Growing fast

 Puppies at day 5. Look how big they are already! 

These are the three sisters.

Puppies are here!

Exciting news - Gracie's puppies have arrived! There are three girls and two boys. Here is their very first photo.

Gracie is being a good mum and feeding them every time they squeak... which is pretty often.

Now that the hard work is over, the fun can begin. Puppies are so precious. I'm a grandmother again! (Gracie's younger sister, Elsa had pups last year.) I'm fascinated by these little guys and keep trying to get in the room with them. Kay says I have to wait a bit until I can play with them. Hmmph.

Gracie update

It's me, Gracie, again. I have had a great time lately....I've been eating, eating and eating some more. Food is my favourite. I've been getting four meals a day! So yummy.

However, you can see it has had an definite effect on my formerly svelte figure. I could hardly drag this tummy home from our walk this morning. Kay says not to worry, it is all going to change in the next few days. Hmmmm, wonder what that is all about?? Stay tuned for more news!

Puppy news

Hi, it's Gracie here. I get to tell you that we are going to have puppies again! And this time, it's ME that's going to have them, evidently.

Ruby says it all comes from that time we went and visited that cute boy, Jay Jay, up in Queensland. He was quite nice, I liked him a lot.

So, watch this space and we'll post photos when they show up... in about three weeks!

Sorry we don't post so much anymore - we've gone over to FaceBook these days. Who knew there were so many Airedale pages over there?!

Agility success

Gracie and I went over to the Port Macquarie Agility Trials last week-end. We had a great time, winning lots of ribbons and qualifications (quallies). We got to run around, up and down the dog walks, through the tunnels..excellent fun!

We each had four classes over the two days and I came home with 3 quallies, a first place ribbon and 3 third place ribbons. Pretty good, eh.

Unfortunately, they weren't giving out toys for prizes, they were giving out household items. I so look forward to winning a toy. I never take my eye off the lady with the microphone, because she might call our names. Kay let us rip up the cardboard box from the household item that we won instead.

Here is a video of our first place agility excellent run. Who would have thought the Airedale would win it??

Oh yeah, Gracie went really well too. She got a quallie in her jumping class and that made her title. Now she'll be up in my class...the excellent level.

We're back

We've been away. Kay said it was going to be like a holiday camp... but it was more like prison for dogs. I think it's called a boarding kennel.

We had to sleep outside... in the cold. That's why we look so furry, we needed to keep our hairs on so we didn't freeze to death. We had to stay there for a whole month.

But now we're home and so are Kay and Neil! Hooray!

Life can now get back to normal, just how we like it.

More beach fun

We are having the most gorgeous Autumn, here in Australia. Day after day of lovely, not-too-hot days and no rain! 

  This morning, we were up and at the beach just after dawn. This is on the breakwall, where the Macleay River meets the sea.

The water is warm and clear, perfect for a swim.

And to fetch a few sticks, of course.

Followed by a bit of digging.... there are all these little crabs on the beach. If you are really quick, you can dig them out... and crunch them. Sorry crabs, but it's just too much fun to stop.

Gracie was on to bigger game - she was tracking some horses. We never saw them, but they had left delicious little presents along the way. What a great way to start the day!