erin's dogs

kelsey

2009-08-18T15:30:00.000-07:00

sad news here this week. we sadly had to say goodbye to old girl kelsey. she was 14 years and 8 months old and she had gotten very tired and frail and her back legs could no longer cope . it was the right decision but the hardest my mum had to make. my brother ad i have never known the house with out her . she will be greatly missed by all that knew her. she was mums first show dog and won best of breed at crufts the year before i was born, she then went onto become a show champion with 6 cc and 5 res. a once in a lifetime dog.

Ace

2009-07-07T14:56:00.000-07:00

Well Ace did a super round at the gleniffer show at the weekend and won grade 2 agility taking me up to grade 3!!!! It was a lovely round and he won by a big margin and also beat the grade 3 winning dogs time. Pity ace only gets one clear round a year!!!! That also means that poor wee surf has to come out in grade 3. never mnd we wont tell her. I have a show on kerm tomorrow so up early as it starts at 9. no long lies for us.

crufts here we come

2009-06-11T15:33:00.000-07:00

Well ace and i have qualified for the heelwork to music class at crufts 2010. we are doing a routine thats quite new to him so will be working on it over the summer to try and tweak a few things to make it better. Thats ace now qualified for obedience and htm and paws for junior handling so that is a good start to the year. been doing alot of riding this past while and kermit is a star. we are actually having him full time now so he is officially a memeber of the logie family now. he loves all the fuss he gets. he has been moved out of his stable for now as the whole yard is being white washed but is looking great so when he moves back he wont know the place. we have no shows this weekend so have the whole weekend to walk dogs and play with kermit.

busy weekend

2009-06-08T05:29:00.000-07:00

another busy weekend. we had an agility show at irvine on saturday which was great fun and we came home wth a 1st 2nd 4th 6th and 7th so a brill day for the dogs. on sunday it was off to cowdenbeath for a heelwork to music show. jason was doing buzz at this show and he got a first but not enough points to qualify. me and ace did a htm routine to sining int he rain and it was brill fun and we won and qualified for crufts. nothing on this weekend so some kermit time to fit in.

kermits first clear round

2009-06-04T02:13:00.001-07:00

here he is all done up before the showjumping began.

here he is popping over the novice course

kermit

2009-05-13T03:51:00.000-07:00

here is a few pics of kermit and me. he is coming on really well and is getting better every day. he is such a cute pony but everyone thinks he is an asbo so it must just be us that love him!!!!

fair city

2009-05-10T16:07:00.000-07:00

Well the fair city show did not live up to its name and it rained and rained and rained. what a miserable show. such a shame as it is a lovely venue in the grounds of scone palace. my favourite place . great dog walks and the river to let them have a swim in clean water. As for the agility, Buzz was fab as usual and got 2 x 2nd places in grade 6 agility. Ace got a 5th in grade 2 agility and spent most of the weekend making sure the cadets pole picking didnt get bored sitting!!!! He can be such a clumsy oaf of a dog sometime . too much in a hurry to get to the next thing that he flattens himself and throws himself at the jump. took surf round the rings and tried my best to avoid her helping the other dogs to finish the courses, she was a bit keen for a shot but is way off ready for that yet but good to know she would like to. she had a lovely swim and lots of walks with ace and my friends dogs, sally , glen , ty and benji . they had a great time. dad took some pics with his flash new toy of us all on the cross country horse jumps that are in the grounds .skc next. we will be there from the thursday as i have the scottish junior final , then gundog day, grooming and then agility.

2009-05-05T04:26:00.000-07:00

update

2009-05-05T04:23:00.000-07:00

We have started surf in training to be hopefully and agility dog [maybe one day] she has taken to it well and seems keen to work and learn. as with everything she is different in many ways to my other dogs so we have to find her thing to train her. she can be sensitive so happy voice is the main thing and she thrives on it. she has done most pieces of equipment now and seems happy with them. she has only had 5 lessons and is showing she had a flair for it. will post some pics

