Home with Gary

Gary had today off work for the Holiday and we had a lot of FUN!!! We went out and played in the snow many times today. Gary threw snowballs at me and I would launch and catch them. Then I ran around in the snow and played with him. We kept calling Mom at work and telling her what we were doing :) I think she was jealous.

Gary went to get groceries too. I saw that he brought home shrimp! YEA!! I LOVE shrimp; I can't wait until we get to eat it. Looks like we are going to have another fun holiday weekend.

HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE!!

It is New Year's Eve and Mom has one more day of work today and then PLAY TIME!! Woohoo!! I am excited that we have another Holiday weekend. We have a lot of fun things planned for this weekend.

Holiday week

Mom and I have had a lot of fun this week. I have had lots of chicken legs and turkey necks for breakfast. I came in this morning to find my towel on my bed and I started dancing as I knew it meant I got something really GOOD for breakfast. We have played a lot in our training room and every time Mom tries to stop, I tap her and run back in the room and say "MORE"!!! I love our new room. We played frisbee for a long time last night too and I learned that when Mom says "OUT!" I am not allowed to grab it back. (I guess I would grab her fingers too, so no more of that!!)

Mom - It's Time to Play!!!

When Mom got home from work tonight, she told me she was very tired. We all ate dinner and then she told me that she needed to take a nap and then we could play. We slept for awhile and I was a good boy and slept with her. After about an hour, I figured we had slept enough and now it was my turn. Mom was sleeping and I dropped my tennis ball toy right in front of her nose. I saw her moving and stood there to watch. She didn't get up so I backed up and did a great big "WOOF" to get her attention. THAT got her up. YEA - now we get to play. She got to sleep and now I get to play.

Bird stuff for Christmas

Mom and I got a lot of nice bird stuff for Christmas. I'm excited to go out and use it, now we just need the birds....

Sharing 101

Mom told me that this time next year I may have a new little brother. I was so excited to hear that I may have a brother next year!!! But then Mom mentioned "sharing" - I don't think that sounds like fun. Mom could tell by my expression what I was thinking, so she told me we are going to have to start working on sharing exercises. Do they offer "Sharing 101" classes?

Another Holiday soon

Mom told me that next weekend is another Holiday. Wow!! I am so excited, two Holidays in a row. I guess I have done this before but I was so young I don't remember. Mom said she has 4 days of work and then we have 3 more days to run and play and do whatever we want. And then the next week we start agility class. I have never been to an agility class before, we always do agility at home. It will be fun to go do agility with my friends.

Night time snow

It started snowing a lot tonight and Mom and I went out and played in it. It was really coming down and was like little pellets for awhile. We ran in it and Mom threw snowballs at me. I like to jump up and catch them. I took a toy outside with me and it froze so we played retrieve with a frozen toy. I like to lick and eat the snow too, it tastes really good. Mom just told me that I should never eat yellow snow!!

Another FUN day!!

I woke Mom up this morning as I was ready to start the fun!! I don't usually do this, but today was a special day as we are still on Holiday. I started my day with a turkey neck - I really like turkey necks for breakfast. Then we went outside and played. We did a couple jumper courses and then worked on some different jumping games. Then Mom chased me and we ran and ran and ran. It was so much fun. Grandma and Grandpa came to visit again and this time Emma came with them. She made funny noises like a squeak toy and ran for me to chase her. Well, at least I thought that is why she was running, but I guess not... I got another new toy and I finally crashed using Mom's legs as a pillow and sucked on my new toy. It is a big buckeye spider and really fun. I also got on the couch and laid with Grandma again, I really like when they come visit me and I didn't want them to leave. Did I say how much I enjoy the Holidays??

New "cushy" bed

Mom cleaned the office and put my new cushy bed in the corner. I REALLY like it. It is soft and feels so good when I curl all up on it. She also put the pig in the corner so I can use it as a pillow if I want.

Playing outside

Mom and I spent a lot of time playing outside today. It was windy, but the sun was out. We ran, jumped, and played with sticks. I helped carry BIG sticks and even stopped to chew some. We fixed a chuck roast and veggies in the crock pot for dinner and it was YUMMY!! After dinner, Mom and I played in our training room. We did rally and worked on our whoa and retrieving. I really enjoy my new room.

A great day...

It has been such a great day, but I can hardly stay awake. I have played, helped Mom, and had all kinds of good things to eat. But now I am VERY tired and need to take a nap. We have 2 more "vacation" days and Mom will be home with me. I am so excited as I know we will do lots of fun things. I LOVE Christmas!!!

