Izzy Joins in the Fun

Izzy decided to give swimming a try.  At first, she still seemed hesitant, so I waded into the water with her and stood beside her for moral support.  As I stood there, she paddled her way over to the ball.  After that, there's been no stopping her.  If the ball is in the water, she's going in after it.  If we play ball in the yard, and she gets to hot, she takes the ball, drops it into the water, then swims in after it.  She then just stands in the water until she cools off.  I'm going to have to invest in more towels.

Izzy the swimmier

We Have a Swimmer

Well, it didn't take Heidi long to start swimming.  I think she got tired of waiting for Ken to fish out the ball, and she figured that if she didn't go get it, Izzy might.  So, in she goes.  She now seems to enjoy tooling around in the water.

Bobbing for Tennis Balls

After a couple days, the girls are getting a bit more adventurous with the pond.  They'll now go in up to their chests.  They're slowly working out how to actually get a tennis ball from the water. 

I'm not going in there

We got moved into our new house.  We were in a rental home for a month and a half, which luckily had a fenced back yard.  It was small, but at least the dogs could go outside off leash.  So, as soon as we closed on our new home, we took the dogs to their new backyard and let them off leash.  They ran and ran delighted with the amount of space (we now have an acre).  Then had much to investigate, including 2 water features that include little streams the dump into little ponds.  Ken tried to coax the girls into the pond by tossing their favorite tennis ball into the water.  The dogs wanted no part of it.

Disc Dog

Back in May, Izzy and Heidi attended their first disc dog tournament.  It was a wicked cold, windy, rainy day.  Someone was kind enough to share their tent, so at least we stayed mostly dry during the day.  When it was time for the beginners Toss and Catch competition, the wind kicked in which made throwing virtually impossible (well, at least for me).  Izzy caught a few, which placed her in the top 5 or so.  People were super nice, and despite the bad weather, we got to see a bunch of nice teams perform.  In the next field, there was a dock diving competition going on.  I watched a bit of that.  I think Heidi might like to try that someday.

Izzy's first disc dog tournament

Finally got my old computer up and running so I could download pictures and video - after searching in box after box for the keyboard, I finally just went to the store and bought a new one.

So, back in March, Heidi went to her first U-Fli flyball tournament, where she was entered in Pre-flight.  Pre-flight lets the dog run by themselves without the distractions of other dogs in the lane.  Heidi seemed to really enjoy herself, and she had some super fast times.

Heidi's first flyball tournament