post crufts

2009-03-26T05:24:00.000-07:00

Not done a lot since crufts apart from turn 11 on friday 13th march and yes it was unlucky because kermit managed to bronco across the paddock and throw me off quite badly. all better now and we have a new daisy rein for him so even if he charges off he cant get his head between his knees which is when all the trouble starts. he has been good since then.
Dogs wise, surf loves the new lead and harness we got her at crufts but now i know why they put themk on huskies, wow she could beat them. We have started agility with her, just little bits. she loves aframes a lot and when we went to carolines for a practise and went for a cuppy , surf was out in the garden playing one min then the next she was sitting up on top of the a frame surveying everyone. never had a dog do that before but thats surf!!! we have a small garden dog walk / aframe thing and everytime we let her out to pee she runns along it cos she wants a treat. she will be a handful that one.
did a fun show with ace and paige, paige was good - slow but her confidence is growing now so hope that will come. ace was ace and managed one clear at the end but we had to go so dont know if he got anything. not to worry the fact he was clear was fab. got my lesson tonight at the stables so will see how that goes, its really windy here today so ponies will be hyper.

erin and paws after winning handling

2009-03-12T05:54:00.000-07:00

paws - what a star

crufts

2009-03-10T07:06:00.001-07:00

Wow what a fab crufts that was. I am so proud of my dogs and my mum and dad are so proud of me.On thursday Buzz and I did obedience, we didn't get a place but he was fab and did everything he was asked. Go wee Buzz. Friday was shop day!!! Saturday was mental so busy for me. First thing was grooming, I groomed a jrt cross and got 2nd. Next was handling. Paws is suh a young munster that it ould have gone either way with her but she behaved and well ........ we won!!!!!!!!! I was so happy mum and dad were heering and there were loads of ou friends from scotland there screaming. I will never forget it as long as I live. Heelwork to musi was next with Ace. He barked a bit but he was brill and we won that too!!!!! Then onto breed, I issed her first lass as i was daning with Ae so Marie a lovely lady with munsters showed her for me and got a 5ht out of 14 in her first post grad lass, she is only 23 months. I was bak to show her in the good itizens class and got 3rd out of 10 which i was real happy with. Sunday was team agility and our team was 6th. What a show .pics to come when we get them sent to us by various people. Saw all my pals there and had a laugh with Caitlyn and saw Stacey too

crufts

2009-02-28T13:45:00.000-08:00

well thats us packing up for crufts. it should be fun , its not like any other dog show . the atmosphere is something else.we are taking three dogs down, ace buzz and paws. will miss wee surf though, we have never left her before for so long and it will be her birthday when we come home - a year already. ace is 3 the day we go and paws and me later on in march so its the birthday month. ace is in the first heel work to music freestyle comp the ykc has done but i know he will bark a lot which is a no no . as longs he barks and listens at the same time that will be ok. We have wee buzz doing the most things, obedience team agility and ykc agility dog of the year and paws is doing breed and handling. looking forward to it and we have friends going down too. hope to get round on sunday and watch the collies being shown as surfs breeder Nat is there with her crew.

sent home.

2009-02-12T14:51:00.000-08:00

Well it snowed a bit today but it was enough for the school to decide to send the kids that live out with the town home yipee!!! So we built a snowman then headed down the the stables to see kermit and exercise him and any one else that need it. So i did him then natal and also had a lesson that i did on brambles a new young pony with a lot of energy, she was fun though. We are off now for half term till wednesday but have a busy schedule so no lounging around.Tomorrow i have my lesson on kermit. Saturday is a fun agility show for ace and paige. On sunday Anne at help fife animals has organisned a training day for obedience and heel work to music for the kids going to crufts. It is fab of her to do this and she does so much with her husband Ian to help all the kids to practise. We really appreciate it. It is good to get together with other kids and share ideas.

i have been tagged.

