Bree's Fun Weekend, Part Two

The much awaited Part Two of Bree's Fun Weekend:

On Sunday May 17th, Bree, Rainey & I drove up to the

Ottawa Field Trial Grounds in Eagle, WI so we could 

hang out at the Central Wisconsin Vizsla Club hunt test.

I wanted to expose Bree to the sights, sounds and smells

of a hunt test. There was lots to be exposed to. She saw

her very first horse (and discovered that she REALLY likes 

horse poop), heard the pops of gunfire from the Master/Senior

field (didn't even notice) and was very curious about the

fluttering in the bird box.

And the other cool part was that Bree had a reunion with 

her brother Dante! They were happy to see each, though 

it's hard to say if they recognized each other. Both are 

such happy dogs!

After things wrapped up in the Junior field, John and I took

Bree and Dante for a run. I don't think there were many quail 

left in the field, but they sure had fun running together.

When all of the tests were done, Bree got her first real 

introduction to live quail. A club member planted a couple

for her and let her find them. While she had always had an 

interest in birds, this definitely turned something ON in her.

When she got crated while another dog took their turn, she

started to bark her head off. She wanted back in the field!!!

My friend Sue snapped these pictures of Bree with her new

"friend." We look forward to getting Bree back on birds 

real soon.

Bree's Fun Weekend, Part One

Since the weather has been wonderful, we have been 

making more and more trips to the dog park. It's 44

acres of pure joy for the dogs. I think it has been really 

good for Rainey and Bree. They have definitely bonded

closer than we have ever expected. Here is a photo

recap of our trip on Saturday May 16th.

Rainey LOVES to roll. Sometimes it's to roll on 

something stinky and other times it's for the joy

of rolling in the grasses. Here Bree is nosing 

around where Rainey just rolled.

After watching Rainey do this several times,

she started to do it herself! I don't think she 

knew why she was doing it, but thought if 

Rainey did it, it must be good!

The joy of the dog park! 

I just love this picture of Rainey. 

Bree standing on the edge of the pond. Here she

only has a paw in, but she eventually went in

on her own.

Running around the bend.

Sharing a stick with Rainey. More proof of 

how well close they have become.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Having another roll.

Running through the grasses.

Rainey in the grasses.

Playing keep away in the big field.

Team work.

Posing in the big field.

Part Two of Bree's Fun Weekend to come soon!

TV Debut

A couple of red dogs made their TV debut over the weekend:

http://lxtv.com/1stlookchicago/video/9906

Enjoy!

Vizslas Galore!

On Saturday, Josie was invited out to a play day in Wimberley...

and talk about redheads galore! We tried to conduct a head count,

but all the pups were zooming around so much, I don't think we

were very accurate. So we're guessing there were at least 15 

Vizslas, two German Shorthairs, one German Shepherd and two 

Westie looking guys.

Josie was the youngest and smallest of the Vs by far, but my little 

squirt did her best to keep up with the pack. When she dropped

too far back as they raced around the property (it was at least 

8-10 fenced in acres), she would patiently wait for the mob to 

come roaring back in her direction, then she would join them in 

the front...running as hard as she could until she was left in their 

dust again. I can't begin to say how many times this process took

place, but just watching them made me want to take a nap. 

Needless to say, Josie slept all the way home...and then some.

I wish more of my pictures turned out, but the second I had a 

lens full of red, they were gone just as fast.

By the way, Josie is now up to 26.4 lbs. She's such a sweet little 

muffin! 

This is about half the hoard. 

Josie is in the front left foreground.

Hey, nice bandana!

Josie waiting for the pack to race back her way.

Uh, oh! Someone's in jail for getting frisky 

with the ladies.

 

One of these things is not like the others.

Bree Update

Little Miss Bree has been a very busy girl! She recently 

finished another session of obedience classes and has 

been continuing with her agility classes. She absolutely 

LOVES the tunnels and will sometimes dive into them as 

they are being carried off to be put away! She is actually 

starting to understand to take the line of obstacles in 

front of her.

Speaking of agility, Bree has been tagging along with 

me and Rainey to some agility trials. She loves to come 

along to visit with all the nice people (they feed her, so 

of course she loves them) and hang out with her canine 

friends. She likes to watch the agility runs, especially 

the fast dogs.

This past weekend Bree made her conformation debut at 

the Dairyland Classic shows in Jefferson, WI. It was her 

first road trip since we brought her home and her first 

stay at a hotel. We were rooming with my friend Sherrie 

and her vizslas Allie and Will (Rainey was with us too). 

Bree absolutely LOVED playing with Will (and Allie loved 

that Bree gave her a break from Will). Even though he was 

much bigger than Bree (he's a handsome 16 month old), he 

was very gentle with her. Bree loved jumping around 

on the beds and playing keep away with the toys.

For her first time in the ring, I was very pleased with 

her. She was such a peanut compare to the other puppies 

in the 6-9 month class (many of them were just shy of 9 

months), so she was the real baby of the bunch. She was 

pretty squirrely when it came to stacking and having the 

judges go over her, but they were very kind to her. By the 

time it got to the last day of the three day cluster, she 

really let the judge go over her. 

I wasn't expecting to get anything out of the weekend 

except for some socialization and ring experience, but 

was very pleased that she ended the weekend at the 

Central Wisconsin Vizsla Club specialty with a second place 

in the puppy class. For now we will continue to go to our 

conformation classes and let her grow up a little 

more before her next show.