Posting to the blog has suffered because we have had a very slow and intermittent internet connection.   Today we have fantastic weather, and right now I’ve got connectivity so here’s a quick post before we lose it!

Thistle swam for the first time a couple days ago, and is doing short retrieves of bumpers and his little duck dokken!   Thistle is:   Tigana Cairngorm Blessed Thistle [beer link]

Here he is swimming:

Just lost connectivity for a couple hours in the middle of this post, so must hurry!

Here are Thistle and Ronan watching the big dogs swim

Yesterday, we went for a hike and Sporty, feeling clever, swam to a tree and climbed on.

Lola thought that was pretty cool.  Not to be outdone, here’s what she did:

All that swimming and hiking is tiring for everyone…  here’s K’Ehleyr and Thistle snoozing together while K’Ehleyr was waiting her turn to be dried.

This post took all day to do since I kept losing my internet connection (sigh).   We have many photos, most of which will need to be posted after we return.   I’ve got some cute Jingles puppies pictures to post, as Corina/Jackson and Jennifer/Rockie joined us for the first part of the trip.   Watch for them on the next post!

A gorgeous day, filled with puppies and sunshine.

Here’s an ungroomed Sport the day after having babies;  she was happy to play ball a few times in the yard.

The puppies all gained 2.5 oz on average the first day.   Here are the fatties

Feeding when standing up makes for strong legs and necks.     Actually I like this picture because it looks like Sport is wearing dark eye makeup.

Lastly,  this is what is happening in the house when we are all busy in the whelping area

More tomorrow!

Here’s K’Ehleyr– at 9 years of age, wishing everyone a Very Happy and Successful 2008!

This was a picture taken on K’Ehleyr’s 8th birthday (Oct 16, 2006). She was lucky enough to be celebrating it while we were on vacation at Croft Lake.