tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74790060612824431852024-02-07T18:27:54.105-08:00Kyrie the ISSA Shiloh ShepherdAnne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-45768720375687570222012-12-04T15:47:00.001-08:002012-12-04T15:47:13.660-08:00The Sparta Girls!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<P>Today we were taking care of Kyrie and Leo's daughter Astra for her people, so I decided that the girls needed a play-date! I hope you will enjoy the photos. We went out just before dawn and then the sun came up. :) <P>
<P>Astra says HELLO! She is a white/buff plush girl from Kyrie's litter with Leo, and is 20 months old. :) <P>
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Play with me!<P>
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<P>Astra loves frisbees! You can see the shaved spots behind her shoulders--those are from the heart testing she just completed. :) <P>
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<P>Astra and her younger half-sister Blazie! <P>
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Blazie is Kyrie's daughter from her litter this year with Piston. She is a smooth coat grey sable and is 6 months old. :) <P>
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<P> Blazie: Where did they go? <P>
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<P>Oh, there they are! Chasing me! <P>
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<P> Blazie loves to chase blowing leaves. We can tell that fall is her favorite season! <P>
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<P>Blazie and momma Kyrie as the sun came up. Kyrie appears to be trying out her dance steps! <P>
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<P>Playtime! Photos of the girls having a good time. :) <P>
Kyrie: Let's PLAY!
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<P>Wrestling time! <P>
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<P>The girls all get along. :) <P>
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<P> Everyone together during a brief moment of relative stillness! Such a variety of colors. :) <P>
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Kyrie says: Astra should visit more often!<P>
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<P>Thanks for reading, folks! <P>
Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-14177921956381867182012-08-03T14:53:00.000-07:002012-08-03T14:53:00.085-07:00The Littlest Hobo Book Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi everyone! Well, Kyrie and her fans have inspired a new project. I thought I would share it with you here. <P>
Ever since I started writing here about Charles P. "Chuck" Eisenmann and his dogs who played The Littlest Hobo on TV and in movies, I have received comments and emails from some very cool people who shared their memories of Chuck and his dogs with me. I can't even tell you how touching this has been, to receive this series of thank-you notes from complete strangers. Many times I've been moved to actual tears. Because of all of you, I have decided to go ahead with this project. <P>
I will be attempting to write a non-fiction book about Chuck and his dogs. I say "attempting" because I've never written non-fiction before. This project is somewhat daunting to me, but I think it needs to be tried. I don't want Chuck and his dogs to fade into obscurity, foot-noted on a few websites, subject of stories and rumors because no one ever wrote down how things happened and that's it. Chuck's books are out of print. There are dang few resources on the web--if there were more, y'all wouldn't have found me and Kyrie, here. :) <P>
I've created a new blog and have a new email specifically for communicating about this project, because I'll need some help. You can read more about it here, on the blog:
<a href="http://littlehoboblog.blogspot.com/">The Littlest Hobo Book Project - littlehoboblog.blogspot.com</a>
<P>The whole story of what and why is there--you can also look there for updates on the project in the future. Thanks so much, everyone, for reading. I hope to see you on the other side of the book!Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-44970930791287968922012-08-03T14:38:00.000-07:002012-08-03T14:38:32.761-07:00Kyrie/Piston Puppies!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<P>On May 29, 2012, Kyrie gave birth to six healthy, rambunctious puppies! As of this week they have all gone to their forever homes except for one--Blazie, the little sable girl, who we kept. :) You can see Blazie's blog here: <P>
<a href="http://spartablaze.blogspot.com/">Blazie the ISSR Shiloh Shepherd!</a> <P>
You can see all the photos we took over the first eight weeks and beyond here, on the Kyrie/Piston litter blog: <P>
<a href="http://kyriepistonlitter.blogspot.com/">The Kyrie/Piston Litter!</a> <P>
Thank you to everyone who took the time to compliment us on this wonderful litter! These pups had fantastic temperaments, gorgeous looks, and we're hoping for awesome size and health down the road!Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-52197781631042578002012-05-27T15:24:00.000-07:002012-05-27T15:24:31.261-07:00Kyrie's Second Litter!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yes, it's true! Kyrie has a new boyfriend: Champion and Grand Victor PISTON of Victory Shilohs! We are expecting pups any day now! <p>
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Margaret and David at Victory generously shared photos of Piston for us to post, such as the one below. Piston is a gorgeous black and grey sable boy with a rock-solid temperament, tons of confidence and an impressive presence! Combined with Kyrie's easy-to-train intelligence and sweetness we expect some really wonderful pups! <P>
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If you would like to follow the growth and development of this litter, you can check out our new litter blog at <a href="http://kyriepistonlitter.blogspot.com">http://kyriepistonlitter.blogspot.com</a> . Once pups are on the ground, we will be putting up plenty of pictures!<p>
Thanks for reading, everyone! Stay tuned for puppy news!Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-17559911963027011042011-07-15T12:26:00.001-07:002011-07-15T12:37:46.423-07:00Summertime Kyrie!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0A1pPTHwyLas_dpXdTEfS3dPW6mCcIqpcpS4mookLN6gop7YM0CDpU4mFTRrNUP7caC1ecExEdpd-VgNfgkPTTlA56_DhelqbiOX3VfGMYlisjquzAPbqOhTeDve-TbKHQ2OxGsoDqGA/s1600/Kyrie_pretty.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 321px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0A1pPTHwyLas_dpXdTEfS3dPW6mCcIqpcpS4mookLN6gop7YM0CDpU4mFTRrNUP7caC1ecExEdpd-VgNfgkPTTlA56_DhelqbiOX3VfGMYlisjquzAPbqOhTeDve-TbKHQ2OxGsoDqGA/s400/Kyrie_pretty.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629663697116185538" /></a><br />Kyrie loved her puppies, but she's happy not to have to share time with her humans with the little ones any more! She recovered very quickly from her whelping and nursing and is very fit and energetic, with a beautiful coat. Here are some photos of Kyrie outside, enjoying the cooler morning hours before the heat sets in. :)<br /><br />Below, she demonstrates her lovely flying trot! Tina, our Breed Founder, always liked to see the photos of Kyrie in her trot. She's really a smooth mover!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0PZaDGdQDuNeJbi5EPhla4chdu9Nv3Bdlr8l0VuDYMcgnOdJhvyzKo2FF0bFEiNntmJAGuc0cBmhItNNw-IkMytniLO3Oz-cA4UBbRg_ZRtvyQumDH3A0qMTxO9uGnNPNvbZnzuiItI/s1600/Kyrie_flying0711.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0PZaDGdQDuNeJbi5EPhla4chdu9Nv3Bdlr8l0VuDYMcgnOdJhvyzKo2FF0bFEiNntmJAGuc0cBmhItNNw-IkMytniLO3Oz-cA4UBbRg_ZRtvyQumDH3A0qMTxO9uGnNPNvbZnzuiItI/s400/Kyrie_flying0711.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629663613149706226" /></a><br />Kyrie loves to do what we call "the flouncy-pounce". Done correctly, Kyrie explodes from a standstill into a giant BOUNCE which then comes down in a play-bow, after which there is much running around the yard. :) Below, we see the BOUNCE part of the maneuver!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhuwr3UfgU0PRmyWlWRN5dFlKj950RjcfvEtNGLWpJ-yKml4z7wSqBPcjmVNIE3GTRPrnMw0xV9LdnVtIZdtx3gGuqM8IJYaz1CCew4spIHRsMFJK7fuUWD4qxFRZpkY0chqCnj31Eec/s1600/Kyrie_BOUNCE.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 386px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhuwr3UfgU0PRmyWlWRN5dFlKj950RjcfvEtNGLWpJ-yKml4z7wSqBPcjmVNIE3GTRPrnMw0xV9LdnVtIZdtx3gGuqM8IJYaz1CCew4spIHRsMFJK7fuUWD4qxFRZpkY0chqCnj31Eec/s400/Kyrie_BOUNCE.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629663606901247122" /></a><br />Kyrie expresses her disdain for my camera work, below.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_NhEur-TdRmV5_4brbMLQPpA_l0OYGCg4lzrnMI6iwcOLfcQ5PGs-oVU4WRQjfptiSk3BdVBmnKBqemw2ysZLVSfrlcl-0Z5g7GZGSnbWzsNSEwlsOISGBxQDwQtM37bBfi4_ShhrTgg/s1600/Kyrie_phbbbbt.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 329px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_NhEur-TdRmV5_4brbMLQPpA_l0OYGCg4lzrnMI6iwcOLfcQ5PGs-oVU4WRQjfptiSk3BdVBmnKBqemw2ysZLVSfrlcl-0Z5g7GZGSnbWzsNSEwlsOISGBxQDwQtM37bBfi4_ShhrTgg/s400/Kyrie_phbbbbt.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629663610484365010" /></a><br />Below is an awesome, and completely accidental photo! It was taken in the evening and the light was kind of funky. Somehow the camera managed to mostly focus on Kyrie running (look at that reach!), but everything else in the photo went rather psychedelic!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__KQLRhFhu44HHY2eFR0TYoYMvk-FYKIb2YUWoyftpwYyKkUiumCvnJmULMa2WHu7GpgbZmAkgNiloTUZQK30TEIDVZF2BqLNkZjWO28H4XTyrd8HXnDLDosLk7S69bLTWk_UYgiXATE/s1600/Kyrie_colorshift.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__KQLRhFhu44HHY2eFR0TYoYMvk-FYKIb2YUWoyftpwYyKkUiumCvnJmULMa2WHu7GpgbZmAkgNiloTUZQK30TEIDVZF2BqLNkZjWO28H4XTyrd8HXnDLDosLk7S69bLTWk_UYgiXATE/s400/Kyrie_colorshift.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629663605198623730" /></a><br />My pretty girl, holding a nice sit for me. :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPsNZ5fMcPGiv_pizkd5MHpHJTYHDUhVGNWQdOBRRCqo63LqSyhiPHo1qXvIiSlafEFDehrGAWykUfmQ7mKre90ER1aSIhTvmnvk7dDuYFoOBWV4XTrE-MXfMX3eStogzyDlVwCCegmqo/s1600/Kyrie_sit0611.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 252px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPsNZ5fMcPGiv_pizkd5MHpHJTYHDUhVGNWQdOBRRCqo63LqSyhiPHo1qXvIiSlafEFDehrGAWykUfmQ7mKre90ER1aSIhTvmnvk7dDuYFoOBWV4XTrE-MXfMX3eStogzyDlVwCCegmqo/s400/Kyrie_sit0611.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629663600438302674" /></a><br />Thanks for looking, everyone! I do love my Kyrie-girl, and I love sharing her with y'all. :) Have a great summer!Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-29868834861179623532011-07-15T12:15:00.001-07:002011-07-15T12:24:51.609-07:00Kyrie's Puppies!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMLwAuhPgbUfgnyeImUL_d1ng1kSbqxQHaqSlqbOCUMybz1GLDx9WWUcS2K4IfpE0QZEDY769NHTJB_ALlWp5H5DsVwijz8IflW43A14WzBFdTBJ24pN-Zf38mkFU57no8WjA7D_w7uM/s1600/Cutest_pack_photo.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMLwAuhPgbUfgnyeImUL_d1ng1kSbqxQHaqSlqbOCUMybz1GLDx9WWUcS2K4IfpE0QZEDY769NHTJB_ALlWp5H5DsVwijz8IflW43A14WzBFdTBJ24pN-Zf38mkFU57no8WjA7D_w7uM/s400/Cutest_pack_photo.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629661744946326754" /></a><br />Well it's been a long time since we had our last update! Kyrie did have her puppies, on Saturday the 26th of March. There were three: a white, a bi-color, and a dark sable. We named them Astra, Andros, and Ajax. Above you can see them at six weeks of age. <br /><br />If you would like to see ALL the photos we took from day one through ten weeks and beyond, please take a look at our Kyrie/Leo litter blog here:<br /><br /><a href="http://kyrieleolitter.blogspot.com/">Sparta's First Kyrie/Leo Litter Blog!</a><br /><br />At ten weeks, Astra went to friends of ours here in Denton. She kept her name, and we are hoping she will make herself a reputation in the show ring as she gets older!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvY1xb6Iwdl4eLpKwieCLfK_oTTfgVyym6tAZvC5FWNQc08OwWy_jAWM4oBoTgV-QEQfaBTgsyrwHOLRre0QbKIVh03PZTaXxYeDlztOCTiluxQNNzHox3B86sWgskm6Cw8Bzv2GsATw/s1600/Astra13wks_ears.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvY1xb6Iwdl4eLpKwieCLfK_oTTfgVyym6tAZvC5FWNQc08OwWy_jAWM4oBoTgV-QEQfaBTgsyrwHOLRre0QbKIVh03PZTaXxYeDlztOCTiluxQNNzHox3B86sWgskm6Cw8Bzv2GsATw/s400/Astra13wks_ears.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629661742600480706" /></a><br />At ten weeks, Ajax, now named Jax, went to Lewisville TX, just south of us. He shares his new home with another Shiloh Shepherd, a rescue German Shepherd, and a Shepherd mix--lots of new playmates!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWitVHCzcE6fXHVt7WLuhSX7N19f6hQrtf8ZlmageyGVEFakr9lCK10qC3k7s3TYS-qMN-06IzYKs-iVcCu9n0mwk0oLME-ac0WdgRtO9K9jq7DGAh_QyS1rSlDqHeOWry3RMq5JTZgHs/s1600/Jax_sit.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 347px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWitVHCzcE6fXHVt7WLuhSX7N19f6hQrtf8ZlmageyGVEFakr9lCK10qC3k7s3TYS-qMN-06IzYKs-iVcCu9n0mwk0oLME-ac0WdgRtO9K9jq7DGAh_QyS1rSlDqHeOWry3RMq5JTZgHs/s400/Jax_sit.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629661742179714562" /></a><br />At ten weeks, the last pup to leave was Andros, now called Saber. He lives with his new family in Flagstaff, AZ, and has three kids of his own now to play with!