Archives: May2009

• Back at the Farm

  I’m back at the farm again. Well, not right at this moment. LOL Right now I’m back home trying to keep everything running smoothly with the boarding kennel on a holiday weekend, and then I’ll be heading back up to my parents farm again later this afternoon. My parents went to CA for almost a week, so I’m driving up to their place each afternoon and doing chores, then I spend the night up there and do the chores again [...]

• Portrait of Layla

  We stumbled upon this wonderful artist named Leanne Wildermuth’s blog a while back and I’ve been admiring her work. For anyone who enjoys beautiful photographs as well as drawings and paintings you should check out her blog: http://intricateart.com/blog/ To make this long story short, she has a really fun contest where you can submit a picture and story and she chooses a winner each week who will receive a custom 5 X 7 portrait. If you know me at all, [...]

• I Love This Time of Year!

  I just love this time of year! Everything is finally turning green again, and I feel like I’m coming to life again after a long winter. So, today we went down to our friends place to train with the dogs. She lives about 1/2 an hour away and the drive is a beautiful one. It’s through a gorgeous canyon with water running through it. It’s one of my favorite drives. So, we worked on Obedience with Raven, Twist and Layla. [...]

• Rogue Update 05-08-09

  A couple of people have asked about how Rogue is doing since we let her go for an evaluation to our friends at Sheltie Rescue of Utah. So, here’s a brief update of what I know. As of yesterday, she was beginning to settle in to the point that she was beginning to play with another one of the Shelties in the house. That’s good news! She’s being just a little tricky about trying to eat her treat without getting [...]

• Whose House Is This?

  We are starting into the second week with Rogue gone. The change in the house was noticeable from day one. I know from past experience that when we used to do alot of fostering for CARE, one dog can certainly change the dynamics in the house a great deal. I guess I just didn’t realize how much Rogue was affecting things here. The biggest change overall is that the rest of the dogs are now so quiet! I feel like [...]

• Utah Sheltie Specialty

  I’ve been meaning to write about how the Utah Sheltie Specialty went for a couple of days now, but as usual time seems to get the better of me. Anyway, Raven and Twist were both entered in the Obedience portion of the Utah Sheltie Specialty this year. Raven was trying out the Regular Novice class for the first time and Rally Novice for her second time. I was so proud of her! Raven qualified and took first place in both [...]