something to smile about

I like to buy things that make me smile and/or laugh.
When I saw this dog toy I just had to buy it.
My dogs agreed it was a good choice.

Whale watching

My head is finally getting back to normal.

So now is the time to start with semi-regular updates on my blog.

On the ship our first port of call was the island of Mauii, we were there for 2 days, and has Connie new the island well, the first day we rented a car and drove around ; we went up a volcano, and went to an a aquarium. Honestly on that first day we may have done more but as far as I can recall that was the first days highlights.

On day two on Maui Connie and I decided to go on a whale watching tour w/the Pacific Whale Foundation. It was great, I don't think words can describe just how great it was. The humpback whales are all giving birth right now, and we were lucky enough to see a 10d old calf (the size of a ford escort) breaching 12 tx's in a row, a very rare sight to see so we were told. The calves mother was also one of the 14% of whales that can re-conceive while still nursing , so at one point their were 4 males viaing for her attention ( aahhh boys) with much tail and flipper slapping.

We were on a boat slightly bigger than a catamaran, and had wonderful seats right up front to view all of this behaviour, at one point we were even surrounded by all these whales and the boat was unable to move. bliss!

I for one love being on and around the ocean, so the 2 hour trip was over too fast for me, but it was great.

It reminded me of another humpback whale trip that Connie had taken in Tofino off of Vancouver Island, in a zodiac where we were lucky enough to see transient whales.

Many thanks to Connie for taking these pictures with her awesome camera. :o)

NCL Hawaii Cruise

So I just came back from my cruise around the Hawaiin islands, and in one word it was awesome.

I went w/ my friend and her parents, it was a last minute decision as originally my friends aunt was to share a room w/ her but was unable to go at the last minute, luckily I was able to go in her place.

I decided to go a couple days early so I could spend some time w/ Connie before the cruise began, the cruise itself was 7d, but I was able to take 2wks, off of my work to make it a real vacay.

I am so happy I did, it was great to reconnect w/ her and her family as we have been best friends for many years.

The cruise offered many activities on board ship and Connie and I participated, in pretty much all of them that we could.

( I will post a separate post on them )

(I will also post pics later)

So while I want to update my blog my mind is still all over the place, getting by on 2 hrs sleep pretty every night will do that to a girl lol. I shall collect my thoughts and post them in short little posts over the next little while.

Bad Pets

My pets are BAD.

Luckily I can always (almost) find my sense of humour when I come across something bad that they have done.

Last night was Massey agility night so I needed to cut up some rollover for treats, after placing the dirty cutting board onto the kitchen counter for cleaning later when I got back home, I then proceeded to get my keys from downstairs, when I walked back into the kitchen I found Massey on the counter! all 4 of her! I couldn't believe it, I guess increasing her jump height was not such a good thing?
After a very fun evening of agility, I walked into my home and heard a noise I did not recognize, what was it?
I entered the kitchen to find the freezer part of the fridge open and contents of said freezer strewn about on the floor w/ Rupert and Jack looking very pleased w/ themselves after they had had their buffet.

As if this all was not enough, this morning after finishing blow drying my hair, I notice the dogs are not in the the hallway waiting for me as per usual, what were they up to? where were they?

I guess I had neglected to properly shut my training bag from last night.
A jolly good time was had investigating the contents.





What will they get up to next?

Cowley fun obd/rally fun match

On Sunday there was a fun match for both obedience and rally-o in Cowley. Allot of my dog friends were going and I thought that I'd take my 2 along just for fun.

While I know they are no where near ready to compete it is always good to get them out in new places for training.

I entered Esmae in novice obedience and I was pleasantly surprised with how well she did, I decided not to do the whole exercise as I did not feel she was ready for the stand for exam.

I was very pleased with her healing, although looking back at the photos I can see she is lagging a bit. I am really looking forward to competing with this dog
Thanks to Sarah for taking the pics
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I entered Massey into the novice rally-o, I was getting myself nervous as I don't really know the rally-o signs, like at all!, so to begin with Massey was a little distracted, but once I calmed down in the ring and she realised we were really just healing she did very well, we even got a nice healing comment on our score sheet from the judge.
I have always wondered if I would ever get an obedience title on her but now I think that it is in fact possible.

grooming time

The other day I gave Esmae a much needed bath.
Not only does her bff "Rupert" lends his support in the bath tub he also likes to make sure he helps w/ the blow dry after.

playing around

So I LOVE my new camera!
I am finally able to get good photos of Massey something I've been trying to do for a long time.
I went to the dog park and took lots of photos, met 2 other photographers there too, they also had a canon rebel.
One of them even took lots of photos of Esmae.
I was just playing around in photo shop and am quite happy with this picture of Massey.