She's got that camera out again...!

Good Morning all, this is Louis. Hope you're all having a good weekend, I spent yesterday at dog training, the human took her camera again and kept stalking people to get photo's - can't take her anywhere! She took this one of Timo, a lovely Husky who loves to pose for the camera, luckily it wasn't too hot yesterday otherwise he must be boiling in that gorgeous coat:

Timo, he's such a poser...

 I sat and watched the first class of the day which was a socialising class for dogs that don't really know how to meet other dogs properly - they just had to see me and I could have told them, sniff their bottoms of course! Anyway, this is the paddock where all the training is done:

Our training paddock and the older dogs learning to meet and greet!

 I was waiting with my cousins Kaydee the Boxer and Finlay the German Shepherd, Kaydee is an older lady, she certainly puts us in our place if we step out of line!

Finlay, Kaydee and me waiting patiently

We did get chance for a run around on our own before the next class started. Finlay chases after his ball on a rope and I chase along behind barking - that's what I do best! I can run nearly as fast even with my little legs. 

See - I can nearly catch him!

My human took her puppy class, she forgot to take photo's of Gracie and Zena the two Boxers who were rescued from the puppy farm so she'll take the camera again next week...oh no! Still, you would love to see them they are such gentle dogs and just beginning to enjoy themselves, a little wary at first but we've seen a few tail wags. My humans friend Maria arrived with her dog Buzz, a German Short haired Pointer. Buzz loves everyone and everyone loves him, he wasn't too keen on being made to sit quiet to be photographed with me when there is a paddock to run around in but he stopped for a couple of minutes...

This would make a great caption competition...guess what I'm thinking?

 It was time for my class and I did well in some things and not so well in others so some more practise to put in...groan! I got extra treats for not moving when we had to sit still while the humans all went out of sight though! So, I'll finish off there, hope you enjoyed the photo's, it looks like there may be more next week I'm afraid. This was the last photo of me waiting for our lift home...speak soon all and have a great Sunday, Louis x

Come on - I need to go home and sleeeeeep now!

Introduction

Hello Everyone,

Just to introduce ourselves, we are Dexter and Louis, 2 Miniature Schnauzers living in the West Country. Here we are rooting about in the woods this week just so you know what we look like:

This is the best part of our day when we get to explore - there are so many smells to investigate we don't know whre to start first! This land is part of the Woodland Trust 5 minutes from where we live - there are also some great fields but the farmer had dared to put a lot of cows in there this week so we're avoiding there at the moment - those cows can run pretty fast if they decide to chase you!

So, what else do we do? Well, we have a big job guarding our home of course and we take this very seriously. One of us is always on the look out for callers and then our job is to bark as loudly as we can - turning in circles at the same time is optional but most favoured by Dexter.

We go to something called 'dog training' where we get to meet loads of other dogs and do various things to keep our humans happy. Sometimes we just have to sit still for one minute in a line and we get loads of praise and a treat - simples!

That's Louis sat right in the middle

 We're the only two Mini's at training at the moment, although there are a couple of Pupsters attending puppy parties who may be joining us - it would be good to have someone to pass the knowledge on to! Well, we'll leave it there for this first post, having told you a bit about ourselves, we'll be back with more Schnauzer Days tales - xxx