Follow-up Friday May 24, 2013

Today we are joining our friends Jodi over at Heart Like A Dog and her co-hostess Pup Fan from I Still Want More Puppies for Follow-up Friday, the blog hop that lets you wrap up your week and leads you right into the weekend.

Thanks Jodi!

What a week! I thought I would be able to get caught up but I barley had time to get some posts up. My mom had to have cataract surgery on Monday so I have been on the go all week and sitting in waiting rooms, although I was able to read a few blogs on my phone and kindle while doing all the waiting.

Black and White Sunday

I had some fun editing this photo, I played around with the image and used a an edit called “old photo”

This is the original…

Sand Spring Chesapeakes asked…

“is that a baby sandhill already?”

These were all adults but they are down by the water so looked smaller because there is a dip down the edge there. I have quite a few more of them walking across the park, there were probably six of them all together.

Wordless Wednesday ~ Ahhh…Refreshing!

I love that I was able to get these shots. This was at the dog show at the end of the day, and this little pup was thirsty.

veronicamercer the owner of this pup had this to say…

“Haha – Little Eva (Mercer’s Daredevil) being cute – that’s really all she does well at this point.”

I for one think she does it very well

This ‘N That Thursday

I talked about stacking in this post and I had a very interesting comment from a blogger friend,

Kat N collies said…

“Collies are a free stacking breed, but there isn’t always time when the judge is walking down the line to make the final decision. So hand stacking is something we need to work on too.”

That is very interesting, I did not know Collies are a free stacking breed. I have to say I do prefer if I can get my dogs to free stack nicely because it looks nicer at times and they place their feet where it is natural for them. Maia free stacks okay but I really wanted to be able to hard stack her so I could get her used to being touched and legs placed, sometimes a judge will move a dogs legs to re-adjust them and I knew if I didn’t get her used to me placing her then she might have an issue if a judge moved her legs.

If you haven’t checked out Kat’s blog, All Things Collie you should pop over, she has beautiful rough and smooth coat collies and she was the feature blog for January on the blogville calendar put together by Jodi over at Heart Like A Dog

Here is a photo of our ribbons from Sunday…

and purple is my favorite color

As you can see by the count down my niece and nephew will be here in 5 days! I can not wait to see them, it has been two long years and although we are blessed with the wonderful world of technology it is not the same as having them here in person.

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This ‘N That Thursday

Today we are joining our friends over at 2 Brown Dawgs for This ‘N That Thursday’s blog hop!

This is what she has to say about the hop,

“A little of this and a little of that and everything in between…

 

What a busy week…again!

I am slowly catching up on reading everyone’s blogs and responding to mine, so please bear with me  

The show went very well last weekend. I have been working with Maia to get her past her show jitters for a little while now and it has paid off…she was awesome this past weekend. She was very calm and relaxed, she was even going up to people. I have been slowly introducing her to hard stacking and usually when I pick up her back foot to place it she holds it in the air and won’t put it down, but this time we were very successful with foot placement. She stood awesome for exam and seemed happy with some tail wags and ears up. Saturday we didn’t get a placement, disappointing but there are a lot of very nice Chessie’s here in Michigan so competition is tough. Sunday was a MUCH better day, she received Reserve Winners, (Reserve Winners The award given to the second place dog or bitch in the Winners class), this is the first time she has gotten this placement. I will try to post some photos tomorrow.

So this weekend we are going to the Kalamazoo KC show held on Sunday. Since I was only showing the one day I had intended on driving out that day and then home after we showed, however ring time is 8am which means I would have to be up and out the door by 5am. The more I thought about this the less appealing it sounded, so at the last minute I booked a cheap motel room. I figured I would use it as some Maia and Me time Shhhh don’t tell Cheyenne and Riva, they aren’t going to be happy to find out they are staying home.

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Follow-up Friday May 17, 2013

Today we are joining our friends Jodi over at Heart Like A Dog and her co-hostess Linda, from the 2 Brown Dawgs blog for Follow-up Friday, the blog hop that lets you wrap up your week and leads you right into the weekend.

Thanks Jodi!

I am so far behind this week, I have been busy busy busy, so much so I have fallen way behind on reading blogs and commenting on my posts. So today I will try to answer some of the great comments left on my posts over the last week. And bear with me as I try to catch up over the next few days.

Black and White Sunday

This is the original unfortunately I forgot to tag this one with witch editor I used. I tried to sharpen her up a bit and then I do know I used vignette, I love using that, I think it really does bring the eye right to the image. Thank you all for your lovely comments on this photo

Wordless Wednesday ~ Can you see it?

