It’s That Time of Year Again!!

Well here we go. The GDB people are asking for calendar submissions once again! I have some that are actually somewhat decent this year, but the frustrating thing is that a few have fuzzy spots. Anyone know how to get rid of them? Just to sharpen up a little area of grass?
Here’s the ones I [...]

100th Post!!

Wow I can’t believe I’ve reached 100 posts….weeiirrdd…
Well with his raiser’s permission, I’d like to introduce you to Lawrence’s brother, Lorenzo.

Like most of the “L” litter, Lorenzo made it all the way to phase 10. However, he was career changed and is now living with his raisers’ niece.

One thing I’ve noticed about this litter is [...]

Bye bye

Well it seems like a lot of people have said goodbye and hello this weekend. Fantine left yesterday. I loved having her–she was very sweet and a great dog to have around! The only problem was she was getting mouthy. But other than that she was wonderful. I like to say she was an adult [...]

Wunder Dog

Fantine leaves tomorrow. *tears of sadness* She wanted to write one final letter home, so I said I’d let her…here it goes:
Hey everybody, it’s me again, Fantine. Anna says that I’m going home tomorrow! WHoopee!!!! I get to see my family again!!! It’s funny because while Anna was at work, I was reading through all [...]

The Bus, The Meeting, and…the other Meeting

Well yesterday was a biiig day for Fantine. We started it off by hopping on the bus at  8:45am. Fantine did okay–was pretty restless and seemed a little nervous for the first 10 minutes. She’s started being really garbage mouthy recently, so I ended up fishing a couple of times…fortunately it was only me and [...]

When the natives get restless

Yesterday and today not much went on here, so our resident 8-month old puppy resorted to causing trouble about the house. So I decided today that Fantine needed a nice long walk. We went up to the shopping center (1.5 miles away) which happens to be where I work, and full of fun stores. I [...]

Lovely Lady

In just a week Fantine has improved on a lot of things:

not pulling on leash
left turns
greeting people (especially kids)
general obedience
“come”
and standing still for brushing

Right now we’re working on polishing meeting people and passing dogs, and fighting garbage mouthiness. But overall she’s still a joy, and I’ll be so sad to see her go next week!!!

 

Run in the Sun and eat a Bun

Not really eat a bun, but I wanted to rhyme. Today is yet another gorgeous spring day here in WA, and Fantine is LOVING running around. I love working on command drills so I’ll let her run around and then we’d do the “sit-stay” walk away and then “come”. She thinks it’s a [...]

Letter to Home (by Fantine)

Hi mom and everyone at home, it’s Fantine. Anna’s letting me write a post.
I’m having a lot of fun here. We’ve gone dozens of places, and Anna’s introduced me to all her friends. There must have been a THOUSAND. (Anna: More like 20 you goofy girl) They pet me lots, but I have to sit nicely [...]

Theater Experience

With a name like Fantine (a character from the world-renown musical–Les Miserables) I knew this little lady had to make at least one trek to my theater while she’s here! So last night we went and saw Seussical the Musical. After a couple rounds of clapping, Fantine handled the show like a pro, and I [...]