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWRzHrAQcSFmoA03nYoBp_rr5wdtMWaBHPtyb_obAs-d5aiOr97o5rZ1KQJTECLyCC3zp1wMiWR8rG_gRLZpsTuT7cSNM-UMEEUaDtyTb-SjLJxd0cmEFyhxfhm6wbZ91jOL4Acxb7fOA/s1600/Saber1_11wks.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWRzHrAQcSFmoA03nYoBp_rr5wdtMWaBHPtyb_obAs-d5aiOr97o5rZ1KQJTECLyCC3zp1wMiWR8rG_gRLZpsTuT7cSNM-UMEEUaDtyTb-SjLJxd0cmEFyhxfhm6wbZ91jOL4Acxb7fOA/s400/Saber1_11wks.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629661737480978178" /></a><br />Thanks for checking in! Up next: Kyrie summertime photos!Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-23872009135352125982011-03-23T07:54:00.001-07:002011-03-23T07:55:22.256-07:00Preggers Kyrie!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqcuJFqrV9w8wXAs_Oo4gaL86fN-yrpR-luGaK6PdQLcnK6nxhAP-oMePCEWVaOMgZv2r8Vb6ifbz2h8POmvyplVsrX_n_6pjmPHh6rD_FZZhaffEz1knjR5KKwIRTUdrPqERpLymjj4Y/s1600/Kyrie_preggers.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 334px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqcuJFqrV9w8wXAs_Oo4gaL86fN-yrpR-luGaK6PdQLcnK6nxhAP-oMePCEWVaOMgZv2r8Vb6ifbz2h8POmvyplVsrX_n_6pjmPHh6rD_FZZhaffEz1knjR5KKwIRTUdrPqERpLymjj4Y/s400/Kyrie_preggers.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587289086564388002" /></a><br />For those not on Facebook with us, I've been asked to post the preggers Kyrie photo I took the other day. Here you are, folks!<br /><br />Cross fingers and pray that we'll get pups tonight!Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-66624562175742830652011-03-15T12:21:00.000-07:002011-03-15T12:27:53.544-07:00We're Getting Close!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdMDzVneANqUenzS-J8-YYG31EaDDoxxXFMWZbDbb3Dy_ydAkD5U8sN7rbBFwORf1ByFnxOBGwBlgthDyXE0uXp_4pcOKa7mi-jRBPkUSG48JyUtOSHPyA3MyRB01M0DaIVrYamV9n2dY/s1600/Kyrie_whelpingbox.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdMDzVneANqUenzS-J8-YYG31EaDDoxxXFMWZbDbb3Dy_ydAkD5U8sN7rbBFwORf1ByFnxOBGwBlgthDyXE0uXp_4pcOKa7mi-jRBPkUSG48JyUtOSHPyA3MyRB01M0DaIVrYamV9n2dY/s400/Kyrie_whelpingbox.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584389264786347986" /></a><br />We are getting close to "puppy time"! Kyrie went in for her x-rays yesterday, to make sure the pups were still in there, and we saw the little skeletons! This will be a smaller litter, so it will be easier on Kyrie (and also on Zak and I!). Above you can see Kyrie in her brand-new whelping box. She loves to go in there for treats. When it's almost time for pups, we will put x-pens around the box to keep her close to it. <br /><br />Stay tuned for puppies, everyone! Due sometime between March 18th and the 27th! :) If you missed our litter announcement banner and our collage of Leo and Kyrie's ancestors and close relatives (who the pups may resemble), take a look at the last post from 2010. :)Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-19157415430650587792010-11-20T16:08:00.001-08:002011-01-07T13:30:01.187-08:00Future Kyrie Puppies??Could it be? Yes, it's true! This January we will be breeding Kyrie with our Champion sire, Leo, for the first time! Cross fingers with us that we will have a happy and healthy dam and litter of pupsters in March, everyone!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKC3nCTYhJEXPo80aVtAIsB3Sds9fekuTtMsBouINSJdUCyFHpfH2ykEkuxk8AQB0MNhbcEbGVcneBuaa7mkFtzD3YDGW6teAZhHWeoJ2597uAO3fnpMwf_o9LENYNLRFZniOiFzWdFIg/s1600/KyrieLeo+Banner.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKC3nCTYhJEXPo80aVtAIsB3Sds9fekuTtMsBouINSJdUCyFHpfH2ykEkuxk8AQB0MNhbcEbGVcneBuaa7mkFtzD3YDGW6teAZhHWeoJ2597uAO3fnpMwf_o9LENYNLRFZniOiFzWdFIg/s400/KyrieLeo+Banner.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541788485452197666" /></a><br />This, our first litter, will be a co-own with Tina and Lisa Barber of New Zion Shilohs. This means that if you would like to get on the list for a Kyrie/Leo pup, you will need to fill out the New Zion puppy application, which you can find <a href="http://www.newzionshilohs.org/puppyApplication.htm">here on the NZS site.</a> <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic02hjz6V0Fzuirzr6H755BbPOynHoqEFvgR4tqP9q3GDz8Kc51LiMAdFCmDiGMP9473Bcy-6Jx942ke-D5wOPxkNzluQlwbf-F1mMEotJwCSSDdUDJeIGdM6FR7FGZ2cjeoqoV5Frp6g/s1600/KyrieLeo_final.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 215px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic02hjz6V0Fzuirzr6H755BbPOynHoqEFvgR4tqP9q3GDz8Kc51LiMAdFCmDiGMP9473Bcy-6Jx942ke-D5wOPxkNzluQlwbf-F1mMEotJwCSSDdUDJeIGdM6FR7FGZ2cjeoqoV5Frp6g/s400/KyrieLeo_final.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541795078900694770" /></a><br />Above you'll see the collage of littermates and ancestors of Kyrie and Leo. We put together these collages because often pups will resemble their ancestors more than their parents! From left to right and top to bottom, you can see:<br /><br />Row One: Acer, Leo's sire; Tucker, Kyrie's twin brother<br />Row Two: Chester, Kyrie's younger brother; Granddam Tang; Grandsire Grizz<br />Row Three: Scout, Kyrie's sire; Leo's littermate MC and littermate Nana<br />Row Four: Leo; Leo's dam Holly<br />Row Five: Kyrie; Grandsire Storm<br /><br />Because Holly looks quite a bit like Kyrie, we expect quite a few brown sables with cream in this litter. Because Leo has reddish coloring and so does Kyrie's grandpa Storm, we may get some reddish pups in this litter, too! We have the chance for white/buff pups, and a small chance for solid blacks. We may even get a "Hobo" pup with markings like Kyrie...I am crossing my fingers! <br /><br />We hope you're just as excited about this litter as we are!! Please join us in wishing luck to the happy couple on their upcoming "wedding" day! :)Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-43703600535450859492010-09-13T20:28:00.001-07:002010-09-13T22:00:34.390-07:00Chuck Eisenmann & The Littlest Hobo Tribute<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNbcpLVFw6XiKwAty9PGxevPYu5-SWhDwL9DTKJnoCsyePVbrGb_CwAKbd2I3cUXcSxZMtrO-67Ko3tirGDml1F4AYt1iKx46C3NgSwdY7I838Qi0EWa5K1E0-cYLbuAkyxeihKCXwug/s1600/FourWithChuck.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNbcpLVFw6XiKwAty9PGxevPYu5-SWhDwL9DTKJnoCsyePVbrGb_CwAKbd2I3cUXcSxZMtrO-67Ko3tirGDml1F4AYt1iKx46C3NgSwdY7I838Qi0EWa5K1E0-cYLbuAkyxeihKCXwug/s400/FourWithChuck.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516622044609776818" /></a><br />Many other sources have already reported that Charles P. Eisenmann, owner and trainer of the Shepherd dogs who played London, The Littlest Hobo, in TV and movies from the fifties through the eighties, died on September 6, 2010, at the age of 91. I would like to dedicate this post to him. <p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmj_G2p3QBwT6ArbaT65DNdULR6rPV-DUEzX6LdvAF6tB87v6D6y-MYg8LMxVx8cYjKHTkMRXezquD3QXHPwqkYif-IeM-cu_icCXaU1s6rwbLzNK336OZF-SlXC6jAGTTIHqwcBB5Jbo/s1600/LondonPawprint.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmj_G2p3QBwT6ArbaT65DNdULR6rPV-DUEzX6LdvAF6tB87v6D6y-MYg8LMxVx8cYjKHTkMRXezquD3QXHPwqkYif-IeM-cu_icCXaU1s6rwbLzNK336OZF-SlXC6jAGTTIHqwcBB5Jbo/s400/LondonPawprint.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516621009745336402" /></a><br />The photos that you will see throughout are scans from Chuck's books or actual Littlest Hobo dogs publicity prints I own, distributed over the decades from the sixties to the eighties. I have obtained some of them via a Shiloh Shepherd Dog Club of America board member who was kind enough to put them up for sale to benefit the club; others, most especially the beautiful color print from 1984, I received when a friend of Chuck's died and some of his estate was liquidated at auction. Possibly the most precious ones I received from Chuck's secretary once upon a time, a lovely lady whose auction I managed to win--gaining a photo which included the only two female Hobo dogs, Raura and Venus. I hope she finds the time to write up her memories of Chuck, as she told me she wished to do while we corresponded.<p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVk4nUDzllZ0GFxOjGWqxUxLQyaZQVxySX1yj2_Qc6uU0FC4-H42joQ0yqt8xedlsfSkc1zH3DQi6rlLTGjmzEkbZdQANhSuqDxVVmpumN_irOCoZEnu63IjEgtXWZOBKbU-YkbSRqRV0/s1600/FourWithGirls.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVk4nUDzllZ0GFxOjGWqxUxLQyaZQVxySX1yj2_Qc6uU0FC4-H42joQ0yqt8xedlsfSkc1zH3DQi6rlLTGjmzEkbZdQANhSuqDxVVmpumN_irOCoZEnu63IjEgtXWZOBKbU-YkbSRqRV0/s400/FourWithGirls.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516622061665826514" /></a><br />For the Christmas of 2008 I sent Chuck a Christmas card--it may never have reached him at his Oregon nursing home, but I enclosed a photo of Kyrie and a heartfelt thanks for the books and tours he had done with his dogs over the years. Now he is gone, but he lived a great life. He was one of "the most important figures in American military baseball in Europe during World War II" according to Gary Bedingfield's "Baseball In Wartime" blog (thanks Mr. Bedingfield for digging up so much about Chuck that I never knew!). You can find that post in Mr. Bedingfield's blog (and some lovely photos of London farther down in it) at <a href="http://baseballinwartime.blogspot.com/2009/10/chuck-eisenmann-remembering-wartime.html">baseballinwartime.blogspot.com </a>.<p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyfsJRxAtRE2dOsKoU0jqdHowYEx7qQ4m5ufk5kZ0ECA0F5Q0JZKLb_GCx-9kIOFg8whFKUVgy6HTjVO3fu7xXnfbC1vP9UZpoKRh5Pp3JeLF_bwxwG6hwP2d6jgf1wKXNJwqsWJbSUT4/s1600/FourInField.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyfsJRxAtRE2dOsKoU0jqdHowYEx7qQ4m5ufk5kZ0ECA0F5Q0JZKLb_GCx-9kIOFg8whFKUVgy6HTjVO3fu7xXnfbC1vP9UZpoKRh5Pp3JeLF_bwxwG6hwP2d6jgf1wKXNJwqsWJbSUT4/s400/FourInField.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516621028514250786" /></a><br />Chuck gave up professional baseball when "the dog started showing signs of greatness". London, his German Shepherd, had accompanied him everywhere--he was even included in contracts Chuck signed with the teams he played for! Born in 1951, London was five years old before he was first mentioned in the <span style="font-style:italic;">Bismark Tribute</span>, when Chuck came out on the field and did a show with him for the entertainment of the crowd. <p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVr6-H9tDXqKSF8ccMpOrnljNm-yaPFiT5L2AXnSiICNEelRXODPWSf4CuXTgZedPwALSq8392bC4yAiJcoSRSUuSgpXzwHak9JF21KA9u8n-BD8pT3BCbeut-CDYsgc4NgzHcODfm1E/s1600/FayesFourDown.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 321px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVr6-H9tDXqKSF8ccMpOrnljNm-yaPFiT5L2AXnSiICNEelRXODPWSf4CuXTgZedPwALSq8392bC4yAiJcoSRSUuSgpXzwHak9JF21KA9u8n-BD8pT3BCbeut-CDYsgc4NgzHcODfm1E/s400/FayesFourDown.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516621018585629170" /></a><br />The newspaper notes that London ran the bases when asked to. Later, after an incident with London that cost his team a game, London got a <span style="font-style:italic;">Life</span> magazine spread, and was asked to perform at Watertown, again to entertain fans. There, Chuck tried to prove his dog's intelligence by doing everything BUT specifically asking him to "run the bases". Biographer David Malcolmson writes about it in <span style="font-style:italic;">London: The Dog Who Made The Team:</span><br /><br /> "London," asked Chuck, "Do you know where you are?"<br /> Here was a concept he had never put into words with his dog, but it was within London's power. <br /> Even Chuck could never quite get used to the way his dog would respond. London looked around him, not at the stands now, but at the two dugouts, then at the diamond behind him. To London, the best of all places in the outdoor world was a baseball diamond. His tail wagged a little.<br /> The people could not help but see something of this. Probably to many of them it would be merely another sign that the man had rehearsed his dog well. It would do no good for Chuck to have Hank broadcast: "My dog has never before been asked this question."<br /> Chuck went on, "Suppose, London, suppose out there on this diamond a game is going on. Suppose you are on the team. London, you're playing baseball!"<br /> The spell was on them both. Chuck told himself, go slow! go slow! They must be made to see it. If it happens too fast, it will look like just another trick. If the stands could be made to see..."<p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIZGA8WdWl-2MxVjkevgLusXeXC6lzvsrovmD6mHBErwyiwpZz3uUAhQhOPmBz1ALDDwI-XnL7TFFnz2LYM3vgBHL6e3ttDDBlVVP_MeVOdzEQpeoxAqq9zpwKg-rWJLD-jod1hmjyCg/s1600/Stop!Sit!andThink.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIZGA8WdWl-2MxVjkevgLusXeXC6lzvsrovmD6mHBErwyiwpZz3uUAhQhOPmBz1ALDDwI-XnL7TFFnz2LYM3vgBHL6e3ttDDBlVVP_MeVOdzEQpeoxAqq9zpwKg-rWJLD-jod1hmjyCg/s400/Stop!Sit!andThink.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516627217220136258" /></a><br />Chuck tried his best to make the stands see--and London, using only the words Chuck told him: "Home Run" "You've hit the ball out of the park" "you've hit your homer. Go ahead" DID understand what Chuck was asking. He ran the bases! Even after that, most in the stands seemed to not understand that the dog had been reasoning out what to do based on English words--not on a memorized command. But, Malcolmson writes, one person at least who saw a tape of later, similar performances did:<br /><br />"One of the shows that followed was seen by a woman who wrote in to the "You Asked For It" television program. She asked for the dog who thinks like a man.<br />Her letter opened up, for London and for Chuck, Hollywood's golden gate."