small dog.. BIG ATTITUDE

That's what Chris said last week... haha!! of cuz that's referring to my dear Micole... well i have to admit i totally agree with him... she's really fearless and it really impress me at times i see what she can do and her never-say-die attitude. She "openly challenges" other dogs... even those much bigger than her... sometimes i wonder if it's pure fearless or plain stupidity... like we say "不知到死字怎么写”... then again she displays her brave side that i have to admit might be absent from myself sometimes... :(

I sure hope she can really live up to our expectations and do well in the trials next year... her e-collar training has begun... and she seems to be slowly understanding what she's supposed to do and not to do... way to go girl... mummy is always behind you!!

Last update for 2009... maybe?

Micole's gotten her "first xmas gift" - erm.. the famous e-collar!! it's finally here!!

Schnappi is still greedy with food, and she's been rather emo recently... she can whine in her playpen, then when the door is open, she doesn't wanna come out... yet keep pacing up and dow inside and continue whining... MAD, i told Bb. She wants people to open the door, stand by it, to invite her out... pampered!!

2010 is around the corner... hopefully the 2 noti girls will stay healthy... Micole can learn her intermediate faster and more reliable... Schnappi can stop barking early in the morning for breakfast... the list can go on and on... :P

Mid-Nov updates

1st Nov marks the day that Micole receives her first award in her life... she got 3rd place in her Pre-Novice... woohoo dun play play leh... a trophy at her 2nd attempt in the obedience trial... :) and a pass for Novice too!! But honestly her novice wasn't well done... many lags... really need a lot of brush up for her off-leash.

As for Schnappi... she was erm... an "extremely happy" dog that day. Went "bonkers" in the trial ring... didnt do her send-away... didn't do her retrieve over jumps correctly. It was rather hilarious to see her went wild, minus Bb's erm... "not-so-happy" face... :P

This marks the end of all trials for 2009... better luck next year!!

Updates on the girls

Juz realised it's been real long since I last posted updates on the girls... been bz like hell... :( Let me try and recall what happen these 2 months...

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  Micole went for her annual jab... and had her anal sacs cleared. Doc said the sacs "felt full"... and that squeeze costed me 16 bucks!!
  
  
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  Schnappi weighs 22.2kg now... and many said she's grown fatter... :P need to trim down a little...
  
  
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  Micole's training is erm... not too good... not sure what went wrong :( too much correction? too much ear pinching? hmmm... anyway her drive went down and her good heelwork seems way off now... changed her training treats to something of more "value" and "quality" - chicken and cheese jerky... and she seems to respond a bit better. Hopefully she can go back to her old self by end of the month....
  
  
• Chewie celebrated her 3rd birthday last Sunday... and my, the mummy really prep lotsa food (for dogs)... shephard's pie, chicken rice, cakes, tarts, meatballs... Schnappi and Micole really had a good treat... first time i see Micole savouring her food so quickly... hahaha...

• Lucky kena fungal and bacterial infections... Bb says must monitor Schnappi and Micole too.... scary scary~~ anyway sending them for grooming tmr...

• Schnappi visited the vet again... had bladder infection... she started peeing drops every few minutes. Doc says consumption of water is too low... need at least of 1.5ltrs a day...

That's about it at the moment...

Some updates on the girls...

Recently Schnappi is very picky with her food... not sure if she's lost interest in the food or she's just finding trouble... :P she would take few bites, then walk off and lie somewhere... or she just sniff a bit and walk away... Bb says she's being choosy... may be true though, cuz when we added wet food in she licked the bowl clean clean... haha!!

Micole is currently on her 2nd heat... right after National Day... and she didnt seem much bothered by it... except me having to wash her butt every nite to keep it clean... in a dilenma whether to sterilise her or not... she's such a happy active dog now, i definitely dun want to change this part of her. So am still thinking... anyway have to send her grooming after her heat, then off for her annual jab...

Conquering the waves... savouring popeyes... and the artistic side of me!!

Finally the long-awaited PH arrived.. and we've decided to bring the dogs out to Hort Park together with Hippo and family..

So came Sunday morning, and we drove off with the girls on board... and my fav mac breakfast... and Hippo & family following in the car behind... around 20mins later, a bridge hanging high up captured our eyes... and so we turned into the car park. And there were are... minutes from the Henderson Wave.

