A Day at the Beach

So, Saturday night, the remaining three pups had their last shots and we're good to go to meet new dogs. Yishai declared it a "Kristin day" and said he would do anything I wanted to. Being low maintenance (and also have some major problems with my right shoulder), I opted for "let's take the dogs to the beach." Not a major sacrifice on his part.

We loaded them up into his new event truck and away we went.

When the kids got to the beach, they were confident little guys until we tried to get them to venture into the water. Yishai and I would feed them treats but when the water rushed around them, they would high tail it to drier ground.

The older dogs spent hours playing Frisbee and tennis ball, so eventually the puppies got over it and chased them up and down the beach.

We were on high alert as this is the "dog beach" and I didn't want anyone getting into trouble, but everyone they met was fabulous to them. This one woman came over and sat down and soon had Moto draped all over her asleep and Rippa and Emma sleeping beside her. They were so good and friendly.

I think it's wonderful that Emma and Rex are such good friends, seeing as how Rex is now her nephew. :)

I'm not stoked that as soon as Rips and Motzi are leashed, they get barky at strangers. Will have to fix that one.

Anyone notice how big they are compared to Fury? I don't think we'll be getting "minis" out of this bunch. They even have more bone than she does at 3 months.

The pups again were worked. They let me sleep in until 9:30 today, and that's when I woke up naturally! I was up late last night grading midterms. :)

Laura got home from her family vacation and reports that her parents (the owners of Emma) have photos of Emma printed and displayed all over the house. When people came over to see them, they would pull out the baby photos. This is awesome. Her father comes today to meet her and will be taking her home on Wednesday. I guess Emma's first puppy class is on Thursday so they are eager.

When Laura told me she was leaving sooner than I thought, I was really, really said. You get attached, you know? Emma was the quiet middle child who wasn't as striking as the other puppies and so polite that she got lost in the shuffle. Me being able to keep her till 12 weeks allowed me to see that she's a stellar little guy. The other two puppies are looking pretty awkward - Emma looks perfect and beautiful. She's growing into a striking kid. She's the first to lead the charge on anything daring, and always the first to come when called or do a command I request. I was really happy to see that, and I appreciate her being such a nice little dog. I haven't heard a lot from the Flowers so I was a little worried that she was just going to be a dog until I found out about the pictures. I'll be seeing her some when the Flowers come to visit, and she's promised to take Emma to stockdog classes at Kathy Warrens when she's old enough so that we can see how she turned out. Given how I've seen her play - I think she's turned out solid. That little gal knows how to grip (ask Yishai's shorts when he does chase games with her).

And here's some photos of our other three:

Piper -

Curry -

Reid -

The lens on the iPhone made his nose look huge, according to Kathryn, so he's not that weird looking.