Birthday Week Continues....

Cousin Rocky and I took a hike on the
Rails to Trails Lower Trail.



Rocky sure knows some great places, including a fabulous place to cool off in the water! Here are a few pictures of us enjoying our afternoon:







If you are ever in central Pennsylvania we sure hope you take advantage of this wonderful recreational site. You can bike, hike and even ride your horse!

my sibs!

Thinking about my birthday made me think about my sister Danay, and my "big" brother Conner. Here we all are. that's me, Connor and Danay. We were really little then, and still lived with our breeder Terri. Don't we look ornery? We were. We even ate a hole in the bottom of her new Lazy Boy recliner. Oops!

Joe, my mailman, took a picture of me today!

birthday week kick off!

Next Friday, August 29th I will be 5! The big birthday week celebration started off on Friday with a trip to my groomer, Renee. I like baths, and I got a spray of doggie perfume and a really pretty birthday bandanna. Oh,and a whole big bunch of undercoat brushed out too. Whew, that felt good! I don't blow my coat real well,it all tends to stay stuck until it gets wet and brushed out really good.

Then, on Sunday, mom treated me to an agility seminar with Debbie Sacerich.
We got up at 5:30 AM, so we could be awake and have plenty of time to get there, and I had a blast! There was me, 4 other Shelties(that I liked alot), and my German Wirehair Pointer friend Babydoll.
The place where the seminar was held used to be a dance studio, and the mirror is still on the wall, so what did Babydoll do? She walked right in the room and held point on her own reflection. Boy,the Sheltie people really got a kick out of that, because we Shelties tend to just run up to it and bark at ourselves, but not Babydoll. She had a real classy reaction to her reflection.
Then we got down to business. Learned some helpful tips about angles, and how to best approach a jump or contact, did some distance work, and just had fun. I think we took away some good information because today, at doggie school, both Babydoll and I seemed to do much better!

Later on this week mom and I are taking a trip to visit my cousin Rocky who lives in central Pennsylvania. he's a nice fellow, a happy black lab mix, and he knows all the good spots on the Rails to Trails hiking path.

don't try this at home

Hi, Morgan here...
Its taken me awhile to be able to speak of this. A couple of weeks ago I tried to change myself into a Pug. Here's how it happened.
I was running as fast as i can coming to to porch where mom and my favorite mailman Joe were talking, and BAM, slipped on the step and jammed my nose into the back of the next step. They're concrete - yikes.
Mom said she actually saw, above my head, those little stars that fly above the heads of the cartoon characters when they get hit on the head!

So, Joe and mom looked me over, and although I was stunned, I had all my teeth, and they said I knew my name. but mom wasn't convinced, so she called Dr Linda who said I better come right in and get checked. Off we went.
By the time I got there I was whistling through my nose because it was swelling up! So, I got a shot for pain and inflammation, and some pain medicine for later. I had a quick neurological exam, and everything seemed to be alright. I got to go to work with mom that night because I was supposed to be watched. I had a really bruised nose for about a week. Feeling ok now though, and back at agility.
So,everybody,watch those steps, and slow down when you get to them.