The view was quite beautiful, considering that it's the highest overhead bridge in Singapore... weather was hot... wished it was windier... :) I'm surprised that this little Micole really can walk but she was a little cranky that morning... growling at the dogs that passed her... hahaha... dunno whether to be mad or laugh at her... but she did cause a little stir along the way... bringing some smiles to the passer-bys... thou i'm not sure if the other dog owners are exactly pleased to see her growls at their dogs... :P anyway no harm done so who cares... :P

Schnappi was in demand for photo taking... shd have charged for every photo taken... could really help a little in the "Save-Ivy-Fund"... Micole did get a few fans herself... suddenly i'm felt like a 星妈... muahahaha!!

After ard 1.5hrs, back to the car we went... the girls were hot and so were we. So while they enjoyed the aircon in the car, the rest of us enjoyed our ice cream before heading off to drop the girls back home then meeting Hippo's family at Kovan for lunch.

Had planned to bring the girls out to Marina Barrage on the next day. But the weather didn't permit, hence the humans handed to T3 for popeyes while the dogs have a snooze at home. After savouring the chix, we strolled around T3 and came across an "artisitic zone". There were sculpted wood blocks with papers and crayons provided... and so I had a go to inflinch myself with art and colors. It was a fun and "no-need-to-use-so-much-braincell" event for me!! Very de-stressing too!! Moreover papers and crayons are free to use!! see some of my work... 1st time I perspire doing arts... hahahaa!! U might just see me back there again!! :P

Pity the weekend flew past so quickly.... arghhh!! when's the next PH ya??

My near champion... my near runner-up... my qualifier... MY HEROS!!!

My "near" champion: 02 August 09 marks the first-ever trial for my dear Micole (#300). She was the first dog to start the OB trial for the day. She topped the heelwork and scored full marks for all the rest... except for the "fatal" recall... not that she didn't do... but she did it on the 2nd command... boo hoo... "ai-wan" ah!! Such a near miss to the Champion!!!

My "near" runner-up: Just 2 points away from the qualifying score, again dear Micole (#311) missed her runner-up placing... she missed 2 stands and an auto-sit. And she licked the judge's hand when he touched her on stand stay... judge commented that she's a very friendly dog... muahahaha!!!! Her recall is real fast this time... to the extent that she LP... and the judge had an "ouch" look on his face... :P

My Qualifier: Dear Schnappi finally made it!!! She got her PASS in her open trial, well not without some heart-stopping moments. Her heelwork was scored quite good, she made it thru her distance control and god-damn send away (which she always flunked). Then she got high and held on to the dumb-bell and towel during the last 2 exercises, refusing to give to Bb initially!! Her sit-stay was one of her best so far i think, then came the worrying down stay. She had those hallucinating moments... commando-crawl moments... rolling around moments (Bb call this "roti-prata" stance - flipping here and there)... so for her not-to-move for 10mins is rather impossible... she did got distracted and there was a min or so, she lied down poking her 2 legs in the air and nibbling her back!! Trust me, those were the worse heart-stopping 10mins in the entire trial!!

My HEROS: Bb - All the hard work for training the 2 noti girls. Micole - Although she missed the placings but nevertheless she was wonderful at her 1st attempt.. and we'll try again the next round. Schnappi - Well done!! Finally hard work paid off.. of cuz there's still lots of room for improvement!! But my hero and heroines, 3 cheers for u!! Hip hip hurray... Hip hip hurray... Hip hip hurray!!!

Judge for the day

Yesterday afternoon, Bb helped Chris judged for the pm class... and my my, was he stingy with the scores... :P highest score was only 187/200 i think, and lowest is 156/200... think the am class has a top scorer of 190+... haha... Bb said if he minus 1 point 2 pont, then the scores will be very close or even same... that's why he ga-ga-lai... muahahaha!! But heng lar, all passed... else they'll let loose their dogs to bite him liao... :P Think next time Chris dun dare to get Bb to help judge liao... wahahaha!!

Btw, Jack and his husky Jamie also passed too.. Congrats!! Looking forward to see the photos in the CD Trainer's website... :)

Angry with Micole!!

