nights snow lasted long enough today for us to have a good play in it.



Its actually quite a bit harder to run about in it and the snow makes the ball a lot colder.




Auntie Breeze came out with me for a walk.




Interesting how everything smells different in the snow and the air is very fresh.

Dare and Chip also went out in the snow for a zoom about.

But as you will see in this (very!) short video clip it was mainly Chip not Dare doing the snow zooming...

Its Snowing !!!!

After quite a mild winter so far in England its decided to start snowing this evening in West London



Hopefully it will not thaw overnight and we can have a really nice dash about in it tomorrow.

Wordless watching Wednesday

An even better Day

We had back to back weekends of flyball tournaments so we were off yesterday to Wood Green in Cambridgeshire for a Saturday of extreme barking...

It was a bit further away than last week and 'up North' from us. Very chilly outside but hot and noisy inside inside with two flyball races happening in separate race lanes at the same time.

I had an even better weekends racing than last week going 4.2 seconds twice and ran loads of 4.3 second legs which is very fast for me indoors. Also me and my team got second place in our Division. This is us racing, I am last dog.






Dares team went one better than me and got a first place in their Division (not bad for a Border Collie!) .

Chip of course couldn't be out done and him and his team also got first place in their Division.





We are all a bit tired today from all the running, not sure Chip was impressed being disturbed to have his picture taken whilst having a nap recovering ...

Good Day

We were at Maidstone in Kent today for our 1st Flyball tournament of the year. Bit of an early start at 6am this morning but we all had a pretty successful time.

Auntie Breezes team Lightning Sprites did well and got a fastest time of 22.30 seconds in Division 6. Dare raced with Lightning Storm in Division 5 and he got a second place which is all the more impressive as they only had 4 dogs in that team so he had to race all the legs.

I raced in Division 4 and my team Lightning Flash got a 4th place, I did quite a few 4.4second legs and never ran under 4.9seconds all day. This is a video of me and my team racing. I am the last dog.





Unfortunately Chips team , Grease Lightning, also ran in the same Division as mine and they beat us. They also won all their races to come 1st in the Division.

Fortunately there isn't a video of us racing each other but this is one them racing some other teams. Chips the 'small blur' last dog at the end of his team.




They do say 'Chip eats Collies for Breakfast' and you can see why!

Waiting...

We have our first flyball tournament of 2012 tomorrow, so no walks today.



Its very boring hanging around the house all day with nothing to do.




Is it time to go yet...

Wordless Shedding Wednesday

Sunny Weekend

We had a lovely sunny Saturday & Sunday in London this week. A bit chilly but the Sun really shone when we were all out and about.




I am sure I have said this before but have you ever noticed that when you are having your picture taken some stupid person is standing to one side of you making silly signs or faces?





With me its generally Chip...

On a slightly different subject we have our very first flyball tournament of the year next weekend so we had a final training session this weekend. This is a slow motion video of Chip being a bit more serious with his box turns at training on Sunday.