Tired Dogs

The dogs had a big time yesterday running laps around our 3 1/2 acre goat pasture.  The weather was cool, 60s for a high and low in the 40s, so they all had a lot of energy.  Jackie and Vegas tore around the pasture several times, hunting and just enjoying running.  Jackie moves like Vegas, her mom, and they both looked like they were lure coursing, all stretched out, flying around.  I loved watching them.  The horses were also fired up and ran around their pasture several times before calming down to eat grass.  I love to watch all their high spirited antics, so entertaining.  Here are pictures of last night, where they were all played out.

Jackie with her feet sticking straight up in the air as she slept!

Sweet little Vegas, who is now the smallest dog in the house, as her babies have passed her up in height

Cool Weather, Cute Kids

I am so thankful for cool weather today.  No snake spottings today, and hopefully no more until next April or May.  Yesterday morning, I saw another very large copperhead snake in the goat pasture, and when I screamed, it took off, and is still alive, but I'm praying it's holed up today and for the rest of the fall, winter, and spring.  Only a high of 59 degrees today, and we've had 4 inches of rain since Saturday, yippee!

I've been getting sweet pictures of Vision from her family, and she looks very loved and happy.  I am so pleased.

Here are cute pictures of the kids and dogs:

 

 Courtney and Jackie.  Jackie is so sweet, and never wants to do
anything wrong.  She's a very good girl.  And, Courtney is lovely and sweet, too!

Vegas laying on Luke's college books, saying I want to go to college with you!

Victory, the tail wagger.  See that tail going so fast?  His tail is always going!  Friendly, happy guy!

 

 

Wishbone, living the good life.  The sweetest dog ever, loves everybody, never made an unkind move toward anyone.  My most loyal buddy.

 

I am living the good life with my wonderful family!  So blessed!

 

Victory, the Snake Watchdog Saves Us Again

Good Victory, saved all of us from a copperhead again today.  We were all in the goat pasture, and the puppies were exploring, and Victory walked over to the fence and was looking around and he jumped back with a look that said something wasn't right, same look he gave me when he alerted us to a snake in the barn door a few weeks ago.  Since Rog was out there with us, I asked him to go look to see if there was a snake over there.  He said he didn't see anything.  Then, Dodger went over there, and he started barking like crazy.  Rog said "he's just barking at the goats."  Well, he wasn't even looking at the goats, so I went over there, and sure enough, there was a copperhead.  This was number 12 that we have killed this year.  At least the snake didn't get away, and no dogs were bitten.  Thank you for saving us again, Victory, good boy!  Looks like Dodger is going to have lots of brains like his Dad and Mom.  So thankful the cold weather is coming tomorrow!

Here are some pictures from the dog show this weekend.  Victory did not place, but Jackie got Best of Breed in the puppy match, over her brother, Dodger.  I thought Dodger showed better and moved nicer, but Jackie has such a beautiful head and face.  Rog showed Jackie and Courtney showed Dodger, as I wanted to see how they moved and looked in the ring.  Both puppies took the show commotion in stride, and were very calm with all the barking dogs and the noise.  I was very proud of them. 

                                                            Courtney and Dodger

Dodger and Victory

 

                                                              Rog and Jackie

Jackie and Vision

Vision has a new home, and I miss her beautiful face and her happy personality so much!  But, I am so thrilled with her new family, they are such lovely people, and she is with young people who will take her for lots of outings, fun runs, great walks, and she has another Dalmatian for a best friend, a lovely dog that was bred by Frances Pena.  So, she is in a great home, and she's in Texas! 

                                                                      Vision

Here are some cute pictures of Jackie:

Graduation from puppy class at Petsmart

 

Luke and Jackie

 

Jackie and Courtney, it's a dog's life