Wee Harry Potters around the garden

Well call me a glutton for punnishment but I've got another puppy at home :-))

Unfortunately he's not mine for keeping - that darn thing called work gets in the way of most of the things I want.

So little Harry came to live with us last Friday and it has now been just over a week with him living in the Discoroc house.

My 3 were a bit put out at first - in fact let me rephrase that - my 3 were a LOT put out at first. Diva had the major huff, Samroc wasn't very amused and Mini kinda kept out of the scene a bit. I think it was because we had just had Rocstar come live with us the week before and he is well full on will all 3 of mine. Well suck it up princesses :-))

He's such a magic wee pup though. He is definately on the potential "special dog" category and I'd very much love to keep him - 1 powerball eh!!!

In the first few days he was a little tiger - with an attitude. He was aggro with Mini and Diva mainly and tried to be with Samroc - until the big lion came over and said "whatever sweetpea, don't give me your lip" - that was his one and only "go" at big Sam. Diva and Mini have started saying the "sweetpea" to him and he's learned not to be so stupid - I've even chased him for beign snippy to Diva but I can't tell him off in the way the dogs can - the downfall of being human I suppose :-))



He's settled in fab now and absolutely dotes on Samroc - as do most younger dogs (and some older ones too). Mini has become his wrestling partner and Diva is good for a toy fight now and again :-) Mini's more his size though and has a lot more tolerence towards him.

So what's happened in a week? Well Diva has told Harry off, Samroc has told Harry off, Samroc has told Harry off and Samroc has told Harry off again :-))

Samroc & Harry - hang out and play tug



Mini & Harry - Mini getting beaten up by the evil one :-)



Diva (big sis') with little bro' Harry - don't try that crap with me ya wee scaff!!!



Harry's been down to an agility trial and down to training 3 times now. He seems to be very interested in the dogs doing agility. He plays with the other dogs like he's one of the big ones - he runs about with the toys letting the others chase him and runs along with the other dogs chansing the other if someone else has the toy. He is still very "me" focused though. I can call him and he'll come running back to me - good wee man. I am starting to fall for him but I have to be strong as I am desperately seeking a Sam/Diva pup next year (if it happens) and need to keep a clear head - and space for him/her.

I just hope the home he gets is loving and caring and he gets everything he deserves in this life, he is special and I will never forget the special time I got to share with puppy Harry and the smiles he brought to the house :-)) love you Harry boy!

WCRC WA Agility & Jumping Trial 22/11/08

Well we finally got back into the ring. I had wee Mini entered in Novice jumping and Diva entered in Excellent agility and Masters jumping - was her first Masters jumping run.....

So how did it all go. We started with little Mini in Novice jumping. It was a nice open flowing course - as I walked it I thought probably too open for Mini - she is still "green" and with gaps between obstacles mainly 8m there is too much room for error and her to shut down from the jumps. Of course the obstacles all being so far spread apart meant I had to move my butt and work every obstacle - that was probably the real challenge :-)). We were first in and I must apologise my little Minmin - she done a very nice round and clear - yay, she nailed it. Would've been nice to get it on tape though so I could look back and see it again to see what really happened rather than my recollection of the events whilst running her. Very proud of my Mini Minx :-)) The SCT was 40s and the wee Minxter done it in 18.42s so she was doing not too bad in time. In comparison, Diva and Samroc done their Novice runs in between 15 to 18 seconds so she's not too far behind them - go Mini. And to make it a bonus the trial was run in separate height classes so as Mini was the only 400 dog she also won :-))) Go Mini, she got a win, lol. The dog who got 2nd had a time of 24.95 so she didn't waste any time. Have to make room on the trophy cabinet for her wee Rosette, awww Mini, who said rescue dogs couldn't do it :-))

