Black Lab Females

I've noticed that Freya and Royalty have some similar characteristics. I wonder if there is something to being black lab females.

1) She follows me into the bathroom all the time.
2) When I'm sitting on the floor with her and she wants to play with me she'll pick up a toy and start to circle me and every time she passes the front of me she tries to put the toy in my mouth.

She's such a good girl. The one difference with Royalty is that I don't have to use a head collar. She's so good and doesn't pull or get distracted or anything. It's really been a break on my arm.

Winston's Last Meeting

I picked Royalty up at River Park yesterday afternoon before the meeting. That meant that I had two puppies in training and a neurotic Golden Retriever in the house yesterday for a few hours.

When I walked in the house with Rocco and Royalty, Arwen took one look at Royalty and then gave me this horrified look that clearly said, "She's back!?" Freya wasn't Arwen's favourite dog and I don't blame her much. She just played a little too hard for Arwen's liking. Then when Arwen realized that the black dog I had brought to the house was in fact not Freya, she warmed up to Royalty quite quickly. I got this great picture of all three dogs.

The colours of the rainbow right?

I was also able to get a few pictures of Rocco and Royalty playing with each other. Rocco isn't the best sharer of his toys. Whenever another dog comes over and starts to play with his toys he grabs the toy out of his mouth and puts it aside. Then when they go off and get another toy he grabs that one too.

Both of them were going for the same toy. It's the femur bone and it's Royalty's favourite at my house.

Then it was time for the meeting. So I loaded up the car with Rocco's wire crate, his food, instructions/schedules, two dogs, and two trays of cookies. Who says mini coopers can't hold a lot of stuff in them? We were there about 20 minutes early so we just sat on a bench waiting for people. Rocco and Royalty were amazing. They just laid there until the both heard the jingling of Colorado and Lance coming in.

A picture of Lance and Royalty. They're so cute and Royalty was so sweet to little Lance. I hope she becomes a breeder.

Then everyone else arrived. Katlynn came with Winston and he was just as wiggly as ever. We all walked around the mall and watched Lance be his goofy golden self. He goes everywhere and is really happy. Everyone really enjoys him. I talked to Katlynn about Winston's recall and Livi about Rockford up at Guide Dogs. It was all over a good meeting. Jen even brought their little boy from the Ukraine who is on like a field trip. He was so sweet. Then it was time for cookies. I brought them out of my car and we all chowed down.

Katlynn and Winston with their cookies.Winston did such a great job with those cookies in front of him. He's totally ready.

Katlynn took the first cookie.

Winston really wants that cookie.

Another picture of Katlynn and Winston in front of the cookies.

Just in case you can't read the cookies Winston's are Red Velvet cookies that say "Good Luck Winston" and Katylnn's are Lemon cookies that say, "Congratulations Katlynn" Actually I made like 6 different kind of cookies.

Pictures of Katlynn and Winston.

What a good boy Winston is.

Some pictures of the party.

Little Lance.

He's so cute.

Last night at the party some one made the comment that I looked complete with a black lab female. Funny enough I feel complete. So I think no more males for me unless absolutely necessary. I don't think I feel complete because of the black lab thing, but because I have a female again. So, yes, I think Rocco will be my only male unless GDB really needs me to take a male.

When it was time to go I did have to say good bye to Rocco which was hard,but I told myself that it was good for him. The whole meeting as he was being walked by Hannah he kept looking at me. So, it's good that he's gone for a few days because he's going to have to learn to be away from me.

Well, Good Bye Sweet Boy Winston! Make us all proud!

Good Bye

At tonight's meeting I not only have to say good buy to Winston, but I also have to say goodbye to Rocco. No, it's not time to transfer yet, but since I was going to have Rockford this weekend I made plans for Rocco to go to a puppy sitters. Then Rockford went up to Guide Dogs for testing, but Rocco is still going to the sitters. But never fear! I shall not be puppy-less. Royalty's raisers also happen to be going out of town this weekend and there wasn't anyone to watch her until I became free! YAY! I have a black female in the house again! I absolutely LOVE Royalty. She's so sweet and so...just wonderful. I get her until Tuesday morning! There will definitely be pictures and stories throughout the week.

You know what also really cool about having Royalty? She's another Atrus puppy so she's Rocco's half-sister. Pretty cool. I had her once before for about a week when I was in between puppies. She's a doll.

Rockford and I have had a wonderful time together today. We haven't done much but he seems to enjoy himself.

We just had some outdoor time and the goofball couldn't decide which toy to play with. I have three strictly outdoor toys; the jollyball, kong, and the jugs. The kong and the jugs became outdoor toys because Rocco started to chew and ingest them. So, now the rule is "If you aren't running with it you don't get to play with it." The jollyball is because it has a 5ft rope and I don't know how that would go in the house. Anyway, Rockford was so excited about playing with them that he put them in a circle and jumped from toy to toy. It was hilarious! Then he jumped at the jug while still holding the jollyball. Then we both held on to one endof the rope and ran from one end of the yard to the other. I really do enjoy this dog.

Surprise Visit

Rocco did very well yesterday! He is still a little shy with clapping, but he's so much better than he used to be. We went to see Guys and Dolls yesterday. It's an interesting show, but I've always thought it ran too long. Even when I was in it I felt like the first act should be half the time it actually is. One of my really good friends since 3rd grade was the stage manager. That's how I knew about it and really why I went to see it. She's probably already at the airport getting ready to head off to school. So, Good Luck Sarah!

Then we went straight from the play to a dinner and movie date with a whole bunch of my friends. He didn't get his dinner until 10pm last night, but did fabulously through the whole thing. He really enjoyed seeing his friends at the movies last night. Especially Taylor who always jumps at the chance to pet him.

Then guess what happened! Rockford came over. I got a call before going off to the play from Mary asking if I could take Rockford for a day or two and switch Rocco. You see, Rockford came down with hives last weeks so he has to go up to Guide Dogs on Monday for observation. The reason I have him is that they're afraid he might be allergic to something in his raiser's home. So, Monday I'm driving up with her and the two boys.

I do thoroughly enjoy Rockford. He's the kind of dog I love. He's too energetic, stubborn, and has some interesting issues. But that's what I like. :) He and I went on a two mile walk this morning and he only tried to balk for the first 5 minutes! After that he had fun! Everyone in my puppy group knows what a wonderful accomplishment that is for him. He's so handsome too...even if he does have puppy pimples.