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Happy 10th Birthday Levi

Levi and Jet

Ten years ago today my baby boy, Levi, was born. Pembroke Faded Glory at Pembroke kennels up in Idaho. I remember going to visit him when he was just tiny. My husband and I were not married yet, but we were getting closer. We had Lucy and Kip and we packed them up and stayed at Lava Hot Springs… it was my first ever trip with dogs in a hotel. And they did great.

Levi was the puppy that ran under the table to hide, but my heart just loved him from the beginning and I had to bring him home. We had to wait until he was 12 weeks old, but it was worth the wait.

Now when I get a puppy I use fun iphone accessories to document the trip, like I did with Jet! But back then I didn’t do the internet very much at all. And I don’t think there was even a Facebook.

In this picture Levi is grudgingly sharing the bed with Jet. Levi is getting used to Jet, but Levi thinks all Mom’s attention should just be for Levi. But Levi still gets a ton of attention!

Levi gets extra spoiled today with extra treats and hopefully a Birthday Pizza for dogs. I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since my baby boy was born. Time sure flies. We have done a lot together, him and I, and I treasure every moment. And will treasurer all the time we still have together!

Cynthia

November 5, 2009

Levi

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Levi

Worried About Angel

Angel March 2009

We are pretty worried about our sweet Angel… Angel Pumpkin Spice Girl. We got her in 2002 and in the last few months she has really, really slowed down.

She’s loosing her footing more often now, and having a hard time standing up. She moves really slow. She is eating well, though, and pooping well so that’s good. She eats more than the rest of our dogs and she’s not fat. We worry that she’ll end up being one of those old skinny dogs so we feed her a lot to keep weight on her. She’s not fat though. She is just fine now.

We are afraid she is not going to be with us much longer, though. We will not let her suffer. I’ve learned a lot since I had Kip and kept him alive a bit longer than I should have. She won’t be spending any time in metal buildings, she has her soft beds and comfy places to sleep. She likes to be in the basement in my husband’s computer room where it’s safe and cozy and dark.

I love my Pumpkin Girl… I don’t want her to go. I hope we’ve given her a good long life. We are assuming she is about 13, but we don’t really know how old she was when she came to live with us.

She likes the couch, too, as this picture shows.

I love you sweet Angel.

Cynthia

November 5, 2009

Angel

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Angel

No Travel for Three Months!

Tatum in Summer

I am, actually, really excited to just stay home! I don’t have any trips planned for the next three months. Yay! I have travel clear across the country twice this year, going back east first to pick up Jet in July, and again in October to take him to the dog show. They were both really fun trips and I am so glad I went!

Now it’s time to stay home, do some house cleaning and maybe painting, and take a well needed rest. I’m sick, too, going on a week now. And so I need some down time without stress. I will still train, of course. I want to get Tatum going on sequencing agility obstacles (this is such a cute picture of Tatum!) because I’m toying with the idea of entering her in ASCA agility, PreNovice, next February, if she’s ready. Would be so fun to see how she does!

I’ll still be posting about my dogs, training, and all the fun daily living. I’m also going to soak in some hot baths, get some good acne treatments, nice lotions and moisturizers, and take it easy. Yay!

Fifteen Percent Is Too Low

Well this isn’t a picture of Chase, it’s a picture of super cute Jet… LOL but Jet makes me happy! Okay Chase makes me happy too but he’s not a wiggly cute puppy anymore.

Handsome Jet

Anyway so Chase got 2 Qs this weekend out of 12 runs. I’ve been told (since my math is horrible) that’s about 15%. For a fast, long strided dog, in ASCA, I think that’s too low. It’s too low for my tastes, anyway. We almost got a gamblers Q but he didn’t do what I wanted on the A-Frame so I left the course early. Ugh.

Chase is awesome, and I need to pick it up. It’s not him, it’s me. Well except the A-Frame. He usually has a stellar A-Frame contact and he was blowing it last weekend. Only going in one direction, though. I don’t know what it was about that direction. Bleh. Maybe it was because it was a slatless A-Frame but I don’t think so. He knows how to control himself on those too.

Anyway I’m working on my handling skills a lot and I am getting a lot better. Maybe I need to get away from the dog stuff for a bit, look for some term life insurance instead, and just relax!

Cynthia

November 3, 2009

Agility, Chase, Daily Posts, Jet

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Agility, Chase, Jet