Ki-si-ah~~~ last night this noti Micole chewed up my phone stylus and left bite marks on my poor phone... :( then she bite off the velco on my phone pouch... :( and the ribbons on my bunnie's ears... *boohoo boohoo*...

Few months back, she started to sleep in our room, together with Schnappi... separated of course. Then she had the luxury of sleeping on our bed whilst Schnappi was made to sleep on hers at the side of ours. This Micole must have "over-enjoyed" her privilege and guess it's time to knock some sense back into her...

Dunno why she seems to "enjoy" chewing... I saw the threads of her new bolster coming off after a week... and she chews on our "personal huggies" too!! and if you tell her to stop, she'll start again when u are not looking... >_<>

I spanked her butt this morning and she blink blink her watery eyes at me... but sorry, mummy is not soft-hearted when she's pissed. And i left clear instructions to Bb that NO biscuits for her in the morning!! And tonite she's confined back into her little house... no more jumping on the bed, and till she learns her manners... that's where she'll sleep.

不知死活!!

Yes... that's Micole... :P

Last night we were having training at Buangkok and around 9+, Stanley came over to join us with Mina. Mina is a Belgium Shephard added to Stanley's latest "dog collection"... :P

All was ok when i sat down with Micole at one corner... then came Stanley and Mina, sitted a distance away... and suddenly off Micole went - growling and barking non-stop at Mina!! Then Mina got "provoked" and the 2 of them started the "bark war"... :P hahaha... it may seem norm for 2 dogs to bark at each other... but this Micole, she's small in size compared to Mina... furthermore, Mina is to be trained as a "protection dog", so by nature she would be more aggressive and powerful... and this Micole daringly bark and growl at her... so we all think this Micole really 不知死活, dare to 在太岁头上动土... :P

Coming August trial..

After some thots, we decided to register Micole for Pre-Novice and Novice... and Schnappi for her usual open category... on 2nd Aug.

Micole's off leash work seems ok (but got slight lagging i think)... and people "encouraged" us to go for it :P... so here we go... let her try out and see what the girl can do.

Brushing up on Schnappi's send away too... most of the time it's ok... but there's always these few times that she runs halfway and turns back.

With these little nitty gritties, we can only do our best to reinforce their training... but whatever happens that day really is in God's hands... or rather their moods~~ haha!! :P

The girls have grown fatter!!!

Schnappi went for her annual vac last Sunday... and for the 1st time in her life... she weighed 20.20kg... hahaha!!! she has never managed to hit the 20s before... even with her highly expandable tummy... always alert at the slightest possible of food!!

And Micole has grown much more too... she's now 3.3kg!! no wonder my arms ache now after carrying her... hee~~ she's picky and it's always a hassle feeding her... but so long as she's healthy... can poo can pee can play can sleep, i'll make do with the "ordeal" of her dinner hour... :P

Schnappi... a good mother?

Nope.. nothing wrong with ur eyes... that's what Bernard said when he saw Micole "provoking" Schnappi... hee~~

Micole girl has this submissive streak when she plays with Schnappi... she seldom likes to lie on her back but when she plays with Schnappi, she would lie down paws up and starts enjoying herself thoroughly... and then squeak if Schnappi bites her head or ears... hahaha... no wonder Lucky Pa said malteses got the SM symptons... :P

Sometimes Schnappi would just sit there... and Micole will stand on her hinds trying to reach jiejie's face... and if Schnappi is in good mood, she'll just sit there allowing the meimei to disturb her... seeing this, Bernard commented that Schnappi is very tolerant and would make a good mother... :) hmmm... maybe... who knows... but she's oredi spayed... think we'll never be able to find out... :)

Schnappi went-ed grooming... finally!!

After weeks of nagging, Schnappi is finally sent for grooming... after maybe 4 months since her last shower?? She's been scratching and biting herself... but Bb claimed it's her habit... not because she's dirty... yayaya~~~ The undeniable fact is - she smells... very "doggie" if u know what I mean... and she's adding to my collection of furballs daily...

