Happy Birthday, Leo!

Leo as a 6 wk old baby, three weeks before he came home with me.
Leo now, almost all grown up.

WOW!!! I can't believe that my orange baby boy will be a year old tomorrow!!! He was born the night before the Columbia KC show last year. Mindy was talking to Betty on the phone about Gina's puppies being born, and they asked me what color I wanted. Little did I know, I'd actually be bringing home this little boy. I WAS planning on entering him in the Columbia KC show this weekend, but the Clydesdale look just isn't working for us. Maybe next year. I did stop by Three Dog Bakery and got both boys birthday bones so they wouldn't have to share(they even put their names on them), and I bought some Ruffles bon bons from Three Dog Bakery that I took and shared with our agility friends (the four leggers of course =)
Leo and I want to wish his litter mates a very happy 1st birthday and many many many more!

Leo, the ugly duckling

My mom says this is all that she's going to let show of me for a long time! I'm definitely an ugly duckling at the moment. My puppy hair is coming out like you wouldn't believe, and if I'm not brushed daily, it mats like crazy and drives her bonkers trying to get the mats out and not hurt me at the same time. My birthday is in 22 days, and I hope she has a pupcake for me like she did for Cosmo for his birthday in January. Those were YUMMY! I got really good news last weekend, that my brother, Scotch, got his 1st 3 point major (giving him his first 3 points)! I know his mommy must be really proud of him--- I am! I can't wait til I get to go back out in public--- I like strutting my stuff around the ring!

Mom, I'm tired!

Last week after agility class, Cosmo fell into a slight coma. He was plum tuckered out! I was so proud of my little guy. It's been SOOOO hot and humid, that class has been cancelled for several weeks, we'll go a week, then it's cancelled again. So, the last time we went (I'm guessing it was about 3 wks ago???), Cosmo stuck all of his contacts on the A-frame, dog walk and teeter. This past week, he stuck them on the teeter (well, except for one go across the teeter when he thought a small brown leaf was a piece of goodie, and pretty much flung himself off to get to said yummy), but not the other two. BUT, he had the BEST distance work I've ever seen. The first obstacle was a jump that had a tunnel a good distance way (obstacle 2). I was able to send him over the jump and to the tunnel and not have to get really close to the tunnel so he wouldn't pop back out to see where I was. I was able to get to jump 3 without having to run to the end of the tunnel to get his attention and then off to 3. I was such a happy person! He's also getting better at sit/staying at the start and not turning into a crouching BC who'll crouch a few teeny tiny steps, then take off before I'm ready for him to take off. I can feel that we're getting closer going to a trial. He's getting more trustworthy and he's really doing well and shocking me with what he is offering me in class. I can only hope that he's that good out in public!

Pretty puppies

This picture was taken in Greenville of Leo (in the center) with his sister, Kit, on the left, and his BRaT brother, Scotch, on the left. I can't even begin to tell you what it took and what we the people went through to get ONE.GOOD.PICTURE. of the three of them. All I can say, is that even though it wasn't yet noon---- I was ready for a drink! Amazingly, they all look like angels in the picture and you would think it didn't take over an hour to get one good one.

Guess what, Cosmo!!!!

I have a huge bald-ish spot on my show side on my back leg where I've somehow chewed off a good bit of fringe AND mom doesn't know it yet!! Wonder what she'll say????? Well, she found it while brushing him out last night and is still in utter disbelief! Of course, I emailed Betty to tell her what happened and she said most likely it was helped by the fact he should be loosing his puppy coat and that's one of the first places it "goes". His sister Kit is sporting nakey flanks as well. I still shake my head in disbelief. Oh well... I was looking forward to the Cola show next month and to Greenville in Feb. Guess we'll be staying home and growing up and growing hair at the same time. SIGH..............

We're back from Greenville

We went up to the Greenville shows this past weekend, and saw one of Leo's brothers, Scotch, (blue roan and tan) whom we've not seen since he was a baby. He's grown into an impressive little man. We also saw Leo's sister, Kit, who is also an orange roan like Leo, and two of his younger cousins. With MUCH grooming help from Mindy, Leo quickly became presentable to the judge. Leo took 1st place in both of his puppy classes this weekend. Although we were awarded no points (they're seeming elusive like Q'ing in agility), I was very happy with how he held it all together and just did his thing. They handed out coupons for the Purina table if you won your class, so I picked out a bag of Carver's treats. I brought them home with me, so Cosmo would get some too. Leo did get a new chew toy for the ride back home. So far, it's been a hit. So, I guess that was the last show for us, until the Columbia show in September. Maybe I'll figure out how to take off hair, but not too much hair between now and then! A friend took some pictures of me and Leo, and if they turned out, I'll post them.

Cosmo has become a "man"

Yesterday I had the boys out to potty and I looked up to see Cosmo lifting his leg! He's always gone like a girl (which is TOTALLY fine with me), but nope, yesterday he made a tiny effort to lift his leg. I'm guessing seeing Jake lift his leg on occasion at class has put the idea in his little brain. So after all these years of having only one male dog (when I was a teenager) and the rest girls, it's odd to see somebody lifting their leg in the yard. I sure hope he doesn't get the urge to mark everything now when we go out. Also will be interesting to see how long it takes before Leo is lifting his leg as well. As long as they don't go on each other and start marking all over creation, we'll continue to live in harmony around here =)