I had so much fun with this post…

Heart Like A Dog asked…

“I’m tossed. What is it?”

several of you got it…

Sand Spring Chesapeakes said…

“I see the heart shapes on the limbs.”

Long Life Cats and Dogs said…

“Hearts are my favourite shape.”

Miley said…

“Looks cool, hearts or butterflies?”

sarahhosick said…

“Awww so many hearts!”

tylersat99 said…

“I see all the beautiful hearts”

Hearts are what I noticed when I saw this so I just had to take some photos, I knew I would be able to use it as a blog post

And for those who wondered what kind of plant this is, get ready for this…it is a dried up broccoli plant from last year.

This “N That Thursday

I know I said I would be telling you who my nominees are for the WordPress Family Award but you will just have to come back again to find out. My day was much longer than I had anticipated and this blogger is a tired puppy.

So that’s it for now, I have to get ready for a big dog show this weekend and I sure hope I get some good photos.

What are you all doing this weekend?

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This “N That Thursday

Today we are joining our friends over at 2 Brown Dawgs for This ‘N That Thursday’s blog hop!

This is what she has to say about the hop,

“A little of this and a little of that and everything in between…

Shew, I thought I was going to miss This ‘N That Thursday. I am so far behind this week with all my blogging and a whole bunch of other things but I won’t bore you will all that

Training

I was able to get out to finally see my boy and he is doing great. Dave has him working on his “sit to the pile”, this I where a pile of bumpers are placed out a several yards and the idea is for the dog to be sent and on his way to the pile the trainer blows the whistle for the dog to stop, sit and look at him for further instructions. This is all part of the training leading up to T work, (more on that in another post); Titan did very well with this, I was so proud of him. Below are photos in sequence on how this looks in action…

Awards

This blog has received another wonderful award, thank you so much Sand Spring Chesapeakes for presenting us with the WordPress Family Award. What an honor to receive recognition from fellow bloggers! If you haven’t had the opportunity to visit these Chessies and their momma just hop right over there and see what their up to.

The WordPress Family Award was started by Shaun @http://prayingforoneday.wordpress.com.

Here is a description of the award and the rules from Shaun:

Award Description:

“This is an award for everyone who is part of the ‘WordPress Family.’ I started this award on the basis that the WordPress family has taken me in, and showed me love and a caring side only WordPress can. The way people take a second to be nice, to answer a question and not make things a competition amazes me here. I know I have been given many awards, but I wanted to leave my own legacy on here by creating my own award, as many have done before. This represents ‘Family’ we never meet, but are there for us as family. It is my honour to start this award.”

Rules:

1. Display the award logo on your blog.
2. Link back to the person who nominated you.
3. Nominate 10 others you see as having an impact on your WordPress experience and family.
4. Let your 10 family members know you have awarded them.
5. That is it. Just please pick 10 people who have taken you as a friend, and spread the love.

You will have to come back tomorrow to find out who my 10 will be. Since I am so far behind in getting back to your lovely comments you have left for me all week I will be answering those in my post tomorrow also. See ya then

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Black and White Sunday

Doesn’t she have a beautiful face, I love her markings and she is such a sweetheart!

We decided to hook up with
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Follow-up Friday May 10, 2013

Today I have the privilege and honor of co-hosting Jodi’s Heart Like A Dog’s Follow-up Friday, the blog hop that lets you wrap up your week and leads you right into the weekend.

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Follow-up Friday May 3, 2013

Last week I told you about the award Dogdaz bestowed upon us, so now I will share the rules and pass this award on.

RULES FOR BEST MOMENT AWARD:

• Winners re-post this completely with their acceptance speech.
• This could be written or video recorded.
• Winners have the privilege of awarding the next awardees!
• The re-post should include a NEW set of people/blogs worthy of the award;
• and winners notify them the great news.

RESOURCES: What makes a good acceptance speech?

• Gratitude. Thank the people who helped you along the way
• Humor. Keep us entertained and smiling
• Inspiration. Make your story touch our lives
• Get an idea from the great acceptance speeches, compiled in MomentMatters.com/Speech
• Display the award’s badge on your blog/website, downloadable in MomentMatters.com/Award

So, here is my little acceptance speech:

I am so humbled at receiving this award, thank you so much Dogdaz for honoring us! I am always in awe at the friendships that come about from blogging. For the most part we have never met but through this awesome thing they call cyber space we can all share our lives with each other. I have enjoyed each and every blog I read and do consider you all friends.

