We got SNOW!

Smoke (CueB x Fog)

Rudy (Erika x Carver)

Mist (CueB x Fog)

Mist playing with her grandpa "Kane"

Lane (Izzy x Malone)

Imp. Cloud

Brit (Imp. Liz x Imp. Tweed)

Blaze

And yes the little Chihuahuas go out in the snow too!!

The pups LOVE the hose!!

Here is a quick video of the pups (with Grandma Cloud helping) having a blast with the water hose on the gravel driveway.

Family comes to visit over Fourth of July!!

I was lucky enough to get to watch one of Cloud and Kane's daughters over the weekend!!

Kane and Cloud were more than happy to open up and welcome back their lovely daughter Bono!!

She was the pup I was SO tempted to keep when she was little!! But a lovely family stepped up and wanted a girl. Bono was a perfect fit for their home.

It was great to see her show 'flashes' of both her hard working parents.

Bono was a joy to puppy sit thru the weekend!!

Of course I had to have a 'family' photo before she went back home!!

The passing of a great lady

The lady in this photo is Ida "Ree" Beckmann. (pictured here with four generations of dogs - many of which I own relatives of) She was the mother to my good friend Becky. I first met and spent time with her when I flew up to MN to pick up Kane and Ben. Her love for the dogs was so evident.

She passed away on March 2nd at the age of 81. She will be missed by so many!!


Here Ree with "Queen" (littermate sister to my boy "Mic")

Here she is with "Dixi" who is a pup I bred (Imp. Cloud x Mac) and now lives with Becky in MN. Ree just loved taking care of the pups. She loved on them all the time!!

VIDEO!!!

I was able to pull a few old videos off my camcorder using someone else's computer.

Here is the Cloud babies at four weeks old!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ6xNQzdzKQ

Yes they are much older now ... but it has been fun for me to walk down memory lane.

Silly Cloud

Talk about being silly!! Cloud is certainly a 'kid at heart'!! Even as though she is a grandma (actually great grandma I believe).... give this silly face a stuff toy and you will find stuffing EVERYWHERE!!!

Here is a short video of Cloud working sheep in a smaller pen. She had not gotten to work in quite awhile. I just pulled her out of the van and sent her to work ... and this is what I got. I sadly had to mute the sound as all you could here was me occasionally with a 'lie down' or a flank... but it was drowned out by the terrible wind that day.

Cloud is the mother to "Fog" (the daddy of Candy's pups). She is also the mother to "Coal" (the dog who is now with Billy "One for the Book" blog) as well as "Bill" (residing at a friends as a pet for now) and "Rain" the silly imp that makes me laugh daily.

I really enjoy working Cloud .. and get reminded of this every time I do. She needs her advanced legs in ASCA sheep & ducks ...simply because I have not entered her in a trial at that level yet.. (I know bad Mommy).. but trial or workday... Cloud lives for it all!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KIyhmexq6E