Springs coming really it is

Today was warmer.  Ok no where near melting but now the sun is out later, and it's finally warming up.

Last weekend we headed up Sunday to the Prince Albert show.  We came home with lots of pretty ribbons 2 best of breeds.  Ok it would be more exciting if we weren't the only aussie.  But Kiah  behaved herself and we tries to remember how to do this show thing it's been a while.


And with spring I need to finalize my plans on what we are going to do this summer.  The plans for the dogs are as follows:
Kiah

• Flyball  we have about 10 tournaments planned for kiah to run at.  She will be going to her first tournament end of march and doing warm ups.  If all goes well she will start running part to full time through the summer. 
• Rally O.  Yup I finally bit the bullet and made the decision.  Kiah is going to start working towards Rally O  novice title.  Yup the show dog is going to learn to sit :) 
• Showing.  This will be on the back burner.  Our summer is so busy with flyball this year we will be thinknig about a few shows but will put flyball and obedience as our priority for 2011
• Puppies!  We are looking at a fall litter for kiah  We are very excited about this- watch for more information this summer.  We are taking names for puppies so if you are interested please let me know. 

Bella

• Rally Obedience.  Bella will be working towards her Novice title this summer.  We're hoping to do both CARO and CKC this summer/fall season.  She loves practicing and gets so into it- it's so fun to work with her
• Flyball.  We're working on it.  Bella isn't sure if princesses are suposed to touch boxes and pick up dirty balls.  But boy racing over the jumps SURE is fun! 

Jackson

• flyball.  Jackson is special he has a lot of issues that put this boy on death row two years ago.  Flyball our goal isn't to get him running, it's not to get titles.  It's to give him something to work on, get him out around other dogs, and build his confidence
• rally O.  Well maybe we'll try it- he gets stressed when kenneled.  This has been the biggest road hurdle in doing things with Jackson- he still is stressed around busy places.  He needs more work. With the news that he can compete in CARO with a thundershirt on we are tossing around the idea of working towards rally o for him.  When we adopted him i hoped he would be something the kids could run in flyball.  Maybe he'll be their Rally dog instead.  

Bodi- Well bodi's job is to stay home.  He's turning 13 this spring.  He's an old boy- getting a bit stiff here and there.  But he is finally happy and settled at the new house and has combated his seperation anxiety. N ow to just make it through firework/demolition season in Dundurn.  Hopefully this old man will be around for a few more years.