2009-02-11T04:15:00.000-08:00

didnt even know you could do it but i have been. i dont have 5 blogs to tag on to but if you would like to please just do it. so the 5th folder and 5th pic here goes

. Oh its ace lounging on my mum and dads bed. bet dad didnt know he was there. what a handsome boy!!

buzz the airbourne weaver

2009-02-11T03:46:00.000-08:00

2009-02-11T03:44:00.000-08:00

back again

2009-02-11T03:32:00.000-08:00

We were having trouble loging on to the blog for a while but it seems fixed now.
So whats new, we went to the caledonian open show with Paws and I handled her to best of breed. I did the ykc handling but the judge didn't seem to be judging the handling just the dog which happens a lot. We still got third so was happy with that. Will dig out some pics from recent things and ge them on. Paws and Surf are in full season and doing the dirty dancing as my mum calls it a lot. Jason thinks it is funny but not if we have guests!!!! At least Paws will be out for crufts . We are down all 4 days and have best in show tickets too which is great as it wont be on tv this year. Paws is doing breed and ykc handling, Ace is doing htm and wee Buzz is doing agility dog of the year, team agility, obedience and i have a borrowed dog for grooming although next year i will do surf as she is so hairy, well she was , mum took the coat king to her eek!!!! Surfs mum had new babies they are lovely and one has come up to scotland to live.
We are still waiting for surf to grow into her ears but i dont think she ever will!! they are huge - it doesnt mean she listens better though. We think she would like a sheep to play with as my brother and I have four hamster [two babies we just got from rescue] and at night we put them i a rodent paly pen!! surf tries to round them up into their tube , one dog and their hamsters might be a show that would catch on!!! she is so clever. went to a fun agility show and wee paige the resuce rat [actually a papillon but we nicknamed her after the ratatoulie film] got two clears. paige has been a hard work dog as hse was very nervous and hated dogs when we got her but she is coming on now and is getting more confident everyday. proud of her. ace did well and got a 7th and 9th so really happy with him. he is hyper. well will go and see what pics i can find.

happy new year

2008-12-31T13:54:00.000-08:00

just wanted to say happy new year to everyone. we went on our usual munster bash today at tentsmuir beach. 17 people and tons of dogs all having a great time. we took paws surf and buzz and are going back tomorrow with the whole gang. it is a fab beach just goes on forever. brill! surf was great herding all the munsters up. it was also a lovely day weather wise - cold but dry and no wind. next thing for me is the new years trek on the 2nd. 100 horses and ponies from the yard all go out round the area for 4 hours. it is great fun but all the horses get hyper and kermit hasnt been before because he only got backed in january for the first time so fingers crossed he behaves himself. will put pics on after it. have fun .

merry christmas

2008-12-07T08:46:00.000-08:00

How are you all doin.I hope you like the pics of kermit ,he is comin on brill!!!![He was jumping!!] I hope you all like my blog and know how to use it!!!!!!Have a very merry christmas

kermit

2008-12-06T08:45:00.000-08:00

kermit

2008-12-06T08:30:00.000-08:00

kermit

2008-12-05T11:38:00.000-08:00

just took some pics of kermit[he is a poser NOT!!!]he is comin on a lot since we got him[not fallen off yet]

training day

2008-11-30T15:32:00.000-08:00

just been to a training day in perth. it was freezing cold minus 8 at one point. just had ace as the skc said only one dog. the stuff was a bit basic so wish i had taken one of the younger dogs instead as ace was a bit above the standard that was there for agility and obedience and handling isnt his thing!!! it was great to catch up and see friends we hadnt seen for a while. caitlin and her bro glenn had come all the way down from the north of scotland. thats dedication for you. the trainers were all lovely to us kids and dogs and did very well giving up their time to help the scottish juniors . hopefully there will be more of these events to come. it was mentioned to have one before crufts to give us kids a good training session before they go to the big one!!!!
wee surf did her first htm show and boy she was great. i thought she would run away as soon as the lead was off but she stayed in the ring for the whole time and worked so well for a pup. very proud of her. ace had 12 in his class and he came 2nd which was brilliant he only barked 3 times which is such a big improvement for him as he used to bark the whole time.
only one show left this year. its the hpr club of scotland open show on the 20th december. dad says at least it will stop mum shopping that day!!! lol she was not impressed. we will be putting up the tree this week. we always get a real one as mum loves the smell of a real tree. surf has never seen a xmas tree and neither has the kitten so that should be amusing to see. baubles everywhere and a daft cat half up a tree with a collie acting like a fairy!!!! should be fun. will take a pic of kermit this week to introduce him to the world. he galloped off with me this week because a scarey rabbit jumped out of a bush - what a boy, hope he improves with age. he is a lot better in the lesson and is getting better everyday. we are off school tomorrow for st andrews day so will ge tto rid him in the day light ofr a change. usually only see him in the dark.

