A Maltese game

"Catch and bite the tail" is a game that Joey and Ian play at the park. This game is a lot like tag but the slower Maltese ends up getting his tail bitten. Once his tail is bitten, the losing Maltese will go and chase the other Maltese.

 Can you foresee a bath in the future?

Tracking time

I finally remembered to bring my camera with me when I went tracking on Friday. I track Joey alot but I don't have a lot of pictures because I have found out the hard way that the most useless thing in the world is a camera that is not with you. However, this Friday because of my superb memory (and the fact that the camera was lying on the table right in front of me when I left to go tracking) I managed to remember to bring my camera, so I have lots of pictures.

 We set off to go tracking and Joey waits with a bored expression on the back seat.

 And he's off tracking

 Cross track. ( Joey didn't even notice it.)

 Perfect Corner. Good boy Joey!

 The lead is all out.

Eating his hot dogs off the article.

My track crossed three cross tracks. One was a set of tires marks and two were old tracks but Joey did very well. His corners and articles  were also very nice. Overall, Joey did very well today.

 

The Stand is conquered

Joey finally got the stand for exam down pat!

So we are now going to try for our BN sometime in June.

Happy Easter!

Hair cut

Today, I gave Joey a hair cut.

He actually didn't look bad at all. I think I have improved since the first hair cut. The first hair cut was... well, lets just say I didn't take Joey anywhere public for a while.

Getting closer

To get a Schutzhund 1 track Joey needs to be able to do a 300 step track with 2 turns,2 articles, and  no food .

Right now he can do a 120 step track with 2 turns but we are still using food and still having problems with the article. Joey can now do the article perfectly well at home, but on the track he is always sure that the little inconspicuous bock of wood, leather, or carpet is life threatening and there is no way he is going to down in front of it.

 

Here are the "life threatening" articles that Joey refuses to down in front of.

Don't they look dangerous?

RA Title!

This weekend we had a show in Verona Mississippi. We got to the show sight on Saturday morning with about a hour to settle before our run. Our run was very successful and we finished our second leg with a 1st place score of 99! ( I think we got the one point off for a slow sit.)

Later on, I did a match with Joey confirming my suspicions that he was ready for Beginner Novice. And after the Match, I rested up for Sunday.

Playing with Ian

 Dog tired after his big day

Sunday also went well and we  finished 1st with a score of 94. Earning our RA title! 

 Joey is now officially Hutsok's Snow Storm CGC BH RA!