Monday, April 21, 2008

Big Birthday Bash

Yesterday we went to the largest fenced yard we could find. It's a state park that is all fenced and has a lot of room to run. We had five women and nine dogs. Shown here are Aria, Audra (behind Aria), Exchange, Natoma, Izzy (in front of Halor), Piniella, and Teddy. Not pictured is Zadie, the Catahoula Leopard Dog (yes, that's a real breed). All pups in the photo are CCI related dogs except Teddy and Zadie. Piniella turned eight on Friday so this was her birthday party. Piniella is mom to Aria and Natoma, grandmother to Halor, and great-grandmother to Izzy. We walked about 2 1/2 miles to a swimming hole:

This was Izzy's first exposure to water. She walked right in and started puppy splashing. Before long, she was right in there with the pack, swimming and chasing tennis balls. Zadie just got her feet wet, but all others were happy to swim in the very cold water.


This is Audra, who is a former CCI graduate. She came to the party with Monica, seen below, talking to Izzy while Cheryl has lunch. Audra's scarf says exactly what she is thinking in this photo: "JUST THROW THE BALL!"

Exchange seemed to take a particular liking to Halor which I suppose is not too surprising since they were the only breeders in the crowd.

All of the dogs has perfect manners and got along well. As we walked along, they took every opportunity to extend their swimming time.

This is what the day was all about ~ a big fun dog party.

1 comment:

Gerda said...

Irish is so jealous. You have so much open space where we in San Diego are just cramped. Irish has yet to experience the water but I'm hopeful he'll be a swimmer like the rest of the family. Irish asked me if he could move up to your house since you seem to have a lot more fun. Right now he is a teenager who prefers the company of friends over his "mom"