Tulips

Tulip season has passed. We're waiting on the lavender to bloom now.

Luckily, while the tulips were still going strong I found an adorable little local tulip farm, and stopped by one morning to get some photos. Pallo's new mama came along to be my photo assistant, and brought Pallo for his glamour shots.

He wasn't really into the posing thing...

Koira of course is a pro at posing. She wasn't so sure about the stool we had her standing on with her back legs, and tried to come through the window a few times. Pallo's mama is inside the building steadying her and keeping her from leaping forward.

Ptera was, and still is, new to posing, but I think she managed to rock it pretty well. She is a happy, eager to please little dog. She is super smart, so while it can take a little bit of explaining what you want, once she figures it out, she does her absolute best to do it.

Happy Mother's Day

Years ago, I went on a student exchange to Mexico, and my mom came down to visit me. We did a ton of awesome things together, including climbing a volcano. This is from that trip, and you can see the caldera of the active volcano behind us.

Wordless Wednesday: Flyball Training with a JRT Puppy

Happy Wordless Wednesday. How about a silly picture of Ptera, and then some videos of her flyball training so far?

Silly little puppy

I've been videoing Ptera's training sessions since bringing her home. She is a puppy, so we are taking it easy on the jumping, but she is a quick, eager to learn pup.

Here is our first ever session of over-and-backs:


And passing drills with a small dog:


....and with a big dog:


We also just introduced the wall board last week.


Lets just say that I'm thrilled with where we are right now. I'm not going to push her, and I want all of the basic concepts solid for her before we move on. But I'm happy with where we are, and am looking forward to the months to come.

And of course Koira is having a blast as well. She may be 8, but I have a feeling she has many years of flyball left to run.