October??

October 29, 2011. We were hit with a snowstorm, which is really not normal for this time of year. I don’t think anyone was expecting the impact of this storm. After the Healthy Dogs grand opening we came home and let the dogs run in the yard. They love the snow, especially Daisy.



But just standing outside a few minutes you could hear the trees cracking and I felt it was too dangerous to let the dogs stay outside. I took some video and more important than the picture is the sound. You can just hear the trees falling. It was scary.

A limb from our neighbor’s tree fell on our fence. Luckily it’s only a little damage.

You can see the tops of the trees where the branches have just severed off.

We thought this tree would finally fall given how bent it is but apparently it’s still standing.

This big branch fell on our back fence.

And not to be outdone, a branch had to fall on the other side of the yard from our other neighbor.

We lost power around 3:30pm on Saturday.

Healthy Bones Grand Opening

October 29, 2011. Today was the grand opening of Healthy Bones Sports Center for Dogs. Sawyer and I would help with the ribbon cutting ceremony and obedience demos.  An unexpected October snow didn’t stop the grand opening.

A little peanut butter helped the dogs to participate in the ribbon ceremony.

Yea, success! But Sawyer says there’s still PB on here that I must get.

A little warm up before the obedience demo.

The mirror makes for cool pics.

First up is Francine with Dazzle. Bobbie helps with teaching the dogs how to handle vet exams.

Next up is the obedience demo with Linda Sperco and Rye and Sawyer and I. Sawyer was a little distracted by the crowd. All of the sudden he was a ham and wanted to meet his people.

But we got through it. Yeah!

Then we did a retrieve demo. After Sawyer picked up is dumbbell he had to make sure all his fans saw his accomplishment.

But he finally returned it nicely.

So we celebrate!

We weren’t originally scheduled but Francine let us run through the agility demo.

 Bobbie and Emmy did a fabulous job with the Rally demo.

Mary showed everyone the latest sport of Noseworks with Casey.

Puppy demo was up next. Bobbie has Airy out to try different surfaces, including a hula hoop.

Healthy Bones had the cutest human goodies for the celebration.

Parade of all the volunteers.

Our friend’s Glen and Helen stopped by with their dog Roxy.

What a long day for Sawyer.

Chaos

October 23, 2011. I’m sure some people would think having 4 dogs in the house is crazy, but that is our norm. This weekend we had visitors so it was chaos. Wyatt was with us for the weekend since we were showing is South Jersey. Also visiting this weekend was my brother-in-law and nephews, who were enjoying game night with Scott. They brought their dog Frodo. Frodo and Daisy are good friends but I wasn’t sure how it would go with a 5 Weimaraner pack. We did let Daisy and Wyatt play with Frodo and the little guy held his own. It was funny to watch him go underneath the bigger dogs. Needless to say they had a lot of fun.

Wyatt is a handsome boy.

Daisy the lapdog.

Brooke is too sophisticated for this crowd.

After everyone left everyone was exhausted and catching up on well needed rest.

October 28, 2011. And not to let the chaos subside, Daisy decided to open up Brooke’s bed and spread it throughout the room. Of course her expression says she didn’t do it but we all know she’s guilty.

DVWC/GSWC Ratings Tests

October 16, 2011. Today was the Delaware Valley and Garden State Weimaraner Clubs Rating Tests. While I didn’t have anyone entered today, I was a judge for the retrieving ratings in the afternoon and also unofficial photographer the rest of the day.

Dude had a good time but wasn’t able to return the bird. He had girls in season at home so had other things on his mind.

Nadine helped throwing birds in the afternoon. The first few birds decided to make a hard left towards the judges and lucky the gunners did not shoot.

Kim Petri’s Jammer still going strong at 12 years old. You go girl!

Barry, Sherry and Nadine with Jazzy.

Sue Ramspacher’s Pink swims just like Sawyer.

She got her duck but didn’t want to give it up.

This is Sawyer’s Aunt Sadie. She earned her NRD today.

Judging is a tough job but it was a good experience. Here I am with my co-judge, Brian Hess.

It’s not just dogs that do the pointing.

Judging ran so late we were using headlights to complete the water retrieves.

It was a great day with teams earning 2 NSDs, 3 SDs, 3 NRDs, 2 RDs, and 1 RDX which was very exciting!

Sussex County weekend

October 15, 2011. This weekend was a 4-day circuit at Sussex County Fairgrounds. I had Sawyer entered 3 days because Sunday was the Ratings test. We won the Breed all three days. Sarah and Rayne were there on Saturday so she was able to take some pictures.

The day started out sunny but got cloudy, cold and windy. Rayne did not like the wind and the tent flapping so she was not at her best during the judges exam. She moved nicely and on the last go around got moved up to third place.

Sawyer in the Sporting Group.

It was really cold by the groups and windy (not a good hair day). I couldn’t wait to get back in the car with the seat warmers and head home.