Skority!

Maybe restin' and no fetchin' isn't so bad! I has been able to focus on my evil nemisis, a piece of cardboard!

See, there is a big ole box of dog biscuits sittin' on the floor in the dog stuff storage area. Each layer of biscuits is separated by a piece of cardboard. Once the box is open the folks put the top layer of cookies in a plastic box and give me cookies from the plastic box. The remainin' cookies is left behind in the original box and only a sheet of cardboard is coverin' them up and supposedly protectin' them from me!

Now I has already been tryin' to figure out how to get the cookies under the cardboard even befure my limp came about. The dadders saw me but since I was unsuccessful (that time) he didn't say nuthin' bout it to the ma. Thanks, Dadders!

Wellwoof, now that I have more awake time on my paws I am motivated to figure this out. Yesfurday, when the folks came home they found the piece of cardboard lyin' on the floor and about 4 cookies appeared to be missin' from the next biscuit layer. Unfurtunately, these are not super yummy biscuits or I woulda finished the whole layer and started workin' on the next. But, hey, a skore is a skore. 4 points, Pepper; zero points, piece of cardboard and the folks!

Fetchin' Foolishness!

Wellwoof, I barked befour about missin' flyball class due to my limp. But after no fetchin' Tudesday evenin' and no fetchin' Windsday mornin', I was goin' nuts! By Windsday afternoon I decided to con the dadders into the throwin' the ball fur me by not limpin' at all! And even when the ma got home I had no limp but she knew better. And sure enuf later Windsday night I was limpin' again. So the folks has agreed no fetchin' fur at least a coupla days:(

Drat!

Wednesday is my flyball day. But I'm not goin' this day:( The folks is makin' me play hookey.

I don'ts like to bark about bad things. But the ma's memory is so bad she said it might be helpful later on if I would document stuff like this in my diary fur her. So here goes...

On Tudesday, at lunch time we went to the park near the ma's office. It's about 3 blocks away. We played sum fetch. We continued to note which way I turn. (pretty much left almost all the time) Towards the end of my fetch session I started to slightly limp. So we cut it short and headed back to the office. My limp got worse on the walk back. The ma's office is up the stairs and I took them without much problem. We thought just restin' fur the afternoon might help and the ma thoroughly check my paws fur anything stuck in there. But goin' back down the stairs to leave fur the day was pretty tuff. And by then it was pretty obvious it was my right front leg that was the problem.

At home I continued to limp fur the night. I wanted to play fetch but both the folks would not play with me. They made me just rest and watch the Westminster Dog Show. Way to go Pekingese! Anywoofs, I had a nice long sleep and seem to be doin' better this mornin'. But I still has a slight limp and the folks says I needs to be all better to start doin' flyball class again. Drat!

Sightedness!

Wellwoof, we had an assignment from the last flyball class. We is supposta report back if I am right or left sighted! We never noticed or thought about this befure. But I do seem to turn to my left most times when I pick up the ball. Ball in the middle of the hallway, I turn left. Ball to the left side of the hallway, I turn left. Ball to the right side of the hallway, I sumptimes turn left, I sumptimes turn right. Hmm, think I am left sighted!

Beginning Flyball - Week 2

The ma regrets not startin' my diary when I was a pup during my obedience/CGC trainin'. So we's makin' up fur that by chroniclin' my flyball lessons.

Yesfurday was my 2nd time comin' to the Human Society of the Silicon Valley, that's where my flyball classes are. But I whined in happiness as soon as we turned into the parkin' lot! I know that is a good place from just one previous visit!

Anywoofs, furst we all stood around in a circle while the lead human lady talked...blah, blah blah. I whined a bit to stop the yackin', I was very eager to get started! Then we showed that we knows how to tug on a toy! Now that was fun! We brought my frisbee shaped like a squirrell and I am a very good tugger! We just gotsta work on the STOP tuggin' command. That I'm not so good at.

Next we jumped over two hurdles like we did last week. Only they were a little further apart this time. I knew exactly what to do and jumped those hurdles lickety split! I now has the nickname of 'Black Lightnin'!

Lastly we did an exercise of 'static' retrieves. This means gettin' a stationary object and bringin' it back. Sum dogs only want to retrieve a ball in motion. I had no problem with this exercise either, except once I did not see my own ball and went for another dog's ball instead. Oops! But not a big deal, another dog did that to me later in the class, too!

2 Furst Place Ribbons!

Woofs-howls! Not only did I getta jump today, I won two first place blue ribbons! Plus I gotta see the Jo-Jo fambily's peoples! Miss Josephine and Miss Jolanda were not in attendance and I sure did miss seein' them! There was a little cattle dog I wanted them to see jumpin'! But I am sure their mom and dad will tells them all about it.

After I was all done with my last wave we all wents in the buildin' to walk around and see sum of the displays. We ran into my new fly ball teacher! And wouldn't cha know it, just as we was walkin' by, the barrier to her agility course got knocked over! We think anofur dog actually knocked it over but I mighta helped sum:o Not the way to become teacher's pet!

Tonight I am havin' a sore tail:( That happens when I getsta swim too much. But not to worry, a good night's sleep and I'll be good as new in the mornin'!

Pet Expo!

Goin' to the Bay Area Pet Expo tomorrow! Hopin' to do sum dock jumpin' but, even if I don't, I should getta see one o' my good Dogster pals, Josephine! Hope to see her sisfur, Jolanda, too, but guess she was havin' sum surgery this week so she might be recupin' at home. Anywoof, think it is gunna be an infurestin' day!

Flyball!

Took my furst flyball lesson last night! It sure was fun!

I learned to jump over two hurdles! Woofs! Then we got treats fur listenin' to the flyball board make its sounds! Guess sum dogs are scared of that sound. I barely noticed it, so I got treats fur doin' purdy much nuthin'! I like this class!

Ah Ha!

I barked befure about a Splash Dogs event gettin' dropped from the calendar. It was supposta be this weekend at the San Jose Pet Expo. Wellwoof, turns out there is still gonna be dock divin' just the Splash Dogs is not gunna be runnin' it! The Dock Dogs is a diffurent group that does the same thing and seems they has taken it over! I has never jumped with the Dock Dogs befure!

The ma went to preregister me and found out there is a Dock Dog membership fee on top of the event fee which she thinks is too expensive to pay for one event. So we are goin' to the Pet Expo and hopefully register onsite. If there are too many dogs preregistered there might not be room fur me. Paws crossed I getta jump! Otherwise we'll just walk around the Pet Expo.

2012

So far 2012 has been a little slow fur me. Thought I was gunna getta go dock divin' in San Jose in February but that event seems to have been cancelled. When we went to sign me up it was no longer on the Splash Dogs' upcoming events:(

Seems there's no dock divin' in my area until April. But the good news is that my favfurite local divin' place, Howllister, is back in the swing of things. They have events on the calendar fur April and May. Paws crossed they don't fall off the roster like the February one did!

But the excitin' thing is the ma got an e-mail from the flyball peoples! So I am signed up fur flyball classes startin' on February 1st! Think its gunna be real fun!