Today's post is about Mango Minster 2010 again! In my last post I showed you my entries to the Mango Minster Dog Show and Biggy's Dog Pile Competition. After that, I also entered Niamh’s Train Your Dog Photo Contest and Tucker's Sit Stay Competition.
This is my entry to the Train Your Dog Photo Contest.
As you know, I started dance training last October and finished a beginner dog dancing course in December. Now I am working on my very FIRST routine. My entry to the Train Your Dog Photo Contest is a shot taken in Roberta Reserve in Glendowie. At that time I was practising to raise my paws in accordance with the movement of my Mum's feet. Although I can do marching legs (a similar trick, but in the position face to face with my Mum who raises her knees instead of putting her feet diagonally forward) very well, I sometimes get confused when I am doing this new trick shown in the photo.
As you can see in the photo, we use a clicker and treats when we practise tricks and dancing. I love practising new tricks. The harder the trick, the more exciting the practice!!
This is my entry to the Sit Stay Competition.
As some of you know, I am not a great sit-stayer. I find staying still very very hard. I would rather just keep moving and get going! But, I like sitting on my biggest stuffie friend, Ben. He's always been with me along with Cookie since I was a puppy. He never complains about whatever I do to him. Because he is so big and I am so small, my attacks on him seem nothing more than light patting for him.
Well, today I have GOOD NEWS!! My dad's new camera came back from Japan! The camera was sent to Japan after a SD card got stuck in it and was unable to be taken out. When the problem happened, Mum took the camera to a camera shop, but the staff there couldn't take it out either. Because the camera was bought in Japan last September, it was still under its warranty in Japan, but not in New Zealand. So, Mum sent it back to the manufacturer's service centre in Japan.
We were so impressed by services of the service centre. They were so quick and efficient! As a result of a check done at the camera's service centre, it turned out be the SDHC card, not the camera, that had broken! Nevertheless, the service centre's staff did a thorough checkup for free and confirmed that everything in the camera was working correctly.
Now my dad is so happy! And, so am I!!
Hi Cinnamon!
ReplyDeleteI love your pictures, you look so focused in your training picture and the sit-stay photo is very cute and funny. Yay that you're Mum and Dad have got their camera back!!! Now they can take lots more pictures of you!
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Pepper
Hee! Hee! MY human says NO ONE can beat the Japanese on efficiency and service!!!
ReplyDeleteI love your Train Your Dog photo, Cinnamon - it just really captures your happiness & great relationship with your human and it's such a beautiful, clear photo!
That's great news about your Dad's camera - I can just imagine how delighted he was!
Thank you for your lovely comment about Lemon. My human says that actually, the video is a happy video - it celebrates the happy times in Lemon's life, from the day we met as puppy & kitten, and how we grew up and played together - so she hopes that your Mom will be able to view it sometime. And actually, Hsin-Yi is very glad she made it as it has made her feel better in a way, even though it was hard to watch in the beginning - not really because the film showed sad things but more because it showed beautiful things. She felt more at peace after she made the video. Maybe your humans might like to make a similar video of Cookie sometime - it seems like it might make you sad but actually, it helps you focus on the good times, the happy times, in their lives, rather than on the end and the sad times.
Slobbers,
Honey the Great Dane
That second picture is SO adorable!
ReplyDeleteGreat entries for the contests! Those will be hard to beat! And that is VERY good news on the camera. So glad it's back safe and sound. :)
ReplyDeleteHAHAHA..2nd picture...
ReplyDeletelooks like you find sitting on 'plush dog' difficult too. your face is so cute!
Your pictures are awesome - and so is the news about the camera! AND the routines!
ReplyDeleteSeems you've got a lot going for you, Cinnamon!
Your pictures are great! We are very happy you have your camera back!
ReplyDeletelove & wags,
River