Now I would like to nominate…drum roll please……………………Tylersat99′s Blog

This is a great newfie blog starring Mica and Lexie, they go on great adventures with their mom and dad, and also have a awesome swimming hole! Pay them a visit and see why I enjoy them so much

Last week on my Park Day ~ Island Lake Recreation Area

2browndawgs asked…

“Do they have a designated dog training area to train off lead?

and Jodi from Heart Like a Dog asked…

“Do they allow dogs in the cabins?

Well I stopped by the Island Lake park office yesterday morning to see if I could find out if there are any areas to get the dogs off leash…that would be a big NO. They must be on a six foot leash. I then asked if there was any place I could get them in the water to swim, she said “yes there are actually a couple of places” then showed me on the map but then she proceeds to say “but they still have to be on a six foot leash” right about then I bet you can guess what I was thinking but I bit my tongue and just looked at her and said “well that defeats the purpose of swimming” But she did offer a suggestion that I might be able to apply for a special permit and gave me the paper work to fill out if I wanted to try that route. And in answer to Jodi’s question that is also a big negative.

 

Wordless Wednesday ~ My New Look!

Ever do a title only to look at it later and say “epic fail” well that is how this title was for me. After it was already posted and comments started rolling in I thought to myself it could have been better, something like “Do you think my ears make my head look big” ahhh oh well

 

This ‘N That Thursday ~

Kat n collies asked…

“I thought Titan lived with you?”

Titan does live with me but he is in retriever training at my friends DustyRose k-9Trainers. Sorry for the confusion, I forget to explain things thoroughly sometimes.

Now for another photo I have been playing with editing, this is the original

and the edited version

This is Dusty, one of my Aunts little doggies. I used Pixlr advanced and efficient for this one.

So that wraps up Follow-up Friday for us, why don’t you grab the badge and hop along with our host Jodi at Heart Like A Dog and myself!

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This ‘N That Thursday ~

Today we are joining our friends over at 2 Brown Dawgs for This ‘N That Thursday’s blog hop!

This is what she has to say about the hop,

“This ‘N That Thursday is for anything you want!  Maybe you want to post about unrelated topics, or each topic isn’t quite long enough to make up a whole post, or you have awards to share, or you have one long post…anything goes!  So grab the button and join the hop!”

Thanks 2 Brown Dawgs

Training

Didn’t get out to do training last weekend But as you can see by my Wordless Wednesday Titan sure did, here are a few more photos my friend Michelle sent me…

I love how he is going in to the cover!

This boy really does give it his all

I love to see him work!

I definitely had to share this one…you see the duck  in the right hand corner…you see where Titan is and where he is looking…yep flew right by his duck, but he circled around and picked it up. You can check her blog out at Dusty Rose Chesapeakes

Life

Well it has been a very long week! Over the last couple months I have been having trouble with my van, idling very rough to the point of stalling when I stop and the transmission has been giving me some grief too. Every time I take it to my mechanic for the stalling problem it doesn’t do the things it does to me and he can’t find a problem…go figure! Then a couple of weeks ago the transmission started to get worse, originally it was just the lower gears that were the problem, shifted very slow, then it wouldn’t shift into over drive. So my mechanic referred me to a trans guy to check it out, guess what…checks out perfect and he can’t find a problem…grrrrrr! Now I can’t complain to much, my van is a “94” with almost 300,000 miles on it. It just keeps me on edge when driving not knowing if I am going to have a problem

House Guests

I’ve really enjoyed having Trail and Bitsy (Bitty Boo as I like to call her) here and Maia is loving someone to play with. They are both a hoot, Trail gets all excited and starts chortling and raising his front feet up, reminds me of a rearing horse. Bitty Boo is such a cuddler but she has her moments when she thinks she is big and bold by mouthing off, I just chuckle to myself. I see a lot of Riva in her! I am sure going to miss them when they have to go home but I do get to see them pretty regularly

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Monday Mischief ~ Get Your Nose Out of There

Well believe it or not today’s post is not about Maia…nope this one is about a certain male house guest.

Yep you guessed it, my mischief dog this last week has been Trail!

You see I have had girls in season since Trail and Bitsy arrived, Maia was getting towards the end and right after they arrived Riva came in. Now I know how the boys are when the girls are in season, thankfully he is neutered but that does not stop the hormones, it just means he can’t make babies. I have done my best to keep them separated but twice now I have caught him trying to do something he shouldn’t, he was apprehended right away so nothing happened. But I tell you I will be glad when she is done. In keeping with my G rating for this blog there will be no mischief photos

Instead I will just leave you with this…

That’s right look away you guilty dog!

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