<p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVGhJJd6zbntIxi0-PQD1yZev5eLg5BVTfw4MzZ-tdhMnxXo0R-zbxoGvqhA-NO78r8LlSQV3HHSA5R1uEMfyRpfycSZGTaN03vicUjK479YBACI6Bv8F7-Vfc2n54gLw5lEgv2NVbgPo/s1600/FourOnLadder.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVGhJJd6zbntIxi0-PQD1yZev5eLg5BVTfw4MzZ-tdhMnxXo0R-zbxoGvqhA-NO78r8LlSQV3HHSA5R1uEMfyRpfycSZGTaN03vicUjK479YBACI6Bv8F7-Vfc2n54gLw5lEgv2NVbgPo/s400/FourOnLadder.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516621032713446050" /></a><br /><br />"You Asked For It" was London's big break, and he was soon in demand for other shows, other appearances, and then a 1958 feature-length movie: <span style="font-style:italic;">The Littlest Hobo</span>. It was a short step after that to the TV series in the 60's, acted in by London's sons and grandsons and daughters. The series was revived again with more London descendants, from the late seventies to the mid-eighties.<p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kpS4748hesFzm7ihfI7ENQt0kEqgok1GJLw0jHOc3xA6G02_tJYg6vwOLOub8H7FqWzwSWBJQTy9Da7_oGTKqBoehIBQmoSeRWHO_Qvh5s8MehDD9NdVnVVrzOCXMUC1H_cFlfHXHdM/s1600/FiveHobosSepia.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kpS4748hesFzm7ihfI7ENQt0kEqgok1GJLw0jHOc3xA6G02_tJYg6vwOLOub8H7FqWzwSWBJQTy9Da7_oGTKqBoehIBQmoSeRWHO_Qvh5s8MehDD9NdVnVVrzOCXMUC1H_cFlfHXHdM/s400/FiveHobosSepia.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516621020992686914" /></a><br />These later dogs are the ones behind the original Shiloh Shepherd outcross: Samson, the dog that took Tina Barber away from registration with the AKC and into the territory of creating her own breed. She has stuck to her dream through fire and flood, thick and thin, endless betrayals (but she has been shored up through it all by some honest Shiloh-loving folks, some very good long-time friends, and the love of these amazing dogs). Every ISSR Shiloh Shepherd living today has the Hobo dogs behind them, but only a very few have inherited the unique facial markings. Among them is my Kyrie. Below, a Hobo pup from Chuck's book <span style="font-style:italic;">"The Better Dog; The Educated Dog"</span>: <p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDAwH9B4zpSN25nWvsB1NgrW6WlZxrYrEvFGzhKvGZesUGJjqligZKcuuQ1yTcthvxobEHOTKNWYSTFfqA8ZNVZYNVUnXb3B9E6rnxgXIwunpxsTnqgNla18WlshpGSkrVoyxL-P8rARk/s1600/HoboPupFromBetterDog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDAwH9B4zpSN25nWvsB1NgrW6WlZxrYrEvFGzhKvGZesUGJjqligZKcuuQ1yTcthvxobEHOTKNWYSTFfqA8ZNVZYNVUnXb3B9E6rnxgXIwunpxsTnqgNla18WlshpGSkrVoyxL-P8rARk/s400/HoboPupFromBetterDog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516622080961515394" /></a><br />And London, circa 1984--the star of the revamped TV show:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcALvcV4U-MBMAkSPkV-PX898X3Mww-aWtKRiVSIhBYiOeNG_1yKmTLjTVn9ZgORKVZeD45k-R_mNtMU4HNjgePVbGtfegc8mOeVJulaPxB6si8Rc-AmEMguGx-KCx1OFhxiHwtKkPyPE/s1600/London1984PortraitColor.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcALvcV4U-MBMAkSPkV-PX898X3Mww-aWtKRiVSIhBYiOeNG_1yKmTLjTVn9ZgORKVZeD45k-R_mNtMU4HNjgePVbGtfegc8mOeVJulaPxB6si8Rc-AmEMguGx-KCx1OFhxiHwtKkPyPE/s400/London1984PortraitColor.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516622084110458034" /></a><br />I hope that you have enjoyed our brief history, photos, and tribute to Chuck. I would like to thank Tina Barber for working with Chuck and integrating the Hobo lines into the Shiloh Shepherd, and Chuck himself for all that he did to push the cause of educated dogs. He was a man far ahead of his time--a man who believed that by educating instead of training dogs, by teaching with observation, faith, and empathy instead of shoving them around with brute force, you could teach them to think like you or I. And every owner of a real Shiloh Shepherd today knows that he was right.Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-5008622143854426622010-04-30T12:28:00.000-07:002010-04-30T12:50:51.409-07:00Kyrie's Wonderful Winter!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3ZhslluYZVqY-Dgu8NfbkNKNOQd5sFzmOt_MfczceTiH_SvIIfybNZG6os92GG49yvjhdntXESAbu3mOTWuzI9mkl6USn_zkRuqHBss-y-ujOo1L-C6okFo1mUYCLBg2MKQaByyzafM/s1600/Kyrie_right.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3ZhslluYZVqY-Dgu8NfbkNKNOQd5sFzmOt_MfczceTiH_SvIIfybNZG6os92GG49yvjhdntXESAbu3mOTWuzI9mkl6USn_zkRuqHBss-y-ujOo1L-C6okFo1mUYCLBg2MKQaByyzafM/s400/Kyrie_right.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466016304434258962" /></a><br />Time to catch up on some blogging! Kyrie had a winter full of her favorite thing--SNOW! Snow is very rare here in the DFW area; we didn't get any at all during the Winter of 2008-2009. Usually we get one snow day, with a few inches of snow. This year, we got three or four days of it--and once we got eight inches, crazy for this area! We even had snow on Christmas morning, which hadn't happened in 80-some years!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yV5EnbE9UdRbjXCgTvOIuVGcYyGs6Nz9F6Kon-vlusmZJ7O5-1VnnQDGaDytAJJKFZN2zpsBVxup_vsW0cFYV8XJOopuVZanaE41W8Pu1Bk8ZLq1Hw6T48ab7zt4Mhao2Lhl5FIVtJk/s1600/Snowkyrie_welcome.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5yV5EnbE9UdRbjXCgTvOIuVGcYyGs6Nz9F6Kon-vlusmZJ7O5-1VnnQDGaDytAJJKFZN2zpsBVxup_vsW0cFYV8XJOopuVZanaE41W8Pu1Bk8ZLq1Hw6T48ab7zt4Mhao2Lhl5FIVtJk/s400/Snowkyrie_welcome.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466019756354169970" /></a><br />Without further ado, we would like to share some photos of Kyrie enjoying her snowy winter. :) Here is the very cute snowy-faced Kyrie, blinking:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM0YNXEpPiK7bxZDpPeibRMIWtaoePQJiNNhxFNY3TkZDYaWvsf9s2OaiJ1Uq971R_r3yPb5lARagITBayV_9v8rJ6q7I046_laD5qDdktjVYLXkluEZXvPMuAFKEnctvS2YzWfkrh-vY/s1600/SnowKyrie.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM0YNXEpPiK7bxZDpPeibRMIWtaoePQJiNNhxFNY3TkZDYaWvsf9s2OaiJ1Uq971R_r3yPb5lARagITBayV_9v8rJ6q7I046_laD5qDdktjVYLXkluEZXvPMuAFKEnctvS2YzWfkrh-vY/s400/SnowKyrie.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466016302288975906" /></a><br />Kyrie at a full run with her "I love snow!!" face:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgT6S9zv6GY62ahibdZ80y2Ez0WauCiIjAd8zqME-tWiJozPplBLMCvtY0C-swOQ7uTWTm0HmlhBzC_nQIcUTSEYjinP8_AZtepkTUfjwRnIPRG4RytUBIxVufTRuTXOKOBbbUlyrnX40/s1600/Snowkyrie2010_7.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 370px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgT6S9zv6GY62ahibdZ80y2Ez0WauCiIjAd8zqME-tWiJozPplBLMCvtY0C-swOQ7uTWTm0HmlhBzC_nQIcUTSEYjinP8_AZtepkTUfjwRnIPRG4RytUBIxVufTRuTXOKOBbbUlyrnX40/s400/Snowkyrie2010_7.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466015722974620354" /></a><br />Kyrie is deeper in the snow than she's ever been! Her face is full of snow in these photos because she runs and eats it at the same time!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYmcASWB1P_c_DFfEYmq71Npgv_EfrDya_jtdj_3OR5KM3MrxjnfBZVUXOP5XMbOgGMQQwN7mt-drS9nhE4x7C2lmGa6sFgTh-gUc-GW5f3hecYY3Y6RmlohKELSIQqgkzdjf9opFS38/s1600/Snowkyrie2010_6.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 366px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYmcASWB1P_c_DFfEYmq71Npgv_EfrDya_jtdj_3OR5KM3MrxjnfBZVUXOP5XMbOgGMQQwN7mt-drS9nhE4x7C2lmGa6sFgTh-gUc-GW5f3hecYY3Y6RmlohKELSIQqgkzdjf9opFS38/s400/Snowkyrie2010_6.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466015721892163682" /></a><br />More running, Kyrie's favorite thing to do:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuR2wwMjot6bazRI0v2aQP-KoP-SQvw7MznS6ktZL-wGxs0WyVPf3BibCcXioY2w6sXdTxSAXRYG2EoFvCF7sU2LpBTVcmJ1JZgUIwmov55Maaek42fwt18nA1N-yFDqcIcAHa-5fJHrQ/s1600/Snowkyrie2010_8.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 332px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuR2wwMjot6bazRI0v2aQP-KoP-SQvw7MznS6ktZL-wGxs0WyVPf3BibCcXioY2w6sXdTxSAXRYG2EoFvCF7sU2LpBTVcmJ1JZgUIwmov55Maaek42fwt18nA1N-yFDqcIcAHa-5fJHrQ/s400/Snowkyrie2010_8.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466017756769785570" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqdD9uUugYSgJlpv8Wb4djhR_YjF_WRVmdVmEwz7V8O1hmc5JMi70CaHTzBWMzH2NbGbTWNFi8lxsrpU9DbMOOpI2_cDWfa9YbyMy6y-QTqTHV7pi_2MLWnsyfVxjmXBCztFDJnFq8c5c/s1600/Snowkyrie2010_5.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqdD9uUugYSgJlpv8Wb4djhR_YjF_WRVmdVmEwz7V8O1hmc5JMi70CaHTzBWMzH2NbGbTWNFi8lxsrpU9DbMOOpI2_cDWfa9YbyMy6y-QTqTHV7pi_2MLWnsyfVxjmXBCztFDJnFq8c5c/s400/Snowkyrie2010_5.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466015712065067842" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyXWyprd3vrNTC0UXodBr_03o0WlbGvbqdWayGwgzTp61H0kA4kT7tLH5ZxgB3l7ZFDkh-a_NBfiVv_ZbWgi_vn-t49C8WKIgiKnVtfb4fkge0l4QN-dF5iPGMpCMcoqkV9po8GttOBI/s1600/Snowkyrie2010_4.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyXWyprd3vrNTC0UXodBr_03o0WlbGvbqdWayGwgzTp61H0kA4kT7tLH5ZxgB3l7ZFDkh-a_NBfiVv_ZbWgi_vn-t49C8WKIgiKnVtfb4fkge0l4QN-dF5iPGMpCMcoqkV9po8GttOBI/s400/Snowkyrie2010_4.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466015702683769410" /></a><br />Running with her new little "brother", Thorn:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSBWeddh35DKKCE7b4IYtmC-S16iv6o107vQb_kt4NMhJb9VyGJypWTuvsTCYZihd0NiPtJiZ9ySQsntoR3eZWqYvMs9LerBwPQFLVwPKF1OoOzRI2og-ATnDQa8sXfDWvMdSAL1lCOU0/s1600/Snowkyrie2010_3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 336px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSBWeddh35DKKCE7b4IYtmC-S16iv6o107vQb_kt4NMhJb9VyGJypWTuvsTCYZihd0NiPtJiZ9ySQsntoR3eZWqYvMs9LerBwPQFLVwPKF1OoOzRI2og-ATnDQa8sXfDWvMdSAL1lCOU0/s400/Snowkyrie2010_3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466015693157543362" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5KE8CTCScBs6FJVkR3LxrEU4L2BjCFpamZhZhuXBfYgF6Fe57UIKFSH2XzbMdMgiLYN0QkxOWhkYSjby_D-JhngViTX4Bf_MtSC9TCarRReQ9QcqYKSv2Vg_HY3CCYCAD47ivLhcv1Dw/s1600/Snowkyrie_kyrandthorn.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5KE8CTCScBs6FJVkR3LxrEU4L2BjCFpamZhZhuXBfYgF6Fe57UIKFSH2XzbMdMgiLYN0QkxOWhkYSjby_D-JhngViTX4Bf_MtSC9TCarRReQ9QcqYKSv2Vg_HY3CCYCAD47ivLhcv1Dw/s400/Snowkyrie_kyrandthorn.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466017771129934962" /></a><br />Running with her older housemate, Leo:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsanhZ9cTKYyzk_QdNLPpRbT_UfOz0sCgCq2WQcO2SDKmCf7uleu0USmDs8FWekhZN1NnaCgRDcToSLGuJdV3ZQuXTcR8Onr8w0qBkR6q1wXLeRLKUleYWWd8z8fH5LKjrwbA0ZVrrsc0/s1600/Snowkyrie_kyrandleo.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsanhZ9cTKYyzk_QdNLPpRbT_UfOz0sCgCq2WQcO2SDKmCf7uleu0USmDs8FWekhZN1NnaCgRDcToSLGuJdV3ZQuXTcR8Onr8w0qBkR6q1wXLeRLKUleYWWd8z8fH5LKjrwbA0ZVrrsc0/s400/Snowkyrie_kyrandleo.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466017759006828610" /></a><br />All three dogs, having a BLAST!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvn5Nt9WjW2vEqG8WUFkKZ-sethTHqyy4Pwsa7BY7xxUejgt2HDXcq-ufgdQ6BtnbU4Ttsj76NPJvf3WAWinQ8golQuKWIo0GT7b9vU414N3S53Gd6AQ4J5gwpzSaN1Y5pNzv6F2eoag0/s1600/Snowkyrie_threedogs.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvn5Nt9WjW2vEqG8WUFkKZ-sethTHqyy4Pwsa7BY7xxUejgt2HDXcq-ufgdQ6BtnbU4Ttsj76NPJvf3WAWinQ8golQuKWIo0GT7b9vU414N3S53Gd6AQ4J5gwpzSaN1Y5pNzv6F2eoag0/s400/Snowkyrie_threedogs.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466017774713948738" /></a><br />So much snow made Kyrie want to bounce...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHoF5ghQbvMhJUaM_4k24FoTJA0p3Q51EnEAqG-mg2n0hX66JsJhHuK4G1s2okW9EBgC-A9srnZiNX-lEn33aDiCp2qwZvK-LRQkdJOR_o8SrwfWtM8rhSMSqrzSxO5MYY3BI7YXjZnU/s1600/Snowkyrie_bounce.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 376px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHoF5ghQbvMhJUaM_4k24FoTJA0p3Q51EnEAqG-mg2n0hX66JsJhHuK4G1s2okW9EBgC-A9srnZiNX-lEn33aDiCp2qwZvK-LRQkdJOR_o8SrwfWtM8rhSMSqrzSxO5MYY3BI7YXjZnU/s400/Snowkyrie_bounce.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466017776823529218" /></a><br />And chase...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfL8RuWqfsP-ter3WB_mhRleR2lyZZscvnS9rQzQ8bbjh3wXfDaKBgeRnP-ErrC45vPh0hD3rShfEv0383z6ESZNpT5DsoDk3bOhflFfJbRzdXkh1zX2HzX93WEUYW2gStFSz7gQBJGI8/s1600/Snowkyrie_chase.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfL8RuWqfsP-ter3WB_mhRleR2lyZZscvnS9rQzQ8bbjh3wXfDaKBgeRnP-ErrC45vPh0hD3rShfEv0383z6ESZNpT5DsoDk3bOhflFfJbRzdXkh1zX2HzX93WEUYW2gStFSz7gQBJGI8/s400/Snowkyrie_chase.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466018664699607218" /></a><br />And catch...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3v_TdHAcSCyNInognxsgV0pr_H-zSkNqUYErOQlc1WLG9re_svuTsLYz0ltKGizhzmf1a6Dz2Y41FVshRXaCpn5s20HNYNqi3P-uC8DykgQe18sDK2yX0GXoT2qU81l5touIBJkoSMI/s1600/Snowkyrie_missed.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 348px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3v_TdHAcSCyNInognxsgV0pr_H-zSkNqUYErOQlc1WLG9re_svuTsLYz0ltKGizhzmf1a6Dz2Y41FVshRXaCpn5s20HNYNqi3P-uC8DykgQe18sDK2yX0GXoT2qU81l5touIBJkoSMI/s400/Snowkyrie_missed.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466018669899600066" /></a><br />And eat...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2UT-we9sOKIW-hOoLPLRsPrNIZQbiWuLRfoU6INf2rTFBPvKq24mhLObEtDWNsCwndd7m8hcD8zArXs9L4cG8_9yWJWBZT0vsPyztWZt9waX3waXvLQBw2EdlhfyiITc_bRbPFXoQPH4/s1600/Snowkyrie_NOM.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 347px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2UT-we9sOKIW-hOoLPLRsPrNIZQbiWuLRfoU6INf2rTFBPvKq24mhLObEtDWNsCwndd7m8hcD8zArXs9L4cG8_9yWJWBZT0vsPyztWZt9waX3waXvLQBw2EdlhfyiITc_bRbPFXoQPH4/s400/Snowkyrie_NOM.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466018677237474450" /></a><br />And practice her ballet...