Poor Babies

I had a text today saying the woman that was going to take little Rosie and dodger could now not have them. Aparently her landlord changed her mind :(
I feel so sorry for them. I know they have no idea that their new home fell through but still. Poor little loves. I hope I find them new families that will actually want them very soon. They are so cute and friendly I want them to go to people who will appreciate them

Cute babies

Some updated pic's of the babies shortly before they are due to leave for their new homes. I will miss this lot as they have been a real pleasure.

The green eyed monster

We had our second Flyball show today. We were running in Division 2 and we won against every team we raced! You can imagine how excited we were. Unfortuneately there was a but. Another team (who funnily enough, came 2nd) decided to contest the hight of a dog we run against 2 teams in the afternoon. Some people can be so malicious. Because the dogs owner had forgot her hight card, and the head judge had said he had no one to witness the measuring, they were threatening to disqualify us! Even though the same judge had said we could run at the hight she was measured at last week. Has no one heard of innocent until proven guilty?? They decided that they would disqualify our 2 afternoon races until we produce the dog's paperwork to the British Flyball Association.
As much as it felt so good to actually win against every team, I hope the guy from Hot shots flyball team is proud of himself. He stole mine and Fleas moment of glory as we were announced as 2nd and they 1st. But then, he who laughs last :0) The result will be overturned and his 1st place rosette won't mean a thing.

Flea doing Flyball

Some people

Some people shouldn't be allowed to keep dogs without formal training. Flea can get quite nervous at times, he doesn't like dogs that get up in his face and keeps himself to himself when we are out walking. If he feels like he can't get away and a dog is bouncing up all over him eventually he will defend himself and go for them.
As I know this about him the 1st sign that he is getting scared and I call him to me. He is easy to read as he tries to lower his head and make himself look really small.
So we go on our walk and my dogs are chasing ball on a rope and minding their own business. I notice a chocolate lab that is not really listening to her older teenage owner. For one the have a harness on it so that gives me a clue that they don't know what they are doing with it (Dogs pull  more on harnesses!!!). It's off lead and totally wild. I call Flea to me even before we get near it as I knew he wouldn't want to be jumped on. Usually that's enough that an owner will see i have Flea by the collar and they call their dog away...but no. So I catch the owners eye and say to him, "my dog won't like her jumping on him". He just looks at me while Flea starts to grumble a warning for the dog to leave him alone.  So I say to the guy " he will bite her if she doesn't leave him alone". Meanwhile Flea is getting jumped on and is really growling. The guy is close enough to grab his dog, but no, he starts calling it. The dog is still ignoring him and I can feel flea tensing. So again I repeat myself and the guy gets snotty with me saying yeah alright in a sarcastic tone!!! Can you believe it. I'm trying to protect his dog from getting bitten (and obviously Flea from getting in trouble and scared) and he is copping a strop! Just as I finished my warning Flea does lash out and the dog is squealing. The guy still isn't making any effort to grab the damn dog. He is standing there calling it. Even as I am trying to walk away, still holding Fleas collar the dog is still following us and he still has made no move to catch it.
I can't believe people can be so incredibly dumb. So now Flea is going to be even more nervous when approached next time :0(  It really does wind me up that people behave like that. 
We had had a really nice walk up until then, they had been playing ball together and had met a few dogs that had been joining in their game :(

poor picked on boy

Poor Flea has been terrorised today by kittens. Asia's babies are getting so big they are running all over the place. Flea thinks they are very scary and grumbles and runs away. They are so playful now, little Oli makes a little singing noise as he runs around chasing Lola, it is so cute.
Flyball...again
We went to flyball training today. Flea was running with the top team which was a bit scary but good fun. Turns out they want him to compete with them on Sunday as one of the team can't make it :0)
My friend Jeni took Blitz along to see if she would like to do flyball.... Oh my god Blitz was loving it, I thought she would be a bit blonde about it, but no. She was going really fast and even took the ball from the box. I was being teased that my own dog might kick me and Flea down a team lol. That would suck to have your own dog oust you. She has never been so excited about anything. She got so excited she ran straight into the netting and went over it head over heels. We had to laugh, she looked so funny.She used to like agility but not as much as this. Jeni really enjoyed herself too so that was good. I'm just not fit enough at the moment to run 2 dogs so I'm happy Jeni wants to do it too.
Blitz is now fast asleep on her bed and Flea is still running away from the cats.
Peace rains....for now

Flyball

So we get up really early and trundle off to Oxford for our very 1st BFA flyball show. I'm not a morning person but sometimes needs must. We have a bit of time before our division starts so we sit in a caravan and have Bacon roles, not a bad way to start the day. Unfortunately it is raining and I haven't been able to find my waterproof trousers. I do have thick tights and combates on on but the rain is running off my waterproof coat and down onto my bum, let me tell you that is not pleasant. I go and watch a few of the dogs running and the system is explained to me. We have to race against 5 teams the best of 5 races for each. With crufts flyball that I have done before as soon as you lost a best of 3 race you went home. Which sucked big time so this was going to be very different for me and Flea. It is all computerised timing and lights system too which is great. You get to find out exactly how fast your dog runs :0)
We had two races in the morning and 3 in the afternoon. Luckily it stopped raining in the afternoon too. When we got to our final race we had won three and lost one. Our final race came down to the wire and whoever won the last time was going to win. we tried really hard and were winding the dogs up (as if they need it). It looked so close when the last 2 dogs crossed the line. We looked up and saw the we had the exact same times. 4 dogs took 20.66 seconds, It is extremely rare for 2 teams to come in at the exact same time. The judge laughed and we looked over at the other team who were laughing and shaking their heads. We were all so tired by this time and so were the dogs. But we had to find a winner so we had to race again. The adrenaline kicked in and we went nuts. Winding the dogs up, asking for a little bit more of our very tired but excited dogs.
When we won that race it felt amazing. Our tired dogs had given everything they had for a sport that they love. I haven't seen Flea so happy in ages.
Unfortunately I didn't get to see the hockey as the show ran over and I was sad about that for a bit. But it didn't last long. Who could be down when we had managed to come 2nd in our 1st competition?? Can't wait for the next one.
Even Blitz, who normally isn't that excitable seemed to enjoy watching. So she is going to go to training with my friend Jeni to see if she enjoys herself. If she wants to do it she can, but I have no intention of forcing her, So we will see..
Oh and it looks like Flea,s fastest time yesterday was 4.7 seconds to do 4 jumps catch a tennis ball and do 4 jumps back :0) the top dogs do about 4 seconds flat so once we help him with his box technique, who knows :0)