A Wonderful Christmas

I had such a great Christmas this morning. Santa brought all kinds of toys and cookies. The first thing I did was grab a big cookie!!! Gary gave me these BIG rope toys and we played with them, I turn into a wild man with the rope toys. It is fun to play tug with Gary. I also got a squirrel flappy toy, a funny toy with straps and balls and a big loofa dog. I also got a LOT of good cookies. We can use some of those in our new training room when we play.

A Crystal Edge

Look at the wonderful gift Gary got for Mom! It is ME!!! in crystal.

Grandma and Grandpa visit!!

YEA!! My grandma and grandpa came to visit tonight and I was so excited. Not only is Santa coming tomorrow, but they came to visit tonight. It is Grandma's birthday today so Mom and Gary took her out to eat and they brought back GREAT food for me!! They also had Graeter's ice cream cake and I got my very own piece. I played with Grandma and then curled up on the couch beside her and she rubbed my ears... ahhh.. it was so nice to lay with her. I can't wait until they come back to visit again.

Waiting on Santa..

I was checking out my stocking to make sure it was where Santa could see it. I want to make sure he knows where to leave all my gifts. I can't wait for tomorrow!!!!

Merry Christmas Eve

I hope all your dreams come true and Santa brings you LOTS of cookies and toys!!

Love, Edge

Edge the shredder

Mom was cleaning the office tonight and had a lot of stuff to shred. I thought I would help as she said we could go train when we were done. So I helped speed the process!! Who needs a shredder when I'm around?? I am better than a shredder!!

Ribbons! Ribbons! Ribbons!

When Mom moved everything into my new training room, she displayed all my ribbons on my kennel. I am so proud of all the ribbons I have won. And these do not even include any of my conformation ribbons. Aren't they nice!!! I worked hard to earn those ribbons, but it was fun too!!!

Rice Crispy Treats - YUM!!!

Mom and I made rice crispy treats tonight and they were soooo good. Mom was in the office on the phone and I went in to the kitchen to just take a "small" bite out of the pan, but after one bite I could not stop. I just kept licking and eating them. They were so good and I was enjoying them so much I did not hear Mom walk up behind me. BUSTED!!!! uh-oh.....

Playing in the snow!

MORE SNOW!!

We got up this morning to a snow covered yard. I went out and ran around and around and around in the yard. After breakfast, Mom and I went out and played in the back yard. I ran, ate snow, and caught snow balls. We even took my bumper out, but it kept getting completely packed with snow. I would run so fast sometimes that when I would try to turn, I would wipe out in the snow.

Making the bed - EDGE style!

Every morning while Mom is in the shower I make the bed VERY comfortable. I start at the bottom and work everything into a big ball in the middle of the bed. AHHH.. comfort. Then when Mom comes out, she wonders what I have been doing and makes everything FLAT again. How can "that" be comfortable??

VACATION!!

Mom took a vacation day today to finish up for the Holidays. I went with her and it was SOOO boring. Luckily we were done early and we went outside to play. I had to keep hinting to her that she promised!!! She was on the phone so I went over and kept hitting her coat and looking at her - like "hey, remember!! you promised we could play!" Finally she took the hint and we went out. It was cold, but we both dressed warm so we could run and play. It was a lot of fun. Mom chased me and I ran around like a racing greyhound. It felt so good to go out and stretch my legs and fly around the yard.

My new "big boy" coat

Mom finally took pictures of me in my new coat. I want everyone to see how handsome I am in the coat that I had to try on so many times for her to "alter." I am posing so you can see how handsome I am!!

FUN! FUN! FUN!

Wow - I am so excited about my new training room. I run through the weaves on my own, but make sure Mom is watching me. Mom and I trained again tonight and I did not want to stop, I wanted to keep playing and playing - it was just so much fun. We took a break and then got to play again. I am hoping that we can play again before bedtime. There are so many fun things we can do now and I enjoy all of them.

All about EDGE!!

That's what today was at our house - all about Edge :) Mom and Gary prepared 100# of food for me in the morning. Plus I got to eat a chicken leg quarter - YUM!!! That was really good. Plus I always get lots of extras on food days. I ate chicken livers and chicken hearts (one of my favorites) and beef liver and kidney. I am always the taste tester. THEN... I was really worried what they were doing, but they moved all the furniture out of *MY* new training room. Yes, now I have a huge training room in the house. They turned my workout/play room into the family room so that I have the entire back of the house to run and jump and weave and you name it. Mom and I are already having so much fun. Now I am really tired. It has been a long, great day!!

COLD!!

