Summer Solstice

It was a hot and humid day for the start of summer. I waited until supper time to take the group out for a run.

I haven't let LuAnne out on our walks lately, but she wanted to tag along; she'll be 15 years old on the 27th of June.  I thought it was neat to see her standing watch over the youngsters which were all her descendants; Eden and Sushi her great-granddaughters and Trix is her great-great granddaughter.

Pete has mowed the perimeter of our fields but our guys like to go through the long grass

It was difficult to photograph them as I was losing them in the grass!

Love this shot of Finn with the wild flowers, his tongue the colour of clover.

The boys in the field

Evan coming into view

Finn having a rip roaring good time!

Bridgit, Lola , Trix and Mayer darting through the long grasses.  They would leap like gazelles...

Pretty Lola in the newly ploughed field

Lola closing in on Trix

Finn wishing there was water in the ditch...

L-O-L-A Lola

Our sweet Lola (Laureate Laugh Out Loud) all fluffed up. A double Landslide granddaughter; she definitely has the family look.  I must say I love (LOVE) the leg hair these Digit-Paris puppies have.

Play Date: The Hooligans

The older pups are a bit of a rowdy bunch...

The little ones trying to keep up with Rehannah...

La la la...this is too easy

Catch me suckers!

Bitey games

Ditch hopping

Haha...missed!

Oh yeah?  Well I did it better than you last time!

Lola, the wet noodle

Rehannah beginning to tire out

Mr Finn McCool

The very beautiful (even when wet) Finn

This is a cheater photo as I took it yesterday but didn't think I needed another puppy running post, so included it here. Lola didn't charge through the wide bit, but ran along and found a narrow spot to jump.

Also from yesterday...Rehannah showing that her lips didn't stay permanently curled up! 

The end!

Puppy Play Date (with Pete)

It was a balmy 23 degrees (Celsius) so I convinced Pete to take a break from work and come with me for a walk in the fields with the puppies.  It was Eva's pups first outing in back and they were joined by the older group who showed them the ropes.  I took hundreds of photos and have lots to share, so will do it in several installments over a few days. 

 

I love this shot as it shows Finn's personality to a "T".  He is such a love bug and when picked up goes limp with his legs dangling.  He just loves loving and is so lovable.  (How many times can you say love in one caption?)  LOVE love this puppy!!!

Whispering something...(man talk)

Finn enjoying this immensely...Corbin trying to get a hug too.

Sushi giving Pete a sniff and naughty little Eden (the blue) just looking like she's thinking of jumping Rehannah!

We started off in the left field, hoping to keep them clean, as they all had baths last week.

We tried to avoid the big puddles and ditches and stay in the middle of this big field (yeah right)...

They had fun while he was running but then they almost instantly made a right hand turn...

...and headed for the ditch!  There was a lot of water after the thunderstorms of the other night.

They were right next to the culvert and we were afraid one could get stuck underneath...

Calling them we ran them over into the other field...forget about keeping them clean. Keeping them safe was paramount!

Little Eden getting scooped up...

Over in the far right field now, they are good and wet from crossing over the next drainage ditch but this one is safer; it has some water but not a current or a culvert.

Sushi had found something interesting to eat.  Wondering what kind of droppings it was I asked Pete to go check it out but there wasn't anything left by the time he got there. (yuck)

What a lovely outing we had.  I have some fun pictures of the puppies in action (some are on the Facebook page) and will post them another time.

Mud Pups and Water Rats

Mr Miki starting off the walk in style...

Stormy struggling to get her groove back, while little Lola tries to get in on the action

It was the four older puppies first time out on a walk with the group...

Of course they quickly found the water

If you look closely you will also see spruce branches stuck to their fur...see Miki top right (it isn't poop, honest)

This picture cracks me up with Mayer seeing what is coming and putting on the brakes!

He waited for them to return and taunted them!

Shaking it off

Juno had several episodes of the sillies in the big puddle.  The pictures looked a little too wacky to publish, but this one looks much more serious than she was...

Eva the instigator leaping through the deep stuff

Paris following along fell into the trap!

And poor Miki got stuck on a piece of ice which gave away...it took him a second to figure a way out.  I thought I was going to have to rescue him, but he was fine.

Finn McMuddy

the Tub o'mud

Corbin and Eva in sync

Early herding instinct...Finn on left, Rehannah and Lola with the very wet Valerie and Miki

Exhausted after a big run...heading for home