Gorgeous Geisha

beauty before the storm - always waiting for the neighbor dog to show up to bark at ;)

sleepy pets - the old post

nothing is unsleepable on... not even the backrest of the couch! I can see you :) awww... always with a little smile on her face the baby sleeping cuties smaller is almost impossible but you can try I like that position too unfortunately, that's how I would look like, falling asleep watching TV in a sitting position... hrm ... & there's a video of her dreaming. will see, if I can post it later
after the Highland Games, we all were quite exhausted... first, she still tried to be cute for the camera, then she got tired and used me as a pillow later

struggling

Like a while ago on Kenzo's blog, I owe you readers here an apology too!
I lost my motivation and it's difficult to keep 2 blogs running with basically the same entries.
The intend was to create a new blog, in English, for both dogs and only posting a couple only Kenzo related entries on the other in German after the translation tool made funny German versions out of my English posts there.
A while passed. It turned more into copying one thing to the other and then translating (sort of). Not that this would be a big challenge, but it makes it almost not necessary to create the same entry twice if there's a translating tool available on one page. Some things get lost in translation, but the pictures are the same :)
Although I'd prefer to write the blogs in English, my main reader is Austrian, that's why Kenzo's blog is the main page after all and in German.
Both sites had a break and I recently rebooted Kenzo's only because of several pokes from friends and family.
There isn't much going on around here these days. We survived boring winter,

all of us love the re-un-landscaped backyard,

a trip to a lure coursing practice once in a while,

some obedience/rally training, having friends over,

wildlife nesting under our building

- wait, this seems more than I thought. Most of the time we skip taking pictures though. I prefer posting pictures only before text only. As well, I like to spend my time off work not in front of the computer.
Looking thru the posts on this blog, I found 1 I didn't post. It's outdated, back from when we lived in the rental, but cute, so I'll post it after all :)

Merry Christmas

Christmas music on - check

Pet friendly tree - check

wrapped gifts - check

we're ready!



Happy Thanksgiving!

 We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and the dogs too! Some play at home,

some in the yard,

 and then in the park...

 with a great view of lots of goats :)

 2 of my handsome boys

 Of course, we didn't forget to roast a bird ;)

 The holiday season has begun!

Reunion 2012

We had the best weather and a fabulous crowd get together.

Thanks to Jo, Sharyn, Derek & co for organizing all of this!
We got to meet Mavis, Geisha's look alike with blue eyes. Her mom is Party and they share the same daddy in Blue. Unfortunately was Geisha too busy doing anything else than posing for a picture... Maybe next year :)

I always get jealous of those who have lap dogs. Especially when they look as cute as Sterling the wiggie.

This year Geisha learned something new from Kenzo: how to be the fun police... a habit she could have lived without! Sorry to all that got stopped from running around and having fun.

He still has a sweet side too. It was cute seeing Brie trying to start a flirt with Kenzo. I should have been more on my toes and get a good picture of them...

 Most boys were constantly checking for treats instead.

 Kenzo bonding with Char after he successfully convinced her to give him all snacks she had left :)

 We had a great time enjoying chats,

all dogs, learning more about dog dancing from Beth and Whisper

and winning something at the raffle at the end, when pretty much every dog was wiped out :)

Can't wait till next year!!! We'll be there!

September

Pretty crazy busy month!
Geisha was creative with her beds...

I had to go to a training class to our headquarters in Broomfield CO. Very interesting!!! Class, people, landscape and warmer than expected :) This is the view from the company campus towards Denver:

My parents came over to visit. I'm so glad they enjoyed their time with us!

We went shopping on the rainy day, sight seeing to Jefferson's home 

and Colonial Williamsburg,

the palace

 Geisha thought she could catch a Squirrel while on the leash :)

we showed them what lure coursing is,

mom took care of the garden around the house a bit and my dad had fun playing golf (not only in our yard).

Thanks for coming! Hope to see you soon!