Heelwork to Music update!

Hi everyone,
I just thought I would update you about my Heelwork to Music training!
At the moment, I practising my routine in preparation for my Crufts Qualifier coming up towards the end of the year! I am dancing to "Club Can't Handle Me" by Flo-Rida!! I love the routine and my favourite part is weaving through my owner's legs. My tail wags a million times a minute! I am using a hoop for my prop and love jumping through it so much that I just can't stop! I have been filmed doing the routine and everyone says how good I am! I now can't wait until the Crufts Qualifier! Talk soon, Jasper x

My first Crufts Qualifier!

Last weekend, my owner and I travelled to an event. First, when we arrived we checked out where we were going. We were going to do a Crufts Qualifier! I am trying out to take part in the Dogstable course. My owner had to dress up as a superhero, so dressed up as Batman! My owner then had to go and walk the course- jump, both handler and dog weave through cones, tunnel, jump, jump, trick (I did balancing on my back legs!), heel, gate, plank, recall, superhero move, jump, weave and then finally a jump to finish the course. Once, my owner had walked the course, it was time to queue up and wait for our name to be called. Then, it was our turn, our names were called out and my owner let me off the lead. I was very nervous and I wanted my whole family with me so I...ran off! My owner called and chased after me and then  she slipped over and fell into a puddle. She was soaked! It was very funny but I also felt quite bad so I stopped running and we started the course. "3,2,1...GO!" And we were off! I went straight over the jump but I had a few problems going through the weaves as I was slightly distracted by the people watching! Then, I ran through the tunnel and jump over the two jumps. It was then my trick and I did it brilliantly! Then, it was heel. I am not normally very good at heel. I do try very hard, but I like going off on sniffer trails. However, my owner said I did it very well but we were too slow and we got whistled off. We didn't qualify but it was my first time and a very good experience.

Easter!

Happy Easter everyone!!
I hope everyone is having as good a day as I am! Today, I firstly went on a long walk to the park and played with my favourite tennis ball! My owner threw it really far
and I sprinted really fast to get it! I then went to see my brother and we went in the river together. My owner threw a stick really far in the river and my brother and I raced each other to get the stick first! Lots of people watched us and they seemed to find
us very amusing!! I've had such a fun day and I hope you had fun too!

It's nearly Easter!

Only a few more days until the easter holidays, and I can't wait! I'll be able to go to the river more often, I'll be able to go to different places, and I might even be going to the seaside! I can then also practise Agility and Heelwork to Music more often and be able to learn new tricks. My owner has also promised to give a wash, and even though I don't enjoy having a bath, I will smell nice and fresh and be very clean!  Only two more days and then two weeks of pure bliss!
Bye, from Jasper x

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