I ran Diva next in Excellent jumping and oh boy, Diva certainly wasn't Diva. She done about a +3 second dog walk (in comparison to 1.5s), her a-frame was slow and weaves felt about 10 minutes long - even her jumping wasn't like her normal zippy self. She nailed the seesaw, then we had 5 obstacles after that - this is when she turned into Diva. We got clear (2nd leg in EA) and was pleased with her getting clear but very worried with her style. After Samroc's accident I am such a worry wart. Sam W. was down watching as said the same as what I was thinking. Recall to earlier events in the day. Down at the river a guy had a ridgeback x bully (well that's what it looked like) - it was wearing a muzzle but the guy let it off to run - of course I had to be there at that point - well it nailed Diva 2ce - I had puppy Harry and he was screaming - I couldn't let the lead go or pup would've been off - Diva had got away and then it nailed her again - I rushed over as soon as I could and went to boot the dog off her but the owner was there pulling it off Diva. Had to pick up poor Harry who was still screaming and get over to check out Diva - tried to walk off as soon as I could, got about 20m and the dog came screaming past me and nailed diva again. The owner was running behind and had grabbed his dog "again" before I could even react. Now this is just down right daft to me. Why do people like this have dogs - especially big powerful ones that are likely to cause damage to other dogs, people and even itself?????? So back to the Diva and agility story - now I'm all worried thinking she's hurt and got Kriszty to have a look at her. Her back was all twitchy and sore so Kriszty kindly put her massage machine thingamajig over Diva and the flinching of the back went away after a few minutes - big thanks to Kriszty. With much apprehension I put her in Masters jumping - with the thought if she runs slow again or drops bars I'm pulling her - I'm glad I did put her in - peace of mind for me - she was running beautifully. I royally stuffed up the course though. It was a fantastic challenging course set by Jill Houston. A true masters level course which I look forward to seeing more of this standard - pity I couldn't remember it and had even walked the end bit wrong, OMG - the way the numbers were I had it in my mind to jump the jumps the opposite way - thank god we hadn't got that far - I really stuffed up before that point. But I still have to say a big thanks to Helen S. who told me the correct way of the end bit. So Diva got her quali and still got 2nd in 500 (not sure if there were only 2 qualies though in this class, lol). Cathy with the awesome Snazzy got 1st place so we can't moan at coming 2nd to him and Cathy. Well done Snooky and Snazzy :-)) Their round was fantastic too and a well deserved win.

It ended up being an awesome night after all. I had such a great time and getting back into that ring was such a high - I LOVE AGILITY :-)) The competitors and judges are fab too and make the scene. I'm looking forward to getting back into the ring at the next trial we enter (probably Dobe club) with the girls who ma

ke me so proud - with qualifiers or not - they do it for me and I truly love them whether we make it round the course the judges way or our way :-))

Samroc / Bundy pups birthday - 1 year old

Well it was the birthday of the Samroc / Bundy pups on 18/11/08 and we had a party down at Riverside gardens (a beautiful off lead dog park). All the pups were there and also of course mum (Bundy) and dad (Samroc). It was awesome to see them all together again. Gosh how much they have changed and all grown up - I'm a very proud grandma :-)) This is a photo of the poster which Blake, Luke and Chanel made for the pups as a birthday gift. how sweet!!! it has all pups photos in the middle and mum Bundy looking to the furkids on the top left and dad Samroc looking to the furkids on the top right - legend poster - and oi you guys I didn't get to take it home for the wall :-))

There are 6 from the litter. 4 girls and 2 boys. The 2 boys (Solar Eclipse and Rocstar) are totally different from the rest of the litter and both don't have the "traditional" markings. Sol has a split face where Roc has a back head. The girls are quite amusing. out of the 4 there are 2 pairs of almost identical(s). Jazz and Roxy are very similar in looks, and Stormy and Lucy are very similar in looks - more so in fact that it is very hard to tell them apart.

Dad (Samroc) and Mum (Bundy)

The Boys

Rocstar (AKA Roc) & Solar Eclipse (AKA Sol)

The Girls

Jazzy 'G' (AKA Jazz) & Roxy

Stormy & Lucy

From the litter there are 4 of them doing agility - Jazz and Roc does agility down at Perth training, where Sol and Roxy do agility (along with mum Bundy) at Rockingham. Will be great to see them all competing. Jazz is doing awesome and I think she will give my Diva a run for her money.

Here's some more photos of the birthday bash :-)

I hope we can get them all together again as they all had a fab time running and playing together. Diva and Mini had an absolute ball too, and even Jo's old Bonnie was getting in on the action. Looking at them and seeing their natures, if I was to have kept one of the pups I wouldn't be disappointed with whatever one I got - they are all equally great, and I'm not just saying that as a bias Nana :-))

The starting of Blogging

Well I've decided to do a Blog as it is much easier to maintain than my website - http://www.discoroc.com/ BTW if you want to go and sign my guest book :-))

Well since this is my first post I'll have a bit of a natter about me and my dogs.

I'm Jules (21yo - yeh right) and I do agility and jumping with my fur family. I dabble in sheep herding from time to time. Both are very enjoyable and very different - agility is easier to get to train for me so most of my time goes into training agility. Hopefully win lotto and I can stop working and do more sheep herding :-)

So at the moment I have got 3 dogs (come back to that). Samroc Gem of Jewels (Working Border Collie all the way from Bonnie Scotland), Mac's Disco Diva (Working Border Collie from Kojonup, WA) and Mini Minx (German Koolie X, from the APS rescue). The "at the moment" part is added because I hope to have a Sam/Diva pup next year, fingers x'd and will keep the update posted.

Well enough blabering and get some photos posted of the fur kids :-))

Samroc, Mini and Diva

Mini, Samroc with son Rocstar and Diva

Sam, Mini & Diva down at the farm in Kojonup