A Day at the Spa

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Susan

After yesterday’s exertions Beanie felt in need of a relaxing day at the spa – a long soak in the jaccuzi, a massage, a cool drink, the tastiest of treats and a handsome companion. Instead she got a swimming session at Allers Farm with her pesky little brother!

Brothers!

Beanie certainly wasn’t tired after yesterday’s flyball and racing – we couldn’t keep her out of the pool…

Biggles needed cuddles at first:

But soon started to find his sea legs:

He was soon just as eager to swim as Beanie:

To round up the session Biggles finished up by knocking Murphy off the gurning podium. What a champ!

Agility – The Comeback

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Susan

Beanie stopped going to Agility classes two or three weeks ago as she’d got a bit huffy about the way she was being taught and refused point-blank to cooperate. She had a great teacher and in many ways Beanie was the star of the class. But a Collie she ain’t and she made it quite clear she wasn’t about to learn any Collie-type techniques and tricks. So we decided that we’d just go back to doing things the way that Beanie both enjoyed and was good at.

We had a training session at Janie’s Agility Barn this morning. I always did the handling in the past, so in an attempt to break Beanie’s bad associations with Agility, Paul took over as handler. It went very well:

Water Babies

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Susan

Beanie and Biggles had their monthly swimming session at Allers Farm today with Beagle buddies Tess, Clara & Tara and crazy Lab Cullin and his sister Jamie. The dogs aren’t all in the pool together – only two go in at a time, but the others get to roam about the outside of the pool and watch. Which makes the whole swimming experience more enjoyable and relaxing for them.

Biggles is doing great! It really paid off introducing him to the water from a very young age.

No photos I’m afraid as Paul & I both go in the pool with Beanie & Biggles. I’ll try and get someone else to get a few snaps next time.