Oh boy. Today is bath day! It is very difficult for me to get in "the zone" to groom dogs when it is pouring rain. It is suppose to be dry tomorrow, but I hate to put things off. Plus my brother and sister-in-law fly into town tomorrow! YAY! Enough whining.

I hope everyone has a great weekend.

I haven't posted here for so long that I almost forgot my password. It seems that when I am online I am on my Nutrisystem support group chatting or on Facebook. It has been a very good Summer. The dogs definitely did not get as much training as I had hoped they would. I have to check with the doggie school to see what is going to be offered for Paris..it is her turn.

I had company for a week in August. There were up to 9 people here at times. I just have to say that Frasier and Paris were excellent! The beds, sofa, and floor had overnighters and the only thing I didn't like was Paris giving the person sleeping on the sofa a "facial" every morning. Ewww. However, the human involved refused to put a stop to it. Other than that, both dogs were Very Well Behaved!!

The dogs and I are busy doing fall chores. They are an awful lot of help. I was cutting back plants this afternoon and I wanted to share a few pictures I took. There is only one of Frasier. Um, er, well actually I took two of him, but his face needs to be clipped so I will only post one of them. I have been told to never ever share pictures of your dogs if they are not groomed, but since when have I done what I'm told? I'll just say that both dogs are clean and brushed, but no trimming has been done yet.

Paris

Paris

Frasier

Frasier 2.5 yrs. Standing ON the new chair with feet ON the newly painted woodwork looking for birds so he can sneak outside and scare them.

Watching me water the flowers out in front of the house.

Paris 1 yr. Frasier 2.5 yrs

Paris 5 1/2 months

Paris fell asleep with a hoofie in her mouth. She is on my lap and boy did that stink.

She is 8 months old in this pic.

This picture was taken a few weeks after bringing Paris home.

Paris 2 1/2 months. Frasier 23 months.

Happy First Birthday to sweet Paris and the rest of her litter (the Calypso K litter)! And Happy First Birthday to the Calypso L litter too!

Frasier is on meds because of coughing and gagging so no Agility class tonight. Paris doesn't have whatever he has, but I didn't take her either. I really don't think he is contagious since Paris is ok, but the instructor made the final decision. The next session begins August 14. I am disappointed, but yet don't want any other animals to possibly get what Frasier has. Poop. Well, it was 90 degrees out, so maybe it's for the best??

Frasier graduated from Beginning Agility this evening!! YAY! The mom of a young girl in class took the following pictures of Frasier last week while we were practicing. He starts Intermediate Agility on July 3. The same evening, Paris starts Beginning Agility.

Agility class is so much fun! The new things learned last night were the 'table' and jumping through the 'V'. As soon as Frasier learns what is expected of him, he is right there doing it. The instructor set up 2 different short courses. Frasier did so well after the first run through on course #1 that the second time through he was not on a leash! YAY! :-) The funny part was that course #1 did not have the chute, however, the chute was beside the last object. Ole Frasier ran over to the chute and went through it! Course #2 was more difficult; it had the higher bridge, which is a bit intimidating at first. It also had 3 different jumps. All of those were things learned last week, which is the class we missed. He did very very well with course #2 also, but I just wasn't comfortable with him doing it off leash. Then we worked on the 'teeter' some more. I got some great advice from the instructor which helped a lot.

It took me about a year and a half to get my rear in gear with training classes. I am sorry it took so long, but I am grateful that I got 'the bug'.

UPDATE: I just found out that a Beginning Agility class begins June 26. On the same evening, an Intermediate Agility class begins. I'm hoping to take Paris to Beginning and Frasier to Intermediate. The only problem is that I will be out of town the first night. Hopefully that will not be an issue.