Puppies' First Big Adventure

So yesterday, Yishai asked me if I would like to walk with him up Bishop Peak. Then, I thought, "What a perfect puppy adventure!" I felt really bad about leaving Fury and Rexy behind, but five dogs is quite a handful sometimes, so they chilled at home (they get fun times today), and I leashed up the little rascals and went to pick up Yishai and his kid and headed up the peak.


Here it is:

While the photo makes it look incredibly rural, if you just look over the hills in the midground, you'll find houses. Bishop peak is about a twenty minute walk from my house or a five minute drive. The hike starts at the chapparel line and you end up on the top of the rocks there.

Y watches as they take off Wet-Aussie-Gremlin-style down the path. "PUPPIES! COME BAAAAAAACK!"


So then, once we got them back on leads, it was a heck of a time getting them up over rocks and such until they learned how to negotiate it all. Once we got higher up on the mountain, I let them off lead. They're very obedient - something everyone who stopped noticed. I have to say, though, if, at 12 weeks they don't come when called, sit and chill while I do whatever I need to, I didn't do my job. They're supposed to be biddable.


As soon as the leads came off, Moto managed to hurl himself into a bush and get stuck. Emma felt bad for him and went in after him eventually, but not before he got himself extracted (never help them, they gotta learn to do it themselves, these adventure dogs).

Saaaaaave me!

THey kinda looked like those little remote-control 4-Wheel Drive trucks going up over this stuff, especially as they got more tired. Rrrr, rrrr! I was really impressed with Emma on this one. She's usually slower and dopey compared to the other two, but she consistently charged the rocks, figured out the tricks and stayed ahead of the pack on the trails. It's amazing what she continues to bust out. I'm glad that I got to keep her longer to find out that she is, while often overlooked, a totally awesome little Aussie.


Then we get up to the summit blocks, and they just aren't big enough to do it themselves yet, so Yishai hoists them:

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And we're on top! It was really windy, not that the puppies cared:

And back off again. At this point, Moto's all legs, and gangly ones.

 While the girls eagerly follow Yishai as he trots down the hill, Moto says, "I give up."

And so, like a good momma bringing up the rear, I pick him up and carry him until we catch Yishai (you don't catch Yishai, he stops and waits for you), at which point I told him that he had successfully deflated Moto's ego when he got left behind. What a bad breeder dad. And Yishai's like, "But the other girls wanted to charge, he was left with you, it was fine!" "And just how does that make you feel, that poor Moto had to get stuck being carried, and left out of the fun!" Ahh yes, just a preview of our parenting skills at work. Poor Motzi. Soon enough, he will be knocking Yishai out of the way, and then we shall see, won't we?


Oh, on that note, unless something crazy happens, I'm giving up and taking Moto for my own. I'll leave him posted as for sale, but there are only a couple homes I can imagine him going to. I think he's too awesome just just place in a pet home and heck, Yishai and I are in love with him. Three dogs in the family isn't too many, right? But I said I only wanted to be a one-dog gal! AHHH!


Also, i feel like a real breeder! This was in my inbox this morning:


"Hello i am JACK MOORE i saw an advertisement, and am interested in buying,do you still have the pet for sale? if yes, please i will like you to email me more information about the advertisement and the final asking price.my email address is jack2moore22@yahoo.com and phone number is 206-339-4965."


And my immediate thought is, "Scammer." The pet? The listing that the guy got off this is in a cattledog section, and the price is listed. But follow up, right?


Me: More info on Moto can be found at http://www.maculated.com/Tara/litters.html. He is $800 firm. I am looking for a stock or trialling home for him.


Jack: Thank you for the reply, i want to know if you accept money order payment get back asap.


Oh yeah, it's a scam: http://www.puplistings.com/pages.php?page=8


But you never know, so I write: I can. But I would like to know a lot more about you before we talk about payment.


And he comes back with: Thank for the reply, i live in Ca and i am a business man with three beautiful kids two boys and a girl. what more do you want to know, also i will want to explain the shipping process to you get back asap.


Yeah, no deal buddy. There's no shipping process that you're dictating, especially not in California. And 206 is a Washington number. I told him to shove it and find someone dumber than me. No response. Surprised?

I am so legit! I got the puppy buyer scam!!