Meet Famous Seamus!
Seamus (Sheiling Angelic Ties, HIC, RN, RL1, RL1X) joined the Starisles crew on May 15, 2005. Charlie was lonely after Doogie went off to the Bridge, so when this sweet little guy became available as a rehome, we fairly jumped at the chance to bring him home. He has already had training in agility and obedience, and has the first leg of his AHBA HCT in herding, so we're really looking forward to having a lot of fun with him. Thanks again to Merv and Cathy Perry of Sheiling Kennels for entrusting this sweet, adorable fellow to us.
Seamus is a playful, sociable guy who loves to get silly, but he can also
concentrate when it's time to go to work. He loves to wrestle with Dad and
to play tug, but he also enjoys a good game of Frisbee with Mom or a bounce
around the house with Charlie.
One of Seamus's more charming habits is that he says "roo" when he gets excited. Charlie has said "roo" on rare occasions, but the last time we had a "roo"-er in the house was when Cadence was still here. Seamus actually has quite the vocabulary, and has managed to teach some of it to us dumb humans. It didn't take us long to catch on to what "squee" means, since he usually starts saying it around two hours before mealtime.
It didn't take long for him to discover the toy box, and he's still digging up toys that no one else has seen since Charlie was a puppy. So far his favorites are the plush toys, especially the six-squeaker and all of the balls (particularly the "sheepskin" one and his new plush "comet" ball with the tail). He can play fetch with those toys for hours. He brought his favorite tug-of-war toy with him from the Perrys' house, but has also found the other ones that none of the other Beardies paid much attention to. Seamus just discovered all of Doogie's old noisy toys, such as the tugboat and the musical duck. Charlie's going to wish he'd silenced those squeakers completely the first time around.
Seamus and Charlie now play together, after a short period when
Charlie had to lay down the alpha-dog law.
Once the pack order was established, the two of them learned to enjoy romping
together. They like to play tag in the house, or to bounce around in the
dog yard. The two of them sound like a Scooby-Doo cartoon when their paws
start to thunder around the kitchen floor.
However, Seamus and Dinah are the real item here. They've been nearly inseparable since the day Dinah came home, stepped out of her crate, and sank her little puppy teeth into Seamus's fur. He has been amazingly tolerant of the little monster, and has even allowed her to use him as a teething toy. Dinah loves to play and race around even more than Seamus does, so he can now have as much play time each day as even he could possibly want.
We've graduated from Advanced Basic Obedience -- twice -- and also took
a Novice level obedience class
through POC.
We kind of miss the small, friendly classes and the Reigning
Cats and Dogs classroom, but it's time for us to start working with
other competitive obedience teams. We've graduated from our first session
already, but we plan to keep up in Novice until we're ready to trial. Some
of our classmates have already competed and have legs in Novice, but they
stay in class to keep working at that level before they get their CDs and
move on to Open class.
In addition, we've taken to rally obedience in the biggest way. The first time we tried it was at the last Minuteman Bearded Collie Club Bounce, and we were hooked enough to attend an all-day seminar given by POC. I've never seen Seamus so happy and relaxed at a class. We have a fabulous instructor and a small, supportive group of classmates, and we both really look forward to class days so we can go there and see everybody.
Brag, brag, brag! Seamus earned his APDT RL1X (Rally Level 1 Championship) title on September 28, 2008. On to the off-leash stuff (gulp)!
Birthday: November 2, 2002
Nicknames: Shameless, Famous Seamus, Honeybee, Mr. S, Hoser, Funny Bunny, Bunny Rabbit, See-a-Moose, Rallypup, Rally Roo
Favorite Game: WWooF Wrestling with Dad!
Favorite Toy: Dinah!
Biggest Weakness: He just can't get enough of Dad. He follows him around and kisses him all day long.
Here's a link to Seamus's Dogster page.
Seamus's sister Kyla has a Web page too!
