Romp and Wrestle - February 10th, 2012

Another 'springtime' winter afternoon, but with high temps in the low teens for the weekend I HAD to take advantage of today's dwindling light and 40 degrees.

Busy Saturday...

After my week oncall with the pager we needed a good sleep-in this morning - very pleased that my perfect dogs all slept until 9am this morning giving me approximately 11 hours of uninterrupted sleep - after 10 straight days of sleep in 2 hour increments, it was much needed!

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Teller (5), Kipling (9 months), Murphy (7.5)

After all that sleep we hit the ground running! First to partially thaw, separate and re-package 60lbs of duck necks and 20lbs of chicken necks. Then I decided I'd had enough of furry ears and grinch feet so all three dogs got tossed up on the grooming table for brush-outs and trims. Off to the barn to work Teller and Kipling - great sessions with both - and some video to post tomorrow of their sessions.

Then we headed off to the school where the entire pack had a playdate with the absolutely adorable and totally handsome Gusto! Another rare (though certainly pretty common this winter) 40 degree January day, it's been so icy lately that the boys just haven't had the chance to really get out and run. With temperatures hanging above freezing for the last 72 hours there was some ice leftover from storms but mostly just MUD, MUD, MUD - so home we go where all three dogs got bathed (rinse, shampoo, rinse, shampoo, rinse, conditioner, rinse, towel dry, blow dry) to get all the sand and grit out of their coats and nether regions don't recall the last time I had to spend so much time rinsing just to get all the grit out from the undercoat!

Then it was my turn to hit the treadmill for two miles - done, done and done! I don't feel like I got to sit down at all today - until I sat down to edit and tweak photos of course.

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1/28 - I told the boys not to run on the ice..I left out the part
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1/28 - Yellow dog is now grey.

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1/28 - "Alright white-boy, you're goin' DOWN"

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Winter Birding - January 22nd, 2012

I love cardinals!
Canon T2i

This little fellow chatted with me a bit - totally unphased by my intrusion.
Canon T2i

Canon T2i

Canon T2i

Canon T2i

Canon T2i

Canon T2i

Artsy Crabapple
Canon T2i

Canon T2i

Obviously the squirrels are unphased by the cayenne pepper in the bird seed.
Canon T2i

Teller says: "Please stop messing with the birdies and let me inside"
Canon T2i

Then and Now...

Every so often I stumble upon a picture of Teller at exactly the same age Kipling is now, yesterday was one of those 'so oftens':

Murphy (3 years) and Teller (8.5 months)

Murphy (7.5 years), Kipling (8.5 months) and Teller (5 years)

Happy Birthday Teller!

His nobs at five years old.

My perfect Teller - my heart dog, my best boy turned five yesterday. Where does the time go? It seems like yesterday I was there as a newborn, trying to keep you from climbing out of an incubator while you screamed at me for my efforts :-)

 Happy Birthday Teller-Woo - MACH, Canadian Champion, CD, RN, NAP NJP NF, CCA, CGC, CGN...In honor of your birthday Mother Nature gave us sunshine and 57 degrees - how thoughtful of you to share it with us :-)