The Dreaded Bungee Beast

This one is just a baby.

Tracking dog?

Well, Rosy is a herding dog, but it turns out she's a tracking dog, too! At the Indy show she tracked down this golf cart AND she tracked down a cute firefighter as well! She rides around in a cart at home in Florida, so it's no wonder she made a beeline for this cart. And she looks so pretty in her winter coat.

Dynamite!

Here is the photo of Henley's sister Dyna, when she was Winners Bitch at the Novi shows last month

Rosy's Super Sunday

Tigger's Aunt Rosy had a very nice Superbowl Sunday. She went to the Kalamazoo Kennel Club B-Match, stole a cheeseburger, won Best of Breed, and was Adult Herding Group 1! Her new Cardigan friend Marie was Puppy Herding Group 3, and her friend Claude the Cavalier was Puppy Toy Group 2. Then home to play with her prize, and then a nice long nap.

Rosy, waiting for the start of Group

Pretty Marie! Marie's brother Dean would not hold still for a picture

Rosy enjoys her toy, but in the end finds the cat more interesting

And then, Tigger swoops in ...

And finally, Bolt stakes his claim

Bolt also has a new show lead, which he will debut this Sunday at Indianapolis:

Show photo catch-up

Here are Dory, Elliot and Henley celebrating their various wins. As Henley and I were waiting for our photo, dog toys came sailing through the air from the photographer. For some reason, Henley took exception to this and decided the photographer was the Spawn of Satan. He looks wonky because he spent most of his time barking and trying to face Kim. Silly boy!

Dory

Elliot

Henley

Dogs 1, Humans 0

You can try to hide your bait, but they will always find it.

An Excellent Adventure

It was an incredibly fun trip to the AKC Eukanuba National Dog Show. Tigger, Bolt, Dory and I stopped at Rita's new farm in Alabama on the way there (and back). It was so good to see her and the dogs. I was quite excited to meet Fig (Galena Cornerstone Imagine) and Baby Twizzler, who is Tigger's nephew. In Florida, we stayed with Amy in Eustis. Tigger got reaquainted with his mom, Bubbles, and the Raglan Crew. Little Dory stayed to learn to sheep, and Tigger's Aunt Rosy came home with us to play Puffy Dog. Although Tigger didn't get any ribbons, I hope to do it again. So many beautiful dogs all in one place!

Fig tells Twizzler, "I am NOT your mom!"

It's hard to capture a moving Fig, so I waited until he was asleep. Handsome boy!

Twizzler gets an earful from his mom.

One of the lovely garden areas designed by Amy's mom.

Amy, Carol and Dory chillaxin' at the dog show.

The guest shed at Amy's. My bedroom should be so nice!

Sally in charge of the transportation.

Sweet Christmas puppy!

Fig and Twizzler have a bonding moment.

Patsy and Bolt meet the sprinkler.