Dog Show Weekend

Lowri - Whoo-hoo!  I get to go to a dog show this weekend!  We are going to drive up Saturday morning.  I don't even have to get up at the crack of dawn!  We don't show until 12:50.  I will get to be petted and pampered and I get to sleep in.  Life is GOOD!

Tomorrow night, I am getting a hot oil bath and a massage.  Oh man, my neck, back and legs are going to feel soooooooooo good.  TM is going to knead my muscles, work especially on what feels tight and then gently massage the joints in my feet and pasterns.  I am going to be so limber!  Every single part is going to move...well, like a well-oiled maching <giggle, snort>  Get it?  Hot oil bath, well-oiled machine?  I amuse myself sometimes.

I love having my own personal trainer.  I can nag TM until she gets up and does something with me.  She feels guilty because I have to be by myself while she works.  I don't have anyone to entertain me.  I tell you, if you do it right, you can really manipulate your person.  I sit beside her and poke and push until she gets up.  I got TM to play fetch with me in the hall every night this week.  She throws the toy, I run and get it and then woo-woo at her while I bring it back.  She always laughs when I do that.  She also makes me hold a dumbbell a couple of times, but then she goes back to throwing the toy for me.  The dumbbell is a small price to pay for getting my way.

Now that I have let her type my thoughts, I am going to nag her until we go to the sitting room.  When we are there, I will roll onto my back with my head on her lap.  TM will rub my belly as long as I lay there.  I have it made!

Fall

Lowri - Wow, Fall has just started and I am thinking I like it best of all! 

I got to go herd ducks last night.  The weather was perfect!  It was just getting toward twilight.  I got the ducks out.  I took the direction TM asked me to, even though it was different from our "usual" direction.  I brought them out into the yard and TM worked me on staying out away from my ducks.  It isn't as much fun, but the ducks do stay quiet.

TM also worked me on just moving them around the yard.  When I am on her right, everything is fine.  I know exactly what to do.  When I am on TM's left, I keep drifting back over to her side.  TM doesn't want me to do that.  She wants me to stay with the ducks.  I see a LOT of working on TM's left in my future.

When we came in, it was almost dark.  It was only 8:00!  We went to the sitting room and watched TV.  I was on my back getting my tummy stroked.  Heaven!  At 9:00, TM went to SKYPE with PR.  I stayed in the sitting room and watched TV until she came back.  Then I snuggled some more.  I LOVE all this snuggle time since it gets dark early.  It is also cooler, so TM is encourages my snuggling.

Best Evening EVER

Lowri - I just spent the best evening I have ever had.  I was on TM's lap, on my back, while she rubbed my tummy.  I stayed on her lap for a couple of hours.  Sometimes she stroked my head and neck, but mostly, it was my belly.  I was feelin' the LOVE.   It was the B E S T  E V E N I N G  E V E R!

TM is No Fun!

Lowri - TM is no fun at all.  At PR's place this weekend, every time I would go out to potty, I would have to wear the baddog collar.  She even reminds PR to use it.  Just because I would rather be the Great Huntress than come when TM calls me...I AM BUSY!  Get use to it!  I have to hone my skills.  Every time it happens, TM remembers the baddog collar for the next four or five times.

Today, when we got back to town, TM went right to work on a door.  She was shaving off parts of it to put the hinges in.  Since the scraps were falling on the ground, I helped myself.  TM took them away from me.  THEY WERE ON THE GROUND!  That makes them MINE!  When she finished with the hinges, she shaved a miniscule (I have been reading) amount off the top of the door.  It was so soft and paper-thin.  I was SURE she wouldn't mind me having it.  She did.

The whole time this was going on, the gate was open.  TM was getting tools out of the car and the house.  Any time I edged toward the open gate, TM went uhn-uh.  I know what THAT means!  But, why leave the gate open if I can't go check on the neighbors?

She is NO FUN.  I may call a strike!

The Great Huntress Foiled

Lowri - I have been trying to hunt bunnies all weekend, but TM has been keeping too close an eye on me.  Every time I head over toward the sweet potatoes, she calls me back.  I am not sure how TM thinks I will be able to hone my skills, if she never lets me hunt!  After all, I might have puppies that I need to feed.  You never know if TM will suddenly stop feeding me.  It hasn't happened yet, but it might!

I did get to go herding several times this weekend.  TM said that since I came out of heat and settled back down, I have been acting much more mature - both on stock and in general.  She was happy with most of my work on ducks and quite pleased with my work on sheep.  I am learning to step up my game.  I am going to be in Intermediate and Advanced next year.

I got to snooze on TM's lap this afternoon - literally on her lap.  She was napping and was cold.  It was either me or the blanket.  I made sure the blanket was juuuuuust out of reach.  I like napping on TM's lap.  She strokes me between my eyes, even when she is partially asleep.  It is sooooo nice.

The Great Huntress

Lowri - I am the Great Huntress!  Papa Ron took me out with Aidan and Daisy so we could do our business.  I immediately headed for the garden (after taking care of said business).  There are bunnies lurking there.  I pounced and caught one!  PR called me and I came over to show him my prize.  He made me let it go!  Note to self - if you catch a bunny, do NOT go to Papa Ron!

<snicker>  Aidan tried to catch the bunny after I let it go.  He ran off to the next field trying to catch it.  He didn't <snicker, snort>

When I came in the house, I was strutting my stuff.  I was PUMPED!  I am the Great Huntress!

Thursday in Town

Lowri - TM slept in this morning.  I think it really helped her feel better.  She was in a much better place this afternoon.  When she got done with work, she took me for a long walk.  We went as fast as she could walk for the entire time.  Have you seen her legs?!?!?  She can hustle!  We also did some jogging.  I moved along very nicely.  TM was pleased with me.

After TM and PR SKYPE'd tonight, TM saw Mama Penni was on the computer.  She tried to SKYPE with MP, but she wasn't with her computer right then.  A few minutes later, MP SKYPE'd back.  Apparently when the computer announced the call, all of MP's dogs went racing outside barking.  Silly things, they need to SKYPE more often.

TM and MP weren't actually able to SKYPE.  MP was having technical difficulties.  They typed back and forth, then TM pulled me into her lap so MP could see me.  Then my Daddy got in MP's lap.  We looked silly <VBG>  TM and MP waved good-bye and signed off.

It was a pretty slow day for me.  I am just glad TM is feeling better.