TA DAH!!!

At my last show, I managed to win Best of Breed.  I got to go in the Herding Group.  Wow was that ring big and they made us go around a couple of times.  I was the smallest dog in the ring--there was a German Shepard, two Collies, a Belgian Sheepdog (like my Aunt Eve), a Sheltie and a whole bunch of other dogs I didn't know.  By the time the judge got to me, I was pooped.  But anyway, my human was proud of me and I got a pretty gold and purple ribbon for being Best of Breed.

More Ears

Here is our Dad Rocco--that's where we get the big ears from!  In the second picture, that is our Dad and Grandma Jolee---she has big ears too.   So I guess those big ears are all in the family :-).

EARS

Seems the discussions lately are centering around who has the biggest ears.  You want ears, I'll show you ears.  Here is my Aunt Zoe and her ears!

Here is Aunt Zoe at 5 months.                                     

Here is Aunt Zoe at 17 months.

                                                                        

Now those are some ears!

Nothing has Changed

Well it's been over a month since I wanted Spring, and nothing has changed.  We just had another snow storm, the third in four weeks.  My human is disgusted.  She moved to Arkansas to get away from the annual 300 inches of snow in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and now it has been nothing but snow, snow, ice, snow, ice, snow, snow.  Don't ask her opinion on global warming--!

We did make it to Pine Bluff for the dog show.   I did really well on Saturday and took Best of Breed (I only got 1 point since half the Cardigans didn't show up).  I went to the Herding Group and that took so long that I pooped out by the end.  Sunday, I was Best of Opposite Sex, but no points since the other boy didn't show up. On to Columbia, Missouri next month.  Probably will have three more blizzards before that.

Almost all the puppies have gone to their new homes, only Sandie and Blaze are still here.   Sandie may be a show dog like me, and Blaze is waiting for the right home to come along.  I am going to have to teach Sandie all of my tricks.  Here is Sandie at 7 weeks, she will be 11 weeks old this Thursday.

This is Blaze, he is 9 weeks old in this picture--his 11 week birthday is this week too.

And I am going to be 1 year old next month!  I guess I am not a puppy anymore--though it is said that Cardigans are puppies until they are almost two years old.

Well that's about it for now.  Hope to check back with news of sunshine and warmer weather soon.

Enough is Enough

All right, I'm ready to move.  It has been very, very, very cold here.  Every day my human has to worry about getting to her office.  The days have been long because she is in registration mode and leaves at 7:00 a.m. and doesn't get back until 5:00 p.m.  That sure does make it a long day for me (and all the other furkids).  On top of that, each day there have been threats of snow, sleet, ice--you name it, the weather person has threatened it.  We live on top of small mountain and the driveway is steep and curvey so it has been hard for my human to get the car up--down is not too bad.  Then the electric company is warning of power outages because of the extreme cold.  It is going to get 5 below zero tomorrow night.  Brrrrrr! My poor human has been working hard to make sure we are ready for no electricity--fireplace ready, check--water jugs filled, check---extra towels and blankets for the puppies, check--and on and on.

Where is Spring??????

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Well we woke up to a chance of snow showers that are already over 2 inches deep! That's almost up to my belly.  Boy is that cold.  It doesn't look like it is going to get warmer any time soon.  That makes more work for my poor human shoveling out the dog runs.  Buddy and Darby are sure lucky being where it is warm. 

I am going to stay inside, snuggle and keep warm.

Trying to Figure Out Blog Issues

While I have a few minutes, my human and I thought we would try to figure out why my New Years post got so jumbled up.  Still don't know what the problem is and my human is getting frustrated.  But not to waste a post, here are some pictures of Zoe and Vickie and their fasination with the puppy pen.

This is what Zoe does when she comes in the house.  She just sits and stares at the puppies.

What happened??????

I don't know why but for some reason my beautifully laid out blog is all messed up. Must be the cyberspace gremlins. Sorry if it is hard to read.

New Years Eve

Hope everyone had a good New Years Eve. All my cardigan relatives got to come in again last night because it was New Years Eve and also because it was going to be really cold--brrrrrr. My human didn't want to have to go out to the kennel to let everyone out, it is easier just to open the back door out to the yard. Here's what everyone was doing last night.

Abbey                                                                                           Glacier

Abbey is Glacier's mom.

This is my Grandma Jolee

Zoe

Vickie

I had to stay in my crate because I was too rambunctious.

This is Fancy and Princess. Fancy is Princess's Mom.

Mystique didn't want her picture taken so she hid in the bedroom and my dad was asleep in the chair and didn't want to be disturbed.

And of course Aunt Susie Q and her puppies.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Wishing all my siblings and their humans a very Happy New Year. Don't know if we are celebrating tonight--probably not--early to bed, early to rise because we cardigans like to get our humans up really early--like 4 a.m.!

This is what the puppies will be doing-----eating, sleeping, and pooping, and now barking. Maybe I will get to play with them again today. That was fun.

See you next year!