Just a Dog ...

A friend sent this to me by email today ... 

It speaks for itself. I'm sure some of you have seen it, but I really like it!

You can click on the image to read it  ...

I've had enough.

I am officially done with snow, cold, mud, frost, ice, you get the idea! We had sneak peek at spring, but today .... more snow. Damn groundhogs were right, maybe Jane can take care of that problem next year ....

I keep putting my winter boots away, only to bring them back out. I thought it would cheer me up to look at summer photos, but now I'm  more depressed ...

 Jane misses fishing.

Gyp misses swimming for K's bumpers and hanging out with her dad on the beach.

Kaleb really wants to swim and be wet 7 days a week, and hog all the toys.

I really miss camping in Burt the Boler!!

well ..... time to go shovel my drive-way ...

Fun with Gyp

So I have a little free time today - how that happened I will NEVER know ... anyway, I should be doing laundry, but this more fun. I was playing around with this photo of Gyp and thought I would post the some fun variations!

Watercolour Gyp

Super-saturated-soft-focus Gyp

Black and White Gyp

and last but not least ... Acid-trip Gyp.

do you like my new hat?

Gyppie asks ... "Does this "hat" make me look cross eyed? Please, be honest."

Gyp is always looking out for the environment ... reduce, reuse, recycle.

"You vile woman, you will pay. Sleep with one eye open."

Mr. Donut-head says ...

"I love my new hat, i love it, i love it. it's awesome dontcha think?"

patience is a virtue.

kaleb will hold anything in his mouth, even a timbit.

his reward was discovering just how yummy a timbit is :)

i thought i would try again after this to get a better photo, needless to say he was on to me, and gulped a second timbit back before i had a chance to save it.

lucky dog.

Gramma & the Timbits strike again ....

Mama always says 

"life is like a box of Timbits, 

you just never know what you're gonna get."

stay tuned ... more fun with Timbits to come ...

Agili-day!

A quick day trip to Calgary for one day of the Calgary Agility AAC Trial ....

Up at 4 am, on the road at 4:30am with my friend Julia and her gang. I was in the ring running my first Jumpers course 7:45am with Gyp, Kaleb followed soon at 7:55am. Wow that is ALOT of stuff before 8am, nothing a little caffeine can't take care of.

G & K had three runs today: Jumpers, Team and Standard. The courses were tough, technical and challenging - but FUN!! The dogs ran 3 for 3 today, I was thrilled!

I went in to the Jumpers ring, and I said to myself "NO second guessing" "Trust my training". I was thrilled with the outcome, this run really felt good with both dogs and I REALLY challenged myself. It was a cool course to watch people run, as there were many different strategies on this course. And the times were so tight with the top dogs which was really cool, there was a second between the fastest dog Piper and around the 10th fastest, Gyp was around 5th fastest in the Masters group. I didn't even walk the course for Kaleb - as I was so caught up in how I was going to run it for Gyp, but K and we pulled off a Q and had a REALLY good time and he had FUN!

Here is Gyps Jumpers run... I've been starting her from a stand, rather than a sit for the last few weeks, this was our first time at a trial, and I was happy with the results.

Our second course was Team, and Gyp and K both ran great, Gyp stuck her dogwalk like there was glue on the end, I was happy, even with her leash taunting her in the box just ahead of the dogwalk. Her team partner had a little bobble (it's Team afterall!) so we didn't Q, but Kaleb Q'd with his little JRT buddy!

The Standard was a really fun course - complete with a 270, serpentine, a few front crosses and some neat approaches to and from contacts. Kaleb ran really good on this course, he gave it and ran well and Qd, it wasn't his best run ever, probably just average. Gyppie was super, again I just went for it, no bobbles, and she was 22 seconds under time.

We were done by 3pm! And home by 6! Unpacked, showered, dogs fed by 7:30.

.... now for nice glass of red wine (or 2), ooooh yaaaaa!

you don't like the weather? wait 5 minutes ...

They say in Alberta, if you don;t like the weather, wait 5 minutes, or if you DO like it, don't get too comfortable.

What a difference 48 hours can make ....

This was Thursday .... 

the three amigos enjoying the weather ....

... K-man you are what you fetch ....he is such a bonehead 

.... a deer bone I'm guessing?

This is today, a lovely Valentine's walk ...
G & K with their dad (he always gets annoyed that I stop to take photos)

Kaleb looking into the great wide open, deer spotting.

 ... my sweet Frosted Flake ...

Gyp loves the snow, she always gets the snow ZOOMIES!!

Gyp calls Shotgun - in the backseat. Do we have to leave already?

* Note: Jane stayed at home - too cold, and too much snow for her in the field :) she won't be left out today though, she gets to go to gramma's later for dinner :)

Scattergories, wanna play?

Rules: it's harder than it looks! Hit forward, erase my answers, enter yours, send it on to 10 people including the one that sent this to you. Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real places, names, things, nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.

1. What is your name: Sarah
2. 4 Letter Word: Shit
3. A boys Name: Shawn
4. A girls Name: Susanne
5. An occupation: Surgeon
6. A color: Sienna (or Shit brown)
7. Something you wear: Shoes
8. A beverage: Sprite
9. A food: Soup (Shit, if you are Gyp)
10. Something found in the bathroom: Soap (or Shit)
11. A place: Subway
12. A reason for being late: Slept in
13. Something you shout : Shit!

The hardest part is finding 10 people that will play with you!!!

Who wants to play, join the FUN!!!

a poem from gyp ...

roses are red,

violets are blue,

gyppie is cute,

and eats shit too. 

(only Jane's I might add)

Happy Valentine's Day.

A recycled valentine for you

Gyppie wishes you a happy love day, this weekend

... from the tip of her tail 

... to the bottom of her heart-shaped chin.

I took this photo a year ago, and used it last V'day, but I really like it ... so I am using it again.

It's one of my fav Gyp photos

xoxoxoxo

Your feet's too big.

Gyp A.K.A., "Gyppie Big Feet", a nickname coined by Amanda.

Really, her feet are big, I think the found the perfect song - see the videos below. I love her big feet, all the better to run with. 

here is the Original Fats Waller song, pretty awesome.