Hi there, my name is Caragh or Borderbrook Rihanna if you want to give me my posh name.

I went to live with my mum and dad (Margaret & Steve) when I was just 8 weeks old.  I was a bit nervous on the way to their house.  I was in a car for a few hours and dad’s driving was a bit erratic to say the least, during the trip.

When we arrived at my new home, there was this lump of a dog already in the house.  Now I know I was young but I thought “OH MY GOD, do I need to share my new family with this nutter”!!!!

Mum was good and put me in a play pen till “the nutter “and I got used to each other. I have to say after about an hour we were lying side by side really contented.  We have never looked back, Jake (that’s the nutter) is my best friend.  I have learned a lot from him, but not in the way you think. Whatever Jake does, I do the opposite!!!!!  This usually keeps a smile on mum’s face.  I have seen her when dad makes her angry and I don’t want to be in the firing line for that!!!!!

I started going to obedience training as soon as I could leave the house. Oh I do like it and I have made lots of new friends there.  Skye is my favourite friend from my classes; mum gets a bit cross when Skye and I get a wee bit too excited.   I am now in the advanced class and Alison has us doing all sorts of things.  The latest was sniffing things out with my nose……  loved it!!!!  You would think that was why I had one!!!!

I thought I was doing OK at obedience till mum entered me into a SKC heat last week, well…..what can I say? Mum was rubbish….turning this way and that but no-where close to what the man was asking us to do. Team work eh? Once I got to do stuff on my own I made up some points, stays and recall were in my opinion quite good so we ended up 4^th overall and I got a nice wee rosette for my troubles.

Mum says she has entered me into a couple of big competitions later in the year but I think dad’s going to go in the ring with me as mums heart can’t take the strain, least I might have a chance with dad. I’ll let you know how I get on.

I’ve finished my flyball beginners course and I’ve met a lovely girl called Megan, she is running me in the YKC (Young Kennel Club) trials, Megan’s great, we get on really well and we make a great team….you listening mum????? WE MAKE A GOOD TEAM !!!! Hopefully all going well we’re going to get to run at some qualifiers for Cruft’s next year, not sure what Crufts is but I’ve heard the grown ups talking about it and it sounds like a good thing and I hope you’ll all come and support Megan, me and the rest of the Team.

Remember my big brother Jake? He’s just as daft as ever, he’s doing really well at flyball though but I’m catching him slowly, so you’d better watch your place in the big team!!

On the home front life was all very quiet for Jake and I, lovely walks over the park or on the beach, lazing on the sofa, but on Sunday the peace and tranquillity changed for ever, Ziggy! A 12 week old puppy arrived. Mum says that Ziggy is my sister, but she looks nothing like me, she looks like she’s been plugged into the electric socket…… she’s funny though and we do play, Jake’s not that bothered about her, think he’s jealous that I don’t play so much with him but its all the girls together now……..he he!

I’ll see you all soon at either obedience or flyball and I’ll introduce you all to my wee sister once she’s big enough to come out and play.

Caragh.

I’m Pip, a 7 year old beautiful Border collie bitch. I live with my younger (although much bigger) brother Sam and I never really grew into those ears. Life started for me in Kilmarnock and at the tender age of 6 weeks I moved to live with mum.  We adored each other instantly (still do).

I really am a typical collie – athletic, energetic and very intelligent.

I’m happy with my own company though and never stray to say a friendly hello to other dogs or people on walks – mum says I have ‘nae social skills’.  To be honest I would have been quite happy as a one dog, one person household – just a shame mum hadn’t worked this out before deciding to give me a wee brother!

I do a fabulous job at ensuring seat belts are on in cars, in fact I make it my personal responsibility to spin around in the boot biting mid air in a kind of frantic action as soon as occupants reach for their belt.  I also like to ‘pretend bite’ most cars as they ‘whizz’ past.  This can be most upsetting to fellow passengers enduring this on route to an agility show at 6am for what can sometimes be 3 hours! ……….Sorry Cruz and Scout.

I also take seriously the role of water monitor in the house ensuring the water bowl is fully topped up – frantically licking the bottom of the empty bowl if not (mum hates this).

