Birthday Boy

Its Dares Birthday today he is 3 years old. Dare lives with us and is a Blue Merle Border Collie.



Dare had a bad time when he was a puppy as he had a very bad infection in his ears. He is fine now but has been unfortunately left deaf in one ear so he can not always tell what direction noises are coming from.



As you can see Dare has the Border Collie 'eye' and really likes to stare

Favorite things

One of my favorite things is food. Its something I really look forward to each day. If I don't get my lunch at exactly the same time every day I start to have a bit of a grumble.

Do you like the nice stand that my bowl sits on?



Not sure what is going on with those frogs under my bowl however...

New Puppies

My Mum and Dad (Adam & Eve) are having another litter of Puppies apparently due on Valentines day, so its quite exciting.

This is a picture of my Sister Abbie when we were little puppies and only a few weeks old.



Abbie having a little nap.




with her Teddy bear...

Ready, ready, ready.

I went to Flyball training as usual today. I get quite excited when the other dogs are ready to run.



And I always want to join in.



Its much better having a go than watching.



Look no training wings!

Not so good girl

When we are out playing catch. I think I am meant to sit nicely like this when I bring the ball back.



But sometimes I cannot resist a good chew



Flyball training tomorrow so lots of tennis balls to bring back then.

Wordless Restful Wednesday

Maidstone 2

This is another video of the Flyball races from the tournament on Sunday at Maidstone in Kent. This shows all our clubs teams racing.

Chip is in the 2nd & 3rd clips, Auntie Breeze in the 4th clip and Dare the last one.



Dares team actually won that last race as although he ran out and had to run again he still got back before the other team finished.



Well done Dare.

Maidstone Flyball

We all had a great time at the flyball tournament on Sunday. Our Club ran 5 teams and Auntie Breeze, Chip and Dare all competed in different teams. Chip raced with Grease Lightning, Auntie Breeze with Lightning bolts and Dare with Lightning Storm.

This is one of Auntie Breezes teams races, they won their Division not losing any legs all day.



This is one of Dares teams races and they came 3rd. Dare had never managed to race against another team so everyone was very pleased with him (he is the last dog in the clip)



I got loads of walks between the races and met some interesting new dogs.



Also after the tournament Auntie Breeze was presented with her Flyball Dog Advanced title certificate for getting 5,000 points.



It has taken her two years and load and loads of races.

Flash Friday

Its been a bit wet this week so only road walks. Hopefully we will get a nice run out the park tomorrow.

This is is me waiting anxiously for my favourite snack, apple core. You have to have the pips taken out apparently but apple cores are nice and tasty.



There is a flyball tournament on Sunday that the others are all competing in (I am to young yet) so that should be exciting to watch.

Top dogs

In the British Flyball Association's breed Analysis for 2009 certain dogs we know did quite well.

Chip who only started competing in May 2009 was the 2nd placed Patterdale Terrier in whole of the UK in 2009.



Kaiza who also races with our Club Lightning Strikes was the No 1 placed Rottweiler in 2009 and is currently the all time 2nd placed Rottweiler in the UK.



And of course Adam, my Dad, is the No 1 placed English Shepherd in the UK. This is him racing at the British Championships in the Summer for his Flyball Club the Crazy Cannons.



And this is me with my Dad Adam when we met at the British Championships in August 2009.



I might have grown a little bit since then.

Puppy avalanche

Holly's Dad kindly sent these pictures of me and my Brothers and Sisters all together when we were little puppies.



Don't we look like loads of trouble.



And this is Puppy Holly.