Curlyville, and beyond!

We next made an even longer trip, to Tennessee for Curlyville and then on to North Carolina to visit Leslie's new home and drop off a puppy.  Sketch got lots of really good training at Curlyville and some fun running amok time in Leslie's play yards.

Baby Huey went with us to keep Lucky Kitty company.

Of course, there are weird ears while running amok!

We got some family photos - left to right, Dad Rhino, Mom Teaz, Sketcher, Sister Brisk.  The parents just don't look thrilled with their kids ... <G>

Sketcher with his sister Brisk.  She looks much more mature than he does right now!

I love this picture - I look thin!

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!