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5CzoNI1lYrPYU-MKH2ogbfljCq2bsOGFdTVBsdZSN_i3MYm3X_BdREPcoBD2Lhu0_auxb7gDmAEmxOwERE6REr2gsUcnr0l8zRWTlZWkr4Yo5Xz8lHU_RLNm3atO8yyEEdbsJ8cEYb0/s1600/Snowkyrie_ballet.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5CzoNI1lYrPYU-MKH2ogbfljCq2bsOGFdTVBsdZSN_i3MYm3X_BdREPcoBD2Lhu0_auxb7gDmAEmxOwERE6REr2gsUcnr0l8zRWTlZWkr4Yo5Xz8lHU_RLNm3atO8yyEEdbsJ8cEYb0/s400/Snowkyrie_ballet.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466018681461792482" /></a><br />And do the twist!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFAW-M-QfFKJnngvG3VoGuZmnW-R_ryQm59V2KutEzLfzDicPHJgUoMio11jwvPQwdKkU9lgHKqeZ8ha2absTWQoJboNGaGSuy2uh9q9lrcf82mT-fIT5SJMH3TWb5CsAtsxnjh0Lx0Y/s1600/Snowkyrie_twist.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFAW-M-QfFKJnngvG3VoGuZmnW-R_ryQm59V2KutEzLfzDicPHJgUoMio11jwvPQwdKkU9lgHKqeZ8ha2absTWQoJboNGaGSuy2uh9q9lrcf82mT-fIT5SJMH3TWb5CsAtsxnjh0Lx0Y/s400/Snowkyrie_twist.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466018685852189138" /></a><br />Here's a nice profile shot:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe0KvwlzNWF7bTp1ThRbKzij9p_76xfGqsrukrp1QPS6z7c225MAqC6LKdQQF3Xv1WWaiIvphT7FZ9j0fcgu9gW1RwCm6i8WYO5ZriaRwn-4bMnoWoGHkx6P-RpVX5FRwgrBU8qsMY0Hk/s1600/Snowkyrie_profile.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 398px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe0KvwlzNWF7bTp1ThRbKzij9p_76xfGqsrukrp1QPS6z7c225MAqC6LKdQQF3Xv1WWaiIvphT7FZ9j0fcgu9gW1RwCm6i8WYO5ZriaRwn-4bMnoWoGHkx6P-RpVX5FRwgrBU8qsMY0Hk/s400/Snowkyrie_profile.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466019752917303906" /></a><br />Kyrie would like to thank you very much for reading and for looking at her photos! 'Till next time!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYgrRhC1ObwRzZQZ7lCpbGycKZpbeMndGgBbvoEPtRjBxGZKbGa94lUw5Q1MXYgpwzz0GOANglyXFRSIkmZp1UFAhc5iZSlLaxWXS85dfP_EwqOWiTjtI7GXSViSBiZY2qG90z9rjhI7Q/s1600/Snowkyrie_goodbye.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 367px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYgrRhC1ObwRzZQZ7lCpbGycKZpbeMndGgBbvoEPtRjBxGZKbGa94lUw5Q1MXYgpwzz0GOANglyXFRSIkmZp1UFAhc5iZSlLaxWXS85dfP_EwqOWiTjtI7GXSViSBiZY2qG90z9rjhI7Q/s400/Snowkyrie_goodbye.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466019750971199842" /></a>Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-81102048966501818032010-01-13T19:07:00.001-08:002010-01-13T19:22:01.998-08:00Happy Birthday, Kyrie!For Kyrie's second birthday we wanted to make little chicken cakes...like crab cakes but with chicken! Our housemate John suggested doing them in a cupcake pan...and they became "Pupcakes"!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7P3RE3fofBMeI7rl-5kCiRHX452TSc7JUGv1E8VmmxuTKSUnq13Dq-p9XyfoXULb1zeXi8CLXMne9v5MHu0iZOw3p_W8HL_8NbsZfb8vvQqAglfgKDPlSi6jHEAeVuuhgnzxKcfoFQY/s1600-h/Pupcakes1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7P3RE3fofBMeI7rl-5kCiRHX452TSc7JUGv1E8VmmxuTKSUnq13Dq-p9XyfoXULb1zeXi8CLXMne9v5MHu0iZOw3p_W8HL_8NbsZfb8vvQqAglfgKDPlSi6jHEAeVuuhgnzxKcfoFQY/s400/Pupcakes1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426427490111008866" /></a><br />First I chopped two raw chicken breasts and added some shredded cheese.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo14APsrr-tXTVmXJPfBXxusK79V8iKPwgFYlN1ojZVco3hGMsKSnfn68xwqXlFIPAdpou_JtHdqpSxQ0ic_fyLIpbgui45SvsMii3XQyzuHxS-1a8P6CynTAaMPAiiRhanQDLTVn9Dk8/s1600-h/Pupcakes2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo14APsrr-tXTVmXJPfBXxusK79V8iKPwgFYlN1ojZVco3hGMsKSnfn68xwqXlFIPAdpou_JtHdqpSxQ0ic_fyLIpbgui45SvsMii3XQyzuHxS-1a8P6CynTAaMPAiiRhanQDLTVn9Dk8/s400/Pupcakes2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426427484955382770" /></a><br />Then I added one egg and mixed it all together. A little bit of flour was added to stiffen the mixture; you could also use other things if your dog was allergic to grains. Ground up kibble might work?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYaqVGCt4gxwOI1ydijevdMh70TfpCP64vC1aSGkY7wjMn5ZqmKxV0KcD37Ir6fUmfxbLkG1cK32ekf7sgzoUV_Is0iCMSoeZkYGyegPKQH4vFfzuYWdLFdEa_qtJonboy66TIRZfF9P0/s1600-h/Pupcakes3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYaqVGCt4gxwOI1ydijevdMh70TfpCP64vC1aSGkY7wjMn5ZqmKxV0KcD37Ir6fUmfxbLkG1cK32ekf7sgzoUV_Is0iCMSoeZkYGyegPKQH4vFfzuYWdLFdEa_qtJonboy66TIRZfF9P0/s400/Pupcakes3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426427480889894370" /></a><br />The mixture was spooned into cupcake spaces treated with a little bit of oil so they would come out easily after baking. I also could have used butter or another type of fat, I'm thinking. I put them in an oven pre-heated to 400 degrees, the temp I would normally cook chicken breasts at.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2ZnzB9a8uxrXoyRA32GIf6MNY_s9LKtK9lvCbuIFS1qN5Kre8tsoDWnU7XwUHDBUBDef61VW-iC3vLIodt1tKJWeQRu3TFPI_ie6VlyXg9tf3uHwkS8vWbDV-RcC990kp-gfuO0vrMo/s1600-h/Pupcakes4.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2ZnzB9a8uxrXoyRA32GIf6MNY_s9LKtK9lvCbuIFS1qN5Kre8tsoDWnU7XwUHDBUBDef61VW-iC3vLIodt1tKJWeQRu3TFPI_ie6VlyXg9tf3uHwkS8vWbDV-RcC990kp-gfuO0vrMo/s400/Pupcakes4.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426427479827135634" /></a><br />I kept them in for twenty minutes, until the juices running out were clear. I took them out and put a knife in one to make sure they were done. Then I let them cool for five minutes before dumping them out onto a cookie sheet lined with baking paper.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBwzVX1PYyssdMVRDmXEqQWhmBkxmyf6h61pd2QlJDmaKBwp-0R9tUT_t3WXvTC4iz1oAV3szE71PAJnbmzYoNJvQ6kdfQ9Tz33T6Zqn8eherXM7czHx_c2vZPuhy-hzwcrNlvtB71XQ/s1600-h/Pupcakes5.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBwzVX1PYyssdMVRDmXEqQWhmBkxmyf6h61pd2QlJDmaKBwp-0R9tUT_t3WXvTC4iz1oAV3szE71PAJnbmzYoNJvQ6kdfQ9Tz33T6Zqn8eherXM7czHx_c2vZPuhy-hzwcrNlvtB71XQ/s400/Pupcakes5.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426427473469081218" /></a><br />I took a Kraft Single and tore it into thin strips and made crosses for the tops, just to dress them up! Then I put them back into the 400 degree oven for two minutes, to melt the cheese on.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKP34CVKvAidaCeWELCPKh17W4zvqJr5cft6f3nyE_Wl9GSu8sYvWHeO3So3Q7GBx9tmB6_IRUJQJ3OZmZJVqysSrNhNLUHkPMMchXlsL876OboNUsrdo5PQQz6bY1ID7EgkJ5MXdv_w/s1600-h/Pupcakes6.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKP34CVKvAidaCeWELCPKh17W4zvqJr5cft6f3nyE_Wl9GSu8sYvWHeO3So3Q7GBx9tmB6_IRUJQJ3OZmZJVqysSrNhNLUHkPMMchXlsL876OboNUsrdo5PQQz6bY1ID7EgkJ5MXdv_w/s400/Pupcakes6.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426427192789376738" /></a><br />Here are the pupcakes!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr3lxD3F9WWBld55ezXC3NSLy6HGtzdKKPf1cKBVKf8kwB5LoV6zmD8wVdUpsRSj2tf1yjgDqrk6bMgBouPrXkGtf_mT7-fvRnqItHBZdp4ZfAXaBGk3WC4A9vGvCg5uFOtIZ3AvD3uCQ/s1600-h/Pupcakes7.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr3lxD3F9WWBld55ezXC3NSLy6HGtzdKKPf1cKBVKf8kwB5LoV6zmD8wVdUpsRSj2tf1yjgDqrk6bMgBouPrXkGtf_mT7-fvRnqItHBZdp4ZfAXaBGk3WC4A9vGvCg5uFOtIZ3AvD3uCQ/s400/Pupcakes7.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426427190658499394" /></a><br />I put them on a bed of dry kibble since they were not enough of a portion to be dinner by themselves.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPdjE7d4ILm1cZe-92sttjJ0RylCb3fWHSE8Qce7zlHX-C86T8LHmh3MHk2Zbc_q2i0uYVu5BxmQXpl3yV3fd2CNk4mWo2hz5GmSk_UN_YesF1nHaRT_f2Mj4C_Bx9nNcX4khRUSC65Ww/s1600-h/Pupcakes8.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPdjE7d4ILm1cZe-92sttjJ0RylCb3fWHSE8Qce7zlHX-C86T8LHmh3MHk2Zbc_q2i0uYVu5BxmQXpl3yV3fd2CNk4mWo2hz5GmSk_UN_YesF1nHaRT_f2Mj4C_Bx9nNcX4khRUSC65Ww/s400/Pupcakes8.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426427187562353218" /></a><br />Then I mashed them so that they would cool faster and so the dogs would find it easier to eat them. The juices flavored the dry kibble a bit this way, too.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUcHjKAANI8NygaSKdQZejQO7Vu6CdL7V4Jk8y1IsJKvU4ePjgxVAlk6zes1PwghyphenhyphenpTaj1TYQV-88QFVNzApano4_Sdfe5HjP5xxhdrFBGsSY-iXWMW3-DCEhEsaRAN3BdPlzlB2KqwZc/s1600-h/Pupcakes9.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUcHjKAANI8NygaSKdQZejQO7Vu6CdL7V4Jk8y1IsJKvU4ePjgxVAlk6zes1PwghyphenhyphenpTaj1TYQV-88QFVNzApano4_Sdfe5HjP5xxhdrFBGsSY-iXWMW3-DCEhEsaRAN3BdPlzlB2KqwZc/s400/Pupcakes9.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426427180034743106" /></a><br />The final touch: Kyrie's favorite, a little bit of cottage cheese for a topper!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbPGKegz3n4A_RpTcQInBvgI4lyVCaF9xPBJ0Xht-CyZ7Oqs_m9BzJDIWLonsYTIwJrdpLtETBihfS8hg_F5mfMUeJSwKBABuua2AOA4aMLxjTIvb-DRX7w1DglNgVjhtYjLpxRFHuiwc/s1600-h/Pupcakes10.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbPGKegz3n4A_RpTcQInBvgI4lyVCaF9xPBJ0Xht-CyZ7Oqs_m9BzJDIWLonsYTIwJrdpLtETBihfS8hg_F5mfMUeJSwKBABuua2AOA4aMLxjTIvb-DRX7w1DglNgVjhtYjLpxRFHuiwc/s400/Pupcakes10.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426427179364013986" /></a><br />All dogs cleaned their bowls in record time!! Happy Birthday, Kyrie!!Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-12932453053818345102009-10-01T21:54:00.000-07:002009-10-01T22:19:33.620-07:00Our Surprise for the October Show!When our local Shiloh Chapter, the CSSC, arranged a regional Shiloh Specialty at the Oklahoma City IABCA show, we knew we would need to put together a basket for the fundraiser auction. I thought that a special treat basket would be nice, something no one could get around here. Luckily, my husband flies to Indianapolis every week, and north of Indy in Carmel, IN, they have a DOG BAKERY!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6qt5ZFD0Q2mI81OMAFATki_bwP2_SNbJ7atbNPZZYZlFY5duc6z9wUwBen8X8Z5Q8ca46tp9xdTEA9XNA5xHi5f_PiqNnZoJK4TAe-oMfe0crD9Mr9pqxTriOUWW53D52T-kPeOER_0/s1600-h/Thebakery.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6qt5ZFD0Q2mI81OMAFATki_bwP2_SNbJ7atbNPZZYZlFY5duc6z9wUwBen8X8Z5Q8ca46tp9xdTEA9XNA5xHi5f_PiqNnZoJK4TAe-oMfe0crD9Mr9pqxTriOUWW53D52T-kPeOER_0/s400/Thebakery.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387862465436527202" /></a><br />There are all sorts of different biscuits and treats that they make by hand! There are cheese and bacon and even venison-flavored ones!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSeFSEhKcmr_FhGdgSwYVwu7ozcZJBX6Jk7XzUN72gLDqu8ZN05L52e06c_n6GBdObsIqWdFNCswV6hD-3mUk6NWxOKQxJCyVTeONeRegPDR9UDouFHt9mQz6rfc8SRDKWbvHV33Qc8s/s1600-h/Homemadebiscuits.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 395px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSeFSEhKcmr_FhGdgSwYVwu7ozcZJBX6Jk7XzUN72gLDqu8ZN05L52e06c_n6GBdObsIqWdFNCswV6hD-3mUk6NWxOKQxJCyVTeONeRegPDR9UDouFHt9mQz6rfc8SRDKWbvHV33Qc8s/s400/Homemadebiscuits.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387862470272026098" /></a><br />I was out shopping for a container for our biscuits to go in and then I thought, "Well, why not give a bunch of samples of other treats that our dogs like, too?" So then a buying spree ensued, and I had all these treats and a couple of containers. And then I thought, "Hmmm, I could make up little sample trick or treat bags for EACH DOG!" Thus followed a Hobby Lobby shopping spree hard on the heels of the treat-buying one. At the end of the day as I sat down at 10 p.m. to construct everything I had six different kinds of treats plus all the flavors of biscuits, two fancy containers and a bunch of gift bags. Here is a shot of all the treats and also the little ziplock packages for the little bags. Each ziplock has six different types of treats, just a few of each. They are sealed with autumn stickers. (I failed to resist the urge to be cute. Just wait. It gets worse.)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNisFtB7DFwIz1PJ_aVk4EMURXasZ4D2cGR_V-BV5_J6BC31xb0S28XVlA-g0_SPZxnH2SD6ECbxhsstiyN4MNsdpG0fkSo0DzM34aAuf_TcYsy1Fkp1kDr76x_qAwnJnQzMckOOK2xw/s1600-h/Treatspackages.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNisFtB7DFwIz1PJ_aVk4EMURXasZ4D2cGR_V-BV5_J6BC31xb0S28XVlA-g0_SPZxnH2SD6ECbxhsstiyN4MNsdpG0fkSo0DzM34aAuf_TcYsy1Fkp1kDr76x_qAwnJnQzMckOOK2xw/s400/Treatspackages.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387862487333526850" /></a><br />While at the Hobby Lobby I was struck by a mad urge to go crazy. This happens to me often at Hobby Lobby. The result was several spools of Halloween ribbon, black and orange pipe cleaners, yellow and orange tissue paper, a bunch of stickers, and small wooden pumpkins. Too cute? Too silly? Too orange??? Will Ken want to die when I hand him one of these for Big Jake?? <br /><br />Absolutely! But did I care, at midnight when I finished this? Heck no! Following you can see samples. Below the assembly has just started.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjejUgT9H0NI9YXfKA_4M29EtweZQ_OsYq7HhWow82fcIfDYuejdYOCcgvxDGrFdA-IlNPboxFUkl3TPnLRsLEOo-cagM7ba5KvbCy-6o1yMhpTAyeZytCR7cyUM9Ij1hsAVOO5dTSXFs/s1600-h/Assemblystarted.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjejUgT9H0NI9YXfKA_4M29EtweZQ_OsYq7HhWow82fcIfDYuejdYOCcgvxDGrFdA-IlNPboxFUkl3TPnLRsLEOo-cagM7ba5KvbCy-6o1yMhpTAyeZytCR7cyUM9Ij1hsAVOO5dTSXFs/s400/Assemblystarted.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387862476330672050" /></a><br />Below you can see several wooden pumpkins with the names of Shilohs (and others!) written on them, some attached to bags and some still waiting for their pipe cleaners!