Are any of you guys up for a Thanksgiving morning hike at Sauvie Island this year? Brunkle should still be small enough to carry when he gets tired :-)

I took Rory out to where we work on learning how to work stock today. C is out of town, so I helped L with some chores. Rory mostly got to wander around and explore while we cleaned stalls and set them up for occupancy again (stock is put up at night to keep it safe, especially while the lambs are small ( Read more... )

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Although Kyah has more not-as-good days now, I am focusing today on the fact that she and I have now spent 16 Thanksgiving Days together!

I took both dogs to Vancouver Lake this morning (in the brief sunshine) and took a few pictures of them playing in leaves. See http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.307563065929076.81658.100000261549435&type=1& ( Read more... )

I've been working on Rory learning her Walk Up command. Some people say it's really early for her to be learning this, but it seems like a good time? So far for herding we're working on Walk Up, Away to Me, Go Bye, Lie Down, There, and Out. I also need to decide if I want to call a less-than-warp-speed-but-faster-than-a-Walk-Up approach Steady or ( Read more... )

Because I can upload more pictures with less hassle in less time on FB than on here, I put a bunch of beach pictures of Kyah and Rory up on FB. This link, http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.279257828759600.75470.100000261549435&l=1b02858642&type=1 supposedly is public. I never know if that means non-FBers can see it or only FBers who who are ( Read more... )

This is Rory's dad. I think he's spectacularly beautiful, and I'm very glad she looks like a feminine version of him.


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I don't have any baby pictures of Kyah or Lucy, but I do of Rory.

Here she is at 12 days old. I asked her breeder how big she was, so I got a picture with a potato for comparison.


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This morning I gave Rory a raw, boneless chicken thigh with her kibble.  The chicken smelled a bit off for my consumption, so I cooked one for Kyah and gave the other one to Rory who usually gets ground raw food with her kibble ( Read more... )

We started on an off-note as Rory was still refusing to poop and I forgot my swim gear so ended up swimming client dogs wearing sweatpants and a t-shirt.  The sweatpants are finally dry and several inches longer than previously.  Rory improved things by pooping a normal stool and wondering what the big fuss was (she walked away from most of her ( Read more... )