Morning walk

Mom took another vacation day today and we got up and took a LONG walk. It was so much fun to go early in the morning and walk the path. I saw my yellow lab friend again too. She is really cute and a lot of fun to play with. She is one month older than me. Even though it was cool, I was very warm after walking 3 miles.

Marion show

Mom, Gary and I went to Marion Sat and Sunday. I was excited to have Gary go with us, but not very excited to do conformation. I won my class both days, but then I did not feel like doing much more after that. Mom thought the judge really liked me, but I didn't cooperate for winner's dog. I still do not know why she thinks this is important. On a positive note, a friend gave us this wonderful picture from our last show.

FUN at the pond

Mom and I went to the pond today after going to Marion. It was so much more fun playing and retrieving in the water! I was a very good boy and would get my toy and take it right to mom. I really enjoyed swimming today too. Then we went to rally class, we had a BUSY day! I did my very first advanced, off leash course and I was great!!

ALUM CREEK....HERE WE COME!!!

I have finally been released to do some trotting and to take 30 minute walks - HOORAY!!! Mom and I went to Alum Creek and I have been such a good boy with my recalls and checking in with Mom, I got to play off leash. I had so much fun and was such a good boy. You can tell by this picture just HOW much fun I had. I hope you enjoy my movie as much as I enjoyed making it!!!

Handsome Boy!

Well, at least that's what Mom and Gary keep telling me. I guess this stacking stuff is not so bad after all. At least I get some pretty good cookies for doing it. My brother, Chief, really likes this stuff and I tried to bribe him to stand in for me :) I even told him I would send him all my bully sticks! I wouldn't want to do this all the time, but it is okay some of the time. Mom and I play a lot of other games so that really helps.

HOT & TIRED!!!

Mom and I went for a walk today on the trail. It was nice when we first started but then we got in the sun and we got really hot. Luckily Mom brought a backpack with ice water and a bowl for me. I drank a lot of water. It was fun though, I saw all kinds of bicycles and roller bladers and even got to play with a lab puppy. She was a lot of fun!!! After our walk we sat down in the grass under a big tree and drank water and cooled off.

Great Rally Class

Mom and I had a great time at our rally class tonight. My friend Trio is now in my class and it is hard for both of us to focus as we like to play. But Mom was very proud of me as I was able to heel with the group for the entire time, and that was with Trio right beside me. I have never been able to pay attention for the entire group heeling, but I was really good tonight. Mom told me how proud she was of me :) I also did a very nice course and did attentive heeling. Then we got to play on the jump and that was a lot of fun!!! Mom was getting a little stingy with the cookies though, so I would "tap" her hand to remind her that I needed a reward. I think she missed some great things that I did so I had to remind her! (I have to keep her on her toes at times!!!)

See paper towel - RUN!!!!

BOY!! Mom is obsessed with getting rid of my great smell. I don't know why she is so determined to get rid of it. She has tried so many different things my ear is sore. She has used shampoos, oils, baking soda, tomato juice, you name it. Now I just RUN! if I see her looking at me with a wet paper towel.

PEEE-YEWWWW!!!!!

Well, that's what Mom keeps telling me, but I think I smell good! I found some great smelling droppings in our backyard tonight and ran my head and ear all through it. It was really fun until Mom found me and she wasn't very happy (she had been picking up rally signs so I got a head start. ) Even when she found me I kept wiggling around in it and kicking my feet in the air. The bad part came when we headed in the house and straight to the bath tub. Then I had to get my ears cleaned out as I guess the "stuff" was inside my ear too. I did a good job!!!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!

The shrimp is AWESOME!

Hope you are having as much fun as I am!! We had a cookout with LOTS of good food and Tiger shrimp!!! YUM - I LOVE shrimp and this shrimp was HUGE!! Mom said my eyes were bigger than the shrimp when she showed it to me. And it was really good. Then we had hamburgers and chicken (I always love grilled chicken!) and potato salad. It didn't stop there either, we had brownies with cream cheese frosting with ice cream and fudge. I was dancing by this time, there was so much good food!!

We also went to Trace's ball game and I got to see all the kids. The kids are so much fun, they were even fighting over me as every one wanted to hold my leash. The best part is that they really like to give me cookies, so I get a LOT of cookies at the ball games :) Trace's team won too - YEA!!!