Showtime

I can't believe over three weeks have gone by since my last post. I was excited to get a comment on my last blog from Tin Tin BlogDog who lives in Adelaide. Thanks Tin Tin. You can visit his cool site at http://tintinblogdog.blogspot.com/ Also, if you visit Dogs With Blogs (link below on right) during March and scroll down you will see a great photo of Tin Tin swimming.

Probably the biggest news is that I have been to some dog shows for the first time in six months. We had three shows over one long weekend - all together they were called the Autumn International Shows and were run in conjunction with a big Animal Expo which had Dr. Harry as one of the VIP's. The shows were held in an enormous pavilion which was really noisy and it was strange being put through our paces on carpeted concrete instead of on green grass. There were lots of Cavaliers there but I manged to win 3rd place in my class on the first day, 1st on the second day and 2nd on the third day. The best part was getting lots of attention and pats from the people who came to visit us at the show. Jenny took lots of photos of other people's dogs but she couldn't take any of me because she was in the ring with me.

The worst thing about the show weekend was that I must have picked up a germ which upset my tummy and gave me runny poos and a dirty bottom. Jenny put me up on the grooming table to clean me up and then gave me some horrible medicine which was supposed to make me better. (I did get better, but it tasted revolting). As a warning to all other dogs here is a photo of the medicine. If you see any humans with it I'd advise you to hide. It is called Peptosyl.

And here is a photo of me sitting on the grooming table, all unsuspecting, before I was given the medicine.

That's all for this time. I'll try and post again soon.

Woof woof.

First Day of Autumn

Today is the first day of Autumn in Australia, not that you'd know because the temperatures are still in the high 30's (centigrade) and it still feels like summer. It is also VERY dry. We are having one of the worst droughts ever and because of water restrictions Jenny is not allowed to water the back lawn except for one day on the weekend. So our lovely green playground is mostly dry and dusty and all the grass is gradually drying off and disappearing. I hope it all comes back when we finally get some rain.

I have been looking at some of the sites on Dogs With Blogs and lots of them have heaps of photos so I told Jenny we need more photos on my blog. Jenny takes lots of photos but they are often for the photo library, for special occasions or for other people. Yesterday she was busy taking photos to submit to a jigsaw publisher and some of them were of my daughter, Dizzy, so I asked her if I could have one of them in my blog and here it is.


Dizzy is 15 months old and she didn't mind posing with all those cute fluffy toys. She didn't mind the extra treats she got for doing so either!! Here's a couple more photos of Dizzy taken 12 months ago when she was just a cute little pup. She's got one ear inside out in the first photo.

Dizzy's show name is 'Cooinda Dizzy Miss Lizzie' but her call name is Dizzy because she was a bit of a whirlrwind when she was a pup. She has won some prizes in the show ring and has been awarded quite a few points towards her Australian Champion title. At home she loves sniffing around the backyard and gets so engrossed in what she is doing that she forgets to listen when Jenny calls us all. Then, when she suddenly realises the rest of us have gone inside she will whirl around and tear inside with her ears flapping, her tongue out and a big laughing smile on her face.

I've just found another photo of Dizzy in Jenny's files. This one is not so flattering and shows her wearing her drying coat after having a bath on the day before a show. She is also wearing her snood ready for tea.

I've enjoyed putting all these photos in my blog (with Jenny's help) so I think I will introduce you to other members of our family over the next few weeks. But for now, I just have time to go outside for a run and a game before bed, so "Woof Woof" until my next blog.