Protection Money

Alaska has recently learned the joy's of Peanut butter
and waits at the gate for her "treat" every morning and night.She has to eat it fast before Togo gets it.She doesn't realize that it hides the antibiotics she needs for a minor infection left over from her spay.All she knows is that it's mmm mmm good!She recently heard that there were peanut butter cookies.
She also heard that some people were coming over for lessons this weekend.
She thought..., if they didn't want their dogs harassed... well, I'm just sayin'...

My Favorite Season

Is just around the corner!

Starting Again

I know 2011 isn't over yet but the Alta-Pete year is over.
We are getting ready to start all over again with new customer dogs and our own young dogs.
I decided to do a slide show to remember 2011 at the farm and at our trials.
I hope you enjoy it.

Home Again!

We are finally back from our last round of trials this year. I'm sorry there were no blogs during that time but we found out that the Rocky Mountains of Colorado just aren't set up for internet service.
This time, while we were gone, we had a wonderful house sitter.
Maybe too wonderful.
The animals are all pouting and want her back.

Hey, Dogs! Did you miss me?No. We want Marie.
Well, she went back to her own home.She told us bedtime stories.
Oh, she did not! You guyz are just milking this!


Surely you chickens missed me?
We're not laying until Marie comes back.
Oh, stop it! You weren't laying before.


I'm going to find her and bring her back.Um, Salem, Chicago is a long walk from here.


Us barn cats miss her too - she fed us.
I feed you too.She fed us more.
You are supposed to be hunting mice, not laying around and eating cat food.


Poe, do you miss Marie?
Who?

Marie.
The house sitter for the last 3 weeks.
Oh, you mean the maid? Uh, yeah. Whatever.
That's my boy.

Pause

Pardon our pause in blogging.
We are in the middle of a big trial right now. (check us out on the trial blog)I promise to get back at it in a couple of days.

Busy Busy

To steal borrow a quote from a friend of mine, (who borrowed it from a friend of hers)
"If you are too busy to blog,
post a picture of your cat."Seriously, we are getting ready to travel to another trial for a week, then travel to several trials for 3 weeks.
Togo is not making it easier on our preparations.
Alaska, has turned into a great guardian dog.Really, she has.
But Togo has tried to take his act on the road, one too many times.
Now we have to electrify our perimeter fence.
It's keeping Scott on his toes - except when he forgets he has it on and gets shocked.
Then it keeps him on his butt.
What?
I'm not doing anything.I'm just being a good boy and napping in this cool hay stack yard.

Two Titans Playing

Yes, the earth does shake when they play.

photos by Donna Mask