DEALING WITH A HEAT WAVE

Our average daytime temp this week has been 95 degrees and Heddy is not a very heat tolerant dog so I have been busy trying to find ways to keep her cool.

I saw what I thought would be a great new toy for her a toy that was supposed to float  “ The FLOATING FLAPPY” I figured it would be safe to throw out in the boat slip for her to retrieve and keep her swimming. So I ordered her one. It arrived yesterday and after work we headed down into the boat slip.

On the very first toss I realized we had a problem. The “Flottie” SANK …. BUT….. SO DID HEDDY…. She trotted into the water and just dove right in after it as if she had been doing it all her life.

SO I may not be able to toss the FLOATING FLAPPY out into the boat slip for her to retrieve but she sure is having fun with it in clear water.  I wonder how deep she would go if we had a swimming pool?

HOT TIME IN THE SPRING???

Well we truly picked a rather warm day to attend our next Dog show. Our local club held a Sanctioned Match show on Fathers Day and even though SUMMER is not officially here till tomorrow morning you certainly could not tell that from the heat today. it was 97 degrees by 10:ooAM  But no matter what the Show must go on RIGHT and Dad came to the SHOW!

So into the ring we went.

First Heddy had her official CGC test and other than being a total Terrier and WANTING to KNOW what was in the BUSHES outside the ring she did great. Even managed to ignore her Dad who was part of the crowd of people that she had to walk around through. The only small issue that she had was standing and allowing the judge to brush her. I never thought about the fact that I groom her up on the table. I guess she thought the brush was a toy or something and started to grab at it. But settled when I told her to STAY. 

SO she is now   LOCH CU HEDDWYN CGC

Next was our very first attempt at confirmation.  Heddy was the ONLY Border Terrier Puppy so we had that wrapped up but it was a great learning experience. She is doing OK Still not standing solid on the table and after all the drilling with Rally and Obedience she sits often when we stop but it is a work in progress.

It was a very Pleasant surprise when she got not only best of breed but Group and Fourth Best Puppy in Show.

    

We also made another attempt at Rally and even in the Heat she did well again most of the errors were mine. So as soon as I learn to read and can calm my nerves down we may do pretty good.

If she could just learn to relax and walk on a loose leash we would really rack up some points. But we got a decent score of 83.

After which I promptly picked her up and dropped her in the kiddie pool  and like any little kid she really did not want to come out even when it was time to go home.