And so.. at long last, she went for her shower, cut, removing undercoat... and back came a nice-smelling and neat-looking girl... *happy happy* Groomer told Bb that there was a cat sent for grooming, and Schnappi looked as if she's going to feast on it... haha... no choice, cats are really Schnappi's weakness!! And as usual she made lotsa noise at the groomer's. They must be happy to "get rid" of her when Bb picked her up... :P

She was pretty tired when she reached home... not even bothered when Micole tried to disturb her... but when time for walk came, she was damn alert again and off went the 2 girls with their daddy~~~

Micole's training... updates

Heel work

- Personally I considered MicMic's heelwork very good. She's quite fast in her turns and auto-sit... and always close to Bb... quite impressed with this little girl... she received couple of praises for this... :) but her stand is still abit weak... need to improve~~~

Stand for examination

- Ok.. tried out couple of times.. Trainer Chris tried circling ard her and touching her.. she seems fine but need to reinforce still~~

Recall

- Last time I saw she will run forward to Bb but the sitting in front of handler still requires more training... but her heel back to handler's side is ok!!

Sit & Down stay

- More stable than before... sit stay 2~3 mins ok... but she inherited Schnappi's bad habit of kaypo-ness... she likes to turn her head all over to look here look there... even to the extent of turning 180 degrees around... hahaha!! So her down stay cannot meet the requirements... :P more practice needed!!

Overall results still satisfactory.. Bb hopes Micole can do well in the coming Pre-Novice trial... maybe a placing hopefully... :) JIA YOU~~~

Training the noti girls..

Recently Bb started training Schnappi and Micole together... every night the 2 girls will happily go out together, esp Micole. She's now extremely excited when Bb comes home... guess she knows she'll go for her walk with jie-jie soon... :) couple of nights ago, Bb demostrated how he managed to line them up.. Micole in front and Schnappi behind... then with 1 command DOWN, both went down in line together... of course to many this is no big feat. But i was truely amazed by the little demo... knowing my dogs esp Micole who's extremely playful ard Schnappi, I was VERY pleased with what she can do now... really!!

While at training yesterday, I saw that Micole's recall became better than before and she managed to sit stay for 2 mins too... round of applause for Bb's effort. I haven't seen her training for sometime, cuz when I'm ard, she's always distracted... hence this gave me a good excuse to laze in front of my TV... muahaha!! Bb has decided to sign her up for Pre-novice the next trial... woo hoo~~

Also we have a new classmate yesterday... a MS... but dunno her name yet... our intermediate class is growing now and this is of course good news... And heard Turner fractured his leg... no wonder habent seen him in training recently... hope he gets well soon... and Claudia too... hope we'll see her and baby Chloe soon too!!

Results for the trial~~~

Date: 17 May 09
Venue: Expo Hall 6B

CD Trainers got 4 champions for the day... from Princetion, Silver and Wenta.

Princeton: Intermediate champ
Silver: Maxi Agility (Open) and Maxi Jumpers (Open) Champ
Wenta: Mini Jumpers (Novice) Champ

**clap clap clap** got free dinner lo... :P

The rest of us didn't make it... Schnappi flunk her Send away again... and got zeroes for both her stays as well... sit stay she got itchy backside... down stay she started "hallucinating" again...

Anyway, I trust we have all done our best. Cheers for all effort put in!!

D-day~~

It's the trial day tmr!! And Schnappi is not eating.... haizz... scully tmr she kaki lembek :P... haha!!

Well whatever needs to learn she oredi knows... whatever is wrong she shd also know... it's all up to her to perform now.

Good luck CD Trainers!!

Counting down to the trials...

6 more days to the trials liao... woohoo~~ as usual i guess, will be another long day at the expo... with us patronizing BK, OJ and 7-11 once more... haha!! there really ain't many choices there... wonder how we will fare this time round... one more group training either tmr or wed nite... all the best to our training group and hopefully all the dogs will be guai guai and do well this sun!!

**Fighting~~**

Upcoming trial...

Have registered Schnappi for Open this coming May 17... wonders if she'll do well this time... had some hiccups on the Send Away during Wednesday's training... hopefully all goes well this time round...

After thinking through, we've decided not to enrol Micole in this trial... although her heel work is pretty much ok... but her recall is a no-no... either she runs to you and sits her back facing you... or she'll somehow "auto-finish" herself... haha... and last night while she was training along the corrider... i heard a crash at the door... then Bb came back with her saying her recall is a fail-fail... she actually ran crashing to the door while practising... ouch~~

The beauty in Micole is she is ever ready to try again... even though she crashes herself many times... she is still very "optimistic" to keep on trying... this is something we find Schnappi lacks... anyway her sit and down stay is also not very stable... so maybe the next round ba... when she's more "trained" in this sense...

