Good Catch!

The athletic brown dog in the picture is Puck, a Jonah/Josie son who lives in California. Josie seems to have passed the Frisbee-catching gene on to her kids, and most of them are just as athletic as she is. Puck lives the good life, going to daycare several days a week (rather than sitting home alone), and accompanying his owners when they eat at outdoor restaurants. They even plan vacations around things that Puck likes to do. Definitely is good home and a much-loved dog.

Tess is here now, and she and Argus will be introduced this evening. She's a Watson daughter owned by my friend Paula. I normally see Tess only at dog shows where she generally acts extremely bored (dog shows are not her thing, I guess) but she's got a ton of personality outside the ring. Once Tess is bred she will go home and Paula will whelp and raise the pups, then they will come here at 6 weeks. I wanted to lease Tess and raise the pups, but Paula would rather not have Tess gone, and she loves doing little pups, so this compromise should work fine for all of us. Timing is lousy, as pups will be ready to go about New Years, not the optimum time for placing pups, but we've had winter litters before. It's actually a great time to house train pups because they quickly learn that once they do their business outdoors they can come back inside. We've house-trained many winter pups, so if there is a keeper in the litter we are prepared.

Argus has a vet appointment today and hopefully they will be able to identify the issue that is causing him pain in his right rear leg. Then I will make an acupuncture appointment as well and see if we can figure out what is affecting his topline. Argus looks and acts "fine", and moves "normally" - BUT because I watch him all the time I can tell there is a problem of some sort. He does not limp, but something is not quite right, and I would like to get it fixed/adjusted/healed or whatever.

Two shows this weekend, one point each day - hopefully Charlie can win them and finish his championship. Because there is nothing coming up this fall, Penny will fly home to Virginia next week. She'll be back in the spring to work on her Grand Championship (she finished her regular Championship in Colorado last month). Good time for Jess and me to stay home and save our $$$ and vacation time!