Since today is my dog's birthday, I think it is appropriate to do my blog post on her. I've owned my cockapoo Ellie since she was ten months, and today she turns six years old. I got her in 2006 about a month after my 13 year old cocker spaniel, Keyosha (don't ask, she came with the name), had died. Our friends had gotten Ellie, but their other dog and her just did not get along, so to make a long story short, I got Ellie. Ellie was abused as a puppy, so she was scared of men. In fact, she wouldn't even approach my dad for two years, but know she can often be found next to him on the couch mooching some pets.
Ellie and me are best buds. I'm definitely her "person." She sleeps with me, and I'm pretty much they only one she'll listen to for obedience commands. She always wants to be where ever the people are, and loves to go on trips to grandma's and grandpa's at the lake.
I compete with Ellie in obedience (Graduate Novice), agility (Novice), rally (excellent (highest) level), showmanship, and team obedience. We've won lots of trophies in agility and rally, and we've been on the cover of the winner's circle. We've done pretty well in obedience and have won several classes, but right now, Ellie keeps breaking her out of sight stays at competition, so we've yet to qualify in Grad novice. She's very energetic about working as long as she's having fun. She loves agility in particular, and often likes to go run the course by herself. She especially loves the teeter totter and the chute (tunnel with a collapsed fabric chute on the exit end), and the a-frame. The only thing she doesn't like is showmanship, she tries to take a nap because she thinks its boring, but if she's actually awake we do quite well in showmanship as well.
Very much the social butterfly, you can find Ellie trying to make friends with every dog she meets, and trying to get pets from any kids and women she meets, and most men after she warms up to them, though she's terrified of cats.
She loves snow, water, and seagulls, and just wants to be part of the action whether you're sitting around the camp fire or playing a round of ninja. She'll let little kids hug her, tug on her ears or whatever. If they're annoying her, she'll just get up and move, she doesn't have an aggressive bone in her body. I've taken her to lots of 4-H functions, and she loves all the attention she gets from the little kids, and they love it when she does all her tricks.
She's the best dog ever, she's my dog in a million and I love her to pieces.
Ellie in resignation after I wrapped her leg with my horse wraps
Romping at the dog park
Waiting to run in agility. I wish I had a picture of an agility run on my computer. Ellie competes at 8", though normally when she jumps, she majorly over clears it and normally jumps over where the 20" bar would go.
AWE! She is too cute(:
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