Weaver Success And The Puppy Turns 1/2 A Year

Drum roll please .......................................

It's official, Epic got all her weavers in Masters Agility at the Midland Trial on the weekend!!!! She didn't knock a single bar, went deep into the contact of her running Aframe AND came a glorious, and unexpected 3rd place!! Whoooo Hooooo!!! Awffy excited for my wee girl :-)

To tell the truth I had THE BEST day out. Liryk got the chance to catch up with her best friend Lochie (who she hasn't seen for a few months and is Gina O'Keefe's new puppy) and they ran and ran and ran :-) I love watching puppies play, they make me smile. I think there's alot to be said for letting our puppies BE puppies and let them get out and explore the world and have some fun.

Epic seemed to be happy, relaxed and bouncy on the day, which really helped to contribute to some nice runs. She made me laugh in Masters Jumping though ....

No knocked bars, and a blind cross on a serpentine and which worked VERY nicely to get me on the inside for the last 3 jumps, so I didn't have to rear cross anything or push on her path. It would be just a nice gentle pull over the last few jumps....... or so I thought ....... the last obsticle was the tyre. And apparently COMPLETELY invisible :-) because Epic ran straight past it!!! But what can you do? Well first off : Laugh - it's just a trial at the end of the day right? It's not like there's a million dollars resting on the run and even if there was ............

And then maybe try ........... saying "T.Y.R.E" that would probably help :-) LOL

Mental note to self, tell my dog the obsticle!!!

The other milestone of the moment is .......

Liryk turned 6mths yesterday!!!

No she still hasn't grown into her ears :-) Though her legs have now started to give her ears a run for their money!! It seems she's cracking under the pressure of the other dogs having soooo much coat and she started to try and grow some of her own .....

Here is Epic's tail :

And here is Liryk's attempt!! Now don't laugh she IS trying hard :-)
AND if you look REALLY closely .... you can see the ONE white hair at the end of her tail!! In her attempt to "look" more border collie like :-)




She's such a hoot!! Little Miss Personality. She has a slight obsessive compulsive disorder with tunnels, tables and the soccer ball :-) She has a wee bit of a "pigheaded" streak :-) The more you tell her NOT to do something the more she WANTS IT!!! LOL

Ahh butter wouldn't melt in her mouth :-)

I can't wait to see what time will bring, as Liryk continues to grow.......