Bark in the Park.

The week-end before my birthday Cousin Rocky came to visit and we went to the Bark in the Park. It was hosted by Animal Friends,the shelter that my kitties Laura and Josie came from. This was the beginning of my birthday week kick-off.
Lots of dogs, people and vendors. I came home with a big ole bag-o-loot - toys and treats.

We got massages at the spa.


Here is Rocky getting his massage.


and me.

Maisie really, really got into hers. BOL!



There were games. We played this one where you step on those stars, and you get the prize that is written on the back. We got tennis balls and a tug-o-war toy.


Rocky was the only one of us still standing when it was time to go home. It was fun.


Mom says I have to show a picture of Josie and Laura, cause they are famous now that they are this weeks Cranimals of the week. And, somebody said they don't get enough time here, or on facebook, so, alright, here.
Go to the bottom of Cranimals web page to their facebook page for details. Oh, yeah, and I'm supposed to say "Congratulations, Josie and Laura"

It's my birthday!!

I looked like this 7 years ago - BOL!

We didn't do anything special today, which sort of ticks me off, but mom had to go to work. And, she remimded me that I had a big week-end last weekend, with cousin Rocky coming to visit, and going to the Bark in the Park ( pictures later, SOMEBODY needs to get them off the camera.)
Then, this week-end I went to that nursing home I like with my therapy dog friends, and we did an agility show for the residents, and I had an agility class on Saturday.
And,later on this week, we are going to take a trip and go see Rocky at his house, and have a picnic, and my doggie friends there will all come, so she assures me birthday week, which usually lasts 10 days, sometimes longer, will not be a bust. So, more later, I guess.
your pal, Morgan

Doin' the Hula!

I told you on our last post that we went to this doggie luau at our school, Splash and Dash K9 Sports. It was a blast, and we got to wear these way cool green grass skirts, and flowers around our necks.
This is me, right after I got out of the car trying to hurry up and get in there.

But mom said we better to go pee first.

We were supposed to remember to lift up our skirts before we peed, but later on in the day I forgot, and peed on mine.. BOL!!! But it was OK, turns out they rinse off nicely.
The first order of business was to say hi to our friend Jim, and have him take our official Luau picture over there under that sun umbrella.


We didn't get a copy of our official picture yet, so we will have to show it to you later...
Everything looked real nice inside, and all the people and doggies were wearing all their Hawaiian clothes.




There was an agility course all set up, I love the dog walk.


Maisie likes tunnels,

so do I.

There were good foodables. Jim cooked hamburgers and weenies in the grill. The people sat around and talked for awhile,


then we played games. The people tried the hula hoop. That was pretty funny. they found out they aren't as "agile" as us doggies!

We did the limbo. Both Maisie and I knocked the bar at 12 inches. Mom says we both tried to go under it with our hineys sticking up in the air. I am not positive, but I think this sheltie went under it at 8 inches - pretty nice!

It was a really nice day, but hot, so we went in the pool like our friends Tess and Jazz are doing here.

We had a really good time!

Happy World Cat Day 2010 !

To Laura and Josie, and all of our kitty friends. Have a really great day.

Your pals, Morgan & Maisie

Keeping busy!

Mom has been keeping us busy. Maisie started agility classes, and guess what? I get to go too. Turns out, it's sort of an all levels thing, and the contacts are set kind of low for the new students, and since I was off agility for awhile after I hurt my back, or knee (still not sure what it was) this class is perfect for me too. This is Maisie on her first day.


BOL - she looks kind of lost. I wasn't there that day, I started going after she and mom figured out what the class was like.
Here is Lucy, our teacher, telling her it will be OK.

This is a new doggie school for us. Mom has that stupid work schedule where she works at night and this club started giving Saturday afternoon classes, so that works really well for us, and, next session, they are moving to a new facility, that is air conditioned. Wowzers! Keep these classes coming, please!

This is Maisie after a couple of weeks of class. She is trying really hard to get her sit/stay all perfected. It's hard for her. she looses focus, and gets all wound up. Mom says I never had that problem, because I act like I am attached to her hip with Velcro.

