When you are bored, retrieve!

Remember when I couldn't walk and hold the dumbbell at the same time? Well just look at me now:





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Ricky

tRicky T-Day

Yesterday's Wordless Wednesday was a preview of my latest endeavor! We saw this video of Nana the Border collie balancing stuff, and she is just so incredible that we were inspired to do a little simple balancing too!

First cheese:

   
Then a squeaker:                                                                  

                                                                 
A fish bone:

                                                                         
And then a nylabone:

The first time I ever tried to balance that big biscuit on my nose, I did it and then flipped it perfectly into my mouth! Mom was shocked and of course didn't get a picture or video. She tried and tried to get me to do it again when the camera was running but I wouldn't. Ha!

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Ricky

Wordless Wednesday

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Ricky

Random Questions

Will I ever go to another agility class or trial?

Why did I break my 2012 New Year's resolution of not barking at cars on January 1st?

Did mom's new iPod Touch replace me as her most faithful companion and best friend?

Will I ever get to work on other tricks?

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Ricky

New Year's Eve

Hope you all have a safe and wonderful time tonight! And I hope your moms aren't making you work hard today like mine is. Here is our Up on Box Take Two!






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Ricky

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Almost all of the tricks we are working on right now we are copying from Sara, Oreo and Chewy! They are taking Silvia Trkman's internet class and we are living vicariously through them. Here is a little video of me practicing jumping from the floor to the top of an object. I like this but don't know how I will feel about something less stable and smaller.




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Ricky

Almost Wordless Wednesday

While everyone was enjoying their Christmas Day, I was ready to go home!

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Ricky

Merry Christmas!!

We hope you all have a great holiday!





(Please double click on the video to make it full size. I don't understand the sizing for embedding on the blog because it cuts off part of the vid on the right side)


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Ricky

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Last week mom had a really good time with her friend and abandoned me to drive all over OH to take her friend's daughter to play for some big name violin teachers. They had lots of fun! I, on the other hand, not so much.

This week mom is busy with shopping, etc. She is behind in Christmas preparations. Once again, I am the one suffering. But a little while ago we made this video of me trying to learn to lift up my front and rear legs on the same side. It is a silly video (and rather long) but we hope you are entertained because you won't be wowed by my ability! LOL!


 



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Ricky

Around Here

Boy, not much has been happening around here. The weather got cold this week after we had even more rain. Since Friday is has been sunny but cold. Mom and I went to the park yesterday and tried to stay out of the mud and still have fun.

I get to work on my tricks at least once a day. I am doing much better with "scoot" and "froggy" but the verdict is still out on whether or not I know how to put one bowl into the other bowl. I am also working on lifting two side legs up at once. I must be very cute trying it because mom is always laughing.

This week we had several strangers here at our house. Two men came and made lots and lots of noise and fixed some plumbing problems. Then some man came on Friday and put an electrical outlet next to the fish pond so we can keep the filter going all winter so the fish don't freeze solid. I was very busy barking all about it.

In a couple days mom's best friend from college and her daughter are coming here for a visit. Mom hasn't seen her friend in 10 years. She is pretty excited about it and is cleaning the house and doing laundry, etc. I just hope having company doesn't interfere with the important things in life - my dinner, my walks, my training sessions, and my treats!

Hope to have some pictures or video to go with my next post. I could barely get my lazy mom to help me write this little message. Hope you all had a nice weekend and have more Christmas shopping done than we do!

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Ricky

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Mom wants to know if you guys think I actually know what I am doing when I stack bowls in this video or is it all merely luck? Rude question I think! Of course I know what I am doing. But I have to humor her by letting her pose the question.

I am now doing this trick with smaller bowls but we don't have it on video yet.

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Ricky

Wordless Wednesday

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Ricky

It Can't Almost Be Winter

Today is November 26 in central Ohio and because we have had mild temperatures and lots of rain some flowers in our garden are still blooming!

This little blue flower thinks it is Spring:


So does the clematis:

Fall mums still going strong:

This little white flower just started blooming:

The blanket flower has been blooming since May:

As has the dianthus:

Out of focus but you can see the forsythia is confused:

As are the daffodils:

We went for a nice walk at the park today. The rain comes back tomorrow for at least 3 days in a row. That's ok because we sure enjoyed today!

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Ricky

What I am Thankful for Today

And of course I am thankful for all of my family and friends here and all over the world! Happy Thanksgiving!

Gotta zoom over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's house!

Ricky

No Walk

No walk for me today. It's raining hard and it's cold too. Mom says she doesn't want to get wet. Such a wimp!


All I can do is cross my paws that it doesn't rain tomorrow too!



Oh how I wish I could zoom!

Ricky