I've been AWOL

Its been way too long since my last update. This is a week late, but I still have to share. One of my favorite photos of Zeb tied for first in a contest. No prizes, just the chance to show off a treasured photo.
http://animalphotocontest.blogspot.com/2008/12/lifes-beach.html

WW

Throw the frisbee

"What the heck are you waiting for??? Throw the frisbee. Look, there's a stack right there waiting to be thrown."

"I'll get it!"

"You didn't get a shot of THAT, did you???!!""Ok, I'll lay down, but I'm taking my frisbee with me."

Blech! This tastes like dirt!

"Oh Hi! Throw the toy pleeeze..."

"Hurry! Get me some water so I can rinse this dirt out of my mouth."

This week's DPS entry:

Met another 'Z' dog

While doing a little frisbee practice at the park, we met another border collie. He was a gorgeous red/white male named Ziggy. Zeb and Ziggy hung out and rested a bit as I chatted with Ziggy's peeps. They live in the housing tract next to this park (school actually), so we may run into them again.
Zeb got in some frisbee practice and hopefully broke in his skidboots. His blue pair was easy to break in, but the extra thick camo Z-Max boots aren't stretching to fit as quickly.

Zeb didn't care about the boots, he just wanted me to throw the frisbee.

Weekend Fetch Fun

I practiced a bit with the manual settings on my camera when I took Zeb out this weekend. It was a learning experience. The highlights are blown on some of them, but overall, I'm happy with what I got.This is the pic I took for the Eyes Hav It photo assignment at DPS.

An unsuspecting toy:

Nabbed!

Jaws!

Flyabll withdrawls

We had almost 2 weeks off from flyball practice because of the Bishop tournament and Zeb was getting rather restless. Even frisbee wasn't enough to satisfy him. We had practice on Friday and he was so revved up for it. He's normally a very good tugger, but man he gave it 110%. Its wonderful to see how much he loves it. I have no doubts whatsoever that I have found the dogsport for him. I wish I had tried flyball sooner, but at least I got started while he's still young and has a lot of years of racing ahead of him. I've been missing flyball as well and I really enjoyed seeing my friends/teammates again and hearing about the tournament. I won't miss the next one. If all goes well, it will be Zeb's debut. I can't wait. For now, we've got work to do at practice.