surf and co

2008-10-23T14:30:00.000-07:00

Erin is really pleased with the way wee surf is coming on. her trick training is coming on great now and she is very steady in her work. she is very attatched to erin and really doesnt like the other dogs coming near her whilethey are working - she isnt bad to them just looks at them and circles erin as if to say my time now back off guys, it always works!!! we have a fun heelwork to music show in november and erin is going to try and see if surf will do a simple routine in a strange place with lots of distractions. i think that erin sometimes wishes she could show surf as she is such a pretty girl but as she is really white the judges wouldnt appreciate her .we still love her to bits.
ace and erin went yesterday to do an audition for britains got talent. it went really well and the dog was fab, drum band pipers all sorts right next to him and he didnt even flinch. the audition went well but they dont tell you if you get through until january so fingers crossed! will keep you all posted.
kermit is coming on , he is very green and doesnt know what height he can jump so if its tiny he tries to jump 5ft , typical boy!!! he is lovely and has such stable manners he is like a big teddy bear.

kermit

2008-10-20T05:41:00.000-07:00

Erin has now taken on the care of a 4 year old pony called Kermit. He is lovely although a bit of a baby so needs schooling. he is erins during the week but as we are away at the weekends to shows we thought full livery would be too much to fit in.photo to follow.

our newbie

2008-09-29T04:32:00.000-07:00

paws

2008-09-27T01:58:00.000-07:00

Paws started her agility training this week and was really good. very keen and ready to go. just like her dad kai was. hope she continues like this and we will have another satr agility munster in the family. her sister already started and is doing really well and her other sister might be starting soon too, so a family affair.

charity show

2008-09-22T00:54:00.000-07:00

We were at the Dundee charity show this weekendIt was a lovley show and the sun shone through out. Erin had a good show ace came howm with a 10th 9th 7th and a 2nd and Buzz got a 2nd. There were lots of fun classes too and Jason ran ace for the first time and got a judges special award for trying hard and ace was so good for him. .jason was happy with his box of milk try which he shared out last night and Erin made sure she got her bit. Erin's teacher came to visit on saturday and watched erin run ace . She has two springers which are just starting out doing agility and already showing promise. Erin loved having her there to see her do her stuff. Erin is away to school with her prizes this morning.

surf learning tricks

2008-09-17T14:21:00.001-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E61qgcEzSA8

trampoline surf

2008-09-17T14:21:00.000-07:00

surf learning tricks

2008-09-16T06:58:00.000-07:00

2008-09-16T03:51:00.000-07:00

This is erins munsterlander Paws. she was such a hyper pup. We could never work out how she was getting into the back garden as we never thought for a minute that she would fit throught he fence but one day we saw her doing it from the window and we just had to video it for proof. She is now 18 months old and can still fit through it, so we have put a bamboo screen in front of it. Luckily she never hurt herself doing it!!!

2008-09-16T03:38:00.000-07:00

Welcome
Welcome to Erin's dogs blog. Thought it was about time we set this up for Erin so she can share news and all her pics of her wonderful dogs with you all. Bit of background info. -Erin is 10 years old and lives near Carnoustie in Scotland with mum , dad, her little brother Jason [6] and 7 dogs. She has 3 large munsterlanders. 2 border collies . A rescue papillon and a corss jack russel pomeranian. Erin trains all the dog in a varying amount of activities including heelwork to music, obedience, agility ,showing , handling and she also has a dabble in grooming.Erins dogs are called Kelsey, Hogan, Surf , Ace , Paws, Buzz and Paige. As well as the dogs Erin and Jason also have 2 hamster, 2 chinchillas , 2 cats, a giant african land snail and numerous fish. Hope you enjoying meeting the gang.

Buzz

2008-09-16T03:31:00.001-07:00

kelsey

2008-09-16T03:24:00.001-07:00

Hogan

2008-09-16T03:22:00.001-07:00

paige the papillon

2008-09-16T03:16:00.001-07:00

meet paws and ace

2008-09-16T03:11:00.001-07:00

this is surf - bryning time to fly

2008-09-16T03:08:00.000-07:00

Welcome

2008-09-16T02:48:00.000-07:00

welcome to the blog