Whew

We just got home from a month long trip, beginning with conformation shows in Vallejo, then on to Helena, then back to Sacramento for the CCRCA national.  We of course did zip in the conformation end, but in obedience Teaz picked up six OTCh points in Helena and HIT at the national.  Sketcher finished his BN and RN with First places in those classes, and both dogs earned their UWCs.  Sketch LOVED doing the UWC!

Both pictures by Gramma Sarah.

We stayed at Auntie Iris's house and as usual the pool was a big hit.  Sketch is such a good son, "helping" his mother out of the pool by grabbing the bumper ...

Photoshop is phun!

And friend did a little work on the picture that I had in my last blog post ...  ;-)

But, of course!

We went up to Spokane, which was a bust since the best we got was a Third in Utility one day.  However, we also went over to Wallace, ID which is about an hour east, to do some touristy stuff, and get this picture -

Off to Montana

Our next trip was to Great Falls and Missoula for five obedience trials, with stops at Iris's house on the way up and back to rest my old bod.  Sketcher got in some good training as well as a sort of Beginner Novice run thru at a match in Missoula - there were no signs and no judge, but it was still distracting and he did very well.

And of course, there were run amok times!  Iris's pool is always a favorite.

Random fields and "sharing" a toy with his mom were also fun!

Teaz's work was up and down, but in the end she picked up 10 OTCh points, two HITs and a HC.  And of course, the toys she won were destroyed by Sketcher!

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!