September 18th 2011 6:41 pm
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Dear Di-
You know, we haven't talked in over a year! Wow! Tempus fugit!!! I have been well... ok, I did have a left toe amputated because of damage when I was little. Nobody knew the extent of damage until dad asked for an x-ray cuz I'd limp every so often. But, I'm fine and doing really well and my foot doesn't hurt anymore.
I'm studying obedience to start competition for real this fall. Dad thinks I've settled down enough and I think so too.
I love agility, so we take a couple of classes each week and then do a recreational class on Saturdays. My big goal is to finally understand the weave... and I'm getting it!
Mom's dad came to visit and I really REALLY like him and he liked me. I got to sleep in his room and take him for walks. He got to come and visit me at school too. I can hardly wait until he comes to visit again.
And finally, this Saturday I found another sport I love... it's called dock jumping. You know how I love jumping into water after my tug? There is actually a sport where you get to do it until your toes turn blue!!! I loved it, did I mention that? It was a class and I spent an hour and a half barking to get another turn and then running and jumping and swimming... it was soooo exciting. Dad said I acted completely crazy... but he promised to let me practice and go to another class and start jumping in the spring for points, whatever those are. The teacher said I was just incredible for a shepherd... but I KNOW that.
That's enough for now di... I won't even mention how good I've gotten at catching moles... but, dad won't let me eat them. I wish mole catching were a sport too. ANYWAY, I promise to talk soon and put up a video of me jumping into the water... did I mention I love it?
Bye, for now, di...
Your friend Charks
June 7th 2010 2:43 pm
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Hey Di -
It's me Charks. As usual, I've been busy :-) Dad thinks I'm almost perfect... dad just sooo under-rates me. On Sat, mom was out of town and dad took me down to the local coffee shop to get a coffee and scone. The only problem was that dogs can't go into the shop. Sooo, dad put me into a sit-stay, looped my leash over a post and went in to get his coffee. I, of course, held my sit and we shared a bit of that scone to celebrate. Can you say 'Good dog, Charka!'?
On Sunday, dad decided to take me for a long walk past the big park. Actually, I helped dad decide by pointing myself in the proper direction when we got to the corner. I do automatic sits at curbs (Good dog, Charks!)... but I do sometimes indicate my walk preference. Weeellll, there were tons of people parking on the street and going to the park... so I got to show off my don't-bother-anyone walk... Good dog, Charka!
Then there was the toddler... the parents walked past us and the child was following, and just came running at my side to give me a pet before anyone could react. I did not react; nope. Good dog, Charka! [OK, I am very tolerant of children. I was certainly not surprised at my behavior].
And in agility, I did a couple of perfect weave-tunnel-hop-hop-teeters... dad gave me good treats and a big hug. I loved the treats... and dad hugs me even when I'm not 'Good dog, Charks!'.
There's probably more... dad says I'm have more and more times where I'm 'Great dog, Charka!'... I love dad... and hotdogs.
Talk to you soon Di,
Your friend,
Good-dog-Charka (that's me :-) )
April 5th 2010 1:13 pm
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Dear Di -
I have, as usual, been a busy pup. I'm taking my obedience class and my agility class and a recreational agility class. Dad says I'm getting really good. We don't do all the obstacles in my recreational agility class, but we've been learning how to do long chains of objects and remain under control. We took what we'd learned and looked really good in regular agility. In agility, they set up two semi-circular tunnels and a jump in the middle. 'Tunnel, tunnel, tunnel, tunnel, tunnel, Chark-hop' and I came to a stop right in front of dad! Wow, was that fun! Then he did 'Tunnel, tunnel, tunnel, tunnel, Chark-hop' and I came over the jump the other way and stopped right in front of dad. Wow, was I 'Good Dog Charka'. I'm still the fastest dog that's ever been.
I went to the vet for my heartworm check and got to sit on the scale... I'm 81 lbs. They took me in wihout dad to get my blood checked. I was really happy to see dad when they let me out! His face and glasses were sooo clean when I got done showing him that I was happy.
It was a beautiful weekend, so I took my little people on a nice wagon ride. I even got a chance to lick William's toes (he's 6 months)... his mom wasn't so pleased when I got in just the tiniest little face lick when he was in the middle of his nap. _I_ thought I was 'good dog Charka'... sometimes people are strange. Dad even let me chase the hose water. He says we can probably go to the dog park next week so I can swim. I can hardly wait!
Anyway, I'll talk to you soon, Di.
Your friend,
Charka
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