We went to Cleveland today for Stays and Recalls Level 2 with Deb and Judy. We had a lot of fun and I got to see some of my Cleveland friends, Braylann and Ben. Braylann was really excited to see me and jumped out of the truck and ran circles around me. He is a lot of fun! Mommy was very proud of me as I did everything "perfect." We had to work with a lot of distractions and I gave mom my full attention!

No Nails!

I do not like to have my nails done and mom and Gary gang up on me. Not fair -two against one, and I am just a baby!! I was smart this time though, I crawled back in the bottom of the printer stand so they couldn't get me. I really am a smart boy!!

TRACKING!!

It was a very cold, windy day, but mom thought we could still go tracking as Belinda has a BIG barn and it blocked the wind. We went inside for them to talk and I investigated her building. I even "found" a frozen duck by air scenting. It was in her freezer!!! My nose is really good. Then I played with toys and found good rocks to eat. I had fun tracking, we started with scent circles with lots of good cheese and hot dogs. And I got to play with my glove too! It was a lot of fun. Later we went to Home Depot and worked on leash walking and distractions. I had a lot of fun and met a lot of new people. Wow - it was a long day and I was exhausted by the time we got home.

Eye Cerf

Mom and I went to a really fun place today with lots of Shelties and fun people. The eye test was at a hotel at the airport and Mom told me the story about her getting up really early to get on a plane to come and meet me and then she showed me where Gary came to pick us up when we got home. Can't say I remember it, but she was excited to show me. We had a lot of fun before the test; I met all kinds of Shelties and played with some fun friends. I also got to play with Kaptain, a Havanese, and he thought it was fun to play growl at me. After a while I thought it was rude, so I kept slapping him in the head. We had quite a crowd watching us play. Then I had to go in a dark room and have someone shine lights in my eyes. I was a good boy and mom was happy as I passed my eye cerf. Then mom took me to a really fun store to get a new collar and toy. I love to go pick out my new toys. I get to test a lot of them before I choose the best one!

I had to be a pretty boy again tonight. I still don't see the purpose of this...but for some reason Mom thinks we need to do it. I do have fun while Mom and Sami are talking and I like to play with Sami. Plus she has some really fun toys!!

Getting ready to BLOG

Mom thought it would be cute to take my picture before I started to blog. I make her give me the chair so I can reach the keyboard! Don't I look cute :)

GOT PIX!

I had a photo shoot with Susan Perry from vwperryphotos.com. She was so much fun and took pictures of me running around in the snow. But she was very patient with me as I tried to sit in that COLD snow. My mommy thinks my pictures are AWESOME! Here are a couple that you can see too!

Walk in the park

Mommy and I took our first walk in the park today. The weather has been so bad since I have been in Ohio that it was not safe to go walking in the park. Well, today it was really cold, but there was no snow or ice. It was so much fun. We climbed little hills and sat on and jumped over telephone poles. I found all kinds of great smells and got to investigate them! I met some great kids and they really liked me :) I can't wait to go back again, it was SOOO much fun.

Camping at home

We woke up this morning to no lights and a cold house. Mommy didn't realize it was cold as I was snuggled with her and kept her warm. When we got up we had to use funny lights and Gary brought in a big heater to warm the house. Then he got out some noisy little red thing to run the power to the sump pump. I guess we had water in the basement too, but I wasn't allowed to go look. Mommy was upset as all my training stuff was on the floor and now under water. Gary used the noisy little machine to get all the water out though, so it wasn't wet for too long. Luckily we had hot water so that mom could warm my food - I was really hungry! As it started to get daylight, mom noticed something in our back yard. After some investigation, she realized our tree was uprooted. She was sad, as she really liked that tree. After she checked out the situation, she let me go out and see too. The dirt from the roots was REALLY good, it was "fresh."

Pig pillow

I love my pig that grammy gave me. The only problem is that it seems to get smaller and smaller and I have a hard time snuggling on it. I still work really hard to fit on it though.