It was so cold this week!! Mom and I could not do much outside as it was like 1 degree. We also had a lot of wind, the kind that would blow us away. Mom took me to Home Depot on Thursday night so we could get out of the house. Then we had rally class tonight. I did okay, but lots of extra energy that just *exploded* sometimes. Mom threw cookies across the room and let me run after them.

Who knew?!?

Who ever knew this could be a shoe?? Mom has been sick this week and we have been doing more indoor stuff and sleeping a lot. I have been a good boy snuggling with her and keeping her warm. But this morning she slept in and I found this wonderful new toy to play with. I really DID think it was a toy. I have never seen a shoe like this before? Honest!

TRYING to sleep!

After our long and very busy weekend, I was trying to sleep. Mom kept taking my picture and the flash kept shining in my eyes. I don't know why she always has to take pictures of me sleeping. I am really tired now and all I see are stars.

New Rockville website

My grandma Debbie has been working really hard on a new website. She is doing a great job showing my mom, grandma, brother, all my sisters and other relatives.

I have my very own page at :
www.rokvilleweimaraners.com/edge.cfm

Here is the link for Rokville's home page:
http://www.rokvilleweimaraners.com/

Fun Holiday Weekend!

We had so much fun this weekend. Not only is it Thanksgiving weekend, it is the one year anniversary of me coming to live with Mom and Gary. So we had a lot to celebrate :) After the snow on Friday, Saturday and Sunday were really nice. We played outside a lot! I got to go out and just run too. We worked on whoa training, retrieving training, ground work (that's what mom calls it, I call it "chasing mom!" and getting cookies for doing it!!) I am getting really good with my whoa and mom is ready to use real birds now. She keeps saying I do well with the bumper but it doesn't have wings and smell good - haha! she is just sooo funny.... She had Gary come out and try to distract me as he can be a good distraction. I have also been working on my jumping and I am at 20" now. Mom set up a little course today just to see what I would do - I did GREAT! She had Gary come out and watch/video me so every one can see how good I am. Not too bad considering I have never done a "course" and just started 20" jumps.

FIRST SNOW!

We have snow!!! I got up this morning and looked out the door and was very surprised to see SNOW on the deck. Mom said I have seen snow before, but I sure do not remember. I was not really sure what it was at first. But then I went out and ran around in it. You can see me outside in the very first snow of the season.

Mom has not altered my new winter coat yet, but after the snow this morning, she decided she better get it done. Gosh, I sure did not realize altering was so much hard work. Put it on, take it off, put it on, take it off. I finally figured out when it was almost "try it on time" and I would run upstairs and get in bed. It sure is hard for mom to put a coat on you when you are in bed :)

Turkey Day Fun!

I had a great Thanksgiving day. I started with this great turkey neck for breakfast. Then mom and I went outside and worked on whoa, retrieving, and did some jump training. I am really good at everything we do, and it is SOOO much fun. We then went to Brier's house for dinner and play. We ate lots of good food and desserts and then took a long walk down to the ponds. I ran up and down all the hills and around the pond. It was so much fun playing with every one. When we came home we had more good food and I even had some "mini tacos" that mom made special for me. Then I SLEPT! and SLEPT! and SLEPT! Mom was afraid I would be up all night, so she kept waking me up to get a toy. So I would go get it, take it to her and then go back to sleep. It was a great day, but I am worn out!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. I started mine with a turkey neck for breakfast - YUM!! And we are going outside to play and then going to Brier's house for more good food and running outside. woohoo!! what a great holiday.

Almost Turkey Day

I can't wait until Thursday, it will be my first Thanksgiving with Mom and Gary. I get to go to Brier's house and see all the kids and my grandma and grandpa. Gary keeps saying I will probably repeat what my great-grandpa Rock did and steal turkey off the counter. I heard he was pretty good at knowing when and where to strike!! On Thanksgiving, he just walked by the counter, bypassed all the veggies and with one swift leap he was up, grabbed a mouthful of turkey and was gone! He was a resourceful boy.