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGA61D4zEc3LijiR3eyRkeGF30h9XxVnD-uUgL24JWeKwZgNTw6KrS-ij_QBVceuNtNkJQ2rnzC0WNpiUDl6Oe9Zwv6WLdWhW3Fjom1mB5M9ekNZT_8S1DFeFMD5j46nYwlHzOflrMDXs/s1600-h/Treatbagswithpumpkins.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGA61D4zEc3LijiR3eyRkeGF30h9XxVnD-uUgL24JWeKwZgNTw6KrS-ij_QBVceuNtNkJQ2rnzC0WNpiUDl6Oe9Zwv6WLdWhW3Fjom1mB5M9ekNZT_8S1DFeFMD5j46nYwlHzOflrMDXs/s400/Treatbagswithpumpkins.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387862489778253666" /></a><br />The bags are growing in number...almost done now!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgOiV2zgAFYh6nvJMoSsI2iu6NnUiwpPwoEUxwufr-QkG5UjpT9a0FTSpUZX3T2jmvlDwNR6rxoNhK_MnsJS4JHsBdLYmzPyqPmEDWN5IyefUiwSyoj_h44FwF0rv43BYPLmqZJevQhP4/s1600-h/Bagsalmostdone.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgOiV2zgAFYh6nvJMoSsI2iu6NnUiwpPwoEUxwufr-QkG5UjpT9a0FTSpUZX3T2jmvlDwNR6rxoNhK_MnsJS4JHsBdLYmzPyqPmEDWN5IyefUiwSyoj_h44FwF0rv43BYPLmqZJevQhP4/s400/Bagsalmostdone.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387865808777847506" /></a><br />And finally, had to put this one in--my black cat, Pan (Panther) snuck into the photo and I didn't even notice as I shot it! Very seasonal of him, I've got to say.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0DZ0bLo4VACdiAmrU21fqUGj_8yDLeJ1DP-aSGazFf0n2LXTo1JWBznFhFfPAzVhcnYqFx1DrWCKcYAVbpJyJff-VKQ7CQzrgdITDqZh2IzXUQNCDMCgo2zQyRgLkAGBSp4UWs49z4SI/s1600-h/Bagswithblackcat.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0DZ0bLo4VACdiAmrU21fqUGj_8yDLeJ1DP-aSGazFf0n2LXTo1JWBznFhFfPAzVhcnYqFx1DrWCKcYAVbpJyJff-VKQ7CQzrgdITDqZh2IzXUQNCDMCgo2zQyRgLkAGBSp4UWs49z4SI/s400/Bagswithblackcat.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387865812893099250" /></a><br />Well the bags are done and I'm going to post a link to this on the forum and hit bed...gotta get up early tomorrow to pack the Element (also orange, yes, are you noticing a theme?) and get up to Oklahoma! Wish us luck at the show, folks--more photos when we get back!!Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-844189254944525782009-09-01T15:07:00.000-07:002009-09-01T15:11:35.976-07:00New Kyrie Photos!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbvlqd_hxUVAUBH-T88q2GukeWvLQBs-t2bUZvna5MNqHXu8ApgjzdbLABo89AWtTiD89Y3Xx2DCpbMzJ2r1vqIwn-Yex1hD4YJpwOoohGSrlnGLQ07MBlJ3VygZBSTnJ28FmUxrADVQI/s1600-h/KyrieBestStack09.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbvlqd_hxUVAUBH-T88q2GukeWvLQBs-t2bUZvna5MNqHXu8ApgjzdbLABo89AWtTiD89Y3Xx2DCpbMzJ2r1vqIwn-Yex1hD4YJpwOoohGSrlnGLQ07MBlJ3VygZBSTnJ28FmUxrADVQI/s400/KyrieBestStack09.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376624724237226498" /></a><br />I put these up on our Facebook gallery but forgot to update the blog...silly me! Here are some photos of Kyrie at a year and a half old. :) The one up top is my all-time favorite stacked photo of her--it would be perfect, if only I weren't in the picture!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_W-lqwG4lfcuVDxHKOZlVvItu9qRA1MEwJp3E3IhIGMaNvaQ9VMVkjek27WIlWuztvr4VTZN-rDpxWwNe05RBo8X4jiLO9K1t4s0nc6Seb4qKWMxLCjRfPq-NNCpgtYEMMdFKtKvBsQ/s1600-h/KyrieStack2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_W-lqwG4lfcuVDxHKOZlVvItu9qRA1MEwJp3E3IhIGMaNvaQ9VMVkjek27WIlWuztvr4VTZN-rDpxWwNe05RBo8X4jiLO9K1t4s0nc6Seb4qKWMxLCjRfPq-NNCpgtYEMMdFKtKvBsQ/s400/KyrieStack2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376624740213288514" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm0TAmToW3vwybyww0C0IiUV50xNoU0U7AuFUT5jPlPxsuuk7w0VCesitScavarOrEj25JG8CnMtPbKrp2nAeW2o387V1ShW3BDEaQeoWR5Bh8rz-Ny-XcrLtysdqIvdi_04zlk-l9Rjg/s1600-h/KyrieFlyingJuly09.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm0TAmToW3vwybyww0C0IiUV50xNoU0U7AuFUT5jPlPxsuuk7w0VCesitScavarOrEj25JG8CnMtPbKrp2nAeW2o387V1ShW3BDEaQeoWR5Bh8rz-Ny-XcrLtysdqIvdi_04zlk-l9Rjg/s400/KyrieFlyingJuly09.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376624730568495858" /></a><br />We just got back from our Shiloh Shepherd National Specialty show last week, and Kyrie won TWO ribbons! Soon I'll be putting up photos of her with them and also pictures of another one of her brothers we hadn't seen before...Maxx! Stay tuned!Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-52683065627532202492009-06-23T11:06:00.000-07:002009-06-23T18:31:06.018-07:00May and June Happenings!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtaytY96r0abHLrNJS1eMnOd1JY1uf8tFzEJauP4aVzHgdQC087rjTJF6-VcYDyJ2jnb6Ytjg73iYZucv4lBOOI_ysF7Vdl2eNUUgB7ygYGY2rBpB4CVQdw6ceT4G2RFk8a5dyYAsSfXI/s1600-h/Kyriedogdays.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtaytY96r0abHLrNJS1eMnOd1JY1uf8tFzEJauP4aVzHgdQC087rjTJF6-VcYDyJ2jnb6Ytjg73iYZucv4lBOOI_ysF7Vdl2eNUUgB7ygYGY2rBpB4CVQdw6ceT4G2RFk8a5dyYAsSfXI/s400/Kyriedogdays.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350588420066895234" /></a><br />In May, we had a booth at our local Canine festival, Dog Days of Denton! Dog Days gets over 9,000 people every year and is full of fun events, demonstrations, contests, and booths featuring doggy stuff of every kind! Here's a photo of our booth with my handsome husband Zak manning it before the show:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDDXVI-93EReP1baxX8qGynnDBORiaRnRcMGByyN3ktyiCC8wz727YJ3DGnfDRd2M4G5s74PYIHhUQFZhlkyBEl6k0VEUuHysc1qT4jHkgZYNw0FPh7cQRhS4rQXl5vHVWvjnuI5Arb9s/s1600-h/DogDaysbooth.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDDXVI-93EReP1baxX8qGynnDBORiaRnRcMGByyN3ktyiCC8wz727YJ3DGnfDRd2M4G5s74PYIHhUQFZhlkyBEl6k0VEUuHysc1qT4jHkgZYNw0FPh7cQRhS4rQXl5vHVWvjnuI5Arb9s/s400/DogDaysbooth.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350588419348547874" /></a><br />The festival was a great success for us!! We gave out around a hundred trifolds (thanks to the parents of the splendid Cody for bringing more!) and bunches of business cards! Two other Shilohs came to visit--Cody from Texas and Kaiser from Oklahoma! You can see pictures of them in our <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/zbecker/DogDays2009#">Picasa Albums gallery (click here)</a>. All in all it was a lot of fun and we will definitely do it again next year!!<br /><br />Here is a purebred German Shepherd we met at the show--one of the very rare few who have the "Hobo dog" markings just like Kyrie! Proof that the coloration is still lurking in the GSD lines too, and isn't just due to the Malamute behind the Shilohs.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbRvmThP0Oe5gqEgKL_Mype5gvahQ5uiPQV-_N_7OWDeP4GaprNTPmU04DcBe9rFZLKIrdJy4UOz48fU1D481s0rH8hobgHnAeaUTXE01PYX0vBRwXrwBXtXIboUYzwKd3vhHSnkyZEM/s1600-h/HoboGSD.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbRvmThP0Oe5gqEgKL_Mype5gvahQ5uiPQV-_N_7OWDeP4GaprNTPmU04DcBe9rFZLKIrdJy4UOz48fU1D481s0rH8hobgHnAeaUTXE01PYX0vBRwXrwBXtXIboUYzwKd3vhHSnkyZEM/s400/HoboGSD.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350700003856707730" /></a><br />Those of you who have followed our blog for Leo know that we LOVE to take photos of our dogs playing! Well a couple weeks back Zak ordered them a huge soccer ball (I think it's from Orbee). We weren't sure they would like it because it was so big...but it was a great hit! I thought I would put the playtime pics up on Kyrie's blog for a change. Here is one right off the bat, as Kyrie grabs the ball before Leo!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpX7C5wL19JY_6MdF5rxHXyubg6as2s_YcOM3HPlcYZAY6-rM6aYpTxO3qbZhH4VMYk528klvbPuSmXMdhCdlM_z8L0UWyts3Texo8KnFvcyG5fAHocZGDUTWxWxd6tuWVIG0NJFBT5gk/s1600-h/KyrLeoPlay.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpX7C5wL19JY_6MdF5rxHXyubg6as2s_YcOM3HPlcYZAY6-rM6aYpTxO3qbZhH4VMYk528klvbPuSmXMdhCdlM_z8L0UWyts3Texo8KnFvcyG5fAHocZGDUTWxWxd6tuWVIG0NJFBT5gk/s400/KyrLeoPlay.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350588427648301426" /></a><br />She had to put on some pretty fancy moves to keep it away from Leo!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3deL_AKyyZEvp66hR12j5ww7rt2qZ9ek8GxCK2U67UsFnhQPiCUIcKiI1BwXGmMCQV5CE_duivNiMNyaZTP-1pSFVA3xrfq_s-fJzWQ-NzA96bgaM1u-E_OW_bglW56ckcuLceUmedt4/s1600-h/Kyrwithsoccerball.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3deL_AKyyZEvp66hR12j5ww7rt2qZ9ek8GxCK2U67UsFnhQPiCUIcKiI1BwXGmMCQV5CE_duivNiMNyaZTP-1pSFVA3xrfq_s-fJzWQ-NzA96bgaM1u-E_OW_bglW56ckcuLceUmedt4/s400/Kyrwithsoccerball.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350588433765665090" /></a><br />Kyrie decided to lie down with it, but with the lurking Leo her respite didn't last long...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizuLr17SsYQhNhI_v9AtoFxBY7Ev-M8vO9Ll8zW_k6xI-kV56r9LhlquNlosVpYlGzdpThanbDCSBkY8RdwDdiIygFo6OSjDRYA2UPVbAJK2VlkVumSdwNQ9sSLmeCpsiGr1Wg9wKj7wc/s1600-h/Kyrieinthesun.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizuLr17SsYQhNhI_v9AtoFxBY7Ev-M8vO9Ll8zW_k6xI-kV56r9LhlquNlosVpYlGzdpThanbDCSBkY8RdwDdiIygFo6OSjDRYA2UPVbAJK2VlkVumSdwNQ9sSLmeCpsiGr1Wg9wKj7wc/s400/Kyrieinthesun.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350588422739640370" /></a><br />She did get it a couple more times...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SqmABbuODLewMAfshPRrs1u6a9zUxpZx7isg6so0t-7StZbBlYWyU4bnopw9Y5Sl1whe8tap6pvHXfb5Uq4xsQAuDa2C5_fCYlFmKHYqZtyTS4Z3Yab0J2UfBqDDe6wwLxo1TtlFT90/s1600-h/Kyrwithsoccerball2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SqmABbuODLewMAfshPRrs1u6a9zUxpZx7isg6so0t-7StZbBlYWyU4bnopw9Y5Sl1whe8tap6pvHXfb5Uq4xsQAuDa2C5_fCYlFmKHYqZtyTS4Z3Yab0J2UfBqDDe6wwLxo1TtlFT90/s400/Kyrwithsoccerball2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350588612412069042" /></a><br />But then Leo became Lord of the Ball!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9U29CrL_RLTSa1Hrk80u3aKrDTMZQ97zERfA7r2f7rgPFK9JJpxiCTcypqv3388ucmAuvOiLf4nZJbDzkvybZmehihylln2roqjxwyQhSNqgnOvncO3j_Fa5B_K6-gH_HXRdx2hRmwYI/s1600-h/Leowithsoccerball.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9U29CrL_RLTSa1Hrk80u3aKrDTMZQ97zERfA7r2f7rgPFK9JJpxiCTcypqv3388ucmAuvOiLf4nZJbDzkvybZmehihylln2roqjxwyQhSNqgnOvncO3j_Fa5B_K6-gH_HXRdx2hRmwYI/s400/Leowithsoccerball.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350591737517391794" /></a><br /><br />We hope you enjoyed the photos! If you're interested in taking a look at <a href="http://issrleonidas.blogspot.com">Leo's blog, click here!</a> This weekend we'll be headed down to Hutto, Texas, for a dog show and Shiloh get-together with NINE of our fellow ISSR Shiloh Shepherds--stay tuned for photos when we get back!!Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-56363307809456962112009-04-29T09:51:00.000-07:002009-04-29T10:42:00.443-07:00Kyrie -- All Grown Up!Let the obligatory "Dog With Pants" pictures begin!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePVAIqzIv947DOVwHr9nL_LyQOUC4UDj4pqZyZJlkNNG9vgcHxhcdfpDVyyyhgXcgvynXQ8RzqwfXLd6ePP7tguiOnxjZ9gKM_kJyC87Q-1kio3ED8rSIyrUw3t0TqG78C6H9gKysnMY/s1600-h/Kyrwithpants1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePVAIqzIv947DOVwHr9nL_LyQOUC4UDj4pqZyZJlkNNG9vgcHxhcdfpDVyyyhgXcgvynXQ8RzqwfXLd6ePP7tguiOnxjZ9gKM_kJyC87Q-1kio3ED8rSIyrUw3t0TqG78C6H9gKysnMY/s400/Kyrwithpants1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330166426016804226" /></a><br />The big news for this month is that Kyrie has officially entered her first heat! Shiloh shepherds often come into their first heat a little later than smaller breeds, and Kyrie was a perfect example of this, going into heat at 15 months. <br /><br />Now there are a few things we need to do. In order for Kyrie to pass muster for breeding so she can help in our genepool expansion, we must take her in for her height and weight assessment, we must have her hips x-rayed (and while we do that we will probably also do as many other health tests as possible), and she must pass her Temperament Test. Then all her paperwork must be updated accordingly. So we have a lot to do within the next four to six months if we want to have a chance at Kyrie/Leo puppies at the end of this year or the beginning of next!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXzOFqc3coW0E1SsN6ICnMsKyhgZfn1WYg5UFbPwNTb_jia1rT3Xgccj7jz-4IqB_iHIU_ipAfv8ZtBG3lyt0mdSG2m58fIDcOBdqVplzwIS_2Z-4y-_eoKIqNGtVLY3W0zyUubMc6FQA/s1600-h/Kyrwithpants3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXzOFqc3coW0E1SsN6ICnMsKyhgZfn1WYg5UFbPwNTb_jia1rT3Xgccj7jz-4IqB_iHIU_ipAfv8ZtBG3lyt0mdSG2m58fIDcOBdqVplzwIS_2Z-4y-_eoKIqNGtVLY3W0zyUubMc6FQA/s400/Kyrwithpants3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330166434971075234" /></a><br />So far Kyrie's heat has been no sweat. We bought her two sets of pants (thankfully we were able to find the denim ones so Kyr was not forced to wear a set of hot pink "hot pants") and have been using normal human sanitary pads in them (much cheaper than the ones made for them!). The heat started on the 16th of April. We noticed some blood drips on the floor and Zak made an emergency "pants run"! Now, thirteen days later, her bleeding is tapering off and becoming a straw color, pinkish/light tan. Here is Zak puttin' on the pants while Kyrie is a good girl and stands nicely!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLh-joeW_VWB0r6l-alVSfgiOw-JdQMMHbf-aU7oCJZanM6kZztGs4Sak-1RitCK7IW0Egec-XYu-2hMjpQ7s71I8B-3QfDPe0L4sR327nHS-M93N3_dJHDd6i2wTj7Bp2aOA24dRUr5M/s1600-h/Kyrputtinonpants.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLh-joeW_VWB0r6l-alVSfgiOw-JdQMMHbf-aU7oCJZanM6kZztGs4Sak-1RitCK7IW0Egec-XYu-2hMjpQ7s71I8B-3QfDPe0L4sR327nHS-M93N3_dJHDd6i2wTj7Bp2aOA24dRUr5M/s400/Kyrputtinonpants.