Auntie Iris, Oregon, Auntie Iris, new puppy, de-bark!

We made a long trip which started with stopping at Iris's house to look at the girl puppy from Teaz's cousin Bebe, then went up to Klamath Falls for two obedience trials.  While we were in Oregon, Sketch had a great time swimming, stalking his mom and posing!

Then back to Iris's to pick up the new puppy, and boy puppy we are taking to Curlyville to deliver, and the Sprinter since all of this isn't going to fit in the Transit!  Sketch is not really sure he approves of not being the baby any more, but he likes the pups.  They sure are cute.

On the way home, we stopped in Sonora and had Rapid de-barked, which meant we just hung around for a day.  It was boring for the dogs, but I found lots of flowers!  <G>

Birthday!

Sketch is a whole year old today; it's hard to believe he went from this:

to this:

in only twelve months!  We celebrated with homemade dog friendly cupcakes, which I was barely able to get a picture of before it was inhaled!

That circle of life thing

We are in Lewiston Idaho, where Teaz has so far flunked and had two major deductions - sigh.  However, the weather is very nice so I took Sketcher for a walk to a dogwood tree I'd taken a picture of Diver in front of, when at these same shows.

Eleven years later, the tree has been trimmed, the one behind it removed, and I'm two cameras down the line from the first one, but still the same place where we took a flower picture just before Diver won his first all breed High in Trial.  It makes me feel good to be someplace where he enjoyed himself, and to be sharing it with Sketch.

Eleven months!

He's getting to be such a big boy!  He didn't grow any taller this past month but he's filled out some - and blown his puppy coat all over the back yard ...

He'll start matching in Rally Novice and Beginner Novice soon, as I hope to have him ready by the specialty in September.

Ten months

 

Here is Baby Huey at 10 months, and he now measures 25+ inches!  He may end up being the biggest Curly I've ever owned ...

Hunt test photos

Joyce Davis took these pictures at the HRC test and she got some GREAT shots of Sketcher!  Here is a sampling -

Ears!

First hunt test

Sketch and his mom got to run in their first HRC hunt test yesterday and both did very well.  Of course, Sketcher did well for his age ... there was some noise, some playing with birds and one long hunt, but otherwise I was kind of surprised at how well he did.  They both passed so now have their first Started legs, and Sketch also earned his WC.  There was a photographer there taking pics so I hope to have action shots later, this is all I have for now ...

It was a LONG walk to the stake from the parking lot, which I had to do twice as many times since I had the two dogs entered.  The dogs loved it, me not so much!