It has been an interesting few weeks (well months) since I have dog-blogged. First, I went to an agility trial w/ the family and Hasten and I earned a ribbon or two. At that trial, our mom injured her foot again so she lived in the big giant boo again!! We are all frightened of that thing--dogs could die from that humongous boot! After 3 weeks, she decided to stop with the boot. She has been limping now for 6 weeks. Know what that means? No walks! Thankfully, our dog walker Felicity has taken us on a couple of walks but we miss dragging our mom through the forest several times a week. We are pretty bored!
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| I don't share my super squishy nest with anyone! |
My little brother Ciaran, had surgery to remove some of his boy parts. It was a nerve-wracking week--he was confined to the xpen and Hasten kept trying to free him. I was angry when he was free---Dad and Mom kept him on a leash--so neither of us could play with him. We were really glad when he was allowed to run free and play with us.
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| Hasten tried to steal his toy through the X-Pen and she tried to free him! |
Ciaran has finally learned that we have vermin at our house! Finally!!! I have been telling him for months that those silly creatures with big bushy tales are a menace and he has just happily trotted around and paid no attention when my sister and I try to catch them. For instance, just last week, I killed another adult squirrel!!! I finally have honed the skills to catch squirrels in a yard full of tree escape! I rock! Anyway, back to Ciaran...he is now barking at the squirrels like a good half-terrier should! The only problem is that he doesn't STOP barking! He sees them go up the tree...he follows and barks and just stands there--barking. The silly squirrel is long gone...but there he is yelling at the tree! I hope he will learn to do this better soon or I am going to be perpetually embarrassed!
For Halloween agility we had two spooky runs. One on Wednesday, where we ran a course that was shaped like a witch's face. On Friday, we had our annual Halloween party--this time it was focused on learning Snooker skills---so the course wasn't shaped like a halloween theme--but could make you scream...or cry (like my mother!) It was fun. All three of us played on the course (Ciaran with Dad) and Hasten and I with Aunt Wendy. The humans had food later and didn't invite us! How rude!
Can't believe the days are so short now...less squirrel chasing time. Can any of you humans do something about this?
That holiday where a bunch of people come over and mom cooks for 3 days arrived! Of course, us dogs were put into our crates with bully sticks and didn't get to hang out in the dining room. Rude! The house looked pretty and smelled even better!
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| 21 humans with opposable thumbs and no one could come free us? |
Lots of packages have been arriving at our house. That means only one thing. The evil brown truck pulls up to our house and the man wearing brown walks down my driveway! The whole process makes me crazy! He is invading my home!!! I hate his arrogance of walking up to my door and I --helpless (but not alone) tell him loudly to get off my sidewalk!!! I hope this constant visit from the stranger in brown ceases soon!
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| Not helpful when trying to get all the ornaments on. |
Ciaran is also experiencing his first Christmas. As Mom and Dad put up the tree he kept getting in the way...Hasten and I don't care about the tree and all of its decorations at all now! He will learn.
Chow!
Barclay, Reluctant Agility Dog
Barclay, I just love your blog. Have fun with your family at Christmas!
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