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After the heavy rain from yesterday, this morning was another sunny but very cold morning! I had to dig out a coat for Samber. She has lost all her coat after she has the puppies and poor Samber only has skin left! Everytime I brushed her, another big chunck of coat coming out.
she wasn't keen with the coat on. I bought this coat for Saturn from China last year when I visited my beloved brother. It is a fleece coat and it will keep her very warm. She was uncomfy and wouldn't want to go away from me but after a while, she realised I am not going to take it off, so she was back to her old bouncy self.
I know I have been posted a lot of Sing playing with his tennis ball photos recently but I cannot resist not posting this one. The expression on his face is priceless!!
... and this crazy water mad dog begging to swim in the dirty pond again!!!
I have to take the ball out to distract him to go on a dry land
now these guys asking for more ball but where is Saturn?
he just want to pose for some handsome photos taking!
my happy boys and girl on the log
I think Sizzle has learned too much from Sing, I have not even chuck a ball into the pond but he saw a leave floating and went in to fetch it, very sweet indeed but OMG! Stinky pond water!Now, a small bad note from today. I thought all my bad lucks went with yesterday but nope! I took Sizzle into the garden after lunch to practise the pivot turn that we failed to do at Bernadette yesterday. I set Sizzle up in front of the jump and a firework went off. BANG! Again, BANG, BANG, BANG, four times in a row. Which b*****d let go a firework in the bright daylight? You got it. Sizzle ran in the house the fastest he can and he nevers want to go into the garden again. I can't get him out to do his toilet since lunch!! I hope this didn't put him off from agility too!! Arrrrgggghhhhh ... Who invent fireworks?
It was lovely this morning, sunny and a bit cold, so I decided to take Sing, Saturn, Sizzle and Samber for a long walk in the Common. Reason I didn't to take Seagull is he struggled for a longer walk and Titan will "attack" Sing when I play ball with him. With the recent disaster I had with Sing, I do not want to put him off from playing his beloved tennis ball.
As it was lovely, so I took my camera along not knowing the battery was very low! Doh! I only have limited pictures but it is good enough for me to mark the dogs have a lovely walk with me.
a very happy Sing with his tennis ball
Samber loves to chase alongside the dogs, shamed that I can't get her to play with ball/toy. I tried very hard though. When she first came to live with me, she was very interested to chase the toy I chuck it for the boys. She picked it (or steal it from the boys) and run away with it and never bring it back; then when she settled in, she is not interested in the toys anymore!!
you see what I mean, she is like a shadow to all the dogs
After half an hour playing fetching, Sizzle is hot and thirsty. I spotted him ran towards the pond, I thought he had a quick drink (yuk!) but instead he saw a piece of bark and swim over to fetch it. How sweet is that? Well, later Sing joined him in the pond, so I have to give them a nice bath after that!!!
my handsome Saturn! I love his smile, he is always a very happy dog.
this is my garden, picture taken this morning. I rake all the leaves and 24 hours later the garden is full of leaves again!! I love autumn, I just loved the colour and fallen leaves but not in my garden!! It made training harder. We haven't got a place big enough to separte into two parts, so the dogs go toilet in the same area. It is easy to pick up the dog mess when the garden is clear but in this condition!!
These autumn photos I took last weekend at Mitcham Common made me smile:
The KNIGHTs Shelties are always happy and cheerful
crazy Samber likes to bounce!!
she is always so agile, maybe is a little too agile at times!!
the above picture is from our drive, the fallen leaves make my drive very autumn!
my golden boy
always happy and loving
Saturn's autumn look!
and this is autumn Titan
we saw this kestrel in the Common looking for mice, then had a fight with seagull, my pictures didn't come out too well, so not going to post the photo of birds fighting
these are the bees that attacked Sizzle
This is another volunteer photo from the Sheltie Rescue group. These are the 50/50 pieces still $85, still half to the rescue (hey, I can cut a deal with anyone who puts the money or time toward a rescue of 20% discount for you or donation to the shelter if you tell me where to send it!)
Some quick updates from the puppies ...
Firstly, mai precious little boy ZAP
I received some lovely photos of Zap, he is well loved, well trained and is bonding with his dad David brilliantly. He is one happy little chap who received a lot of attentions whenever he goes. He started his puppy class today.
handsome Zap at 9/10 weeks old at his great gran's house
Zap with his daddy David and great gran
David's dad bought some lambs from the market, Zap was a little helper while David and his dad tried to feed the lambs. He is very good with the lambs, he didn't hurt any of them but keeping a very close eyes on them. Hopefully he will become a nice herder like his daddy Sing.
a very tired Zap after a long day herding the lambs!... and the girls
The girls are now migrated to the lounge and I have the box open up from time to time to give them more room to crawl around. Ferrari was the first one to open her eyes but follow very closely by Mercedes and Porsche. The girls are getting more active now. When they are awake, the first thing they are looking for is their mama Samber. After their satisfying din din, they will crawl around ...
Good morning girls!
Samber is always there for the girls when they wake up
... Mercedes started her chewing skill
don't you think Mercedes looks more like a lion cub than a sheltie?
such a hard life for a cute puppy
she is a cutie!
is a hot day!
Mercedes: hey sis, I think it is easy to learn the a, b, c than these funny scribbes!!
Now, stop taking anymore photos!!!