This is me on the table, watching mom really close, so she doesn't go anywhere without me.


Awhile back, we went to an agility competition to see our breeder Terri. She came to town to visit and run two of her dogs. This is me, Maisie, cousin Trevor, and my half sister Kyrie. We are looking at Terri, but somehow, her face didn't make it in the picture. She is really nice. You can tell from the picture that we all like her.



Kyrie, Trevor, Maisie, Morgan


And, we went to a really cool luau party at the other doggie school we go to. We will tell you about that as soon as mom gets the pictures ready. If you are on facebook with us, you already saw us in our grass skirts, but we have more pictures of the party to show.
Later, taters.. your pal, Morgan

WHOO-HOO !!!!!

HELLLOOOO!!!! HI! HOW YA BEEN??? IT'S ME! MAISIE.. This is sooo freakin' fabulous!! It's called a pool. Mom says we need this pool because we are having something called a heat wave to us.. HI HEAT! HOW ARE YOU??? MY NAME IS MAISIE!
I don't think we got this pool out last summer, because I would of remembered it. Maybe that heat thing didn't wave at us or something.
Anyways, Morgan and I are out in the yard, and mom gets the pool out, and Morgan is like "Yippee", and I'm like "WHAT"?? and then mom starts putting in the water and stuff, and I didn't know what to do and then Morgan showed me.


and, then I still wasn't sure so mom squirted me,and got me a little wet with that hose thing


and then Morgan started running around


and she says "get in"!!


SO,..I DID!


WOWZERS!

How the M&M's got their names...

Mom has to go to work tomorrow, because the work holiday is Monday, so we are going to play Frankie's name game and tell about our names today.
Maisie and I are from Saranac Shelties. I was born at Miss Terri's house, when she lived in Pittsburgh, and Maisie was born at Miss Anne's house in Alabama. It's called Saranac because Miss Terri and Miss Anne, who are sisters, grew up near Saranac Lake, New York.
On with the story.. I arrived with my name. Mom hadn't even thought up a name for me. She was feeling sad because she had just lost her Sheltie (That was Clara, the one I inherited lots of good toys from) and when Miss Terri said she could have one of her pups, she got so excited she forgot all about a name. All she knew was, she would either get me, the bi-black girl, or the tri-colored girl, depending on who Anne and Terri were going to keep.
So, I'm finally ready to go and mom gets a call, and comes to meet me, and Terri says "so,what are you going to call her", and mum is all like duhhh....and Terri says, "I have been calling her Morgan, but she really doesn't know that name yet, so you don't have to keep it", and then mom says " is that a Scottish Name? - she must of finally come out of her "I'm getting a puppy, and that is all I can think about stupor" - BOL!.. And Terri says it depends on the source, It's probably a Welsh name, but sometimes listed as being Scottish. It's a form of Morgana, or Morcant (Welsh), and means "from the sea". So, mom thought about it, and I seemed to like it, and even though it is mostly a boys name, it is also used as a girls name, so that's how I got to be Morgan.

Now, with Maisie, mom was all over the name thing. She had her Scottish names all picked out. Maisie had first been named Emma, by Miss Anne's kids, and everyone agreed, (even the kids), that was not a good name choice for her. So, mom calls Miss Anne and is " how about Taylor? MacKenzie? Kennedy? there were more, but I can't remember all of them. Noooooo, Miss Anne says, she needs a CUTE name. So, mom started googling "cute Scottish names" well, from what we could find, the Scots are not big on "cute" names, but, suddenly, there it was... Maisie!!. Call to Anne,, some silence, and then " yes, that's it!!!
"Maisie" is Scottish familiar for Mairead, or Margaret. It means "pearl". To top it all off, our friend Margaret was transporting Maisie from the Sheltie Nationals in Georgia to PA for us, so that settled it. Maisie had a name!

Have a great holiday! And, if you are afraid of fireworks, STAY INSIDE AND BE SAFE!!! Let's not make Khyra's mum run all around the country looking for us, even though we know she would.