looks like such fun

I just found the coolest Airedale blog from a young Dale in Germany. He is doing all the things I wish I could do - schutzhund and tracking. Real dog work! I would love to have a go.

Then I found out, he is only two years old - what a clever pup he is. His name is Exe vom Bismarkstein. Lucky that Google translates the German to English, but even without it, the photos are inspirational!

Now that Kay is back from overseas, we are hitting the training hard to try and get ready for some trials before the weather gets too hot. We have quite a way to go before we are as good as Exe.

birthday meet-up in the park

We met up with Fozzie and Ringo last weekend to celebrate our birthday.

Ringo, Gracie, Ruby and Fozzie

It wasn't raining, but it had been through the night. There were some lovely big patches of mud.

Ringo really, really liked the mud. See it all the way up his legs.

The rest of us were a bit more dainty - we only have muddy socks. We had lots of fun and chased balls and each other.

Aren't my brothers handsome? I'm very proud of them, even if I did growl a lot and acted really tough. They don't call me 'savage sister' for nothing.

it's my birthday!

Hi, it's Gracie here. Guess what? I'm turning two years old today!

Here I am with my mum... I'm only a few days old in this photo. Real puppy love!

I soon looked like this.

Then this (at my first show)

And then this when I was about a year old....

And now I'm as big as Ruby!

I am meeting up with Fozzie and Ringo tomorrow for a birthday party in the park... except it is forecast to be raining. I will post a picture of the three of us, if we manage to get one between the rain and the romping around.

training Miss Yellow

Here is the final puppy training video. This is Miss Yellow puppy at 10 weeks. She has stayed with us a bit longer because she is flying to her new home in Brisbane today and needed to be that bit older before going on the plane.

Like all the puppies, she will do just about anything for a bit of hot dog. Here she shows what she has learned so far.

So now, Juliette and Tim... it's up to you guys to keep those hot dogs coming!

She is such a clever little girl.

puppy in a pot

More puppy playing video. This was from our last day all together. Things sure have quieted down now that there are only four.

The last bit of this video is Pink trying to get into a flower pot.

puppies and Gracie playing

This was the last day that we had all nine puppies together. Five have now gone off to their new homes. The last four go over the next week or so.

We sure hope they are not too lonely without all their brothers and sisters. Judging by the folks that picked them up, I think they are all going to be spoiled rotten, so I'm not worried at all!

I think Gracie is going to miss them more than me - I'm a bit over them by now. I want to go back to being the centre of attention!

She just loves playing with the little guys. Watch them here.

early morning, 5am

Here's who's waiting every morning for someone to get up and let them out to play. They are so cute, it's hard to resist them!