May graduation

On Friday afternoon, we arrived at CCI to pick up Halor who had been sequestered in the kennel for the past three weeks. She seemed very happy to see us, but I think she had a great time with new boyfriend Randy IV. Halor and Randy are tentatively expecting puppies on July 9. Above, we have several beautiful Golden girls! Left to right are: Piniella, Halor, Dara, and Izzy. Petite little Dara entered advanced training on Saturday. She is about 17 months old and is such a cute little thing! We visited with Dara's puppy raisers, Jason and Tanya, and the girls got to play in the play yard.

On Friday night, there was the usual reception for everyone who is in town for graduation/matriculation. While us humans enjoyed the buffet, this gang was tethered and gathered a lot of attention. Clockwise from the top: Piniella, Izzy, Halor, and Kerinne's pup Solaris. He is not related to Piniella, but he sure looks like it!

I took this photo of Sequoia on Saturday after he had been playing ball in the play yard (hence the foaming mouth) or maybe it was all the pretty girls available to look at? Sequoia is the dad of Dara, Desi, and Durham - plus the entire "I" gang.

Here is a recent photo of Terrell, father to 7 of the 10 "D" pups. Terrell is known as Terry and has sired a bunch of puppies and has had lots of them graduate. His B/C, Linda, says he tends to take on this "pit-bull" pose whenever she is taking his picture. I think it is the weight of all those "#1 Dad" patches that he has to hold up off the ground!

This beautiful pup is Diora. She entered advanced training on Saturday also. Diora is one of the Terry puppies from Halor's "D" litter. She has the characteristic ridge down her nose and is a beautiful golden color. Note the white splotches on her chest and her light toes!

And this gorgeous gal is Helen - She is puppy raiser to both Halor and Diora. Hal can do so many cool things because Helen is such a great puppy raiser. She showed us how Halor can race through the weave poles, do the teeter-totter and the high balance beam. Then, Diora showed us that she can do all of the same things.


Here is Sandy's boy Durham. Durham entered advanced training on Saturday, but apparently had time to "smell the flowers" before he got there. Sandy put this photo in a thank-you card she took around to all of the places she and Durham frequented while he was a pup in training. He is one handsome boy - the current plan is that he will be in AT in the Southeast Region. I hope he enjoys Florida!

At the end of next week, I'm heading to San Diego with Kathy to attend the SWR graduation. I'm planning to hook up with Irish to see him for the first time since he moved south. I can't wait for that weekend!!