You Know Its Spring Cause.....

.... Mom doesn't want to do anything except lay in the sun.

 .... I am wet and dirty more than I am clean and dry.

.... Mom's feet are wet and dirty more than they are clean and dry.

.... trees turn pink.

.... mud puddles magically appear everywhere.

.... baseball hunting season begins.

.... and lawns need to be mowed.

A Walk in the Woods

Today was the first time in about a month I was allowed to run off leash in the woods.  I'm a bit of a maniac, and last time we went in the woods I managed to give myself some sort of soft tissue injury.... or at least thats what the vet thinks.

But, today I was finally allowed to race through all those wonderful spring mud puddles....

And scale all the boulders....

 And sniff all the wonderful smells.  Oh wait, I was allowed to do that before....

Still haven't gotten back into jogging with Mom or doing agility in the backyard, but if I make it this whole week without limping she said she'd think about it.  I guess she never realized how much she likes doing agility with me, or how out of shape she'd get without me pushing her that extra mile.

Brother From My OTHER Mother

Once upon a time I had a brother. Well, I had (have) five brothers, but whose counting....

Anyways, one of those brothers is Kiefer. He was born deaf, like me, and now is the star of his very own children's book called My Dog Kiefer!

He's been very busy visiting schools and even made an appearance on the tv show Fox and Friends!

Please click on all those links to see all the awesome things he's been doing for dogs and people with disabilities alike!

And let me say, he did a very good job showing off his tricks on tv. I know cause I watched:

Two!

Last week I turned TWO! Let me tell you, ONE was a very busy year. I guess when you turn one you are able to start trying out TheBigBoyDogSports.

We tried Flyball at Working Dog Farm's Border Collie Bash:


And Sniff it at a Wag-It! Games workshop (obviously, I'm the white BC in this video):


I tried Dock Diving. Mom didn't get a video of me, but I jumped 7 feet. Here are some of my friends trying it out:


And then Mom showed me a video of something called AGILITY. I was mesmerized:


So we started taking classes, and we've been practicing a lot in the backyard. Here is me with the weave poles:

But my all-time favorite thing to do is still just to go for walks and play frisbee with Mom.

And strike poses. I'm a poser.

And for my birthday I got presents.

Which I of course had to unwrap and explore.

I might be deaf, but I still prefer the squeaky balls:

Can't wait to see what adventures I'll have this year!

Summatime!

Well, its been a while since I last posted, but a lot has been happening.

I officially have an Aunt Bekki now.

I have also been working on being nice to TheScaryPuppy, also known as cousin Finn.

Notes

Our neighbor gave me a note the other day. Its really more of an award.

Mom says I should have gotten the "Best Ball Finder" award.

Can you tell we live next door to the high school sports fields?

Every week Wes and I find about this many, and every week Mom returns them.

But this time, she was inspired to write a note of her own.

Spring!

Goodbye snow days.... oh, how I will miss you.

But hello mud puddles!