Schnappi - her "aggressiveness" & "laziness"

Schnappi girl has always been food-motivated... and last Sat nite when she came back from her usual walk, Bb said Schnappi actually snapped and showed aggression at another dog... prolly because the dog was too near to her daddy's pocket (where her food is..) for her comfort... this is the first time that Bb actually saw her doing that and was rather surprised.. this noti girl simply can't share... Yet very often she shares her drink bowl during trainings and is ok when we treat other dogs... but of cuz we must treat her at the same time lar :p... I suppose if u dun cross her tolerance level, she can still tahan... else she'll not give you any face... :P

Next is her "laziness"... she likes to play with her toy on the sofa... she will start gnawing and gnawing... but if it drops off the sofa, she'll give you the "Pick-up-for-me" look... initially we will always do so, but few gnaws later, it will drop off again... and she'll give you the look once more... and this could happen every 1 or 2 mins... so we decided to "act blur" when she shoots us "the look"... when she notices that we do not respond, she'll start making noises and scratching the sofa... she could do so for 5 whole minutes or more... simply refusing to get off the sofa to pick up the toy herself... so we'll all play the waiting game to see who concede defeat first... finally she bo pian... lift her butt off the seat to get the toy herself...

Sometimes it's funny to see her throw temper then bo pian go pick her toy.. after 2 bites it fell off again and the cycle starts once more.. after few times, she'll sometimes get agitated and either refused to pick up anymore or make off to get another toy... Guess she slowly understands that there's no maid on stand-by to wait on her... so she'll hv to learn to pick things up herself... :)

Micole turned 1 le..

Been too busy recently.. haven't got time to really blog.. but no matter what.. i need to write this down.. my little angel has turned 1 last friday.. on the 10th.. muack muack~~

Dear Mic-Mic.. Mummy had showered you with lotsa birthday kisses that day.. hope u like the new toys mummy bought for u... and we all had dinner at Happy Daze on Sunday.. glad that u've enjoyed the muffin thou it seems that jie-jie had eaten almost 3/4 of it.. may you stay healthy, happy and fearless.. and pls.. no more food picking.. eat well and grow up well ya...

Love and kisses from Mummy, Daddy and Schnappi~~

Short clip of Micole in training~~

Took a short video of Micole in Sunday's class... much to my surprise, there's a fair bit of improvement in her now... but of cos, there's still lots of things to learn and master... but I'm glad that she's taking it in stride and doing fine.. :P

Passion by the Beach

Date: 5 Apr 09 (Sunday)
Venue: East Coast
Weather: Rain Rain Rain

Dropped by the event yesterday... cuz we enrolled Schnappi in the "Fatal Distraction" contest, ie. a sit stay contest... Schnappi was lucky... she entered into the final round... barely missing the bak kua at the semi-finals... :p Bo pian, my girl is SUPER food-motivated!! Muahahaa!! Anyway, she STRETCHED forward sniffing the bak kua when the host brought it near... and I really mean STRETCHED... :P

With the final four dogs, out come the sausages... the dog that moved the first and most will be out... after the bak kua, the hotdogs was too much of a temptation to resist... so after a sniff, down went the sausage in Schnappi's tummy... slurp~~~ when the host brought out another piece to tempt the next dog, Schnappi practically walked over to salvage the piece as well... her OS might be "What the heck!! Since I've moved liao, I might as well help myself!"... hahaha... the audience all laughed at this point... oh my god, that's my greedy girl... :p

One point though, it would definitely be fairer if the sausages were "served" to the dogs simultaneously... No doubt my Schnappi would still be the first to break.. high possibility because I know my girl... but temptations should be used at the same time to see which dog moved first... to ensure more fairness in the game...

Nevertheless, I'm pretty sure Schnappi is happy as she is... after swallowing 2 hotdogs... no wonder she looked so contented in her aftenoon nap after she's back home... :)

Off for grooming...