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330166426601111858" /></a><br />Our boy Leo (you can see his blog <a href="http://issrleonidas.blogspot.com">here</a>) has been very good during this whole thing! He lays outside of Kyrie's crate and whines a bit, and obviously wants to be with her, but he has been very well-behaved. We'll see if that lasts now that she is entering the "standing heat" period! We have laid pretty good groundwork for this period by spending a lot of individual time with our pups, so they are very used to one of them being in a kennel while the other is out. Since they are so used to it being this way, we have had no problem separating them during this period. They do miss running and playing together, though!! <br /><br />Below you can see a back shot of Kyr. The sanitary pads we are using are up on the table behind her, if you are wondering what size fits the pants!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Z_NZmfvaylmToIcc0wojXPQ8PNsFRYIuPMrvpKFys-3A3dvZPrpKrDrDN4xNAO8eqVAJaUPb8R5ToeBKbAWLSENuGYzMOZCHWACsLXqduc-_v0LApdchtpEXdQHIsWSRlRfeh0f0dPg/s1600-h/Kyrwithpants2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Z_NZmfvaylmToIcc0wojXPQ8PNsFRYIuPMrvpKFys-3A3dvZPrpKrDrDN4xNAO8eqVAJaUPb8R5ToeBKbAWLSENuGYzMOZCHWACsLXqduc-_v0LApdchtpEXdQHIsWSRlRfeh0f0dPg/s400/Kyrwithpants2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330166428018660818" /></a><br />Many dogs lose their appetites when there is a bitch in heat nearby, but so far Leo is eating well, though he picks at the food a bit more before eating and it takes him longer to finish. Kyrie's appetite remains good! We have upped her food intake just a little, perhaps 5%, in accordance with the advice in a book recommended to us by Laura Kathryn of Solace Shilohs, one of our awesome ISSR Licensed Breeders. Kyrie is such a Skinny Minnie that I figured the extra calories couldn't hurt too much, even if she doesn't need them with all the changes in her body right now!<br /><br />Finally, we bought Kyrie a new toy to celebrate. You can see how much she likes it in the following picture:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQpkD4zJ_fiAsc3UAlho9wXhBc-8VDVGTvZBnIjyCkkpd6ErcdFTebOBanF27oO6t5U4KvhJOzm0vOHSks7SgB4hzA6I_5pHsoqYqzK5ewxl9CnOTMa1RK-xzeUywE0kPLZa15-L2gRKM/s1600-h/Kyrsnewtoy.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 350px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQpkD4zJ_fiAsc3UAlho9wXhBc-8VDVGTvZBnIjyCkkpd6ErcdFTebOBanF27oO6t5U4KvhJOzm0vOHSks7SgB4hzA6I_5pHsoqYqzK5ewxl9CnOTMa1RK-xzeUywE0kPLZa15-L2gRKM/s400/Kyrsnewtoy.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330166419528555298" /></a><br />We hope you enjoyed Kyrie's latest blog update and we'll try to do another post soon!Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-46818680042350007612009-04-16T08:39:00.000-07:002009-04-16T08:56:12.638-07:00Ear Brace Correction!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QOP-MQnrGvjMvHfVfJQy7XYOBsJlfRyyAihBTc5iL66dvlgEND1CzAbC757suUcQokt6dgvsUr66sqM1b-aULS4VLOq9SlzUTaPrxv0GiCXDHFTn1acDDt1hfVh37ANSKH0Mcf_w8eQ/s1600-h/Kyrietwinkleeyes.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 330px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QOP-MQnrGvjMvHfVfJQy7XYOBsJlfRyyAihBTc5iL66dvlgEND1CzAbC757suUcQokt6dgvsUr66sqM1b-aULS4VLOq9SlzUTaPrxv0GiCXDHFTn1acDDt1hfVh37ANSKH0Mcf_w8eQ/s400/Kyrietwinkleeyes.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325318593851670594" /></a><br />Just a quick post, here--my attention was drawn to the fact that I had named the wrong product in my ear-bracing post, The War of the Ear! I have now corrected that post to read "moleskin" instead of "molefoam". The foam is too thick and puts too much weight on the ear! The exact product we used was CVS pharmacy's "Moleskin Plus".<br /><br />Thanks all! Kyrie says aroo-squeak to all her readers!<br /><br />--Anne :)Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-9192804610496506552009-03-20T12:04:00.000-07:002009-03-20T12:16:20.577-07:00A Day in the Sun!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaTMoSNoDOlWJcE2dix-JWUju_WBeFH4av36qhcPFwYxLrLbJGvLks75mO3Ln-0lPJRQ6P1Boc2Lo54AWlHq1j7RlYNyv9ub1gcDZLAPxFzPAJFVdQgPf8I8DHscTTZNLAeBi-EtfZls4/s1600-h/Kyrieperfect.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaTMoSNoDOlWJcE2dix-JWUju_WBeFH4av36qhcPFwYxLrLbJGvLks75mO3Ln-0lPJRQ6P1Boc2Lo54AWlHq1j7RlYNyv9ub1gcDZLAPxFzPAJFVdQgPf8I8DHscTTZNLAeBi-EtfZls4/s400/Kyrieperfect.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315349559046165442" /></a><br />Welcome back to Kyrie's blog! It was such a nice spring day we went outside to take some new pictures of Kyrie. :) We are very proud of our girl as this past month she graduated from her Basic Obedience class. We had "home-schooled" her up to that point but decided to do the class for socialization and testing with distractions. It has worked wonders for her confidence levels with people and dogs! Now we are in a beginning Rally class because our teacher decided we were advanced enough to skip intermediate obedience, and Kyrie is the youngest dog in the class. :) <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5SOrhXyKHVjipbxLqRZg6-tSuIEmTH3QWimD7PxRmx0XS9h40ChyYWLawWUiXjk0r1YkM7D_b9Meqvv0tO1M0684mB7smJKup3l90_SK76rCR8at3QH2gs74HQKZsaYM1PMpEu6U2t0/s1600-h/KyriediplomabasicOB.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5SOrhXyKHVjipbxLqRZg6-tSuIEmTH3QWimD7PxRmx0XS9h40ChyYWLawWUiXjk0r1YkM7D_b9Meqvv0tO1M0684mB7smJKup3l90_SK76rCR8at3QH2gs74HQKZsaYM1PMpEu6U2t0/s400/KyriediplomabasicOB.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315349559322666562" /></a> <br /><br />Here are some pictures of Kyrie from today. I was lucky enough to catch her in a GREAT flying trot! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYka48BLOy0Rx9v9xsDTO3puZmKfsbpAFXtDx68XAOVi3YO00FmmGTeUpiaWdT3vNLma4Hc-PO1Qm40zMSRAYuYDv-mxiw7OLrFC_qlZLTGe1UdR7SQFOOTUZBQQzqhyphenhyphendIKBncLEIjYSU/s1600-h/Kyrflying09.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYka48BLOy0Rx9v9xsDTO3puZmKfsbpAFXtDx68XAOVi3YO00FmmGTeUpiaWdT3vNLma4Hc-PO1Qm40zMSRAYuYDv-mxiw7OLrFC_qlZLTGe1UdR7SQFOOTUZBQQzqhyphenhyphendIKBncLEIjYSU/s400/Kyrflying09.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315349566180040850" /></a><br /><br />Is this Kyrie looking for her ball or Kyrie about to eat a dandelion?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDWvSBDQwcMukLUfHnZvk4AR6a1TC8mZNuA8YokY-d2qW9dsSgIa5J-xVNnauxLrWvx1yxkwrJNiqDNCIUMaslG3RjQe1RWVpo0j7YLfmkcv1K7tTTkdHh_WCeR32ZrbzX7e0DV-wfD5I/s1600-h/Kyreatdandelionqq.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDWvSBDQwcMukLUfHnZvk4AR6a1TC8mZNuA8YokY-d2qW9dsSgIa5J-xVNnauxLrWvx1yxkwrJNiqDNCIUMaslG3RjQe1RWVpo0j7YLfmkcv1K7tTTkdHh_WCeR32ZrbzX7e0DV-wfD5I/s400/Kyreatdandelionqq.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315350140067539890" /></a><br /><br />This one was taken from far away but it is a good shot of her structure from the side so I kept it. :) <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuodyCPLISkG5c0NSKL5MCclAHfdObLWCLblqT5UyF93OOZTixZpNO0caphiLvDZZW09CHazRkDFguSElZifP57Ild09KkRV1f1Jd21GtravJnvq8STPwa-God5Wd2YNP_vEz2Wymer0/s1600-h/Kyrinthedistance.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuodyCPLISkG5c0NSKL5MCclAHfdObLWCLblqT5UyF93OOZTixZpNO0caphiLvDZZW09CHazRkDFguSElZifP57Ild09KkRV1f1Jd21GtravJnvq8STPwa-God5Wd2YNP_vEz2Wymer0/s400/Kyrinthedistance.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315349567729914914" /></a><br /><br />Kyrie caught in a rare moment of non-motion!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNo5rQX6iGaCooPPY9D-cRi8HvQGXaHBJP4wJF2pdKa6A4NObx9wzAeijo6M7897aAppyVEEq8x0rlfYg7u6075zYuqGFUqgV3mZBIT3qs948aK3gOX6pGiSbneD4VfBFtUej6RpfXQZQ/s1600-h/Kyrlookinatmeqq.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 340px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNo5rQX6iGaCooPPY9D-cRi8HvQGXaHBJP4wJF2pdKa6A4NObx9wzAeijo6M7897aAppyVEEq8x0rlfYg7u6075zYuqGFUqgV3mZBIT3qs948aK3gOX6pGiSbneD4VfBFtUej6RpfXQZQ/s400/Kyrlookinatmeqq.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315349572929350098" /></a><br /><br />We hope you enjoyed our pictures, we will close with another one taken recently of Kyr with one of her favorite chew-toys!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbdwq-Jw5kwieay4MSLHCd_GbFYJfdVbyMrn8-UoOiH1LASrEkiMiX5WxseWq6qruy0688ewPbtHQAUr23ZzP7oAecQKmiWJpv2whMkzxUsWcM1Fz4aL6Vc22CP11THq7NIQ-E-e7oMo/s1600-h/Kyrwithropeball.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbdwq-Jw5kwieay4MSLHCd_GbFYJfdVbyMrn8-UoOiH1LASrEkiMiX5WxseWq6qruy0688ewPbtHQAUr23ZzP7oAecQKmiWJpv2whMkzxUsWcM1Fz4aL6Vc22CP11THq7NIQ-E-e7oMo/s400/Kyrwithropeball.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315350140311179314" /></a><br /><br />Next up, I'm hoping to publish some discussion about Kyrie's obedience class and our thoughts on it, comparing it to other methods we have experienced or read about. Stay tuned!!Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-29427370829290119802009-02-12T19:42:00.001-08:002009-02-12T19:45:16.064-08:00Kyrie and London, Take 2!I just had to snag a second and post another double-shot of our girl Kyrie next to her ancestor, London the Littlest Hobo! She has a more feminine head and the photos are not perfectly matched, but I think she has come along since the last one!!<br /><br />The old photo:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MrvqNMAZyyejKOxhjocijoN7UF-gNUyeJ4CJDWZcvzPC_pDN-ZcsnWRTWlSbDm-NhUFTS1yPx3oN2YzDzfWNVe0IGPdvmNefPKZmCS-WDxBEqGVyERtGXNXw234pN1cOTDj9iaC0suk/s1600-h/KyrieLondon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 98px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MrvqNMAZyyejKOxhjocijoN7UF-gNUyeJ4CJDWZcvzPC_pDN-ZcsnWRTWlSbDm-NhUFTS1yPx3oN2YzDzfWNVe0IGPdvmNefPKZmCS-WDxBEqGVyERtGXNXw234pN1cOTDj9iaC0suk/s400/KyrieLondon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302122835723833906" /></a><br /><br />The new photo:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNy6T9E2UwnyHuA63o6i7-BJ9b_mjL6FAiJI8Q5Gv9r-JRIEmP7quhwb4EHGW-RULYn2z4zjCf_GQ3Ii3wnvdiNPQxT2rIfGPYYSBpEeWtWP32qVEeAZPt1lFw-1Cb5GjJEmGZcyBPdGs/s1600-h/Londongirl2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNy6T9E2UwnyHuA63o6i7-BJ9b_mjL6FAiJI8Q5Gv9r-JRIEmP7quhwb4EHGW-RULYn2z4zjCf_GQ3Ii3wnvdiNPQxT2rIfGPYYSBpEeWtWP32qVEeAZPt1lFw-1Cb5GjJEmGZcyBPdGs/s400/Londongirl2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302122837037626930" /></a><br /><br />We love our Hobo girl!!Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-65081508743258261952009-02-12T17:12:00.001-08:002009-02-12T19:13:19.784-08:00The Hutto IABCA Show!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0sC4w5jloJj4KTKM8j9ChR3R34yljiXVwBjFwfE5Y2Fa3cOYurbEi_HSkBMhbA-tibhfX-prUCYIky_uoEY7bCwZ836P7HaOPavkw5stXT8q1ihrR68H9SAjg_7QOVVObUsFaRHHnncY/s1600-h/Huttokyr1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 310px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0sC4w5jloJj4KTKM8j9ChR3R34yljiXVwBjFwfE5Y2Fa3cOYurbEi_HSkBMhbA-tibhfX-prUCYIky_uoEY7bCwZ836P7HaOPavkw5stXT8q1ihrR68H9SAjg_7QOVVObUsFaRHHnncY/s400/Huttokyr1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302084139583886322" /></a><br /><br />At the end of January Zak and I took Leo and Kyrie down to Hutto, TX, a few hours south, for the IABCA Winter Sieger show! This is held at the <a href="http://www.triplecrowndogs.com/">Triple Crown canine events facility</a>, which is INCREDIBLE! Here is Kyrie looking at everything before she gets out of the Element:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRoECkNbPcgPApCyVf5pE_7PDUjp6IPUnqp2eu90aQbJNhLWMjB5a_YVGX9OtjLitgTm1-EDbV7Ho4RoHIhknz2elM2xxOASD_M192FaLy7ZWCN4LPsUKN06vZUlApsPbc6CjfRwXPA8/s1600-h/Huttokyrincar.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRoECkNbPcgPApCyVf5pE_7PDUjp6IPUnqp2eu90aQbJNhLWMjB5a_YVGX9OtjLitgTm1-EDbV7Ho4RoHIhknz2elM2xxOASD_M192FaLy7ZWCN4LPsUKN06vZUlApsPbc6CjfRwXPA8/s400/Huttokyrincar.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302084143983038578" /></a><br /><br />Kyrie only participated in Show 3 this weekend, because we were a little short on cash this time. She came in third behind Leo and Christi Tanon's beautiful Bruno, who is growing up into a gorgeous dog! Following are the judge's comments:<br /><br />"Developing well, slow maturing. Needs self confidence in ring. Coat: Good Texture! Head still developing, scissor bite, dark eyes, ears erect, deep chest with moderate bone. Back angulation: Well Angulated. Topline near level with slight slope. Well set tail, movement a little close in front. Rating: SG-1." The SG-1 rating means Kyrie will get a young adult Champion title from the IABCA if she gets another two of those ratings! We will need to be sure to show her in June and see how she does!<br /><br />This place was so amazing that I made time between shows to take pictures! I wish we lived closer to Austin, I swear I would be here every weekend! Here is the front of the main building, where the rings were set up. Every weekend there is some sort of dog show, obedience or agility trial, or other canine event!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YDZPyNogwmeX6ODvgYftFYKo6mKz68f6A2QTCcevnoRfVaV4NYUsDzCtJPwJiyw2dq6psXvoJx9FJwTbaTq7HvrCXdNVfGwF9v2hyphenhyphen2bNzs9edUMN4iqrgz0qBj0rCTL5oDyMFAiCVoQ/s1600-h/HuttoTour4.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YDZPyNogwmeX6ODvgYftFYKo6mKz68f6A2QTCcevnoRfVaV4NYUsDzCtJPwJiyw2dq6psXvoJx9FJwTbaTq7HvrCXdNVfGwF9v2hyphenhyphen2bNzs9edUMN4iqrgz0qBj0rCTL5oDyMFAiCVoQ/s400/HuttoTour4.