I've been a rubbish blogger lately so just thought I'd try catch up in brief ...
Been to a couple of shows in between things - HnH end of Nov - dogs ran well, Mouse specially so. I let her down on 2 good runs - one where she worked a tricky tight handling bit beautifully then I forgot how hard I need to work her across a box when it's near to the start/finish end of the ring ... and one where I got lost on a simple course and she said: oh well, whilst you're pondering I'll just do this nice jumpy then ;o) Good girl. We did manage a place - 3rd I think in the jumping - least good run of the day but hey ho! No recollection of how Tim did at that show, ooops, perhaps best forgotten?! Then a couple of weekends ago we ventured down to Agiity Nuts near Newark. Worth going as it was a quieter, less crowded kind of indoor show for Tim and he ran well - just ran wide on one in the Agility and I back-jumped him over it for an 'E' but otherwise really nice, then his Jumping run he did some great bits too. Her Royal Hairiness ran well too - strangely faulted on the A-frame, then numpty me got us lost again on the Jumping (after a long year of me fairly well not getting lost, oh dear!!!!). Most pleasingly though we did manage a pull straight across a box close to the finish - she did think about flicking me a 'V' and veering off grinning but responded well and was delighted with a big whoop when we pulled of that bit for once :o) Both of these shows though were spoilt a bit by very icy roads near to the venues. I shall approach winter show-going in a much more cautious/conservative way in future, I do not like driving my precious gang on unsafe roads - agility is not worth more than their safely - ever.
Life in general has been pretty hectic - decided I needed to get a part-time Job (eeek!) for the winter and so not need to rely on outdoor work - & somehow ended up with three ... plus keeping business ticking over, plus family stuff, plus - of course - keeping hairys entertained, plus fitting in some tinkering with the Landy (got some bargain parts - it's amazing how much more economical it is with a new fuel tank without a ****ing big hole in it!!!). So all in all been a bit busy. When I have found time to nip on t'internet the laptop/internet connection has flounced off and said: how can you expect us to have a relationship when we hardly talk any more!!... ;o)
Doglets have been soooo great. We've done a lot of getting up early, going for walks in the near-dark and on rushing home at lunch/between jobs, etc. etc. and they just wag and bound on happily. We've had TONNES of snow. The toilet drain froze up for quite a while ... Billy & Tim's relationship seems to have shifted a bit. A couple of times Constable B. Woof of the Fun Police arrested Tim for petty toy/girl-sharing crimes and duffed him over lightly but soon released him without injury. This morning a really bizarre moment occured - Billy actually nuzzled Tim's neck in a friendly fashion!!?! Maisie is as delightful as ever and is just faintly amused at the boys' bickering.
Starting to waffle on now when I'd so like to spend some rare quaity time with my bed quite soon. So g'night! xxx
