Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Today we will be heading over to grandpa and grandma's to celebrate the holiday. I am happy to report that I am feeling much better and I'm hoping that means I get to sample a little of the Thanksgiving meal!

Do you remember last year at this time I entered my friend Johann's Howliday Giveaway and won third prize? Well he's doing it again this year! You can just go to his blog and register to enter and upload a holiday-themed photo and get all your friends and family to vote for you! Johann has added something new this year - he is raising money for the shelter where his mum found him! So you can donate a little bit to help the shelter out when you enter the contest. Here is the link to Johann's post - Johann's Howling Howliday Giveaway - the sooner you enter, the more votes you can get! I really had fun being a participant last year and I got very cool presents when I won third place!

My class last night went well - this week I did my fastest-ever-regulation-size dogwalk! And I got all my contacts so maybe the backyard training with the hoop is starting to pay off. Now if mom would just trust me at a trial and not babysit my contacts so much! Guess it will take awhile for both of us to be able to run in a trial with the same freedom we do at class or at home!

Hope you all have a happy and safe holiday!

Gotta zoom!

Ricky

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!! Hope 2009 is off to a good start for you! We just got a package in the mail - it was the prize for our third place finish in Johann's Howling Howliday Giveaway! Wow - it was like Christmas all over again! We got lots of neat stuff - thank you to Johann and to all the companies who so generously donated items! We had a lot of fun participating in the contest and getting a prize to open was awesome!

Gotta zoom!

Ricky

Third Place!

Wow - I won third place in Johann's Howling Howliday Giveaway! Thanks to everyone who voted for me! Congratulations to Merlin and Kaley (the #1 and #2 place dogs)! There were a lot of great photos so I'm excited to have the honor of being third! Here's my winning photo and some of the others we took for the contest:

Johann says he plans to make the contest an annual event so watch for it next year! Thanks Johann for a fun howliday giveaway! And thanks again to all of you for voting!

Gotta zoom!

Ricky

My new friend!

Here is a photo of Johann and me from the agility trial this past Saturday! We had so much fun and Johann was amazing out there in his runs!

Gotta zoom!

Ricky

New Friends!

We had a blast today! Mom and I went to a local agility trial and met with our blogging friends Johann, Gracie and their mom. It was so good to meet them. Johann is a really cool dog and we watched him in his standard run and his JWW run and he Q'ed them both! (This was his first trial since he pulled a muscle (iliopsoas) in January). He and his mom looked really good out there - hopefully mom and I can become as good a team some day! Any way, between the runs we sat and watched a lot of other dogs compete - I can't wait to get out there and show my stuff - I know I can do it too! And we also took a couple of walks to take in the new smells and sounds. Mom and Johann's mom did LOTS of talking, but I was a very good boy and sat on mom's lap for most of the time. Johann's mom also had good treats, so I liked her right away and tried to impress her with my quick sits. Must've worked because the treats kept coming! I think Johann and I could become very good friends! Hopefully we will see them again soon!

We spent the rest of the afternoon in our backyard. Mom wanted to practice some agility with me but there were way too many distractions. My neighbor dog friend Ciara was out in her yard (she is actually moving away so we hadn't seen each other for a long time). We did lots of running at the fence and I did lots of barking. And then some other neighbors came out with their two little girls and their dog Amber, so there was more running and barking. I would say it has been a great day!

Gotta zoom!

Ricky