Reba, Reba, Queen of Sheba

Why is it that we have to make rhymes with certain names? Reba is our potential showgirl out of Pearl's litter. She and Abram are having a blast, although she is lagging growth-wise behind him... Here is a pic of her face, which reminds me a lot of her mom at this age (18 weeks) - I'm guessing she'll be about the same size as Pearl when full-grown, but we'll see...

We're headed off to an educational session at the Y with Abram to talk about dogs and dog safety, so more later...

Road Trip!!!

We're getting ready to hit the road next week with all the kids (used to be "the girls", now that Abram is part of the pack, I don't want to offend him haha)... Heading up to the Pittsburgh area for the 2nd Annual Ridgeback Rodeo (July 27-29), sponsored by the Watsons of TerraCotta Kennels http://www.terracottakennels.com/id26.html We didn't make it last year, but heard it was a lot of fun and that's what it's all about to us anymore!

Bob and Bonita Snodgrass and their furkids are going to meet us there and Monday 7/30 we all head down to Salem, VA for their 5 day cluster of shows. Sissy had to have some minor surgery so she won't be ready to show until later this summer while we wait for her hair to grow back (why do vets shave such a big area???) but Pearl is ready to go and looking very fine. We'll see what the judges think - she's on the small side of the standard (24 1/2" 63#) but very sound and moves well. I'm not too excited about handling, but it goes with the territory, especially since we can't afford outside handling now that I'm no longer gainfully employed :o)

We'll come home after the Salem show and then I'll head out the following Thursday for a 3 day in Greensboro, NC. I don't expect either show to be a major, but that's fine by me. We'll probably do Raleigh over Labor Day weekend, then the Wilmington show in October and finally head down to Ocala, FL in November. By October, the pups will be old enough for their first shows, so we'll be working with Reba and Zulu to get them ready for those.

Zulu's mom tells me he is growing like a weed, so I'm looking forward to seeing him. If he's anything like his brother Abram, he's gotta be one handsome boy. Abram looks a lot like his half-uncle Simon did at his age and will be an outstanding dog full grown. His tail kink is obvious when you're looking for it, but otherwise, he is very typey. He's doing very well with the service dog training and I expect him to continue doing well, even though he's just a little headstrong haha.
more soon,
Mary

Dutch approaches dog puberty

Dutch is doing well. He's a great Pup! Only behavior hard to correct is mouthing / biting, nothing vicious - all in fun (mostly for Dutch).
Dutch is well house trained and knows how to remind me that the "Time is Now". Dutch is willful and yet submits well. Dutch is well socialized - the vets (Alicia and Amy are quite impressed with Dutch - tell me he's a great puppy). He's reaching puberty at this point and the vet has cautioned me about agression in this breed and to correct a s necessary. I'm watching.... Dutch already likes to play and taunt - me and other dogs - my brothers older Golden Retrievers were less than appreciative of those None Butts... Dutch has started scenting the walk path at about 4 months. Dutch is super Gregarious - I have met more neighbors because of Dutch Dragging me to them- (even New Yorkers - will have a conversation when you have a dog) . Good thing He's SOOO cute - all his love bites get overlooked by folks outside the family..

Pal Bill

I'm Dutch. I'm 4 months Old

HI! I'm Dutch!

I'm having a great time wil my Pal Bill.

We have a walk twice a day in some place called the Hideout. and on weekends we go to the camp where I can just run!

At the Camp, I can walk in the woods and just follow my nose and run as fast as I can!

At camp, Bill has this orange collar he puts on me - says something about Star Trek when he does..... anyway sometimes it tickles me and sometimes it is just shocking - usually when Bill is calling to me and I've got more interesting things to do. Bill says I can't play in the road.... but at home that's mostly where I always walk? I guess its different at the camp.

Sometimes we dig holes - Bill calls 'em deck footings........

Sometimes we play fetch. I think Fetch is better!

Yep! Fetch is better!



I got this green bandanna from Bill's Mom - 'Says I'm now the "Bark Ranger" From Alaska... sounds like my kinda place excepti think i heard that its cold there - Yuk...






Bill say's this Blogging software #$%^&*s






'so we're going for a ride instead.



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