The Dog Blog: January 2011

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Agility Trial Results

Today we were at our first agility trial in 2011. We only did one run, jumps with weaves. This was also Tilda and Gracie's first time running in Open. The results are as follows:

Tilda didn't qualify due to a knocked jump bar. We had a little problem with the weave poles, but the second try she did them fine.

Gracie also didn't qualify. It might have been due to two refusals. She was also touched by the handler by mistake, but by that time, she had NQ'd.

Buddy Qualified and got First! It wasn't a 100 % clean run, but he Q'd and took first, so it doesn't really matter. This was his first Q in Open JWW!

Now we'll have about a month off from trails. I guess I should really work more with Tilda on the jumping. We would have Q'd in a lot more trials if it wasn't for her knocking bars :)

Friday, January 28, 2011

Off Her Bed

When we eat lunch or supper we usually put Tilda on her bed. Lately, I can't remember how long this has been going on for, but she has been going off her bed and going down the stairs into the basement. Now, when we eat lunch we eat in the kitchen for the most part and that's when she gets off her bed. Supper time, she's fine with staying on her bed. So, my thoughts are that something scared her when we were eating lunch in the kitchen. And the fact that we were in the kitchen is a big part of this. I have noticed, that if we eat lunch in the dining room she is fine with staying on her bed like at supper time. I don't think it's just lunch time that scares her, but where we eat has something to do with it too. Maybe this all started when the garbage truck came down the road while we were eating. Or maybe the mail truck. Yes, Tilda has been know to be scared of the mail truck. Not sure if she still is.

Maybe she will get over this eventually. We sometimes do close the gate to the basement. Last time it was closed she got off her bed and didn't know where to go. Another time, she came into my room and just sat down or laid down next to the bed.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Rollin' Around

Dogs are funny, and Tilda isn't a rule breaker :) She likes to roll in things. Now, when I say roll in things, I don't mean the average. I know dogs will roll in poop and whatever else outside to make themselves "smell good." She did once try rolling in bird poop outside, but we caught her and no harm was done. But this is different, some of the things she has been known to roll on is leather, wool, new socks, and even wrapping paper! Why would she do that? Does it feel good to Tilda? Does it have a smell that we can't smell, but Tilda can and she thinks it smells good? Can dogs put there scent on stuff like cats do? So, why does she do this? It doesn't bother me, it's just interesting. I found this website when I was looking around for some answers: Dogs_Roll It was kind of interesting. And like I said, we don't have a problem with Tilda rolling in stuff outside.

Now for a video. She is rolling her head in leather ski/snowboard glove guards.

She seemed like she was having fun with it the way she was flipping it around :) It's kind of funny though, isn't it? If anyone has any other ideas why this is, feel free to leave a comment.