My sleepy puppy woke up.  Now he is a bouncing energetic ball of joy, although still nothing close to Kona's voltage.  I bring him along to Kona's agility class and the general consensus this week was, "he got cocky in the last 7 days,"  he was also banished to the car in the first 5 minutes because of excessive yodeling.  I had noticed that he ( Read more... )

I bailed on the "keep puppy separate from the rest of the pack" approach.  With the many bodies and activity around the house he started getting let out with the other dogs and it became,"good luck buddy, better learn your survival skills and figure out how to stay out of the way."  Merlin grew some legs and is maneuvering better so I'm a little ( Read more... )

I've always known that Lucy didn't really have "ETS" as some would coin it, but she just plain couldn't see.  She's far too athletic and fit to not be physically capable of the act of jumping, but she does tend to make poor decisions about take off spots and will sometimes stutter step on approach to jumps.  She was tested once by a canine ( Read more... )

I decided to move my above ground pool.  I couldn't run the filter pump where it was at so I came up with the brilliant idea to move the pool.  I took part of the frame apart and took the lazy approach and decided to drag the rest with the tractor.  As could be predicted, that was a disaster with a torn lining and bent pool frame.  Oops.  At least ( Read more... )

I like the Aussie version of "schooled," penichops is this correct or an American misinterpretation?

8. Australian A group of people gathered together for gambling.Bringing Kona to the startline always feels like a complete gamble at this point, not sure if that feeling will ever go away.  I knew early on that life with Kona would be a ( Read more... )

Everyone here in the Pacific NW knows that if you have a dry day in spring that you MUST mow the lawn.  There's a high likelihood that it'll start raining again and the grass will be two feet tall by the time the rain stops.  Last night when I was mowing my push mower just stopped working.  There was no revival to be had.  However, thanks to ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday to Lucy, she turns seven years old today.  I can't believe how quickly time passes by.  She's the perfect companion dog, universally friendly and a wonderful puppy raiser.  I put these pictures together and I decided that this is my blog and I can be super sappy if I want to.  Awesome pictures by Heather and Tammy, of course.

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I decided to take a break from agility classes.  I'm getting severe sleep deprivation from getting home so late after class and I figured I could get more training done if I just stay at home.  I might look into taking something on line, but for now it's working through the Alphabet drills.  I'll need to get better about taping and watching my ( Read more... )

Lucy's breeder has been tracing the curly side of the family tree.  She sent this picture of Lucy's uncle, a herding dog in the Netherlands.  Now THAT's the family coat.


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