Tigana Goldens - Blog

Treat recipes

tiganagoldens — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:48:38 +0000

We have been making home-made treats. Here’s a page with some great recipes.

http://www.dogaware.com/diet/treats.html

The tuna treats are particularly easy and make a nice moderately high value treat.

Excellent article on protein variety in the diet

tiganagoldens — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:09:18 +0000

This applies to raw and commercial diets:

http://www.b-naturals.com/newsletter/protein-and-variety-in-the-diet/

Asilomar Beach

tiganagoldens — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:52:02 +0000

Levi is staying with us for a bit, and we met at Asilomar Beach in Pacific Grove for some playtime at the beach before Kristen leaves. Neither of us had our “real” cameras, but here are a couple photos that Kristen took on her phone. Thanks, Kristen! (Click on the photo to see it larger).

Levi, Thistle, Ronan

Levi (taking in the scenery), Ronan, Thistle

There were lots of rocks to climb and tidepools to explore.

Beach day

tiganagoldens — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:09:22 +0000

Saturday was Beach Day! First, we took the boys to meet with Jennifer and her Corgi, Meimei at Pillar Point in Half Moon Bay. As it turns out, Meimei’s 8th birthday was the next day so it was a doggie birthday celebration for her (though we didn’t know it at the time)! The dogs got to swim in the bay (retrieving bumpers), then walk in the ocean.

Thanks to Jennifer Chuang for the following pictures at Pillar Point:

Here’s an adorable photo of Thistle, Meimei, and Ronan at their end of their walk.

Ronan found a seaweed bulb to play with.

Here’s a rare photo of Don and me together. It was a beautiful scene with a rocky beach and rocks in the background. Apparently if you go there during low tide there are many tidepools to explore.

We had lunch at one of our favorite places in Half Moon Bay, the Flying Fish Grill. The dogs were allowed with us on the patio and were very well behaved (yay!).

In the afternoon I took Sport and Lola to Seascape Beach (at least I think that’s where we were), with Jennifer and Rockie. The weather couldn’t have been more perfect, and we were able to find a spot pretty much all to ourselves.

Here’s a shot of Sport, Lola, and Rockie.

The day couldn’t have ended more perfectly with dinner at Gayle’s Bakery/Rotisserie in Soquel. What a gem of a place and so much good food to choose from.

Point Pinole pictures

tiganagoldens — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:02:06 +0000

We didn’t get too many pictures from last week, but here are the boys looking very serious for the camera.

(l to r) Ronan, Thistle, Levi after swimming

Levi and Thistle playing:

Here are links to videos of Levi and Ronan swimming in the SF Bay at Point Pinole.

Samantha’s visit

tiganagoldens — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:32:01 +0000

We were so pleased to be able to watch Samantha (from the Famous Jingles litter) last weekend, especially since we’ve only seen her once since she went to her home with the Fergusons in Nevada. What a lovely, big girl she has become!

Sam got to visit with her brother Rockie (and his “brother” Charlie):

Here are our best shots of Samantha and Rockie together:

Here’s another of them and their tongues:

Thistle thought Samantha was the cat’s meow

Sam also got to meet her brother Jackson again. Here are a couple pictures of them together.

And a video treat! Here is Samantha playing fetch with the Aerobie… with Thistle and Ronan following closely.

Sam also got to go on a short hike with her brother River, but, alas, we were in a rush and didn’t get photos.

Here’s a rare treat- a photo of Don with the puppies.

Bye for now!

Happy 4 month Birthday to the Beer pups!

tiganagoldens — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:19:29 +0000

Time is flying by, and the pups are growing by leaps and bounds! We feel lucky that we’ve been able to see all the pups recently. Thistle and Ronan are in Puppy 2 class at A Dog’s Life in Sunnyvale with their sister Chelsea. Avalon visited last week, and just a couple days ago we went for a hike/swim at Point Pinole with brother Levi.

Here are links to videos of Levi and Ronan swimming in the SF Bay at Point Pinole.

We’ll get to see Jamie next week, and that’s everyone!

Ronan and Thistle had a busy 4-month birthday. Their half-sister Samantha has been with us the last few days, and they got to chase her quite a bit at the park. Then they got to swim at Shinn Pond with their half-brother Jackson. We finished it off with puppy class where they practiced heeling, down-stays, fronts and finishes, and targeting. We were supposed to train emergency recalls but forgot!

More pictures and videos to come– the computer has been tired. :-)

Beach

tiganagoldens — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:29:45 +0000

After a week of heat, the overcast cool beach in Aptos was extremely welcoming (though Rio del Mar beach was a bit too cramped for my taste). These aren’t the greatest photos as it was supposed to be a video of Sport and Lola fetching balls on the beach, but I managed to have the camera in some time-lapse video setting so this is all we have!

Blazing heat!

tiganagoldens — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:01:05 +0000

We’ve been in LA for the last week, right in the middle of a blazing inferno of heat. Fortunately it has cooled down some, but for most of the trip everyone has refused to go outdoors except late at night! Not much to report, but here’s a photo showing that Goldens can have fun anytime, anywhere. :-) The pool had just been emptied, and was a great source of entertainment for quite a while!

Also, the Artisan Beer litter is now over 16 weeks old! Here are Ronan and Thistle today.

Corina and Jackson are in a magazine!

tiganagoldens — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:35:45 +0000

Corina and Jackson (Tigana’s In Perfect Harmony) from the Famous Jingles litter, are in a Belgian magazine! The article is about folks who were forced into part time or freelance jobs by the recession. Here they are– hopefully this plugin works in your browser. If not, try this link and turn to page 8.

Open publication – Free publishing – More vacature