It's snowing...

Dinner

I went out to dinner with Karro tonight, a belated b-day dinner. OMG did we eat... mmmm. :) Great food, great company and lots of fun conversation topics - an excellent evening in other words.

Now, it's time for some "Scrubs".. a little JD and Turk will top off an already great evening.

Nighty Night!

The Sun Came Out

We finally got some beautiful weather today after weeks and weeks of gray, dark and rainy weather. We went to the park where the dogs could play and have fun... When Alih was tired, I dropped him off at the car and hooked Jay up to his WP harness so he could get some drag weight training. Managed to get some nice pics of the babies today as well. Enjoy! :)

First, some pics of the Gorgeous Old Man... he is such a handsome baby. And he may be old, but he's still as feisty as can be... If you don't know him really well, you don't want to walk up to him unannounced... :)

Below pics of Jay in his new WP harness. Looking cute eh?! :)

Below: This was obviously not a good quality pic, but Jay looked so funny on it. What the heck happened to his ears???... hihihi...

Below: Wild Baby flying over anything and everything. :)

Best of Opposite Sex

- That’s what James became today at the unofficial Dog Show we went to. :)

That means, for anyone who wouldn’t know, that he became the Best Male Amstaff. He was, however, beaten by the Best Female Amstaff thus his title “Best of Opposite Sex”. I am extremely happy and proud of my baby, considering he’s still just a junior and yet became the best male.

The reason for going to an unofficial show was really for me to practice on showing James. James has the show experience but I don’t, so I needed to train more before the big Dog Show in Stockholm (Hund 08) in December. And hopefully gain some confidence ... :)

Here’s James critic (first in Swedish):
Välutvecklad junior hane. Maskulint huvud med korrekt bett. Välburna öron. Välutvecklat förbröst och bröstkorg. Bra benstomme. Rör sig bra runt om. Välvisad.

The critic in English:
Well-developed junior male, Masculine head with correct bite. Well-carried ears. Well-developed chest and thorax. Good bone-structure. Moves well all around. Well shown.

That last part “well shown” means the most to me from today, considering I have been doubting my handler skills for so long. Obviously, I know I have learned a lot considering I have taken a handler class… but still, this felt fabulous to hear!

To sum up the results in Swedish: 1HP, BH1, BIM

Yesterday, it was James' first time at the WP training with his new harness. I was worried the harness would be slightly too big but I think it worked (& fitted him) great after all. :) James is such a good “working dog”… We began by going for a longer walk with the dogs pulling chains. I wasn't sure if the newly purchased chain would be too heavy for him on these longer walks but no problem at all. He just kept going and going like it was nothing. He barley breathes heavy... I swear! He’s such a good baby and an excellent athlete. After the walk, it was time for the cart and he did great here too. My baby may be wild, but he sure has a work ethic like few others. :)

By the way, the judge today said when touching James: “This guy sure gets lots of exercise. He’s rock hard”...and that he is. My little baby has always been a bad eater, but muscles he's still managed to get. :)

My Old Baby is back from the country, so I'm gonna walk over to my mom and dad's apartment and pick him up. My old yummy Stinky Baby... :)

Happy 10 years, Cosmo!

Happy Birthday, Cosmo!!

This is Alih's & Carlos' buddy Cosmo... the 3 boys hung out a whole lot, they more or less grew up together. :) ... The 3 musketeers. :) The years have gone by way too fast, and even though Cosmo lost his play & hike buddies when we moved to Sweden, he got himself a little brother instead... hihi.. He loves his brother just about as much as Alih loves James... :) Old men having to raise young and wild kids... it's not fair. :)

Wishing you a wonderful day, Cosmo... with lots of yummy bones and delicious treats.

With Love from Sweden..

Happy Birthday!

A BIG

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

TO MY MOM

&

TO MY COUSIN KAROLINA...

They have their birthdays on the same day. We have already had cake with mom and we are going out to dinner in a short while. On Tuesday, Karro and I are going out to celebrate her with some yummy dinner as well.

Have a great day!

Roll On

Have you heard this song before? It's a Kid Rock song... called "Roll On"... so good!

Being Wise

**If you don’t know where you’re going how do you expect to get there?**

**To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.**

**Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.**

In support of our new President

In order to show our true support for President Barack Obama, we ordered some items. Yes, even James is getting a T-shirt... hihi... Unfortunately, they did not have big enough T-shirts for Alih. But he can use the tote bag. :)

http://www.cafepress.com/

Check out their website, they have lots of fun items.

Not part of the plan

My weekend did not turn out the way it was planned. I got the stomach flu Saturday night / Sunday morning (vomiting and crapping). Damn I was sick, it’s been years since I was sick like this. I never left the bathroom, instead I curled up like a ball on the floor in-between crapping and puking. Ah, it was horrible!

James and I were scheduled to go to another handler class on Sunday but I was too weak to go… It really sucked ‘cause I had been so looking forward to it. But not much to do about that...

I don’t think I’ve mentioned that James has an appointment to get his hips & elbows X-rayed (Hd/Ad röntgen) on December the 10th. I’m a little nervous considering my boy has to be sedated but also for the results… what will they say? Obviously I won’t know the results right away, but I truly believe he will have excellent hips & elbows. Now, that’s just a hunch I have, but I have been wrong before. :) I’m crossing my fingers & toes though …

Jayness got his much anticipated WP harness one or two weeks ago. It looks good, however, it’s slightly big. Last night we purchased a chain so we won’t have to borrow that all the time … and this also means we can train drag weight with him whenever we feel like it. Excellent!

My old fabulous boy Alih, is doing good. No more problems with his back leg – knock on wood… Ah, Thank God!

Anyhow, it is time to study…