Thursday, July 26, 2012

Confessions of a Lazy Tugger

Placer playing tug... laying down at his first day back on the job
This last weekend we got to head on up to San Rafael, CA to meet up with Phoenix's new family... and Placers litter mates at Fun Day. It was fun to get away- even if it was a super quick trip.

Don't worry that the litter mate pictures are on my husband's camera.. so you get my cell phone pictures for now.  Just picture 3 more Placers in the picture... all about the same size except one, the female- Palm. His brothers, Pacer and Pryor look just the same and both seem to be nice pups like Place. One of the raisers said that 2 of the "P" goldens (Peanut and Patriot) have already been CC'ed which surprises me with how nice Placer is and how well his other brother in Utah (Pilgrim) is doing. Here's our trip:

Placer in a Gas station in Placer County, CA

Alcatraz (his BFF and my co-raisers Guide Dog) and Placer 


We got to see Phoenix again. He wasn't too happy to have to wear his head collar, but he looks very proud to be a daddy and we even got to see his babies! (on the monitor, but still!) His Breeder Keepers are a wonderful family and love him a lot. Only 5 weeks until the puppies are ready for raisers! We can't wait to see what names they use! (We're hoping the really dark one in the middle is a Male.)
Mamie and the "K" babies on the kennel kitchen monitor.
Phoenix sure has some cute babies... Almost White to Dark Red.

He's Official now!  Getting his bandanna.



Place in San Francisco waiting for Rick to come out of Bubba Gumps with a Po Boy to hopefully share with him

The results after San Francisco


Placer and his new buddy, Griffin. We brought Griffin home for his new raiser.
 Overall, it was a fun trip and a nice vacation. Hopefully we get to take another trip out there sometime in the future to watch Placer graduate and introduce Mr. "K" to his daddy and his predecessor.

Friday, July 13, 2012

He does like her!

Tonight, as we were getting ready to go to bed, we let both dogs out and started on our nightime routine. Placer was acting super unsettled and started running from our room to the back door and barking. He hardly ever barks (if at all) so it was super weird. He got in trouble, but was really stubborn and kept at the back door. I started to think that something weird was going on in the back yard, so I opened the door to show him, nothing was outside that he should be worried about. As soon as I opened the door I was greeted by a very relieved little black lab. We thought she was in the living room sleeping this whole time! Good to know Placer is willing to risk getting into trouble to save his sister from camping out all night!

They're both inside and happy now...

Oh, and P.S. I need "K" names to submit for 6 puppies- 2 Males and 4 females! Born July 6.

Yay for Phee being a dad!

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Jealous of Judith

Placer's trying REAAALLY hard to be a black lab... Can you see his black patch?


Friday, July 6, 2012

9-month Glamor Shots

About a month ago, Lindsey invited us to get pictures taken with Hallie and Savoy... Here are some of those pictures:



I love his cute tongue...

I just think this picture is goofy.


Isn't he handsome?