Sorry I haven't blogged in a really long time. Well a lot of stuff has happened. We went on vacation to the Cherokee Indian Reservation in the Smoky Mountains!!! We actually camped there instead of a hotel or cabin. There was a creak running along side of our camp site so I did a lot of trout fishing! That was a lot of fun, and trout over a campfire tastes real good. Then when we got back my grandfather and I built two fly-ball boxes!!! They look just like the one I bought (except for the color). The boxes I built will shoot the ball farther than the store bought one. It was fairly easy once you got the hang of it. I would have to say the hardest part of it was cutting the foam padding, well and you had to get all the cuts perfect. I'll post pics of the boxes. Instead of selling the gourd stuff I'll make Fly-ball equipment. That will be easier, and hopefully more profitable. well that's all for now, I hope to post more than I have, anyway here are the pics. This is the first box we built open and closed face the latches on this one are a little bit different than on the other two.

This is the second box we built its cuts are better than the first. I also have pictures of open and closed face.

And this is the store bought one its latches are the same as box number two.

Finally we have the store bought box, on the left, compared to my better box( box number two) on the right.

Sorry I haven't blogged in a long time. A lot of stuff has been happening. I got my fly-ball box!!!!!!!!!! I got the box yesterday( finished upon ordering) and Ruby can already go down the jumps , hit the box, and run back!!!!! Sorry I don't have any pictures because my camera broken. Michaela  and I are meeting every week now to practice fly-ball together. We're probably doing the team through 4-H, so there is a lot to do with that. We have fliers for the fly-ball team so when we get our fly-ball club we can go ahead and send those out. Right now we are trying to figure out a team name. If you have any ideas please post them in a comment. I've got a camera on the computer so later I'll post a pic of the box. thats all for now.

  Sorry I haven't blogged in a long time. Last week was my birthday, and for my birthday my parents bought me a fly-ball box!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is a three hole box so that is great! Ruby has gotten real good at catching a tennis ball. Also the other day we went to a place called the Blueberry Festival. I took Ruby with me, and she did great!!! She had perfect behavior. Which was a great relief to me ,I had her on the leash of course, but still I was nervous, because it was her first time at anything like that!!  She stayed right beside me, but she had to because it was shoulder to shoulder!!! So all that was a little scary. I now have thirty-two gourd plants, but no gourds. The Gourd plants are getting big though. Oh sorry I haven't posted the answer yet the answer to the poll question is the Doberman!! I have to go now I will post pics of the fly-ball box when I get it. See ya.

Whew! I just got in from planting my gourd garden! I hope to be able to make bird houses with the gourds and sell them on this craft web site called artfire! I might make wood bird houses and other small crafts too. It will help to get $funds$ for the flyball team. Here are some pics of the garden.

It will be a little while  before I will be able to put anything on artfire.

We got back from vacation a week or two ago. We went to Maryland Sheep and Wool, aka MS&W. Mom went for the wool I went for the sheep herding trials. The trials were really cool. I was amazed how the dogs were guided with whistles. Unfortunantely  it was raining and are hands were full so I don't have any pictures.   I had a box I was going to buy ,but the day I was going to get it someone else bought it.  Oh well I guess I'll have to keep looking. Ruby stayed with my grandmaw that week, and really needs to practice catching the tennisball. Right now I haven't had much time to do it. I've been catching up on things. well that's all for now.

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. I am looking at flyball boxes online. I'm not sure which type of box to get there is such a variety! I just got a kennel for Ruby. She is not to sure about it. Here is a picture.

I'm having a hectic week. I don't have any pics of dad and me building the pin because we were working from five to ten p.m. yikes!!! While we were building the roof for the goat house, Ruby ran over the metal and got a deep cut on her paw pad!!! So every night we've been wrapping her paw in an ace bandage with Tea Tree ointment and peroxiding her foot throught the day. For now all flyball training has stopped. Now back to the goats they will already eat out of our hands!!! This is really good considering they wouldn't come any where near us at first. Today we have to give them dewormer. They're not sick they just need it when you first get them. Here are some pics of the goats at our house.

Wow! We just bought three goats! This is soooo exciting! They are cashmere. They are a long hair goat so mom can spin their wool. We will pick them up in two weeks. This gives my dad and me enough time to build a pen. I will post pics of us building the pen and the goats.

After one week of training on one jump I have decided it is time for jump number two! I tried doing the two jumps without the leash, but she didn't get it. So I tried it on the leash, it worked great!!! I am still on the first day of two jumps, and I already don't have to use the leash!!! Oh and HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

I haven't cut the wood yet for two reasons. One is I had a busy weekend, and the other is I caught a cold. So I have been working on obedience. Ruby is doing great! She already knows sit, down, up, stay, and when fetching she knows to bring the ball to me! I reinforce everything with treats and petting.I do not use a clicker because I see no need for them. I just say good girl pet her and give her a treat.