JUNIOR HUNTER

I had so much fun today AND earned a new title. When we got to Keeton's mom and I walked up to the house and there was a pigeon walking down the drive way. I was going to get him!! He was just teasing me and I was going to show him! But mom would not let me, I had to leave him alone. Gosh, I thought we were there to find birds???? We were in the fifth brace today and my brace mate was a cute little Vizsla girl that was the same age as me. We got to play a few minutes before our run, then we were told that was it, all business now. When we went to the line, mom pointed straight ahead and told me I HAD to do the back course. I kept scaring her and looking to the bird field every time she told me. I like to play tricks on her :) When she turned me loose, I was off!! I was very good and did the back course before heading to the bird field. Eden and I ran side by side a few times, but we knew we were there to work. I hit the bird field and was on point within a few minutes. I had to hold point for a long time as mom was really far behind me. I think she needs to learn to run faster!! She flushed the bird and I was off. I was a good boy to hold point that long. Then I found another bird and was on point again!! Mom tried to flush the bird, but it kept running, so I helped her. I dove in and grabbed it!!! I was good though and turned and took it right to mom. Then I found 2 birds!!! I locked on point and when mom flushed, they both took off. That was a twofer!! :) Eden and I were a good team and we even worked together during our run. I would like to hunt with her again!!! When our time was up, mom called me and I went right to her. But I still kept hunting on my way out. There were more birds out there to be found. That was our title!! But mom told me I could still go play next weekend. I was happy to hear that as I really like hunting birds!!!

JH Leg #3 and LOTS of birds!!!

What a day!!! Mom and I went to Keeton's again for a hunt test. Today I was in the 8th brace and we got there early again, so I got to walk around and visit and see the birds in the pen. I played with a little 5 mo. female Weim puppy. She was really cute :) And my brace mate from last weekend, Lupita, was there too. She is a really cute little Vizsla girl. It was finally my turn and Mom was worried because it was warm again and a lot of dogs were not finding birds. She told me that ALL I had to do was go through the back course (no cheating and running directly to the bird field!) and finding and POINTING one bird. We go to the line and RUN. My brace mate today was really rude though, she kept trying to take me out and would run into me from all sides. She almost took mom out twice. The judges tried to split up the braces, but she wouldn't listen. Finally when we got to the bird field, the judge told mom to try to get as far away from the other dog as possible. As soon as I hit the bird field, I found a bird and was just going on point and here she comes, flying through between me and the bird. Luckily mom was able to get us to the other side of the bird field and I was able to work. I had so much fun, there were birds every where. I ended up finding SIX birds!!! I think mom was getting tired of firing her gun. I did catch one bird when mom flushed it, but I was very good and took it right to mom. I had so much fun and I know mom was very proud of me. And when we were leaving the bird field - I found a seventh bird!! woohoo!! that was a lot of birds in one run.

Updates coming soon

Sorry I have not updated my blog lately, Mom and I have been REALLY busy with our bird work (YEA!!!) so check back in a few days and I will tell you all about our adventures. Even about sending MOM back to school :)

Conformation Shows!

We went to the Columbus Conformation shows this weekend. I did much better this weekend and didn't fight Mom or put on my brakes instead of gaiting. I won my class one day and earned a placement the second day. Mom was VERY excited that I showed so well. I even wagged my tail after my down and back. We also walked around, visited and did some shopping. I got a new bed for my kennel from Cedarcreek - I LOVE their beds!! I have three of them now. I do not know when we will do any more conformation as there are not any local shows for awhile.

JH Leg #2

After we showed on Friday, Mom and I headed to the bird field to practice. On Saturday, we went to Keeton's for the hunt test. It was 70 degrees and really hot. I was excited when I saw my brace mate, a cute little Vizsla girl named Lupita. We went to the line and then we were off! This time I went straight to the bird field!! Mom yelled for me a couple of times and then she started into the back course, so I decided I better go with her. By the time I got to Mom I was really hot and my tongue was hanging. When we got to the bird field, I started working an area and started to point and then realized it was just a hot spot, no bird. Mom raised her hand, but then realized what was going on. I am really good at knowing the difference and Mom knows that I am. I moved on and found a bird and had a great point. Mom raised her hand again and walked over to flush. You could see where a bird had been, but that was NOT what I was pointing. Mom casually brushed over the area, but she did not trust me and told me "no bird" and to move on. Well, I showed her, I reached right in and grabbed that bird!!! The judge even told her "guess there was a bird in there, wasn't there??!!" I keep hearing how we need to go for ME to practice, hmmm, *I* think Mom needs to practice :) Or better yet, trust me. She did apologize to me and told me she was sorry she didn't trust me. So I guess we are even now. I let her take me home as well as my ribbon and second JH leg. Oh, I did find and point more birds and mom flushed them!!

Busy Sunday

I almost caught a bunny this morning. He was in my potty yard and he ran the wrong way to get out and I just about caught him. I will be ready next time!!!

Mom and I spent all morning driving around trying to find shoes for her and a battery for our bird launcher. It seemed like we were driving forever... we finally found a place that could make the battery for us, so that is what we did. Then we had lunch at Jersey Mike's and went home. I was happy to be home and run around in the back yard. We did a lot of fun stuff today since it was so nice out. We worked on our retreives with the frozen quail. I was a very good boy and would run out and get it and bring it right back to Mom's hand. She started making it harder and harder. I had to wait until it hit the ground before I could go after it, then she made me wait while she walked it out to where she wanted me to retrieve and returned to me before she released me. Then we worked on "take it" and "out." We also worked on our conformation and our agility ground work. Gary said I looked very handsome doing my pretty boy stuff. We have our last show of the year this weekend, including a Weim Specialty.

