Hi everyone, my name is Cruz (Cruz Missile is my KC name and everyone who knows me will agree that my mum certainly picked well when she chose that one!)

I am almost 3 years old (birthday is 02 Feb if anyone wants to buy me anything… squeaky toy or squeaky ball or squeaky anything really!) but you would never know it… I am still a baby mum says and I don’t think she believes I will ever become a sensible adult dog ha!

I live with mum, dad and my sister Fly, who is nearly 10 now, and my brother Scout, who will be 7 in May, we are all collies. When I was old enough, Mum started taking me to agility classes…wow, did I love them! I started competing at real KC agility shows last year and I had to start in Grade 3 because my smartass brother had won Grade 1 and Grade 2 and my Mum isn’t allowed to enter a dog below Grade 3 now…:( Maybe this year I might get a clear round – as so far the course I take doesn’t agree with the one mum wants me to do. I think that’s what is causing the problem, she wants to follow all the little numbers in the right order….but I must be doing something right, as the others in the queue smile when I run and I also give the judges a laugh…

I started flyball last year and just love it, mum lets me run by myself over the jumps and as long as I bring her the ball and come back over the jumps, she is really pleased with me ) (hhmmm…wish she would let me run the agility course on my own!)
I haven’t been doing flyball very long, but I am hoping to be in a team this year and maybe even run in a Crufts qualifier, keep your fingers crossed for me……..

Luv Cruz

Hi, I’m Angus, a flat coated retriever– I live in Saltcoats with mum and dad, 6 cats and my 2 flatcoat brothers Robbie and Dougal. I am just over 4 years old, my brother Robbie is almost 4, and Dougal, the baby, is 2 years old. I am black as is Dougal and Robbie is brown or liver coloured. We all do agility and train with others friends weekly – and we do obedience training once a week. Mum trains with us regularly in the back garden using the jumps and the weave when there is enough daylight –at weekends in the winter or after our walk in the summer.

Robbie and Dougal did flyball training but didn’t move on to competition standard but they loved the training and had loads of fun. Mums said she likes to have a lie in on a Sunday now. We used to compete at dog shows and I have been placed at a number of shows, I have a stud book number and I was placed 4^th in my class at Crufts in 2010 – but mum thought that I wasn’t having enough fun so she stopped doing that type of show and decided to concentrate on agility. Good choice mum!!

I used to be the only one in my house that worked and competed at agility but now we all do it – must confess I used to love my weekends with mum all to myself but now I have to share again. We all have fun and do well and try our best for mum and she always seems happy with us.

I started to compete last year in April 2010 – I drove mum mad – Auntie Ros was with us when I was running in my first class, she was standing getting a coffee at the catering van then she saw a black flash running by and she chased me back into the ring!  I had such a lot of fun – but mum was a bit cross with me – but I always win her over, she’s a soft touch really!! I now compete at grade 3 in agility as do Robbie and Dougal – they had to enter at that grade because of the rules – it’s quite hard for them but we will get there, we try really hard for mum. I have my silver agility warrant and I am 25% on the way to gold so I would like to get that next year.

We are all well looked after when mum is working as we have a dog walker so we get out and get exercise and then mum comes home and walks us – it’s a dog’s life ♥

I or one of my brothers looks forward to keeping you up to date with our achievements in the future. I hope you enjoyed learning about us so far xx

Hi I’m Jake or to give you my Sunday name ‘Miraje Jacobean Rebel’. I’m 19months old (September ’11) and my mum and dad Margaret & Steve love me loads and both take me on lovely long walks in the park.

As a puppy mum says I was a complete and utter nutter and very hard work? But I like to think I was just a typical collie puppy.

Dad started obedience training with me from an early age but although I knew what to do he insisted in working me morning, noon and night, he even had me in the park in the snow last winter making me sit/stay while he ran round me like an idiot. Not sure what all that was about?

I was entered into a competition in June and I think I let dad down cause I broke my sit and lost points, but I made up for it the next time so in the end he seemed very happy with me and I even got a rosette.

I do like obedience, but I also like showing off to my pals at the club and that annoys dad….hee hee!

I did my agility beginners course earlier this year, Wow! That is excellent fun, running, jumping, tunnels and weave poles, oh I love the weave poles, only problem is dad is so slow and he keeps sending me the wrong way….idiot! Uncle Joe keeps telling him to stop racing me, I mean have you seen his flabby belly there is no way dad will ever win against me!

Once dad gets a bit fitter and learns his left from his right I think I may be quite good at agility.

Lately mum has started taking me to flyball….not sure why it’s called flyball as I haven’t seen any balls yet. I mean I love tennis balls and take one with me on every walk, but this is just running and jumping then turning on a box…..but its great fun and mum also gets very excited too.

I have a wee sister now too, Caragh. She’s great but she keeps stealing my ball when we’re out walking. One of these days I’m going to have to have a word. She doesn’t get to play as much as me but she has started coming to obedience and she’s a class swat, I think she wants to be teachers pet. Caragh thinks she’s so good but mum lets her down, mums not as good at obedience as dad.

If you see me about come and say hello as I love making new friends but I warn you, don’t jump the queue at agility, that really winds me up….!

Bye for now,

Jake.