BUSY, BUSY, BUSY

Hi all,

Well it has been one busy, busy, month.  I have been helping kids learn how to read each week and made the front page of our local newspaper.  Here I am with Solo, the Chow-Chow, listening to a scary Halloween story.  I got to look at all the pictures too.  Then I got to go on TV with Utah and Spike (Utah is a St. Bernard and he is really, really, big, while Spike is a Welsh Springer Spaniel)  We were ambassadors for our upcoming dog show in Harrison, Arkansas. 

But the most exciting thing is--ta dah, we went to Grove Oklahoma this past weekend and I am now--drum roll please---

CH. COEDWIG'S PLAY IT AGAIN SAM

I promise I won't let it go to my head.  You can still call me Sammy, but remember to bow your head appropriately :-) .  I don't have my championship picture yet, but will post when it arrives.  This weekend, I will be competing in the Best of Breed ring with other Cardigan champions.  I'll let you know how it goes.

That's all for now--

Guess Who?

Take a close look at this picture.  Do you see someone who looks like me--no not my dad Rocco, on the other side-- Do you think it is me--nope.  It is my dad's sister Breezy.  I just noticed that I look an awful lot like her.  Don't you agree?  I know it's not me because Reba is in the picture and she went to the Rainbow Bridge 3 years ago.  If you look hard you can see Abbey's face, and the butt end of Muffin, the Sheltie.  My dad and Aunt Breezy were much younger in this picture.

Hope everyone is having a good Easter--don't eat those chocolate bunnies--they are not good for us.  Too bad, they look awfully good.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US--MARCH 4, 2010

BUDDY

 

                                        SAMMY

                                                    DARBY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US--WE ARE NOW ONE YEAR OLD.   Weren't we cute!  I hope my brother Buddy has a great celebration and Darby too.  Don't know what my human has planned but it better be good :-).

And to our sister Holly, who left us for the Rainbow Bridge, I hope you are romping and playing and having a great time with all the other puppies and dogs.  We all miss you Holly. 

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.