Life Updates

Well i hadn't written in my diary for awhile so i thought i would update things. Lets see.... I'm in the middle of my second agility class. Its fun to get out of the house, but they switched the class to our schools other lcoation which is smaller and not quite as nice for agility but oh well. I've been doing good, practicing on the teeter and weave poles. I'm pawesome at the chute and tunnel. But i started being weird about the A frame. I used to love it and just run up it on my own all the time. Well in our first level 2 class they had raised it so it was alittle steeper, i didn't know that and ran to go up it but didnt quite make it and fell. Ever since then i've been afraid of it and refuse to go up, even when they lowered it back down just for me. So mom and the trainers are working with me on that. I've been getting along with my classmates pretty good for the most part. I still have to park at them sometimes just to remind them who's in charge.
Its been mighty cold here lately in minnesota. Mom and dad hate it but i love it. I could stay all day but mom says that isn't safe. I only hate that since mom and dad don't like the cold we havent been to the dog park for weeks. I miss all my friends. Mom says im getting cabin fever because i've been a little crazy being couped up in the house. At least we get out once a week for class. And for christmas i got a bunch new treats and toys and chewies so thats always nice. but thats pretty much all i've been up to...jsut waiting for it to get alittler warmer again.

What a day!

Boy am i tired, i had a really long day but a good one. My morning was pretty usual. But dad came home early in the afternoon and then mom. Then they took me to.....THE DOG PARK!! Once we got there it started snowing, mom wasn't terribly pleased but i love snow. When we got there there wasn't anyone else at the dog park, but that was ok with me i just ran around chasing dad and peeing on all the little bushes. Then some other dogs started to come. First a little poodle yorkie mix came by and we played for a few mins, i liked him. Then my friend the border collie came with his sister the angry yorkie. That border collie is so fast. His mom throws the ball, he chases it, and i chase him. But he gets the ball more than i get him. But its still fun. But then my paws were getting cold and ice chunks were freezing to them, so we had to go home.
After i'd rested for a bit mom and dad took me to agility class. I was excited because dad doesn't usually come to class, so i really wanted to do a good job for him. We've been introduced to all the obstacles so now were just perfecting them. We split into two groups one worked on weave poles and one on the teeter toter. We did weaves first and i'm starting to get the hang of those. Then we switched to the teeter, this was the first time we were really doing the teeter. At first i was all about it, i ran up and the teacher was holding the other end so it didn't bang right away. But then the next time i was running across it it banged on the ground and moved and it really scared me, i didnt wanna move. I'm still not so sure about that thing. The last part of class we did a couple different individual runs. The first one i did really well, it was the A frame, tire, jump, chute, long jump, curved tunnel, then the dog walk. The second course was the triple jump, the teete toter, weave poles, tunnel and pause box. That one was harder but i did pretty good. Also, im starting to get along with the other dogs better, mom and dad were so proud. All in all a really good day, but im real tired now so its bedtime.

Agility and the other dogs

Well agility class as been going well for me. I really like it and am doing really good at the learning the obstacles (at least thats what mommy and the trainer say). But i can tell mom is getting a little distressed because i'm not really getting along with all of my class mates. Last night i almost got into two fights, but it wasn't all my fault. Mom thinks i really dont like golden retrievers, there is two in my class and no matter what is going on i always want to go and bark at them and i don't act nice to them at all. Mom just doesn't get it. I'm ok when were sitting around watching or learning something but when we start running around i get really hyped up and act like i want to go after these other dogs. Mom hates having to yell at me since we're supposed to be at class for fun. But she had to get rather stern with me many times last night. The trainer said she thinks it might be leash related since i'm fine with other doggies at the off leash dog park. And that mom shouldn't be discouraged. she said we need to work through it. But mom feels bad for the other parents there. I just think it should be just me in the ring, don't the other dogs understand that those are my obstacles. I guess i'll try and be better next time,i don't like mom being mad at me.

Agility class

So last night was my first agility class. At first it was horrible. We had to sit there and do nothing while the trainer went over info for our parents. And it was so hard to sit there by all these new dogs and be quiet and not go say hello.But then we got to get up and start moving around which was much better. First, the teacher taught us some warms ups to do. Then she had us practice walking across this board/bench. I didnt do it at first. i just didnt get it, why couldnt i just walk around it, but mom wanted me to walk on top of it so i did.
Then we practiced the tunnel which is lots of fun. But i still stop before going in it because im not sure why i need to go through it but mom tells me to go through it so i do. We then practiced on the pause box which was way easy. The trainer thought i might not be able to jump up on it, she obviously hasnt worked much with corgis cause just because our legs are short doesnt mean we cant jump pretty high. finally we worked on jumps, which i did pretty good. But mom felt bad because i am the shortest in the class so everytime it was my turn they had to lower the bar for me and then raise it again when i was done. But oh well not my fault im kinda short. Mom thinks i could have done the higher heights but since were new its safest to start lower anyway.
All in all i liked it. But i did bring out the fun police a little bit. when we were doing the obstacles mom had to take me off my gentle leader, which i figured ment i could misbehave. And with all the other dogs running around having fun i had to bark at them. This got me in a lot of trouble with mom, she hopes that by the end of the class i won't do that anymore, I guess ill think about it. Im looking forward to next weeks class.

Dog Parks Rule

So yesterday my mom took me to a dog park for the first time. She was so nervous because a lot of times i dont get a long with other dogs well. Well, i showed her. I loved it!! It was the best time ever. We got there and there wasn't too many other dogs but they all came running up to me to say hello. And i didnt bark or growl at them i just sniffed back. After a few minutes mom felt confident in me and took me off my leash, and ooohhh yeahh. I was running around and playing chase with other dogs, saying hi to all the people and dogs. Alot more dogs came and i didnt mind at all. We spent about an hour and a half there and i didnt get into one fight. I did try and herd some of the dogs and some of the other dogs started to fight and i didnt like that and wanted to break them up but mom told me to mind my own business and keep playing so i did. I was sad when it was time to go but it was getting late and alittle cold for mom. I cant wait to go back though, mom thinks it will be really good for me to socialize with all the dogs and help me get along better with other dogs when were not at the dog park. Dog Parks Rule !!!

daily routine

its been so nice out lately, mom took me for an extra long walk yesterday and i loved it. She was nervous when a little black dog off its leash came running up to me, but i showed her. I didn't bark or growl, we just sniffed eachother. She was so surprised, haha. I've been getting a little anxious though. Our next agility class starts this week. I've been outta class for afew weeks now and i miss it. I like getting out of the house and i always get lotsof treats at class. So ,im pretty excited for that. Mom said that after reading something on dogster she was going to go buy me a backpack for our walks to make me loose more energy, but i never loose my energy. I wonder if ill like this backpack thing. Sometimes their contraptions scare me like that stupid gentle leader, i hate that thing. Maybe i'll like this one more.

I saved the day

So usually my loud bark gets me in trouble but today it seemed like a good thing. Mom and dad were gone but grandma and grandpa were here. I heard some noises and saw something outside, I knew things weren't right so I started barking to alert the humans. They didn't believe me though, they thought I was barking at nothing or the mailman. Well I knew I was right so I kept barking and running to the door. Finally grandpa got up and went to check what was going on. When he opened the door he was that it looked like someone had been messing with the door/lock, he then looked to the neighbors and saw someone trying to break in. He quickly called the cops. He said my barking must have scared him off from our house. Mom came home and heard the story she was real proud of me and gave me a big rawhide. I just told her that sometimes I do bark for a reason.