whiskedaway

Halo

- Get her conformation Ch title

- Enter her in her first CCD trial

- Get her HIC

Akira

- Complete her ET

Would love to do some more agility this year, but unless I can get someone to help me, I think it's on the back burner for a bit due to club rules.

Seriously, Esky and Rebanne, the willingness test is the EASY part. When I judge I give a short heeling pattern, a right about turn, left about turn and a halt. And a recall on lead. It is that easy.

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Wow, that is actually something the stubborn sibe would happily do.

I have the 2.8 without IS, and I find that as long as the shutter speed is quick I have no issues with shake. The auto focus is extremely quick as well, I tend to use that lens on auto due to my hands shaking because I'm not quick enough with the manual focus yet. I bought mine second hand, but it had only been used a handful of times.

These were taken with the 2.8 - not fantastic, but it was my first time using that lens.

My Husky girl will hopefully be doing the SA one.

Also, you can have a separate handler for the willingness test and the run. The same handler must perform both willingness tests.

Awesome, we'll do that then.

That would be good if we can. May give DogsSA a call and see what they say.

I'm hoping for OH to do it with Akira. However, I am worried about him doing the willingness test with her, he isn't really a training person and she can be a stubborn cow. May see if I can convince him to actually do some obedience with her this year rather than me always doing it and hopefully that should help.

You've done a great job Whiskedaway with your self portrait! Did you have trouble with the focus? My first attempts were terrible as I had so much trouble getting the focus right.

Such a lovely photo whiskedaway. I'll be interested to see how I go with the focus issue too. I'm not sure whether to just start with a big depth of field once I'm taking them remotely or whether to use the same depth of field that I would if I was holding the camera and just persist until I get it right.

Yes, focus was tricky (more tricky was the fact that I don't yet have a tripod though!) but I ended up cheating and focused on Akira, so I was kind of at the right point when I got in the photo. I'd never used the timer on my camera before so working out what to do was fun, LOL.

So great to see so many selfies! Meant to say on Sunday that I love the running shot, Gapvic, and I like the triptych, DogSportObsessed. Lovely shot of you, Redangel.

Week 1 - playing with my girls

I want to try and complete it this year as well - I know I'll fall off the train at some point, but I'm determined to get back on when it happens. Having my new camera should help.

I'm also going try and do 52 weeks of self portraits. I haven't organised a Flickr folder yet though.

AIPP - It is a guide to choose a photogrpaher, but not all good photographers are members of the AIPP, so I would say let the photos talk. The photographer I admire most here in Geelong has been in the game for 20 years and has never been a member of the AIPP, has no interest in them, but takes brilliant photos, commercial, portait and wedding.

Completely agreed, the photographer who did my wedding is now AIPP, though wasn't at the time, and I love my photos so much.

I would really recommend going into a camera store and having a feel of the different brands. I had a play with a Canon and a Nikon and the Canon felt much better to me, so that's what I went with. Which brand you go for is really personal preference.

I got my Canon 60D, 50mm f/1.8 and the 70-200mm f/2.8 from OH for my birthday/Christmas.

I'm hoping that someone else will give me a camera bag to put it all in!

I thought some councils gave discounted registration for dogs who have passed an obedience course? Not my council unfortunately but I'm sure I heard that somewhere, in SA I think?

I didn't know that. That's not a bad idea either.

Yes my council gives it. One of my dogs has it, the other doesn't (because they go to different obedience clubs and the one that the older one goes to won't give the certificate out) but it's only a $5 discount.

My dad had a Yashica almost identical to yours, Huga.

Council registration of dogs....with tags to wear on collars... pre-date microchipping by decades.

ID disks on a dogs' collars have been around since Adam was a chap.

I read where King Edward VII's dog, Caesar, had an ID tag which said, 'I'm the King's dog.' Even the king of England was prepared that his dog might get lost.

Was there any reason why the 2 dogs you've posted about, did not wear either or both registration tags and ID tag?

