TerraNik

17 weeks old... A few piccies... A quiet moment Back to business! "ARF! Throw the damn ball!" MINNE! Fable won

That's the other thing I hate - winning dog food. I have no use for it, but yeah - I give it away.

Agreed... It helps pay for the next entry I have too many serving platters and bowls... I could start my own store! :p

Well Jedi and I had our first agility lesson from our new trainer! We had a great time and had lots of homework to work on!

That's good to know! Thanks Sas!

It's the Canon 50mm 1.4 - my favourite lens I'm adding to my collection over the next few months though - it's been a long winded process of working out what to get.

Great photos!!!!!!!!

If Jedi's breeder hadn't done as you are doing t-time, he probably wouldn't be with us. I take my hat off to breeders who have this level of dedication.

I don't think you have to qualify for them... I've never entered before but I was planning to with Jedi and Abby... Someone correct me if I'm wrong!

Kirislin: Canon 7D, 50mm 1.4, 100mm macro, 70-200mm 2.8. Bellatrix: Canon 5D Mark II, 50mm 1.4 (and the 1.8), 24-70mm 2.8L, 100mm 2.8 Macro, Speedlite 580EX II JS: Canon 1000D, kit 18mm-55mm & 55mm-250mm, 50mm 1.8, Speedlite 580EX II SchnuzaeryBoy: Nikon D80, Nikon D700, 50 1.8, 18-50 2.8, 28-80 3.5-4, 24-70 2.8, 70-200 2.8, SB-400, SB-900, 1.4x TC, 2x TC Becandcharch: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.4, Speedlite 580EX II and a kit lens I dont even know what it is as I never use it! persephone :point&shootonly here Fuji finepixS8000sfd and a sony cybershot DSCN1 Ellz: P&S only here too: Olympus SP600UZ and Sony Cybershot DSC-S650 MavericksMission: Canon 450D, 18-55mm & 55-250mm Evolving: Canon 500D, 50mm 1.8, 18-55mm & 55-250mm Mish13 : Sony A700, 16-80 F3.5,90mm F2.8,11-18mm F4.5,18-250mm F3.5, 75-300mm F4.5 (Bellatrix, you have my dream camera) CrazyCresties: Lumix TZ65 and my Canon (which is still in storage for another month!) 350D 18-55mm kit lens, 70-300mm and 500mm Tamron mirror lens (about 20yrs old from my old Minolta but works with an adaptor!) Belgian.blue: Canon 550D 18-55mm & 55-250mm .. very soon a 50mm 1.8 and a Sony Cybershot P&S Fattima: Nikon D90, kit 18-55mm & 55-200mm Clover: Nikon D40x, kit 18 - 55mm, 55 - 200mm & nikkor 70 - 300mm. MTD : Sony A350 , 55-200mm, 18mm-70mm , 50mm 1.8 SammieS: Canon 7D, 18-200mm but I think I also want a 50mm soon! DMA: Olympus E-30, Olympus E-420, Zuiko: 14-42mm, 12-60mm SWD, 18-180mm, 70-300mm; Sigma: 24mm, 30mm, Olympus EX-25; Canon PowerShoot A590; Canon AE-1, 28-70mm, 85-200mm Ripley: Canon 50D (I've not even used it yet! Was a present from my husband 2 weeks ago); Canon 30D, Canon 300mm f/4 L, Canon 1.4 teleconverter (don't need to use it though), Canon 50mm 1.8 (I hardly use this lens either), Sigma 17-70, Sigma 10-20, 2 ND grad filters, a newish Fuji pocket digital + underwater housing which I am going to sell soon and a Canon DSLR film camera that I probably won't use again. eta: Husband has an Olympus DSLR E500 with kit lens if anyone wants to buy it, not many shutter clicks on it at all Linda K - Canon 5dII, 24-70L, 85 1.8, 50 1.4, 135L, 16-35L & Nikon D700 50 1.4G TerraNik: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.4, a couple of kit lenses that I rarely use, Speedlite 580EX II

I agree with the Staranais - there needs to be consistency. You can also recruit some 'strangers' or even people he knows to help teach him that food carried by others is never something that he's going to get no matter what he does. I'm sure that Shell, Woofen, Agentvee and I are all happy to help out with this. But basically have other people carrying food in their hands or even offering it to him. If he goes for it, the hand closes and goes away and he gets nothing. Obviously this also needs to be paired with him being successful with you. Just an idea of something you might like to try.

Here's the larger one... http://www.topbuy.com.au/tbcart/pc/Pre-Sal...ybag-p31566.htm

Congrats Luke! I'd love to see video too!

Congratulations to everyone who has been nominated!

Ooh yes! Cheese and crackers would do well with that!

Very nice!

As far as I'm aware there's no flyball clubs in Newcastle. The closest would be on the central coast. To compete, the dog must be 12 months of age. Most clubs accept dogs for training from 9-12 months of age. Any breed can do flyball. The comps are run by the Australian Flyball Association so you have you be a member of your club and the AFA. You don't have to be a member of Dogs NSW to compete but if you want to claim your titles, your dog must be registered (main/limited or associate register) and you must be a member of Dogs NSW. Edited to add - http://www.flyball.org.au/ <--- go here, and there's a list of all the clubs and their contact details under "What's going on" and then "Clubs"

Awww Huski! You're not a failure - you have done so well with her!!!!!! Trials are just one part of it all! If it makes you feel better, Jed and I bombed twice today! The first trial we didn't even get through 30 seconds of heelwork ("muuuuuuuuuum! I think a duck has been around here!! Let me go find it!") and the second he just wasn't in the mood and was putting in a rather pathetic effort. We bombed on the recall of all things (he usually gets close to full marks)! Oh well...

This is like Zero too - give him a tug toy and he'll growl at you while he's tugging. I know what Zero's growl sounds like and it's nothing like the low, deep growl he used to get when he wanted to get aggressive with something. He also growls out of excitement sometimes (like when we go to Nik's house to visit ahsoka, jedi and fable and there's a whole house full of dogs there) - he would never get aggressive with Ahsoka and yet, he will make this growly noise at her. While Soaks is bouncing all over his face ;) Yes she forgot to add that part!

All three of my dogs are VERY vocal when they play. I've never tried to stop them as I don't see it as something bad. It sounds almost like a conversation Here's an example And here (from about 30 seconds)

One of your best!

We'll see you there next year then (my girl was a week too young this year!)! That's where we did Jedi's ET. A bit of a trek from Sydney But well worth it!

Well done everyone!!

My Keeshond completed his ET this year in Vic. We had a ball! Good luck to you!

I love trialling and Jedi loves it! He knows when we are at a trial and he is usually bursting at the seams to get into the ring (and tells me so even after we're done that we should go back in for a second time!) The enthusiasm he shows when he's working with me is what gives me most of my enjoyment. That goes for Soaks, too. I'm a competitive person, which probably adds to why I love trialling, but at the end of the day I just love having a day out with the dogs and being around like-minded friends. Do I think Jed would be happy just hanging out? I don't think so. He's at his happiest when we are doing dog sports, whether that be training or in the ring.