Beetles!

I got a bit startled yesterday evening. I was quietly lounging on my evening bed, steadfastly refusing to go to my night bed. Oooops sorry, waiting for mum to give me a cuddle.... and then bam, something slammed on the window! Then bam again and again and again. Same as what happened to my mate Bodhi a little while ago. Now I do like playing with flying thingies, but they were on the other side of the darn window! Tried my best to paw them, and I'm sure I saw a few of the Christmas beetles have a giggle and blow me raspberries...

Let's try the nose splat

mmm better add a bit of paw action

Muuuuummmm, I can't get the beetles!!!! Do something!

See, look I can't get them...

I tried quite hard, but then the minion in chief decided it was late enough for me to go to bed. I was soooo ready to play :). We did an extra hour of trick training, but I was on fiireeeee yeahah, done all of the tricks mummy was asking me, mwahaha, she couldn't think of more so she started doing some rally-O, done, then obedience, done. Then I was waiting for some more tricks but she said it was too late... If you ask me that's because she couldn't think of anything: LOSER!!!!
Got her back, I did a bit of singing :P, I'm enjoying that teenage time, woohoo, party!

Help!

Cecile *paw wave* I saw your message to the minion in chief. I entirely agree with you! I am abused every day, badly fed, if I even get any food. I am not allowed to go on the sofa or the bed. They try to drown me by opening the pool safety door and allowing me to swim (how unsafe is that hey?).

Please come and save me, I don't know how long I will survive without intervention!!

The pup in motion

Too much work these last few days for setting a proper trick or treats tuesday, and Mawson hasn't helped much because he is still recovering from the week-end. So we will pen some more from next week, promise!

In the meantime, look at what Martin made yesterday evening. We had a bit of fun with the camera a while ago, the photographer isn't the steadiest (oopsy), but it's pretty good, methinks. Notice the lightness of the ears! Mawson loves his agility so much, that he is getting a bit obsessed with it. To be fair his dad is quite obsessed with agility too, so they keep each other company... 

Now, I'm the one who needs to make sure that the teenage monster doesn't forget his manners, he's been a bit naughty lately. I'm the fun police of the house you see...

Weeeeeee

Is Science in your Life?

PhD candidate Mawson

During his 'safe working in laboratories' induction, Mawson was made aware of the additional Health and Safety precautions required to ensure that his ears did not get caught in electrical equipments and more particularly the centrifuge. He was also reminded that licking the agar plates was not allowed in a PC2 facility.

Mawson's thesis aims to enhance the living conditions of GSPs in a small but important area in the northern Sydney region.

The three major aims are divided as follows:
- Substantiate the hypothesis that GSPs should have an unlimited amount of pig's ears, and other treats, available at all time.
- Demonstrate the high level of entertainment and cuddles required by GSPs and the irrelevance of sleeping requirements from minions.
- Establish the proper management protocol for minion's care and well-being in order to maintain their functioning and prevent their rule setting tendencies.

Following a lengthy process through multiple inductions and filling (eating) of administrative forms, Mawson has now started his practical work and hope to complete his research within a reasonable timeframe. He will then apply for additional funding to consolidate his findings, further his interests and establish his, no doubt, brilliant academic career.

Mahoosive weekend, recap'

It's been another mahoosive weekend here, and from what I hear from the minions, I think they have been planning a few more for the coming weeks.

It started on friday afternoon. They came back from their "work" and started preparing things and throwing things in the car. I barely had time to wake up, before they also sent me in there. So that means another trial, yay, jumping and tunnels, here I come! The minions succeeded to take a dodgy road and we got stuck in traffic... I was soooo bored. Haven't had a run and I like the car now, but in moderation. Anyway, the car wasn't even advancing!

mum said I was doing my piggy nose...