Sent to girls for grooming yesterday... then we laze at Coffee Bean while waiting for them... Bb doing his presentation slides and me playing games... :)

After 3 hours, we walked over to see the progress... As usual, you can hear Schnappi howling once you are at the entrance of the store... she really has little patience and gets bored easily... we got her out for a walk since Micole wasn't done yet. we took a look at a 2-mth old Yorkshire... so cute and tiny but very ex... Schnappi started sniffing her, and the little one was trembling away....

Both the girls were tired out after the grooming... Micole snoozed off on my lap on the way home... Schnappi also fell flat when we reached home and started yakking away in her dream... :P so were we... shacked~~ Me hugged Micole and fell asleep while watching tv... :P

Micole in training... finally... :P

My little Micole has finally started her training... haha... she's almost 1 soon... I had started to teach her 2 months back... with Heel, Sit, Down... and she seems to respond rather well... considering me as a lousy trainer... wahahaha!!

Bb has taken over the task around 3 weeks ago.. and Micole has been receiving a 20-30 mins training daily since... now she can stand (with guidance), sit stay for a slightly longer period, and recall on a 6-ft leash... wow... she's so grown up le... :P Bb also tried off-leash... and surprisingly she could still follow... haha!!

Everytime the girls learn something new.. it always impress me.. Schnappi is currently a little down on her training.. and Bb is trying to find ways to fix this..

Heard Belle is undergoing training too... wonder how she's doing now... shd be seeing her tonite if Aunt E brings her along...

Schnappi turns 3!!!

Wow!! Time really flies. My Schnappi girl turns 3 today... meaning she's been with us for almost 2.5 yrs oredi... woo hoo~~~

Remember the day she first came home (see photo on left), I was still a little afraid of her... now she's a terror, a pest, a family and really a part of my life :) she's considered the first ever "huggable" pet i've owned so far... and now she's grown much bigger...

There are times when i find her irritating, esp when i'm eating and she keeps sticking her face to my food, or when she starts jumping onto the our bed early in the morning to walk all over to make sure we wake up, or her fur appears everywhere in the house... ... ...

There are times when i find that she's a little timid, like when things drop near her and created a loud noise, or when the thunder roars... these could be the few occasions that she might show a little fear or hides in the bathroom... ... ...

There are times when i find her very adorable, like when she lies quietly at my feet or beside me, or how her eyes gleam when she sees food & treats, or her gentleness when we share an apple... ... ...

All these said, she's a darling to me and i wouldn't exchange her for anything... i will still scold her for being notti, yell at her for bullying her sis, kick her off the bed and sofa... ... ... but i will also give her a pat when i reach home daily, get a kiss from her, allows her to eat more apples than me, and shower her with all my love!!

My dear Schnappi... if u can ever read... this post is dedicated to you... thanx for being our family... Daddy and Mummy and Micole LOVE you!! Muack~~~

Celebration dinner~~

Had a celebration dinner last evening... hosted by the 2 winners from the last SKC trial... Stanley and Kok Choon... Dinner at Master Crab near Buangkok MRT. Honestly i didnt even know there was such a nice shop selling crabs there.. very fresh... yum yum~~

It's really amazing how well our CD Trainer group is getting along... we've had several dinner and BBQ gatherings oredi... where there's people, there's always conflicts... but this doesn't seem to apply to our group at all... we are all very open and willing to share... heee :P

Well, hopefully there's more of these gatherings to come... and more of us winning the trials... and last but not the least, thanx for dinner, Stanley and Kok Choon!!

SKC Trial - 15th Feb 2009

Another long day yesterday at the Expo, think it's a trial we've participated so far with the most dogs in each category...

The Aussie judge yesterday was erm... quite "interesting"... many "uncommon rules" we have not experienced... no heeling patterns, no floor markings, and no "fixed" criterias i would say... her judging style yesterday I guess might be "an interesting topic" in dog forums... haha!!

Here goes the result for the day... Princeton passed Pre-Novice and Novice... Wenta is the Intermediate champion... and Lucky is now has a CD title under his belt... Congrats to all!!

Oh dear~~~

Final group training yesterday... Schnappi is, haizzz... in not good!! Besides her usual Distance Control prob, she had probs with Scent Discrimation and Send Away too.... oh dear dear~~~ Perhaps like Chris said, she is in a "state of denial"... perhaps Bb did too much of correction this week... perhaps she's really under stress... perhaps perhaps perhaps...

