January 7, 2013 Happy 1/2 birthday

The Dog Blog 1.7.13 Time flies when you’re having fun! It was a sultry July evening when Babe climbed into her whelping box and started an adventure.  In just 6 hours, she gave us ten new puppies to love and enjoy.  In the first 8 weeks of their lives, we watched them go from unseeing, helpless little bundles of fur to romping, rowdy, bundles of energy attached to a tail.  During that time, we started looking for owners for the new...

Read More

December 9, 2012 Feather Withdrawl

The Dog Blog 12.9.12 Babe:  Today is a big day in the life of a yellow lab.  Yesterday marked the last day of deer season in our part of the world.  When you’re a yellow lab, you don’t get much freedom to run during deer season.  Mistakes can be made, after all.  The lady says she’s going to spray DOG on my side in orange paint, but she never does.  I think Jack won’t let her.  It really doesn’t matter now: ...

Read More

December 5, 2012 Where’s the water?

Where’s the water? 12/5/2012 Gauge: There’s fun stuff going on around here if you’re a puppy. Do you know that puppies lose their teeth? Well, mine are starting to come out and Jack says that I’m getting my big dog teeth now. That means it’s time to learn some new skills. We used to go to the training table outside. Now, Jack moved the table into the barn where we can spend time even if it’s dark...

Read More

December 4, 2012 Introducing the training table to the puppies

SS852626             3CR – Training Table Tess:  It’s time for me to talk about myself a little bit.  Jack has been very proud of me lately.  You know, we’ve started working on the training table.  I run up the ramp and Jack hooks me to the cable and the game is on!  I run up and down the table a few times when he tells me to and it makes him happy when I listen.  He tells me I’m a...

Read More

October 15, 2012 Up, Up and Away!

The Dog Blog 10.15.12 Bruce Crossing, MI In the Blue Sky Tess:  “My human, Jim, has been with me for a whole week and we’ve had lots of fun together looking for birds.  Today, Jack and Jim loaded me in my box and took me for a ride.  When we got to the stop, I looked and looked and I couldn’t see anywhere that we could look for more birds.  Pretty soon, I figured out that this wasn’t going to be like the other days...

Read More