I absolutely hate getting brushed (hair and teeth) or having my paws touched.  I also have an aversion to people sneezing loudly, the Hoover and anything flapping overhead – complex is certainly my middle name.

I can be quite intense and I give everything my all – there are no half measures.

Then there’s agility – the one thing I truly live for! Flyball was great fun but my one true love is definitely agility. I’m currently competing at grade 6 and have had a fabulous career so far, moving from grade 1-3 within a season and 3–6 the following season.  Hopefully there will be future success and as long as there’s agility in my life I’ll remain one happy girl!

My name is Missy (KC name Missy Blue Eye) – I am a Border Collie and I will be the good age of 12 this August. I was born at home with another 5 brothers and sisters, but when I was 8 weeks old, they all started to go and live with new families, but I stayed at home in Kilmarnock. My mum, Alison, said I was special and that is how I got my name Missy as she was going to miss me if I went away to another family. I live at home with Mum Alison, Dad Joe, Zoe, Jamie and another four collies called Taz, Cy, Ice and Silva.

My mum took me to puppy classes where I met lots of other dogs and made some lifelong friends. I had great fun learning lots of things that seemed to make my mum really happy and I was good enough to compete at obedience shows. They were great fun, I could show off all the things I’d learned in class…and I even got lots of big colourful rosettes.

When I was about a year old, I started Agility. It was a bit scary at first… some of the things were really high and there was this dark thing called a tunnel. But with lots of encouragement from mum and the trainers, I overcame my fears and just had the best fun ever. When I was good enough, mum started to take me to agility shows, and because I was so clever at all the equipment, I won lots of pretty rosettes and even some trophies! Mum says I’m really good at agility, and I am in grade 4 now with my brother Taz.

I can also do flyball – that’s where I have to jump over 4 little jumps, touch a pad and WOW… I get a tennis ball (which is one of my favourite toys) – flyball is great fun, me and all the other dogs bark and bark and I run really fast… it’s a great feeling! I have been to Crufts dog show 4 times now – it is very busy with lots of really strange looking dogs everywhere. Mum has bought me lots of stuff at Crufts including a really cool jacket because she says I am a good girl… I love being told that.

I’m retired now from competition, mum thinks I’m getting on a bit (she doesn’t know everything as I could still give lots of dogs a run for their money!) but I still go to Obedience classes every week, just to show all the other dogs how its done. I love my daily walks with my Gran, Cy, Ice and Silva (Taz doesn’t go a walk now, he’s even older than me!) and I play with my ball through the day when mum and dad are at work.

All of us dogs live in kennels in the back garden through the day, which is great, but my best time is at night when I get to come inside to play with the toys and then go to sleep in the old boy Taz’s bed. Most of all I just love to look at my Dad and put on those big puppy eyes of mine and then jump into his lap for a big cuddle!!

Hi folks

My name is Keera…. I’m a crossbreed – mum is a  Jack Russell terrier and my dad is a staffie. I’m two years old.  I live at home with my mum, dad and baby Alfie. Oh, and now we have a new addition, Kai the cat, I really dont mind him though….. as long as he stays out of my pink fluffy bed!

You may know my mum, her name is Natasha? (She’s the one that doesn’t really know what shes doin’..!) Natasha got me when I was 6 wks old – she paid a measly £30 for me, but she does say that it was the best £30 she ever spent! That wasn’t the case when I was a puppy though….. I was teething really badly and liked to chew on ANYTHING!! Carpets, walls, wires, shoes… basically whatever I could get my paws on  :oP

When I was old enough my mum took me to my granny Alison’s obedience training class and I was soon whipped into shape! When I  was good enough and behaving really well,  i was allowed  to start my papa Joe’s agility and flyball training.  I love flyball – its just the best ever! I do love all the classes i have gone to and I like to see all my friends, especially Cruz and Sam – the three of us were always getting into trouble from granny Alison for running about while she was trying to train, but it was fun.

Hope to see you all soon at training   That’s all from me – I think I can smell my dinner!

Lots of love
Keera xxx