First JH Leg!!!

WOW!!!! WOW!!! WOW!!! I had SOOO much fun!! Mom and I went to Keeton's and we had to wait awhile for our turn - Mom is always early! We did take a few walks and she took me up to see the birds while we waited our turn. She *thought* I needed to know why I was there... Finally it was our turn and we walked up to the line. I scared Mom as I kept looking over my shoulder at the pen of birds instead of at the bird field. She kept telling me that we were going the other way. Then the judges released us and off I went - and did I go. I wanted to go find birds!!! Mom had to jog at times to keep up with me. We went through the back course and then came around the corner and hit the bird field. As soon as I saw the bird field, I was in it! And then I worked it side to side just like Mom taught me. It didn't take long until I found my first bird. I was on point, but I could see that bird!!! Mom raised her hand and approached and I just could not help myself, and I grabbed that bird! I could tell by the look Mom gave me that she was worried. She told me to bring it, and I just looked at her. She told me again, and I decided I should probably listen so I could play some more (she threatened me, you know. She said that I had to *earn* the right to play again. So I didn't get to go back next week if I didn't listen.) So I was a very good boy and I took the bird to her and put it right in her hand. And I gave it to her. She was so excited and told me what a very good boy I was!!!! I found and pointed 2 more birds and Mom shot her gun this time - so we passed!! Woohoo!! my very first JH leg. The judges then asked Mom to collar me and leave the field as my brace mate had not found a bird yet. Mom told me to come and I thought about it, but I went to her and she praised me again and put my leash on. I kept hunting all the way out of the field as I didn't want to stop. It is just so much fun to find and point those birds. I was really hot after our run as it was 60 degrees and I worked hard. Mom and I walked around for awhile and Mom took the bird to Denny that I had caught. She pulled it out of her pocket and it was still alive. I didn't even hurt it, they were pretty impressed. She then put me in my cage and went and got our ribbon. I can't wait to go and do that again!!!

More pictures!!

We also received our pictures from Pawprints Photography today too. Look how high I can jump! I love to do "flip" finishes, I can almost jump higher than Mom's head!!

Pictures received from AKC RN weekend!

We received our pictures today from Dick Clark photography. Action shots and Title portrait! Look how good I am, I am intently watching Mom like a good boy!!!

Great weekend and another New Title!!!

Mom and I had a great weekend. We got up early on Saturday and went to the WW APDT trial. We were the very first class, so we had to get there very early. I only needed 2 more legs for my RL1 title and we had 2 trials on Saturday. I was a little more distracted than Mom thought I would be since we were in our building. Plus my friend Hans was there too! I was very excited when I saw him! I earned a 4th place in my first run. I even did the off leash bonus at the ring exit!! Mom wasn't sure if I would stay in the ring or not, but I did it!! We also qualified in our second run and we had another off leash bonus. I was such a good boy and earned my title today. We took several walks during the day and had a lot of fun. I was so tired by the time we got home and I took a nap before dinner. Then Mom gave me a one hour masssage before bed, ahhh, that was so nice... paying attention for two runs is hard work!

We got up early again on Sunday and went to play again. I moved up to the "B" class today. I was a good boy and earned 2 more legs, so now I have 2 legs on my RL1X title.

After we got our ribbons, Mom and I headed to do bird work. I love to go to Dan and Barb's. They have a bird field in their back yard - how cool is that??!!! And not only a bird field, but hundreds of quail and pigeon. It is so exciting to go there to hunt!! I did a nice job today and had some really nice, stylish points. I even stayed on point long enough for Mom to go in and flush the bird. I can't wait to go back and play!!!

What a great weekend - I am off to take another nap.... enjoy the picture Mom took of me with all my ribbons and toy.

Handsome boy!

Mom and I had fun tonight. We worked on retrieving with a frozen quail and I waited until released and then brought it back to Mom, well, most of the time I did :) Then Gary fired the gun while I was retrieving. After that we took a break and worked on my stacking. Aren't I handsome!! Mom and I finally have the issues worked out and we are a good team at stacking. She said she is going to start taking a quail with us to shows to play with before we show. Sounds great to me!!!

Pumpkin Pose

I can pose with my pumpkin too... what do you think?? Aren't I a handsome trick or treat boy! This is going to be another fun holiday.