Category Archives: Penny

Another 4th of July

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Here we are again, another 4th of July. This year was different from past years only in that Penny was not alone in her anxiety caused by the darn fireworks. Unfortunately, Twist seems to have developed a real distaste for them too. :-(

He has actually been worse than Penny this year, I assume only because her hearing isn’t quite what it used to be, so she isn’t suffering as much these days. Twist on the other hand…my poor boy. This is the most mellow fellow you’d ever like to meet. Nothing phases him. Well, almost nothing.

I don’t have a thundershirt for any of the dogs, though I am beginning to wonder if I need to invest in one. I did what a could using a couple of bandage/wraps that I used on my knee and wrapped him up nice and snug. I don’t know for sure how much it’s helping, but he’s not panting and pacing right now, so maybe it’s helping a little.

Thank goodness for the anniversary party we went to the other night, they didn’t set off fireworks to celebrate, they just had traditional anniversary gifts instead.

Well, so much for not panting and pacing, another round of fireworks just started up. Lovely.

Everybody’s Walking

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Rarely do I take all the dogs for a walk at once. I usually only attempt it when my husband is with me. So, it’s a treat when he decides to come with us. Here’s some pictures from our walk the other day.

The typical way it starts is with a little chaos!

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Then everyone settled into their walk, except that Penny’s nose took her into a sagebrush. Deep into the sagebrush. LOL I don’t have a clue what she was looking for.

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Then Dare had to stop to pose for me at the top of the hill. I guess she was actually just watching all the other dogs waste their energy, but it was a nice pose for me with the mountains behind her.

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Hmmmm….this group just looks like trouble. Watch out world!

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Twist and Dare taking in the view. Aren’t the rocks in the background cool?

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Happy Raven face!

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I think everybody’s having a good time. :-)

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Lucy loving the water

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Zoe NOT loving the water. Might have had something to do with the fact that she’d just found a disgusting dead deer to roll in and so I thought she could use an impromptu bath before the ride home.

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Dare is such a poser.

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And the walk ends much the way it began, with Layla barking at the dogs to keep going! She might be telling Raven to “put down the prevera wrinkle cream grandma, and run, run, run!” Or maybe not. LOL

come on!

Penny Loves the Snow

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So to balance out my negative view of the weather we’re having, I thought I’d share Penny’s opinion. Penny has always LOVED the snow. As a puppy she would just bury her head in the fresh snow and run! The Penny Snowplow. LOL In more recent years she has changed her style a bit, though she still seems to really love the feel of the snow. Now she likes to roll in the snow. I got some pictures of her out after the storm yesterday, so I thought I’d share.

STEP 1: Bury the head…

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STEP 2: Get the sides involved….

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and the other side….

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STEP 3: Prepare for the shake…

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STEP 4: Shake it! Shake it! Shake it! LOL

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And then you’re all set. Hope you have as much fun in the snow as Penny does! :-)

More Pictures

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So, here are another set of pictures from last month that I never posted. We took a walk up on one of the mountains nearby and these were the pictures.

They all were excited to get started….

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As we went further, no one had walked on the trails yet, so we had to make our own.

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Eventually most of us decided that we’d let my husband make the trail and we’d just follow.

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You’ll notice that the exception to that statement is Lucy. She just can’t stand to not be in front of everyone blazing her own trail. Then Layla soon decided that she was too big to waiting for someone to make a trail for her either and broke out of the formation. Here she is making the leap….

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And then sinking into the deep snow. What a silly girl!

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Here’s my favorite bridge on this walk….

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and Dare coming back over to check on why I’m not coming…

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And a little sheltie “family” picture….

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And then the races as we went back to the truck. Penny was the judge, and obviously Twist got distracted at the startline. What a shocker!

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Looks like Zoe is the winner, and…..Twist is still distracted. LOL

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And finally the best place to be when you get home from a cold winter’s walk…

Dare and Layla fire

Snowy Pictures

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So, I got to looking and for some reason I never posted the pictures that I took of the dogs last month. I thought I had, but my memory deceived me. LOL Anyway, we had a storm that dropped about 7 inches on us, and the dogs had a blast playing in the fresh powder. It was deep enough on top of the other snow we already had that Layla was getting lost in it. Didn’t slow her down though.

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Goodbye 2009!

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GOODBYE 2009…FULL SPEED AHEAD TO 2010!

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Another year has come and gone. It was a year packed with lots of memories. Some I’ll cherish forever, and some I wish I could forget. LOL Looking back though, I can honestly say that I’ve learned something from all the experiences, both good and the not so good.

Refocusing…Again

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After wallowing around in a pool of my own disappointment for most of the day yesterday, I was brought to my senses by the dogs running and playing in the sunshine (and mud) in the yard. They weren’t disappointed at all by the fact that I’d cancelled our trip. They couldn’t have cared less. LOL They were enjoying the day. It was just what I needed to refocus my thoughts onto being grateful for what we have, not focusing on what we don’t have.

1. The fact that my husband can’t reasonably take vacation time off work right now isn’t something bad, it just means that he still has a job, (which is something to be grateful for, not begrudge).

2. Even though we didn’t get to actually compete at the Nationals, I need to focus on the fact that it was a nice accomplishment to meet the qualifications.

So, a big thanks to my 7 happy, muddy dogs for reminding me of what a great life we have! :-)

Going to be a Busy Week

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This week is going to be hectic! We’ve got a bunch to squeeze in before we leave on Thurs. to go to Farmington for our first agility trial of the year. It’s a three day trial, but I’ve only entered the first two days. I’m pretty nervous about running with Raven again. It’s been almost a year since she’s trialed. She was getting stressed out at trials so we took so time off competing, tried to concentrate on our training, and did some fun little demo things to try to build her confidence. I guess it’s about time to see if it’s helped her.

Zoe’s pretty steady, so running her doesn’t make me nervous, we just have fun! I’m hoping that Zoe can finally get that last FAST leg that she needs to finish that title. Distance work with Zoe has always been a weak point. LOL

Layla is coming along to just get used to the trial atmosphere. This will be her first trip! I think she’s going to do well, (I hope). She’s a really good little traveler on the short day trips that we’ve taken so far.

Rogue and Twist are going to stay home to keep Penny, Lucy and their dad company for the weekend. I doubt that Rogue will be very happy about being left with him, but I just don’t see any sense in stressing her out more than normal in a trial environment, till we can get her medication regulated. If we can get things figured out for her so that she is comfortable at home then we might start taking her on the road a bit again, but until then we’re just slowing things down for a while.