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302084146004917730" /></a><br /><br />They had a big yard for all the dogs to do their business off to the left of the entrance, complete with handy pooper scoopers. Further beyond that were rows of at least six kennel buildings--I assumed for when people had their dogs stay at the facility for training. There was also a big Grooming Center just down the row from where we were parked:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQr6onAJVNSGA3uksW_pn9yGxjpmQmQA5wFKzFOQlT751qUxRclwVtQJhZXsDNUu5h9EeIC0nWYr3J-KDLmpGfzBjP3982OlI7QUEopouS5ZzUONLmh0SrTUgJmjId1zYdp_HRa4j2Qs/s1600-h/TourHutto2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQr6onAJVNSGA3uksW_pn9yGxjpmQmQA5wFKzFOQlT751qUxRclwVtQJhZXsDNUu5h9EeIC0nWYr3J-KDLmpGfzBjP3982OlI7QUEopouS5ZzUONLmh0SrTUgJmjId1zYdp_HRa4j2Qs/s400/TourHutto2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302086013949295490" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvanPQJIxhaK9eG5NZ95Gp2mJ_PL4w2g-tc5_mftVbiiRoTkx_swgeam6M4zJlrJy5VLgkJeL3gO1Liz7XjVABn2RCd0uIVh7kWm_d-HMmsO9SGYBocfYDhOKjXX6jo6T2VhrWLizUoAM/s1600-h/TourHutto1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvanPQJIxhaK9eG5NZ95Gp2mJ_PL4w2g-tc5_mftVbiiRoTkx_swgeam6M4zJlrJy5VLgkJeL3gO1Liz7XjVABn2RCd0uIVh7kWm_d-HMmsO9SGYBocfYDhOKjXX6jo6T2VhrWLizUoAM/s400/TourHutto1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302086010105207106" /></a><br /><br />To the right was a playground for kids, to keep the little ones busy while their parents and dogs were being trained! Off to the left of the playground was the Pro Shop, which was not open while we were there but which carries all sorts of dog equipment and supplies.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_rWxu0R26SIuFXvl0PcBIlclozSLii1LvjBgTLw9oorLjW6TM34wClIQUs6_o-DbTyXzqbli-XNRYZZlJuAxlcXvjqt7JwT3WWAr1VbVCHPLyjX17gB6NPpHKSg4HnkojO1fL9C9_BpM/s1600-h/HuttoTour3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_rWxu0R26SIuFXvl0PcBIlclozSLii1LvjBgTLw9oorLjW6TM34wClIQUs6_o-DbTyXzqbli-XNRYZZlJuAxlcXvjqt7JwT3WWAr1VbVCHPLyjX17gB6NPpHKSg4HnkojO1fL9C9_BpM/s400/HuttoTour3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302084141200563474" /></a><br /><br />There were kids playing at the playground on Sunday, while their parents participated in Schutzhund events in the HUGE outdoor events field!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIKUJ28_PSlbNyCZZckrpCjLJDzEauzffyX7gIL94Kpj0_AgZBTXk5KcCnVu_CCkw-2ZZkciKW-8ZOyPk9anMPPXESJkeonKXc0REHZPQkrSrjZq0SE7EYJ5LHunaZ72enUrGnt6M7nI/s1600-h/HuttoTour6.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIKUJ28_PSlbNyCZZckrpCjLJDzEauzffyX7gIL94Kpj0_AgZBTXk5KcCnVu_CCkw-2ZZkciKW-8ZOyPk9anMPPXESJkeonKXc0REHZPQkrSrjZq0SE7EYJ5LHunaZ72enUrGnt6M7nI/s400/HuttoTour6.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302087032485352994" /></a><br /><br />Here is the beautiful driveway, leading off toward the main road. In the other direction is the entrance to a "Dog Adventure Trail" for members only. They looked to have more than a few acres of fenced woods, hills and trails for the dogs and their people to explore!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJJbs3BUggemGaQ9qCJKu3-q9pc2rhq0u7-DtebT-ybk067fo1qM6oh0fSuxQDknA5JOhzh6pyPTTKdyWeMYqVvw7XwJUydA5KGg2RpKnjrqHm_WM8Z0yvogquUGZD7KPNV31OqVaIkc/s1600-h/HuttoTour7.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJJbs3BUggemGaQ9qCJKu3-q9pc2rhq0u7-DtebT-ybk067fo1qM6oh0fSuxQDknA5JOhzh6pyPTTKdyWeMYqVvw7XwJUydA5KGg2RpKnjrqHm_WM8Z0yvogquUGZD7KPNV31OqVaIkc/s400/HuttoTour7.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302087035085730770" /></a><br /><br />Finally we close with the beautiful sunset over the hill Saturday evening. Thanks for sharing your wonderful facility with us, Hutto!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2fcR3PkZ6iB1UMy-_9CAkBKGlr2BpdKT-OYsyovgAhlzumLoiEgbdZUCT3elYCoQQS_CRm3IJv2Zq3fJJtERd-SefofF0yPJuFLkOH6QRKQQl_pwi-xn9lSqPoeXAXYCHqc_foYSnnA/s1600-h/HuttoTour5.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2fcR3PkZ6iB1UMy-_9CAkBKGlr2BpdKT-OYsyovgAhlzumLoiEgbdZUCT3elYCoQQS_CRm3IJv2Zq3fJJtERd-SefofF0yPJuFLkOH6QRKQQl_pwi-xn9lSqPoeXAXYCHqc_foYSnnA/s400/HuttoTour5.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302084145635477378" /></a><br /><br />For more details from the show--including how our other Shiloh, Leo, did--step on over to <a href="http://issrleonidas.blogspot.com">Leo's blog</a>!!Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-69085964977967856352009-02-11T19:20:00.000-08:002009-02-11T19:37:48.868-08:00Kyrie at Work!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9Gu0OL42sItrN8-_i6WglcyZRkebLsqkSFP2NFuP65c99nn46dKULQxF40UmvdQrPAlLLRVVGywnHXO2ygTTW_Piz_Pgs_iELe-NEXeTs_TUHgICxSZ0k6js4yQzE_Uy3nk1-SInyHM/s1600-h/Kyratwork1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9Gu0OL42sItrN8-_i6WglcyZRkebLsqkSFP2NFuP65c99nn46dKULQxF40UmvdQrPAlLLRVVGywnHXO2ygTTW_Piz_Pgs_iELe-NEXeTs_TUHgICxSZ0k6js4yQzE_Uy3nk1-SInyHM/s400/Kyratwork1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301747104874321154" /></a><br />Around October we noticed that Kyrie's personality was changing, moving away from the happy-go-lucky frenetic puppy we were used to. Tina had always said that Kyrie was the more cautious type, more inclined to watch and figure things out, less like Leo who was just a rambunctious people-lover. Sure enough, Kyrie was growing up!<br /><br />One of the side effects of this very alert and reactive period--some people call it a fear period, but it's really just the dog growing out of the oblivious puppy phase--was that Kyrie started to display a more aloof and sometimes outright shy nature. We didn't want to encourage the shyness, so we launched a triple-pronged socialization plan! Phase one of the plan was for me to take Kyrie to work more often, to remove her from her "safe" home environment and expose her to new people. So I took one of our extra baby gates to work, and Kyrie accompanied me a couple days a week for a few weeks in a row. During that time we did notice that she became better about meeting new people, though she was still a very submissive girl and did not like people to "loom" over her (she is much more likely to approach when they kneel down to her level) and she preferred to have me greet the people with her. When we were not encouraging my co-workers to visit, she would park herself next to my chair, just like in the picture!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-FfXdHi8QdsMgCtt9EHSqgLg0cSujwxj8bQ9xtH9Z73eCNGMwwXINTqKokMvp6fJHcpA-9GuDfKYeL9w8CxkOkQ0FWslzX4iB0JVTgM00BY2LkiEdjEftsu5iexURzvqrt365UyRZfc/s1600-h/Kyratwork2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-FfXdHi8QdsMgCtt9EHSqgLg0cSujwxj8bQ9xtH9Z73eCNGMwwXINTqKokMvp6fJHcpA-9GuDfKYeL9w8CxkOkQ0FWslzX4iB0JVTgM00BY2LkiEdjEftsu5iexURzvqrt365UyRZfc/s400/Kyratwork2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301748265715547778" /></a><br /><br />At one point later on I was talking to Jessica of Strauss Haus Shiloh Shepherds, one of our excellent ISSR Licensed Breeders. She told me about her own aloof, high-energy girls. It turned out that Jessica's girls had gone through this same phase that Kyrie was going through, at the same age! I was very relieved when I found that out. Jessica encouraged us to keep working with Kyrie and said that if we continued to socialize it would all work out just fine!<br /><br />Our two other socialization methods included attending a big dog show in Hutto and enrolling Kyrie in Obedience class! Read on...next up: the Hutto IABCA Show!Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-72780558606965109832009-01-20T12:25:00.000-08:002009-01-20T12:48:14.521-08:00Kyrie's Family, Continued!While I'm at it I wanted to put up some pictures of Kyrie's parents and some of her grandparents. Once again, these are property of <a href="http://www.newzionshilohs.org">New Zion Shilohs</a>, Denise Harden (owner of Maya and Scout), <a href="http://www.tiamodesertmountainshilohs.com/TiAmoDMS/Tang.html">Ti Amo Desert Mountain Shilohs</a> and <a href="http://wolfcreekshilohs.com/">Wolf Creek Shilohs</a> (Mike owns Kyrie's very famous Grand Victor granddad, Storm!).<br /><br />Here are Kyrie's parents. Scout is a gorgeous buff smooth who tested out as an excellent Search-and-Rescue prospect, and Maya is a dark sable smooth who comes from good (non-attack) working lines (I know Denise does herding with her). Apologies for the very dark pic of Maya, we really should have taken pictures of her at Homecoming last year but we were so busy we forgot! The pic of Scout, though, is one we took while he was in the show ring.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHws34YKdr4Iny1bWPhNBJyNAaoyNRrSDwAE9Ue4f8PjkBiHJp0pmFelQtxJa4jrYxlUGq6n6n5wK5P_gINndGPiDLhXeBbnyQtIbtu8yGCdSNKqFk4oVpzpBhR0NKsLZUdiHLSoKhIo/s1600-h/Scout.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHws34YKdr4Iny1bWPhNBJyNAaoyNRrSDwAE9Ue4f8PjkBiHJp0pmFelQtxJa4jrYxlUGq6n6n5wK5P_gINndGPiDLhXeBbnyQtIbtu8yGCdSNKqFk4oVpzpBhR0NKsLZUdiHLSoKhIo/s400/Scout.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293476412683620498" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzfKc6_aXAgH86rMC9S_adFkXneqZOvNig6fqrD2KL5sErrMJE-Z0WeXjCSyJYy0FrBRZK80VeWZwjbafa2qGFig05S7sXdQmlO5EFb2qjxyeJGqMqTDi-clH-WnGcRqNYt_ECNRsqlM/s1600-h/Maya&pups.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzfKc6_aXAgH86rMC9S_adFkXneqZOvNig6fqrD2KL5sErrMJE-Z0WeXjCSyJYy0FrBRZK80VeWZwjbafa2qGFig05S7sXdQmlO5EFb2qjxyeJGqMqTDi-clH-WnGcRqNYt_ECNRsqlM/s400/Maya&pups.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293476408090119410" /></a><br /><br />I don't have pictures of Kyrie's grandparents on her father's side, but I did find some of her grandma and grandpa on Maya's side! Both beautiful dogs, and both breed Champions and Grand Victors, they are Storm of <a href="http://wolfcreekshilohs.com">Wolf Creek Shilohs</a> and Tang of Ti Amo Desert Mountain Shilohs! For Tang's page on their website, with more pictures, <a href="http://www.tiamodesertmountainshilohs.com/TiAmoDMS/Tang.html">follow this link.</a> For more pictures of Storm (and Kyrie's new cousins from the Sadie/Storm litter!), click on the link for <a href="http://wolfcreekshilohs.com">Wolf Creek Shilohs</a>.<br /><br />Storm:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghybz_PjDA8BJt54d7tRcg7OK-ldehnBH5DToDPTKMkA3Y84vYxaumFfhwl3-2ZGKL4YepnyFhxprJCbbWrwW_D6rNeT1EW6O7xT3uJIRr8dKFw_5SIyDjLz0o9LWpmdDCO_8pOXvT34/s1600-h/Storm2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghybz_PjDA8BJt54d7tRcg7OK-ldehnBH5DToDPTKMkA3Y84vYxaumFfhwl3-2ZGKL4YepnyFhxprJCbbWrwW_D6rNeT1EW6O7xT3uJIRr8dKFw_5SIyDjLz0o9LWpmdDCO_8pOXvT34/s400/Storm2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293479591930425474" /></a><br /><br />Tang:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJmXZNY1nd7P6NxIKT5D517QRP1sZkgJMXpELtWMtYZZakbUJZbYgXYSzfk6j8VnZsLimshEFttN2-NFt_AY2f1A4EP6kEirYkdDUBsFD7OoO4KT-zyWvbmlc1bvqPf2P1VexiRfxlac/s1600-h/Tang1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 202px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJmXZNY1nd7P6NxIKT5D517QRP1sZkgJMXpELtWMtYZZakbUJZbYgXYSzfk6j8VnZsLimshEFttN2-NFt_AY2f1A4EP6kEirYkdDUBsFD7OoO4KT-zyWvbmlc1bvqPf2P1VexiRfxlac/s400/Tang1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293477980807659618" /></a><br /><br />Many ISSR Shiloh breeders make it their project to try to put together a picture pedigree for their dogs. As Zak and I are finishing up our paperwork to enter the ISSR Licensed Breeder in Training program, I was thinking of this when I started putting these pictures together! We hope you enjoyed them. :)Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-82655169021264931342009-01-20T11:13:00.000-08:002009-01-28T19:53:44.567-08:00Kyrie's Family!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVB2XGIWAqqy-CXx5P2ENpfkS98iKi9NJcH4ATvMkn9HPv-vj9V7AsnaSnYGODaz0DbaWJPeWXDaf4ecWLBET3g_SE2WEGreKlm5wmWyrlOWsf7sYp9lpibPwLwVniHhkf3FBu2IXbOiU/s1600-h/XmasKyrhead.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVB2XGIWAqqy-CXx5P2ENpfkS98iKi9NJcH4ATvMkn9HPv-vj9V7AsnaSnYGODaz0DbaWJPeWXDaf4ecWLBET3g_SE2WEGreKlm5wmWyrlOWsf7sYp9lpibPwLwVniHhkf3FBu2IXbOiU/s400/XmasKyrhead.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293464627157879010" /></a><br /><br />Kyrie turned one year old on January 13th, 2009! We love her dearly and are very happy with her sweet temperament and incredible intelligence. For her first birthday I wanted to do what I did with Leo's blog (you can see his if you <a href="http://issrleonidas.blogspot.com">follow this link</a>) and put up some pictures of her littermates! Unfortunately, unlike Leo's Holly/Acer '07 litter, we could not stay in contact with most of the pups' families as they grew. The pictures I have are mostly cobbled together and taken at many different ages, but we hope that you will enjoy them anyway! I would like to also give credit where it is due--these pictures are property of <a href="http://www.newzionshilohs.org/">New Zion Shilohs</a> and <a href="http://www.silverrunshilohs.com/">Silver Run Shilohs</a>, except for the ones of Kyrie which of course are ours. ;)<br /><br /><br />Here is Kyrie at just before one year (it was a lousy day but we wanted to get some pics anyway!).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkL_yrXqxhiYruPOWBVSGz7hP0h1ufdMRGkSWIr1j6DNnFWJaJvHICpZhvgy_IgL2yZgT64Pbizt0X8Dw2WErBPcgbfjEAYCI_XRGznetyyuAA_JE_dtZJ4s8aWfLwTRbcLraX2S-rI7E/s1600-h/XmasKyr.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkL_yrXqxhiYruPOWBVSGz7hP0h1ufdMRGkSWIr1j6DNnFWJaJvHICpZhvgy_IgL2yZgT64Pbizt0X8Dw2WErBPcgbfjEAYCI_XRGznetyyuAA_JE_dtZJ4s8aWfLwTRbcLraX2S-rI7E/s400/XmasKyr.