Saturday, February 9, 2008

Fun Outside

Izzy's eyes aren't really green but she definitely has a ridge down her nose - three pups in the litter had very noticeable ridges - Izzy, Ingrid and Ivan. When Hal's first litter was born, a few of the pups had ridges and the general thought was that the ridge came from the dad - Terrell. Now that the second litter has ridges, we think Hallie is the ridge originator.

Obviously, we wore them out!



Here's the pack on the run - I think Izzy is just about airborne in this photo!

Much of Izzy's time is spent playing tug-of-war with her mom - literally. Needless to say, this is not Hal's favorite game as it takes time away from chasing the ball.

In this group, we have varying degrees of ball drive. Halor will never give up, never give in, never quit. Her motto should be "Outwit, Outplay, Outlast" because she is totally into it! Piniella, who is going on 8 years old, loves to chase the ball but doesn't care to challenge the aforementioned maniac anymore. Natoma is almost as much into the game as Piniella, Aria loves to run, get the ball, make sure no one else gets it and then drops it, and Izzy will pick up the ball, carry it around but really just wants to play with the big girls.


Here's another shot of Piniella between her two daughters - Aria on the left, Natoma on the right.


Finally, the weather has been nice for enough days and we can play outside! It's been wet and miserable for the past month and we've been waiting for the ground to dry out a little. Today, was a gorgeous northern California sunny winter day so we invited a couple of Piniella's kids over to play. In this photo, from the left are: Piniella, Natoma, Halor, Izzy, and Aria. Piniella had 5 litters ~ Aria is from Piniella's second litter (her dad is Bobby) and Natoma is from Piniella's third litter (her dad is Gibson - aka Sonny). Aria was released for hips and Natoma graduated but was later retired with what turned out to be a minor health issue. Both girls live nearby with Liz and Craig and we get to see them often. Izzy was not one bit shy of the big girls and had a great time running with the pack.

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