November: Border collie wanna-be

Since our house/dog-sitting at Blazingstar starts tomorrow, there should be more fun pics to come - assuming we can keep them all in line! :)

Today Dave took Cedar to Popson Park. I twisted my knee in a gopher hole on Tuesday so stayed home on the couch. The prairie winter here is pretty drab: brown grass, grey trees, grey sky, and a grey river in the background with white ice pans floating in it. But Cedar doesn't mind - as long as she's outside!

"The grass crocodile is a rare creature that emerges into the open only when a round object with red rim is thrown in its direction. Its jaw opens widely in frustration as it fails to catch the object."

After this fail - and a few more - Cedar was catching like a pro and getting the frisbee in mid-air.

She got so cocky about it that she did a little jump after catching this one, like a CFL player celebrating a touchdown.

notice feet firmly on ground when frisbee is caught!

Then up for the 'money shot'. What a camera Ho...

Cedar found a little mound that she waited on while I threw the frisbee. She would wait and could watch it easily and jump 'down' at it hen it got close. Perspective makes her look much higher.

After this last spectacular miss - notice she has her (red) eyes on the frisbee even as she lands! - it was time to go home.

**NOTE: No dogs were harmed in the shooting of these photographs. Cedar's a max of 1ft off the ground - she jumps higher (from a stationary sit) when she's trying to grab the toy out of my hands!

Cedar illustrating restraint during a trainning session