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293464735026874546" /></a><br /><br />If you would like to see pictures of Kyrie and her siblings when they were only nine weeks old, <a href="http://www.shilohshepherds.com/newzion/mayaScoutTTPix.htm">follow this link</a> to Tina Barber's New Zion Shiloh Shepherds website! Kyrie's littermates were nicknamed Tank, Twin (that's Kyrie), Happy, Toes, Tug, Wookie, and Diva! Wookie and Diva were Kyrie's sisters. Both of them were plush golden sables! The one we still know about is now named Mya after her mother. Here is a picture of her as an older pup--what a sweet face!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7YrK5Nh7bkX1GidWDkbdh86VVQlBJfvADFchBRtnEpoHu9-PPEPW4oXBI7uLaTGdvc1PQtfYvOz-VPsxQ7rw5x9a54wXxcXZLswf6xlVe1aR8-bMdp5xCZpUSL4Ptrg2tXl_zfAycGw/s1600-h/Myapup.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7YrK5Nh7bkX1GidWDkbdh86VVQlBJfvADFchBRtnEpoHu9-PPEPW4oXBI7uLaTGdvc1PQtfYvOz-VPsxQ7rw5x9a54wXxcXZLswf6xlVe1aR8-bMdp5xCZpUSL4Ptrg2tXl_zfAycGw/s400/Myapup.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293466420376885394" /></a><br /><br />Next are Kyrie's two twin golden sable brothers! Happy is now called Moose, and boy did he clean up some awards at Homecoming last year! He was only seven months old in this picture:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2T0Wth29Xh4KA249T90F-LXnnPIZQSvf6DUvQ2YkN-I36ZSbl4cDZQS9wbVQlIn55QWVRnUaAOf_1EotcuLRvoQa-r_QeP6ILX2FY41keyM4QOlDmjLy7QiuqHeeC69VNi4bzXAW5pSE/s1600-h/MooseHC08.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2T0Wth29Xh4KA249T90F-LXnnPIZQSvf6DUvQ2YkN-I36ZSbl4cDZQS9wbVQlIn55QWVRnUaAOf_1EotcuLRvoQa-r_QeP6ILX2FY41keyM4QOlDmjLy7QiuqHeeC69VNi4bzXAW5pSE/s400/MooseHC08.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293469934680430210" /></a><br /><br />And then there is Toes, now called Clancy! This picture was taken at around ten months old I think? He looks a lot like Kyrie in body style, and Moose in color!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2OEmZw8vX7tArnuhP4xm-IuVGOrooKMiC2MWoeVqBa8pEnTS-74ljmREzUTpdjW3ulfoWnr9yLPfD3mMkOie3Qyjmd1cK-vAYkRXCCgCs4xr-qpIKwU5A-NrHC0Hv7w0xh_1g9gnVGc/s1600-h/Clancybetter.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2OEmZw8vX7tArnuhP4xm-IuVGOrooKMiC2MWoeVqBa8pEnTS-74ljmREzUTpdjW3ulfoWnr9yLPfD3mMkOie3Qyjmd1cK-vAYkRXCCgCs4xr-qpIKwU5A-NrHC0Hv7w0xh_1g9gnVGc/s400/Clancybetter.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296558583042250802" /></a><br /><br />We don't have any pictures of Kyrie's brother Tug, who was the only plush male, except for this one from his eight weeks LER. He looks kind of like a plush version of Kyrie and Tank (now called Tucker)!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPc-EpwQvYWswAO06gcLEnTAUKwrf7yW5YkFftIv2AqQl49w5lJ8_t26fjmGbe-eLN1EvX93aGKjF3IbWBNhdr-avTBOOXqlZW7VDdrCjeD44N4JehC0IV3xtPZXRkYA9RF49rfVuGTGU/s1600-h/tugpic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPc-EpwQvYWswAO06gcLEnTAUKwrf7yW5YkFftIv2AqQl49w5lJ8_t26fjmGbe-eLN1EvX93aGKjF3IbWBNhdr-avTBOOXqlZW7VDdrCjeD44N4JehC0IV3xtPZXRkYA9RF49rfVuGTGU/s400/tugpic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293470623150700082" /></a><br /><br />And speaking of Tucker...what a gorgeous boy! He not only won awards at Homecoming, he did great with his young handler in the Junior Handlers class, too! I really love Tucker and once his owner Debbie has his page up at http://shepherdsridge.com I will be sure to drop the link in here for you to see some better pictures of him! For now, here's a pic at Homecoming, when he was seven months old. You can really see how he and Kyrie resemble each other!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRMxNpm6HVr7ysWuGUWxvnAlgbrLm09nskwZerVZtxtkByO_1JeTc77RiJzYGml1epy25TnWfO7epwwlLOaObmnd-QjbEMdBaebwx-fhpcn1z-aTdeEAYCuCfjw-mUVqJPRGatRobWV0/s1600-h/TuckerHCfinal.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRMxNpm6HVr7ysWuGUWxvnAlgbrLm09nskwZerVZtxtkByO_1JeTc77RiJzYGml1epy25TnWfO7epwwlLOaObmnd-QjbEMdBaebwx-fhpcn1z-aTdeEAYCuCfjw-mUVqJPRGatRobWV0/s400/TuckerHCfinal.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293472918778657842" /></a>Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-23651462962325095612008-12-09T17:26:00.001-08:002009-04-16T08:39:47.716-07:00The War of the Ear!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3aC6km-K9Cx6LxFa6dAJK9R-Vc1yhOt4ul08JA9TeVcp58bS8TVpJ0Nl9gcjhB6sts4IgL-L6Mlrb-zMRUYHR35tVoF6a5azYS9mvoSmSxD4WOAmeLXOeSTYYhO4DVaacdJYKBkz8DmQ/s1600-h/Kyrieheadstudy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3aC6km-K9Cx6LxFa6dAJK9R-Vc1yhOt4ul08JA9TeVcp58bS8TVpJ0Nl9gcjhB6sts4IgL-L6Mlrb-zMRUYHR35tVoF6a5azYS9mvoSmSxD4WOAmeLXOeSTYYhO4DVaacdJYKBkz8DmQ/s400/Kyrieheadstudy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277966845895239906" /></a><br /><br />We are pleased to announce that the War of the Ear has been WON! Above, you can see pictures of Kyrie side-by-side. The one on the left, with the floppy ear, was taken when she was six months old. Soon after this we attended Homecoming in New York and the daughter of our breed founder, Lisa Barber, showed me how to properly brace Kyrie's ear. A good ear brace needs to be light (we used moleskin), attached with a good non-latex skin adhesive (we bought some Torbot Bonding Cement, the same brand Lisa used), and also the right shape and size! Below I've included a picture of the brace. After the one we got at Homecoming fell out (it took Kyrie about two weeks to wear out a brace to the point where it would fall out), I kept it and used it as a pattern to cut new braces. :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf68Q_eTASKNccYngEo8mFUlHc0fQ_0dCmaBClv2rITiR4XtPV39STCA041Jmo1EyrdaWzGl5NWZFUYBZ4xLHqkaFvOPgHKU7NIl0pWdO2kINwyBz-GhyphenhyphenCXIPDTwX3ix7yBJIsC2XUfa0/s1600-h/Earbrace.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf68Q_eTASKNccYngEo8mFUlHc0fQ_0dCmaBClv2rITiR4XtPV39STCA041Jmo1EyrdaWzGl5NWZFUYBZ4xLHqkaFvOPgHKU7NIl0pWdO2kINwyBz-GhyphenhyphenCXIPDTwX3ix7yBJIsC2XUfa0/s400/Earbrace.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277966995475351314" /></a><br /><br />You can see that the brace is fairly large. Be sure to put its base near the base of the ear, so that it can work with the good support musculature and cartilage there where the ear meets the skull. You can also see that it is rounded; I realized that this shape helps to spread out the ear a bit so it can keep its proper shape. Lisa is one smart cookie! And she has LOADS of experience, of course!!<br /><br />We did one further thing to the brace, and I would like to send a thank-you out to Buddha the ISSR Shiloh Shepherd's owners for their great blog on bracing his ears! In it they talk about how they used a product called Breathe-Right Nasal Strips to help give additional strength to the mole foam. As we were pretty sure that Kyrie's ear had a heavy crease on the outside edge that was keeping it from standing, we applied one of those nasal strips along the outer edge of the moleskin, for additional support. Here is a picture of Kyr in her pen at my workplace. I took her to work a lot with me until she got used to the braces, to make sure that she did not worry them out!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLCLtRDB6qoCYvhe5LHMJLbT7KTxFrO8qYsSt1cd9q-ajpX2IbAm3VZVGzNNf3CCNgIG_hDzuCTTtQHEdE9OG9fBCIursXqh51zSqG08JxFBqivV9IU-YdrFMEmYA3S746KFw7NhG75ns/s1600-h/Kyrieatwork.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLCLtRDB6qoCYvhe5LHMJLbT7KTxFrO8qYsSt1cd9q-ajpX2IbAm3VZVGzNNf3CCNgIG_hDzuCTTtQHEdE9OG9fBCIursXqh51zSqG08JxFBqivV9IU-YdrFMEmYA3S746KFw7NhG75ns/s400/Kyrieatwork.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277969975569275746" /></a><br /><br />We had been told that ear bracing was not something that got results overnight. After the first brace stayed in for two weeks and fell out, I was very disheartened because Kyrie's ear sagged again after only one hour. :( But we braced again, and two weeks later when it fell out her ear stayed up longer...three to four hours and the sag was not as bad. That still seemed like not enough change to me, and I was afraid that nothing would work! But we braced again...two more weeks and I put in another brace right away without seeing how long the ear would stay up this time--I didn't want to discourage myself!! So four weeks went by. I kind of screwed up that last brace because I didn't put it far enough down in the ear--it was a little wobbly. But even then, it seemed to be staying up...I was full of hope! Finally, when that brace fell out, we let it go and waited. The ear stayed up...it was up for good!!! The war of the ear was won! <br /><br />It took us two months of bracing to override seven or eight months of floppy ear. Kyrie turns eleven months this Friday. I am very happy that this coming year, she will be able to go to the IABCA shows and participate! A floppy ear would have disqualified her. Lisa, Olga, Buddha's parents, and everyone who chimed in with ear tips on our wonderful <a href="http://shilohshepherds.infopop.cc/6/ubb.x">Shiloh Shepherd Friends forum</a>, we can't thank you enough for helping us to win the War of the Ear!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiffCsMfUcIhS1TzJQlDd51afhzreLUB3K7r9r3X46-tm89phksnJDlJHTHqfQ5rUUBmai8_ffTGN5mzn6wykH1fcwyw3PP_xjwdeIszmuXqugE4Ia6q0cEuilWtbUbcYzz436aDw_xfTA/s1600-h/flyingtrotkyr.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiffCsMfUcIhS1TzJQlDd51afhzreLUB3K7r9r3X46-tm89phksnJDlJHTHqfQ5rUUBmai8_ffTGN5mzn6wykH1fcwyw3PP_xjwdeIszmuXqugE4Ia6q0cEuilWtbUbcYzz436aDw_xfTA/s400/flyingtrotkyr.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278211578757030562" /></a>Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479006061282443185.post-56753266457246032622008-10-06T15:19:00.000-07:002008-10-07T09:57:06.797-07:00Kyrie's Colors, Part Two!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuW1tSvvSMWtoYRcOEIy9kDQtgDlRkJag29Uz66yPmdBGHnUq6VxzGWGWHCfVKgkfezT8Yx1S5lUVUi4QMLemmXoB5XNWfqrxZGgt7RbxLfKUbDXbJfmOrHGT4c19dCNYtW4Dfj2etBLs/s1600-h/Londonhead.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuW1tSvvSMWtoYRcOEIy9kDQtgDlRkJag29Uz66yPmdBGHnUq6VxzGWGWHCfVKgkfezT8Yx1S5lUVUi4QMLemmXoB5XNWfqrxZGgt7RbxLfKUbDXbJfmOrHGT4c19dCNYtW4Dfj2etBLs/s400/Londonhead.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254173969831287234" /></a><br /><br />Back in the sixties a man named Charles "Chuck" P. Eisenmann got himself a German Shepherd pup to help out in his nightclub as a guard dog. But it soon became apparent that the pup, London, was no ordinary dog! He would go on to amaze talk show audiences, movie-goers, and TV fans alike by starring in his own movie and TV series, <span style="font-style:italic;">The Littlest Hobo</span>. London, as far as anyone could tell, knew actual English. Chuck would give him a string of commands--not "sit, stand, stay" but "London, would you please sit there in that corner. Now please go stand by a picture of a horse. Can you find me something blue? Show it to me, please. London, I need a pencil (London would find Chuck a pencil and bring it to him without further prompting)." If you can find a copy of Chuck's book about educating dogs, <span style="font-style:italic;">Stop! Sit! and Think!</span>, you can read actual newspaper clippings giving examples just like these, written by skeptical newspapermen who met Chuck and his dogs (London had a number of sons with his markings who later joined Chuck's pack and doubled for him in the TV series). Chuck eventually wrote four books and produced a video and an album (cover picture below).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3DfzedXR1fHPp0bV3EwyhBwGAmXYqW_qyr9ruh4nGgj9CfYPPBGiXHvA5Z1ZJybFl-F-oqyOMsizly6q72ocRSa-ErpfmP0CcKdHhmIci9io7OpA_32IkSNIMUUQdADOGZKGNxKPnXU/s1600-h/londondogs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3DfzedXR1fHPp0bV3EwyhBwGAmXYqW_qyr9ruh4nGgj9CfYPPBGiXHvA5Z1ZJybFl-F-oqyOMsizly6q72ocRSa-ErpfmP0CcKdHhmIci9io7OpA_32IkSNIMUUQdADOGZKGNxKPnXU/s400/londondogs.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254175098214930594" /></a><br /><br />I didn't know anything about Chuck and his dogs until I encountered the Shiloh Shepherd, and then I heard plenty! Many people on our Shiloh forums are fans of Chuck and his teaching methods. The more I read about the Hobo dogs, the more I wanted to know! I started watching eBay and online used book websites for Chuck's books and searching the web for more information. Then Kyrie's pictures came up on Tina's website, and there was Tina saying that she thought Kyrie would be a "masked" dog--that she would look like London and his sons and daughters. I was hooked--I had to have her!! And I'm so glad that Zak gave in and we got her--she is incredibly intelligent, beautiful, an eager learner, and (though I doubt we will ever get her to stop chasing the cats) she is only getting more amazing!<br /><br />Below: a comparison side-by-side of Kyrie at eight months next to the original London. The London pic is from a publicity photo.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWd1WojpH9upI9ePQLyqzbhItXgRFInaVAgxSySA4OILiotWrL3THKrvCz_AavfejnU2qcvMJHvtSBKyDJv0OURPJDIPZ45VgsSPfZIeFmoLDTse5p9j1YTtMKrxcAv15IdXMiFjZkWY/s1600-h/Londongirl.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWd1WojpH9upI9ePQLyqzbhItXgRFInaVAgxSySA4OILiotWrL3THKrvCz_AavfejnU2qcvMJHvtSBKyDJv0OURPJDIPZ45VgsSPfZIeFmoLDTse5p9j1YTtMKrxcAv15IdXMiFjZkWY/s400/Londongirl.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254176228313569154" /></a>Anne F.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442385165430082302noreply@blogger.com0