Well today is BUDS 2nd Birthday and how did we spend it? Ummmm...............

Today we went to the "Spring At Shuttleworth" Show and Hayley had 3 out of 4 clears with Skye and only 5 faults on her 4th run.

I also let her run Buddy in one of our classes (as I felt ill) and they went clear - woop woop! They didn't get placed but it was grade 1-7.

Hayley got an 11th Place in her agility class with Skye too!
Buddy and I had 3 runs, got eliminated twice (my fault entirely) then a 5 faults in the 1-3 agility class which had a couple of nasty traps. We didn't fall into them but he hopped off the dogwalk, still very pleased with him though and our time will come :-)

Here is Hayley and Skye's final run in the Grade 1-3 Agility Class, she's looking a bit tired now bless her, its a long day for everyone.

Well what an Easter Holiday its been so far. We had a Saturday morning training session on Saturday 31st March before my dogs left with Hubby to go to Wales with my Girls too and left me to take a couple of lessons. It felt weird being left behind, especially without the dogs as its quite isolated up my field.

After two hours of lessons and packing away, my Mum came to pick me up - Good Old Mum!! She was driving us to Wales to go and see my Brother who moved there a couple of years ago.

We loaded the car with luggage and set off to Swansea (well acutally The Mumbles as I thought it would suit the dogs better!)

We were staying in a Cottage just off the Main Street, by the time we arrived the dogs had been walked and fed and the men were up for a pint (or 10)!

The following day my Brother took us on a tour of the Gower Pininsula which is outstandingly beautiful and very dog friendly. Hayley took some photos when we stopped in the middle of nowhere, honestly you couldn't make this stuff up.

And did the dogs get in on the action - oh yes!

Today is going to be a positive feeling day for me as I'm fed up with other things going on in my life that wind me up and waste my time. Such a beautiful day that I decided to get the paddling pool out for the dogs and what fun they had, although Buddy has decided its his plaything and has been out there for ages digging at the water. Still, its keeping him happy which is the main thing :-).

While uploading this photo (taken at 12.30pm) I found the photo below on my mobile that I'd taken back in January.



I love my dogs, they give me soooooooo much pleasure and make my problems disappear.

They never judge me and love me for who I am no matter how bad tempered I feel, I instantly calm down when I see their happy faces smiling up at me.

Below is the result of our "Ready, Steady, GO!" game. As they posed so cooperatively I thought I'd better let them have some fun, Buddy is doing his kangeroo impression!

Yesterday was a great day for the Bordertrix Border Collies;



Tessie - Bordertrix Wild Waves

We received the great news that Tessie, Bordertrix Wild Waves, is tested DNA CEA clear and we recently received her hip score of only 3:3 so can now proceed with a litter from her in the late Summer - how exciting!

Oscar - Bordertrix Entrepreneur

Oscar, Bordertrix Entrepreneur, (Buddy's brother) won a Novice Dog Class at the Border Collie Club of Great Britain Champ Show on Sunday 18th March. He has been placed at every Champ Show he's entered so far, and a working boy too, we look forward to hearing about how he's doing in working trials.

For more information on our dogs and puppies please go to our Bordertrix website.

Today we went to the RVA unaffiliated show at the Shire Horse Show at Peterborough Showground. It is also Mothers' Day and very wet with it, such a shame as this is the most quiet I've ever seen the Horse Show, hardly any public around - thanks to the weather, I think. 

One clear round for Skye in the jumping (I was pole picking so she made a bit of a detour and lost valuable seconds), 10 faults for contacts in the agility and 5 faults for a tunnel run-by in the Helter Skelter.

Buddy and I managed 10 faults in the jumping cos he knocked 2 poles off (other than that a fabulous round), the less said about the helter skelter the better! However, he redeemed himself in the agility class where he only got 5 faults and a really tricky grade 1-3 course. Below is the video taken by Hayley, I'm so proud of him for listening to me, working well ahead on verbal commands, his future is looking rosy on the agility circuit. Good day all round I think despite the weather :-)



Classic shot! What a big jump Popsie (the Portugese Podengo) has!

Last Sunday was a beautiful day, Spring is definitely on its way. We took advantage of the fine weather to train in the sunshine and Hayley snapped away with her camera, so here goes, especially for you Marilyn who has been waiting all week for these - enjoy! :-)





Alfie (border collie x JRT) jumping

Jenna (cocker spaniel) running with Hayley

Kira (Portugese Podengo) has her own version of the tyre command!

Monty (WSD) has 1 speed - 100mph!!!

Poppy (ESS) popping over the jump :-)



Whoooooooooooooosh!

Sasha flying!

Tessie (Border collie & Skye's half sister) OVER!