Guard Dog

Last night I fell asleep on the sofa while watching TV. I woke up about 1 AM and went to bed. As I lay there, I heard something...Something on the floor behind my head. I know there's a mouse in the basement and I was too tired to do anything about it. I woke up this morning to Luther's barking! Luther was focused on something on the bedroom floor. The mouse! NO. It was a frog! This has been a banner year for frogs in the pond and tree frogs all around. I called Jimmy and he quickly came, snatched up the tree frog and put him out the bathroom window (where the critter probably made his entrance). It's been a quiet day now that froggy left. :-)

Refrigerator Humor

Here's a dog cartoon that I cut out years ago and it's had a special spot on the side of my refrigerator. It goes along with my strange sense of humor. I read in a book recently that a dogs sense of smell is 700x that of man!

How's the family?

We heard from Lauren in Montana today. Luther's full sister, Grace, just passed her first Junior Hunt test. Congrats, Grace! Three more to go for your Junior Hunter title. Lauren and Grace will be not only attending but they were selected to be one of the handler/dog teams for Mike Lardy's Seminar in Montana the end of June. That's fantastic. Wish we could be there. In case you don't know, Mike Lardy is THE big name in retriever training. This is quite a privilege.

The photo above was taken a couple weeks ago. Luther is entering the water for a water retrieve. This is the way to cool off on a hot day.

UPDATE June 20th - Lauren emailed and said Grace breezed through all the Junior Hunt Tests and has her title. Why doesn't that surprise me!!! Way to go, Grace.

Those Eyes

Yesterday I snapped this photo of Luther's Eyes. They've always reminded me of a rich melting Kraft Caramel.

Time Flies!

It's been a while since we posted. We've busy this past couple months getting Luther's Junior Hunter title and helping our club with Field Trials. I want to do some layouts showing his Junior Title adventure and therein lies the problem. I just haven't gotten to them. I snapped this photo yesterday of Luther. He loves to lie on the rug and look out the sliding glass door. He is getting to be one handsome fellow--his looks are maturing. I know his personality is, too. Today I cleaned both cars and worked on cleaning out the garage. He never left the area. I never had to call him. In fact, he got into his kennel and relaxed for a while and then got into the backseat area of my Sienna and just watched. His breath smells real good. He did manage to find a partial pack of spearmint gum. No doggie breath for Luther!