The snow finally arrived and the dogs (including our houseguest, Griz) have been romping in it all morning. Wet paws are so much easier to deal with in the house than muddy paws, and my wish is that the temperatures will just stay below 30 going forward.
Happy holiday season to all humans and canines!
We’ve got updates on two of the puppies from Chev and Reine’s last litter –Griz and Forest who are now 6 months old. Griz (just below, playing stick with our dogs) has been staying with us while his family’s vacationing. What a sweet boy! He plays with Finley and Xupe and makes charming but mostly unsuccessful attempts at engaging his daddy, Chev, in playing with him.
Forest’s person sent the photo below and wrote, “We went out last night for our walk… we needed to cross a small walking bridge to get to the center of a slough. As we were walking across, he got to the end and ‘locked up!’ Just two seconds later a rather large rooster jumped up! Pretty awesome! I believe in all, we scared up around 20 birds last night. Absolutely love the little fella!”
The puppy boys we’ve seen are sure continuing to look like brothers, all taking after their dad’s looks more than their mom’s.
We welcomed four families on Saturday morning and afternoon. The first two families wanted to meet Chev, Finley and Xupe to experience Griffs firsthand and “test” their allergies in their presence. The last two visitors of the day were puppies from the “B” litter (Walter and Griz, formerly Numbers Nine and Four respectively) who returned to work with birds in the field. The puppy brothers looked so much alike and a lot like their daddy, Chev. Busy day, fun day.
Getting acquainted with our dogs (above)
Walter (left) and Griz and Walter (right) ready for birds and treats
There was some extra drama involving the pigeons that were to be used for training. Biff discovered eight mysteriously dead birds in the loft while the other 50 were flying, circling above the house and barn. Weasel? We don’t know for sure but suspect it.
Jazzy, from our A litter, turned two last month. Her people shared the following photos and story with us:
