Open Practice and a Confession...

My dumbell skills are coming along! I'm so very proud of myself and Mom quadruples that! Here is a little collage of retrieving the dumbell over the high jump and doing sits and downs with Shanti while Mom is out of sight for about half the time. For Open, the sits are for 3 minutes and the downs for five minutes. Often, I really like to lie down during the sits - I just gets tired!


So. Here's the confession part! I know that some of my pals may remember Jackson - my true love!

I met him at the Art Bark Fest in Squaw Valley. It was lots of fun to see tons of doggies, but mostly to participate in the Dock Diving. Jackson was there to dock dive too. While Mom and Jackson's Ma jawed away, a big van stopped. A whole bunch of dogs tumbled out and one was... Jackson's Mom, Sport, who I also met. My Mom also met Sport's Mom.

Is this getting too confusing yet? It's hard to see, but my mom and Sport's mom had a talk. Ma never forgot it or Sport... or Jackson, obviously, and that was way back last September. Well... every weekend since March, Mom and Dad and I have been visiting Sport and her new babies. I could smell them when Mom and Dad came back from visiting!

Yesterday, we went down to visit again, only this time, we rode home with one of Sport's babies who was to live with me and Dad and Mom. My new sister's name is Avalon, and believe it or not, I actually like her! (It took a few hours, but now I follow her around everywhere!)



(Above picture courtesy of Tigana Goldens)
I know that one day, we'll have lots of adventures together, but for now, I still get to do all the special stuff with my peeps, cause Avalon sleeps so much! Today, for instance, I went to Blackie's Pasture for some pawesome swimming! [And besides, with Avalon (half sister to Jackson) here, I'll have a part of that handsome boy with me all the time!]

Puppy Zzzzzzzzzzzzs.