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Thursday, April 30, 2009

One Bright Star in the Evening Sky....

Your love's light leads me on my way.

SunKissed Starr's R Forever ::Molly:: 4/10/05~4/29/09

Gone way too soon and will be Forever in our Hearts.
Godspeed sweet girl...our lives will never be the same without you.

Love,

Bob, Linda, Jamie, Erik,
and your golden family: Max, Siena, Truly, Apollo & Zap








Sunday, April 5, 2009

New Pictures of Zap

The dogs got a lot of outside time this weekend. When I have more time I will write about the wonderful agility seminar we attended last weekend!



Zap-A-Roo Look at YOU

Big Boy carrying the Big Kong

Looks like a new digging spot

Haha...Apollo was surprised how fast the little guy is getting!

My new favorite picture of Zappy

Future show dog?






Thursday, April 2, 2009

14 Weeks Old....yesterday! ;-)

Zap is growing up! He can no longer go under the coffee table with out ducking. All of a sudden he has legs. As of Monday at the vet's office he weighed 23.5 lbs. I can still pick him up (barely). Bath for Zap this weekend then hopefully some stacked pictures.
Bold, beautiful and bouncy...I love this puppy!

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

13 Weeks Old!

Now it's time to start counting weeks and months...so as of yesterday Zap is 3 months old :)

I am finding that Zap's training is zooming along. The key is integrating his training into our everyday routine and it's working beautifully! I couldn't be more pleased with his progress. We do a short burst of attention heeling before EVERY meal and he is so flashy. The name game is done EVERY time he is called in from outside. Adding distractions slowly is important and we take our training on the road whenever there are errands to run and classes to attend. I'm loving this process and he is such a sponge.....taking it all in!

Agility class for Siena and Truly today. We should be on our way to Syracuse for 4 days of agility trials; however, Siena came into heat so we had to cancel :( Have to admit I am very disappointed since we haven't trialed since November. On the up side we have some nice trials coming up in May, June and July!

Bought the Zap Man a new bed at CVS this past weekend. Surprisingly they have a cute little selection of dog stuff. It was only $3 (had a $2 off coupon :). I know it's small~but hey, when he is 75 pounds he can use it as a pillow and he looks so cute in it now.

Off to play agility!



Zap's new bed

Friday, March 20, 2009

Fresh and Clean

Apollo was due for a bath and some grooming so today was his day. He was perfect for me in the tub. In fact, he is the easiest dog I've ever bathed!

Soft coat and smelling sweet....this boy is extra huggable today!




Max and Apollo....Apollo waiting for the kong


Apollo's turn with the Kong


Looks like he should be on a calendar!


Waiting for Max to come out to play


Looking very grown up

Such a handsome boy


Wednesday, March 18, 2009

12 Weeks Old!

Of course we had to celebrate this special day with a baby ice cream cone! It got up to 60 degrees today and stopping for an ice cream treat on the way home from agility class made it seem like winter is OVER ;-)

Happy 12 week birthday wishes to the "Blue" siblings.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Outside Playtime

We've had some gorgeous spring weather the past few days. Zap enjoys being outside and he can always make me laugh. Nothing like a cute golden puppy bounding up to you proudly holding his favorite toy. Happy St. Patrick's Day!

he looks so grown up in this picture


new favorite ball


that look is TROUBLE ;-)

beautiful puppy

Always working on that recall