And so, the last few days before Sunday, Chris said cut away the correction, and Bb to correct his way of hand signalling... I also told Bb to use more TLC these few days... up to this state, can do means can do le...

Well just do whatever can be done and 听天由命 liao... who knows she might just "see light" and decides to do well... haha!!

p/s: Micole will be supporting all the 哥哥姐姐 from home instead :)... cuz i think she's causing a lot of distraction to the others... paisei everyone... really sorry for that... so everyone 加油！！

Declaration~~

After a big 乌龙, it's confirmed that Schnappi didn't pass the Open last trial... she did fail the Distance Control... as written in the latest Dogtalk... and the heel work was not good either... seems like the last judge was very particular about heel work... all dogs were commented with the heel work performance...

Oh well, we didn't expect to pass anyway.. haha!! honestly till now it has always been a mystery on why we get the cup... and i sometimes still ask Bb why...

Anyway the weird thing is SKC didn't even call or notify us of the mistake... now it puts us in a rather "embarrassed" situation. Nonetheless, we hv continued our training as usual since last trial... so CD or not previously, it's all over... Schnappi is still very herself.. play, eat, train, sleep... and we shall look forward and try out for this Sun... :D

Some updates...

Schnappi~~ Training in progress for the coming Sunday... but Distance Control still a worry... trying hard to make it more reliable in the last few days... Auto-sit also a little slow... and left turn still needs more practice... Last group training this Wednesday... keeping my fingers crossed that she'll be in the mood to perform that day...

Micole~~ Heat finishing... Seems to have good appetite these few days... changed her kibbles back to chicken-based and she seems to be eating well... i sure hope this will persists... sick of her pickiness... always give me headache on how to make her eat... sending her for grooming this Sat so that she can go and support Jie-jie in Expo... woohoo~~

2301

Nope.. it's not a 4D number... it's 23 Jan... where little Mic has her first "auntie" visiting her... :P she's in her 2nd heat week liao... very naughty girl... i wrapped her with pampers and she kept tearing it off... fortunately she's gotten used to it now... so the "damage" is minimal... :) now she seems to be having diarrhoea thou... funny thing is her diet remains pretty much the same... so i also dunno what happened... will continue to monitor for a while and see if she needs a vet... Have plans to spay her in March or April... hopefully all will be fine... haven't been able to bring her for walks these 2 weeks... so she looks rather bored sometimes... :P

Also we need to cut up the pipes for the jumps... been sitting in the corner for past 2 weeks... next trial coming soon... in 2 weeks' time... the clock is ticking fast~~ i suddenly remembered the lo-hei wish Chris made... all to get CD or CDX by end of this year... hahaha!! a big challenge indeed~~

Chalet stay for the girls

Had a chalet stay last weekend... so we "smuggled" the girls in to stayover the 2 nights... Micole went over to check-in with us on the Friday... then we had a BBQ session with CD Trainers before we sneaked Schnappi in late in the night.

The girls are quite excited over the stay... and the next thing that really interest Schnappi are the number of cats that kept loitering outside our doors... :) we closed the glass doors, pulled the curtains but she kept pushing them back as the cats kept "challenging" her... hahaha!!! she was really agitated and kept pacing up and down trying to get to those cats!!

Overall the stayover was nice, and Bb was looking at whether he could get one in March... then we could celebrate Schnappi's birthday as well... she's turning 3 soon... and Micole is also turning 1 in April!! Time really flies~~~

Miller's stayover

Last weekend, Miller stayed over a couple of days as Richard and wife went off the Malaysia... he's basically a quiet dog that doesn't cause too much problems... but he caused our 2 girls turning crazy... omg!! the first night he's here... Micole kept barking and Schnappi also keep making noises... haha... these 2 girls really very "sticky glue"... once we go out of sight or if we pat Miller, they will buay tahan and start barking... i had to sleep on the sofa with Micole for the few nights because she kept barking late, then Schnappi on her bed in the room with Bb...

And so Miller went home on Wednesday... it was a rather "hectic" stayover because our 2 dogs were too possessive... :) overall though it was a brand new experience... we've never taken care of other people's dog... thou i wouldn't think of another opportunity so soon... :P