Sun Bathing - June 15, 2008

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood - I heard that somewhere. Sunny Seattle - huh? Well it happens on occasion and today is one of those days. It's Father's Day and my daddy dog is with his family up north. I've not really seen much of him, but should in the near future. His name's Tucker and he lives with our friends, Mike and Kathy in Lynnwood. I hear that we may go head to head in the show ring and Nana Kathy says I look better than him - we'll see what the judges think. Anyway, back to the sun. Woohoo, here I am with granny Mitzi, basking in the yard. It's so warm and we love to roll in the grass and get all dirty.



My momma dog, Elektra takes sun bathing very seriously. She likes to lay near the fence to get the warming effect off the boards. And here's Cedar. Remember when you were a kid and you'd jump out of the pool and head for the warm cement to lay and dry off? That's Cedar - she likes the warmth and reflective powers of the tops on the septic tank. Go figure.




Then there's auntie Lilly and cousin Kaitlyn.
They hang out indoors on the comfy bed in the
computer room with mom. I think it's just because they want to be closer to any food that might appear on the desk if mom goes for a snack. They don't know what they're missing.


Well, I gotta run. Dad's gonna mow and I love to help.

See ya,
Dash

Show Time - June 13, 2008

Well it's been a fun couple of weeks. Last weekend, my uncle Fred and my aunt Kaitlyn were at the Puyallup dog show. Our friend Marti was doing the showing and I got to go along to watch how it's done and get lots of treats. Here's Marti with Fred - they got Reserve Winners in the Bred By Exhibitor class.

Just today, they took me, Elektra (my dog mom), and granny Mitzi to the Sirius Dog Festival in Seattle. There was a fun match there, just like a show but it's really just practice for the real thing. It was my turn today, and since I'm still not 6 months old until Thursday, mom showed me in the under age puppy class. I guess the judges liked me because I got first in my class, Best of Breed and first place in the Hound group for puppies. Here's me with mom, my friend Tessa and all the toys I got. The best part was the treats though.

Well, I'm going to cut this short because I've been up all day and missed my naps.

See ya,
Dash

Tally Ho! - June 2, 2008

This last weekend, mom and dad loaded us all up in the RV and we sat in the window watching big trucks and cars go by for 3 hours on the way to Castle Rock. It was a long trip, but I liked it.



"It's All About The Bunny" or at least, that's what I'm told. I attended my first field trial this last weekend. It's actually interesting to watch grown adults wander around with sticks, whack the bushes and shout "Tally Ho" at the top of their lungs. That means they've sited a rabbit, BTW. Then the person who saw it, tells the judges where it went and they bring up two dogs that track the bunny off leash. The dog that stays truest to the line is the winner of that brace. It takes awhile to do a whole group of dogs so I got to experience nature and eat bunny poop.



This is what mom got to look at as we walked along.










This is what I saw, but it was OK.










My Auntie Lilly got second place in the Field Champion class and cousin Kaitlyn got 4th in the girl's class. We all got really dirty and had lots of fun. Some day I hope to be a hunter too.

Oh, speaking of Hunter, he finally went to his forever home with our friends Amy and Greg in Redmond. He's really happy there.

Well, I gotta cut this short, because mom's calling us for dinner and I never skip a meal.

Later,
Dash