Fame at last!

Guess what?! I'm famous! It all started at the beginning of January when my owner sent a letter to the Young Kennel Club. We had won a competition (a Wahl dog grooming kit!) and wanted to thank them for it. As well as that, my owner also told them about what I have been up to recently and what we were planning to do. Yesterday, my owner opened the regular YKC magazine and guess what-I'm in it! The letter that we had written was in it and a picture of me! We were very excited and we started running around the room-we were so happy! I am really proud to be shown off to all the other Young Kennel Club members and hopefully, my time for fame has arrived! Bye, from Jasper x

Becoming a star!

At the beginning of January, my owner and I sent a form to a television company. This form wasn't any ordinary form-it was an entry to take part in a TV program! On the form we answered a few questions about what we liked doing and we sent it in the post. All month I had my paws crossed and then, one day, we got a phone call saying that we had been selected to take part in an audition! We were so excited! I kept practising my tricks and all I could think about was the audition!
Then, audition day arrived. I got in the car and went on a long journey to the place where we were going to audition. Our audition was a 2pm, so I was able to go for a walk before we went in. At 2pm, I waited outside my car with my owner and we were called to a special room with 4 other doggies who were all completely different. I was asked to wait in a little area and each of us were asked to perform certain tricks such as "down", "sit" and any other tricks we could do. I showed them "paw", "balance" and "stand up" which I all did very well. I was then asked to sit on a skateboard with no wheels. I found it very strange and it smelt funny! I had to do a "dog walk" down the middle of the room and everyone was watching me. Afterwards, I was given a treat and I jumped back in the car. My owner was then asked some questions and on one question they asked what funny moments had there been. My owner told them about when I nearly pulled someone into the river! Afterwards, we all went back into the room and then we went home. It was such a fun day and a great experience.
Bye, from Jasper x

Back at Agility!

Yesterday, I went back to Agility! As soon as we arrived, I jumped out of the car and started on my sniffer trail. I recognised one of my friends but there was also a lot of new doggies. The first thing we did was jumping over a jump and then touching the mat that had my tennis ball on it. Everytime we jumped, we had to jump over more jumps: the first time we jumped over 1 jump, then 2 jumps, then 3 and then 4. Apparently, I was very good at it! After that, we had to do "Weave". Although I had completely forgotten about Weave, I was quite good at it and it was really fun! Then, we did "See-Saw". See-Saw is my favourite-I love See-Saw! Firstly, I had to jump half-way up onto See-Saw and then supposedly walk, very nicely, down the ramp to get my tennis ball, but, I ran down the ramp to get tennis ball so I had to do it again but walk down the ramp this time. After that, we did See-Saw again but this time we had to walk up the ramp and then See-Saw went down to the ground to get tennis ball. I was very good at this and I found it a lot of fun!
I can't wait until next Saturday!
Bye, from Jasper x

My first Heelwork to Music lesson

Yesterday I started Heelwork to Music lessons-What a fun lesson I had! When I was approaching the hall where the lessons are held, I could hear lots and lots of barking which meant other dogs! I went in the hall and saw lots of different breeds of dogs. All of the dogs had been doing Heelwork to Music for a long time, where as I was only a beginner. Firstly, we started the training with this clicker thing. I love the clicker because everytime it gets clicked, I got a little piece of sausage! Mmmm.... Then, I followed the clicker around my owners legs and CLICK! I got a treat-it was a lot of fun! I can now do things with a clicker and I can weave through my owners legs-how cool is that?! I can't wait until next lesson! Bye, from Jasper x

Happy New Year!

Happy new year everyone!
How was your 2010? Did you enjoy it? I certainly did!
My top 3 things about 2010 are:
1. It snowed!
2. I started learning agility!
3. I went on holiday to the seaside!

Do you have a New Year's Resolution? My owner said my resolution should be to stop eating tennis balls-I will try to keep to this but it's going to be very hard-they taste so good!
I hope you have a very good 2011-bye, from Jasper x

Jasper's First Blog!

Hi everyone,
Welcome to my blog!
I thought as this is my first blog, I'd introduce myself to you!


My name is Jasper and I am an English Springer Spaniel. I am 5 years old but everyone mistakes me as being a puppy! I love being cuddled and especially enjoy having my tummy rubbed! In my free time, I love doing my agility classes which I am doing very well in. I love going over jumps and through tunnels but I especially love going on the see-saw! At the moment I am practising going through the weaves at the park and after I've weaved, my owner throws me a  ball which I love to chew!

My favourite toy is my squeaker that I got for halloween! I also like playing with ropey and my squeaky tennis ball bone that sadly doesn't squeak anymore because I chewed a big hole in it!
According to my owner I am very clever because I can sit, wait, go, do paw, balance on my back legs and even stand up! Hopefully, my tricks will help me do Heelwork-to-Music which I am going to be starting soon. I am very excited and I am practising at home at the moment-I am doing very well!

Thank you for reading my blog, keep checking back for more news from me!
Bye, from Jasper x