This 40 pound sack of dog food makes a good bed.
More from the Parade
Some people didn’t believe I was at the Parade on the 4th since I only had photos of other people so here is my proof 
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Me and George
Carol and I with Lady Liberty.
Marching and handing out SF Green Neighbor Bags with Fernado and Robby
Me, Clare and Carol, being the SF Float.
Catching up with the family
Charlie is spending a couple days here at Solstice while his Momma is away. So I thought it was time to catch up with the rest of the family:
Here is Zippy’s Blog -
http://highridgehighlights.blogspot.com/
Harry has updated photos of Bonnie on his site:
http://www.arylan.com/Up&Comers.htm
Teddy (formerly known as Henry) has his own blog here:
Happy 4th of July
I spent the morning at the 4th of July parade, not as a watcher but as a walker. State Farm had a group in the parade and I volunteered to be a part of it. The dogs weren’t invited but there were plenty of them there, it was fun to see all the people out with their families including their dogs. Ginger and the Flea went to watch and pick us up at the end of the Parade. We had a fun time, maybe next year the dogs will be invited.
Umbrella Girls Clare and Carol
A long the parade route
How cute is this?
Clare celebrates making it to the end!
We are going to watch baseball, eat hot dogs and watch fireworks to end out Independence day!
Plotting and Planning
Part of the fun of dog breeding is the plotting and planning of each breeding. Sometimes you see dogs in your heads and think if I do this or that I’ll be able to create this picture in my head. I started in German Shorthaired Pointers, a breed I love very much but as a breeder of GSPs I had one litter of 2 pretty girls and I could never see the next step. I spent a lot of time trying to plot my next step and it never happened. When I started in Cardigans and began to look at dogs and pedigrees and I started to see those dogs in my head. It took awhile for me to get started but I think I’m on my way, or at least I have a plan.
The next step in the plan is a little bit unconvential. Lindy will be bred to a lovely young dog named Oscar. Now the unconvential part Oscar is a Fluffy Boy. He is a young dog with lovely structure and a lovely pedigree. I had Lindy DNA tested for the Fluff gene and she came back clear and Oscar’s hip x-rays look good (we have copies). I’m excited about what this breeding could produce, those dogs in my head again.
Arylan Tribute to Liberty (Oscar)
(Ch. Paradiddle Warrior Poet of Blackduck x Ch. Rhys Sweet Adeline)
at 12 weeks.
Arylan Flying Start
(Ch.Paradiddle’s Chain Reaction x Ch.Paradiddle Coedwig Encore)
Lindy is expected in season in early fall so we will be looking at early winter puppies. Updates as they happen.
Waiting for news
Part of the fun of having an extended Doggy Family is sometimes you just get to sit home and wait for news. This past weekend was one of those weekends.
PJ’s brother Harvey (Ch. Mariel’s Harvest Moon) got group placements this weekend, including a Group 1.
Harry was in OKC with Chickie and June Carter and Chickie (http://www.arylan.com/Chickie%20Page.htm) was WB/BW for a major, which was very cool.
But the very coolest news was a call from my good friend Phyllis of Philmac Tollers (http://home.comcast.net/~philmactollers/) called me that her young special Ranger (Ch. Javahill Backwoods Boy, RN) was awarded BEST IN SHOW! The Holy Grail of the dog show world. I was so happy for Ranger’s team. It was great that the judge awarded the BIS to a basically unknown dog shown by a Jr. Handler. Ranger is Phyllis’ hunting buddy and all around good buddy. He isn’t on the show circuit and isn’t advertised. He is a very nice dog that lives in a small town in New Mexico and isn’t shown very much. This is sort of a small town boy makes good story. But the thing is, is that Ranger is a very nice dog. He is like a lot of really nice dogs, he lives a great life as some one beloved pet and on occasion he goes out to be a show dog. One of the nicest dogs you’ll never see because he lives in a backyard instead of on a show circuit. So congratulations TEAM Ranger on your success!
I can’t wait to see what happens next weekend!
Girls on the Go
Hey it’s me Frost! and Bailey!
“Hush twerp, I’ll tell this story”
Anyway, it’s me Frost and I’m a STAR!
We had graduation from our STAR class, I know I was the best! Charlie graduated too. Grandma, Bailey and the Flea were there to watch our graduation. Momma said she was proud of me and the I’ll get a certificate and everything, dang I’m good! Momma said she was proud of Charlie too but I know I was the best!
After class, Auntie Cody asked if we got our passing surpise, Momma said yes but we dogs didn’t know what that was but it sounded good.
We got back in our van and went to another place, it had lots of plants and some really pretty grass. We met Deb, the head grower of the plants and Scooter, the store dog and a bunch of kids. Momma said it was called Sierra Vista Growers http://www.sierravistagrowers.net/. Momma bought some plants and Grandma bought a tree, Charlie asked me if I thought he would be able to pee on it later, I told him I didn’t see why not since that is what boys did all the time anyway.
The people were hungry so they wanted lunch, we dogs wanted lunch too but we were not invited to lunch. We hung out in our van, Momma got us all set under a pecan tree with our fans and shades and they went in to have lunch while we guarded the van. There were a bunch of noise motorcycles around and Bailey was scared of them and kept barking at them.
“I wasn’t scared! I was just taking care of our stuff”
She was scared, she just won’t admit it, such a twerp! Anyway, we dogs were trying to nap but Momma and Cody kept coming out every few minuets to check on us and waking us up. Eventually they finished their lunch and told us it was time for our surprise.
ICE CREAM!!!!
We stopped at Stahmann Farms http://www.stahmanns.com/ and sat on their porch and ate ice cream. The Flea even got some, it got stuck all in her beard, I tried to clean her face but she didn’t seem to like that too much. Lots of people stopped to talk to us and we had our nice manners on and were very good dogs.
It was a very fun day!
Stay Cool! Frost out.
Hey, it’s Bailey, it’s my turn now!
I like ICE CREAM!
Thats all,
Bailey out
Bailey’s Business
It’s Bailey!
I had a real fun night, I got to go to Grandma’s house with Momma, just me! The Flea was there and a bunch of ladies who thought I was so cute, which I am.
They were playing a game so the Flea and I played our own games. We ran all around Grandma’s house and under the tables where the ladies were playing their games. I was real interest in the game. It was called Bunko and they were throwing these little things around on the table. Momma let me sit in her lap to watch.
Momma was hoping I would bring her luck, but I didn’t. I did have fun and once I was even able to grab the dice but they wouldn’t let play, I don’t really know why, I think Icould have won. Tomorrow we go to the Farmer’s Market and to see Frost and Charlie try and graduate from their Star class, maybe something fun will happen tomorrow.