We finally arrived at a place I had never been before. It was all wet and windy, with plenty of smells, fuuun. But the trial looked all wrong. They had forgotten the jumps, they only put the little perimeter line. Maybe it was a fantom course? Spooky! And then mum started to try and make me do some obedience. What? But it's all wrong! Dad does my agility trials!! No way, I wanted to ruuuun. I could see that mum was getting a bit worried and looked increasingly desperate. Dunno what her problem was really. There was even my mates Bodhi and Jaxon, who do the agility too, so it had to be running and jumping woohoo. There was also plenty of other dogs and people I had never seen, and they didn't appear to be running or jumping. Mum tried to get me in the ring but I was really looking hard for the jumps and she forgot to remove my lead. Silly mum. You can see that she doesn't do the agility trials really, she doesn't know how it works! Then, after looking around for the jumps for a bit, mum took me to talk to the judge and she seemed to be asking where the jumps were, for sure. She really doesn't do the agility trials.... Oh... she doesn't, does she? ... oh, oops maybe that wasn't an agility trial? Oooopsy! Sorry mum, got confused. Maybe that's why she was trying to make me do the obedience moves, ooohhhhhh....

Ah well still got to get cuddles and hang around with my mates Bodhi and Jaxon. Bodhi was also doing the trial but he seemed to have caught on a bit faster than me that it wasn't agility... He did awesome! Just had a tiny problem at the end of the sit stay, but I'm sure I saw an ant trying to get his tail, that's why he got up.

Ah well, next time... Dad still took some pics of us three with our mums. I like the moves of Bodhi's and my head in the first 3 pics. looks like we choreographed it, tsehehe.

looking up

looking left

looking straight

mix of heads

I'm sure Jaxon will get extra point when he starts his CCD trials, because he gets the L'Oreal look when he sits. He has got the puppy eyes working good, and he adds the ears and fluffiness! I can't do fluffiness, mmm need some tips from him on what I could do....

Second group of sit-stay from CCD

On saturday morning, we did a bit of agility training with Jaxon and miss Coco. The official training stopped last week, but we told our minions to bring some of our equipment and had a bit of fun. We also had a bit of a play exchanging minions for the runs.
I think that Jaxon's mum Frankie and Coco's mum Heather got a bit worried when I was running with them, cause I make a bit more of an impact on the ground than the others. Dad said the other two were little sports car and I was a truck! I'm not heavy, I just have big bones! Anyway, it was cool.

After that we stayed on a bit and there were people arriving and mum took out the dreaded costume. I did my best to rip it apart. Got one of the tail off fairly quick and destroyed the bow tie in a few seconds, but dad (the traitor!) fixed it... I did a good job wriggling though, so mum gave up and only left the fixed up bow tie on me. Phew! Coco was in pink fairy and Jaxon was a reindeer in training!
But oh boy, there was some Christmas spirit in the ideas for costumes (and I think the liquid spirits helped too)! There was also a lot of games and yummy food that the minions didn't want to share, rats!

Coco and Jaxon on the left edge there!

Little Toby! Him and his dad won the prize

Gnehehe, Darcy and his bro Billy
with their mum Di, :)

The agility camp, we were all trying
to get some of the food the minions were eating...
many begging eyes were used here

I was pretty tired after the party, and trying to be good all day. I succeed to plea my way into the pool. Had a good swim and got to play and retrieve my favourite dummy, yay. All what was left to do for the rest of the day was to curl up on the bed and sleeeeeeeep.

Today, I was a bit refreshed, but still a bit tired. Mum and I went for our usual sunday walk, but this time it was a bit shorter and through the streets instead of through the bush. We saw a few little dogs who didn't like me :( and then came back home for some more swimming and agility crazy runs. We were training hard for gamblers (where the course is a completely made up thing by us :P).

The weather had warmed up a bit so time for some more Zzzzzz in the afternoon.

Not....snoring...

And this evening, I had another surprise. Nana Shirley came to stay for the night, I had to do my best impression of savage beast when she arrived, but I like nana Shirley, and all that looking fierce is hard work. I milked the whole situation a bit with pathetic crying, to get more treats you see, and I even got a quarter shinbone!! Now I am exhausted AND full of food. Life is sooo hard when you are a pup.

Night, night, all **paw wave and slobbery licks**