I don't have sympathy for owners who lack the foresight to imagine what might happen if their dog gets lost....without any form of identification. I have sympathy for the pets.

I always had collars and tags on my dogs unless being bathed but after i almost had one strangled they only wera collars when out htey are microchipped though

This. My girls don't wear collars at home, due to the fact that I'm worried about then strangling themselves on the tubular fence by getting their collar hooked in it, plus being coated breeds it ruins their coat. Like you, they are microchipped though.

a microchip didnt help my pure bred mini bully when he escaped 2 years ago, he was missing for 3months , i never gave up hope and had notices everywhere finally one day i get a text from a guy at 6am on a sunday to tell me they were sure they had my dog, two hours later he was at my door, my dog had apparently been living with him for 6 weeks or more and he had taken him to a vet but the chip didnt scan which i dont believe , at any rate i got him back and two days later i got him desexed. My bully had a lot of scars and looked very thin and and had a few rough patches on him so he certainly had a rough time whilst he was gone.I am always finding stray dogs wandering around my area and when there has been no collar i have called my council to pick them up.

Actually this can happen, my lappie's microchip didn't scan at the vet a few weeks back. Turns out it's moved down her leg slightly so was hard to find.

My Husky is a massive licker and I don't mind too much as long as she doesn't go overboard - if I tell her to stop she does. I don't mind if she licks scratches, I have found that her licking my legs has actually helped my itching (funny considering that first off the doctor thought it was an allergy to the dogs!) I'd never let her lick an open wound though.

I like cats (had them growing up) but I like dogs better. I would love to own a cat, but Akira wouldn't be able to deal with it and my hubby doesn't like them, so it's no cats for us and that's fine with me.

Yep all good. Belly isn't as big, she wants to play with Halo and she's not drinking as much anymore. She went out to toilet a few times during the night, all runny but that's understandable with the amount of chicken she ate!

Thanks guys, she's fine. Huge belly, but she had a spew and a poo and she's quite happy now. So happy in fact that she was very insistent that she get some of our dinner! LOL. Bloody Sibe, she got on top of the washing machine to get the food then shared some with the Lappie (who looked full but nowhere near as much!) Lesson learnt, even high cupboards aren't safe from sneaky Sibes!

Hey guys. My husky got into a bag of puppy Royal Canin kibble today and has eaten about half a bag. My OH just rang me and said that she just wants water and her belly is huge. I've told him to only give her small amounts of water cos it'll cause the kibble to swell. He said she doesn't seem to be in pain. I've told him to keep an eye on her and if she appears in pain to get her to the vet. Apparently she's thrown up a bit of food and water. Anything else we should watch out for?

This was a chicken based kibble and shes intolerant to chicken so I'm expecting lots of runs over the next few days!

WA congrats to you also - as I said soemwhere else, it's fab to see Lappies recognised in such a competitive group as well.

Agreed completely! And I cannot wait until the first Lappy Champ show in Vic next year :D :D :D :D

WA, Your girl is doing so well You are planning to go to Vic aren't you so I can meet her in person? :p

I can see so much of Louis in Anikka, hopefully she won't be one of those babies that wins big as a youngster and then does nothing when mature but if she keeps maturing as she is she will be lovely

I definitely will be going to Vic, I wouldn't miss it! It's going to be amazing to have so many lappies in the same place and to finally meet dogs that we only see photos of. :D

Thanks SparkyTansy. Yes it's been fantastic to see the number of lappies being recognised at group (and show) level this year, and as you said, group 5 is extremely competitive with some beautiful dogs.

Congrats to you and Annika too, Mirawee, looks like she's going to be a superstar!

It's so lovely to see all the rising stars for 2011 doing so well! Congrats on Lani's second Minor Puppy in Show, and well done on Rosie and Dante's titles.

My little girl had a great day out yesterday, and she was shortlisted for Group and then awarded Best Junior in Group. So proud of her.