Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Intermediate Graduate!


This is my toy Dad gave me after his trip last week.

I completed my 2nd training class tonight. I'm a graduate of the Intermediate Training Class at Petsmart! woohoo!!

Mom says I was so 'antsy' she didn't know if I would make it or not! My friends and I took turns going out into the store to show Jennifer what we had learned. It seemed to me that we needed to be having a play time while we waited. I was trying to voice my opinion as much as possible!

It was finally my turn to shine. Well, ok, my 'heel' needs work, but hey, Mom wondered if I'd ever get the hang of 'loose leash walking'. There's hope!


We went for the polka-dotted mortar board:)


Pomp and circumstance!

We only had 1 dog that didn't finish our class. Pretty amazing!

After class, Mom & Dad got me a new toy. I like it, and I'll try to learn to play with it, but tonight, I just want to chill:)

Friday, July 23, 2010

'Ruby-versary'

Mom says today is our 'Ruby-versary'! Hard to believe it's already been 6 months since I joined the family! When Dad got back from his business trip this afternoon, he gave me a new toy! I love it!



See my smile?

Thursday, July 22, 2010

A day of 'firsts'

Mom and I were out for our morning walk this morning when I met my first kitty cat! He was laying in the sidewalk as we approached. He saw us before I saw him, so he stood up and arched his back. Mom stopped walking, so I did, too. She started saying 'Kitty, kitty'. What was that thing? He started 'slinking' towards us and making this funny sound mom called a 'meow'. Then Mom knelt down and told me it was a kitty. The kitty's owner saw us, so he came out and told us this kitty thinks he's a dog. We got close enough to 'sniff' each other, but after that I was ready to get on with my walk. Kitty schmitty!

This evening, Mom and I went outside to play a little ball. I was having a blast running through my tunnel and 'fetching' the ball for her. It was pretty hot outside, so we got my pool out. With just a little water in it, I really liked stepping in - with no coaxing to get my ball! I stood in it for a short time and cooled off. Nice!

Monday, July 19, 2010

Future Dog Trainer

This photo was taken during our Texas trip Father's Day Weekend.



Are we good girls or what?

July photos


It was dark. That flash was BRIGHT!








Catching up...

Where to start. Dad, Mom and I stayed home over the July 4th weekend. We spent some time on the patio and played a lot. We got some good walks in also. Dad and Mom were wondering how I'd do with all the fireworks going off in the neighborhood. I think I handled it quite well. The only time I really got scared was if there was a big boom, and I didn't like those high pitched fireworks. Mom was right there to soothe me when I needed it, so things were fine. When they went to the neighbors bbq, Dad came home a couple times to take me outside. I really liked it when they came home early because of the rain!

I'm still loving doggy day care. Mom takes me once a week to let me play with my friends.

I've had a couple vacations at Broadmore, too. When Dad and Mom fly somewhere, I get to stay there.

I'm almost finished with my Intermediate Training class. It's a big class and I get excited sometimes and can't concentrate too well, but most of the time I try really hard. I don't really care for 'heeling'. Mom thinks one of these days I will be as good at it as I am at loose leash walking.

Mom took some pictures of me a few days ago, so she will be posting those.

I've been playing in the back yard, running through my tunnel like a champ! I have a new neighbor, a little puppy named Findlay. We might be friends some day, but right now when he sees me, he hides behind people and barks at me! I like Daisy, my neighbor on the other side. She likes to lay by the fence, but when I go outside, she gets up and moves. What's up with that? Her brother Barley still barks at me, but he has allergies and can't stay outside. They say Barley used to be friendly, so maybe one day he will see what a nice girl I am and quit barking at me.

That 'swimming pool' Mom bought me is still a water bowl. I will stand in it, but pretty much, the water just tastes good.

Today on our morning walk, someone told Mom I was beautiful:) Made my day!

Well, I'm ready to go outside for a little while so for now, consider Mom caught up:)

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Mom!

Mom has fallen off the blogging wagon. I made her promise to get some pictures on here, and get back to blogging. She said she will do it tomorrow during my naptime:)