out and about
A view of the world from the eyes of an
old english sheepdog...
Reporting in from recent Disc Dog Day Trial and numerous other events around the area we welcome "Millie".
Introduction:
Name: Millie: a.k.a. Millicent, Millie the Pooh, Mill-Mill, Millie
-- the Troll (for those bad hair days)
Official Handle: Rollingview's Ribbon in the Sky
Breed: Old English Sheepdog
Date of Birth: Not telling because I'm a woman -- prim and proper!
Favorite toys: Frisbee. Frisbee. Frisbee. Soft toys such
as: my duck and bunny rabbit to name but a few of my many stuffed toys.
Anything that I can carry around that's soft.
Favorite activities: Playing Frisbee, going to the dog park and playing
Frisbee & riding in the car.
Activities that her parents make her do: Obedience, agility, skijoring
& dog sledding (the last two are new ones to me!).
Siblings: Spenser (my Uncle), Walter (Oh good grief, my
younger Black Standard Poodle of a brother!), Cassie (by far, my oldest
sister who is a Bichon Frise) and a slew of cats.
Dislikes: Maybe my younger brother, Walter?! Having
trouble warming up to him unless he has my Frisbee or food!
Adventures in
Obedience,
Agility,
Frisbee and much much more
with Millie reporting in from:
Guides Canins - St. Lazare, QC - Disc Dog CDDA Sanctioned Trial/Agility AAC Sanctioned
Trial - May 18th and 19th, 2002.
Hi there,
Millie here!
Mom took me into a really neat doggy competition on Saturday, May 18th,
2002 in St. Lazare, QC -- behind a really big international horse show. (Mom
said that not to long ago she used to ride in that BIG horse show and she
also rode and trained horses there!)
While the doggy agility competition was going on, Mom introduced me to REM
(Joy's his Mom from the Afterburners Flyball in Ottawa), Blur (Pam's his Mom),
and Piper and Rio's (Tiffany's their Mom) who came all the way from Ottawa
to be in the agility classes and the long distance Frisbee contest. (I passed on Agility as I'm into obedience right now -- or at least I was
when this event was on. Now I'm in both Obedience and Agility!)
Boy, was it ever a windy day. Freezing beyond belief but Mom
kept me warm by working all sorts of different heeling maneuvers and other
fun obedience exercises before our class began.
Okay, I can't hold it in any longer 'coz I'm so excited!! I have to tell
you what class I was entered in -- Frisbee! Yes, that's right! I was
entered in the Canadian Frisbee Contest put on by the Canadian Disc Dog
Association. Mom entered me in it as she knows how much I adore my
Frisbee. I play Frisbee even in my sleep -- that's how much I enjoy it!
Anyway, I passed the Proficiency Flyball Test with flying colours (no
pun intended)! The official judge had never seen an OES catch a Frisbee as
well as me before and urged us to continue. So onward and upward, to
the "long distance" Frisbee catching competition.
We had to wait until the very last agility class was over before we got to
do the "long distance" Frisbee catching. The Frisbee class was
made up of a sea of Border Collies (even the "Official Canadian
Frisbee" has a Border Collie on it, they are that well known in the catching
dept!), along with a couple of Labs, Belgium Sheepdogs, Aussies and MOI.
Gee, I thought that moment would never come as it was so darn cold and
WINDY! We had to catch the long distance throws 4 times within a minute to
qualify for so-called Frisbee "title" and Mom was really pumping
that Frisbee out to me! I caught 3 in a row with all four feet off of the
ground and in the AIR! On the fourth one, the wind took it on it's merry
way. You should have heard the crowd moan in disbelief when that happened
as I would have qualified for a Frisbee leg. Not ONE single dog
qualified for their Frisbee title 'coz of the wind! (By the way, did I
mention it was windy?)
We didn't walk away empty handed as we got a Certificate
saying we had passed the Retriever Proficiency Test and an Official
Canadian Frisbee.
We had so much fun -- just Mom and me. Which
counts the most!
Well, I had to share my exciting moment with you. Might not have been in
an obedience ring this time around, but this was loads of fun!
Uh oh, Mom's coming!
Gotta go,
Millie
What
is the Canadian Disc Dog Association? Find out more about this interesting
sport by clicking here. To buy the
"Official
Canadian Disc Dog Association Fastback Disc" click here.
What about Bob? Let's not forget Bob! Find out what Bob has been up to by
clicking here.
What is Flyball? Find out more about this interesting sport by clicking here.
Who are
these 2 teams from the Afterburners Flyball Club in Ottawa, Ontario -- Formula 1 and Pit
Crew? Find out here.
Oh look! What can that be? Is it a plane? No! It's Rollingview's Cape Crusader in the
Conformation Show Ring on the next page.
"Go -- down and back" to read all about his adventures right
here!
A view of the world from the eyes of a old english
sheepdog continues on the next page...
(Copyright,
2002.
Used with permission
from NK Concepts - Dog Supplies.)
Keep an eye open for different topics of interest such as: profiles on
people and their dogs, to name but a few interesting topics...Also, have a look at what Rita Susanto and "Justin" have been up to these
days.
Why not be part of "out and about" and send in
your canine
companion's accomplishments to us. To do so, please send us a brief description of how you
both did in the event(s) along with the location(s) you and your canine were both in to:
NK Concepts - Dog Supply Training Specialist.
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