My 15 Minutes of Fame

The AKC puts out a Breeder's on line newsletter featuring various health topics, how-to articles and interviews with successful breeders. It comes out quarterly and the newest summer quarter issue is on line now.

My 15 minutes of fame is in there:

Summer Newsletter

Arlis, the author, was looking for topics about evaluating litters and came across a page on my website on just that topic. She also got a kick out of my blogs - (Don't I LOVE that!) and found the photo of the last litter that's featured in the article. It's one of the little darlings right after I discovered they'd made confetti out of their puppy pen. I'd spent about an hour redoing it and making it all neat and tidy and it took them about 10 minutes to trash it. Oh, but they'd had a wonderful time! The stinkers.

Anyway, thought you'd enjoy the article and learn a bit, too.

After Dinner Snack

After dinner last night, we all went for a walk about and the dogs felt they needed yet another nosh. Although the pears are only slightly larger than a ping pong ball, they are apparently still quite tasty.


Here's Guy jumping up to get one. That's Prize in front of him taking in his technique.
Here she goes..... taking aim, already salivating over the deliciousness of the morsel she's about to snag.

She JUMPS, she SCORES!

That was so good, she's aiming for another one....

Got it!

While Prize has still got some growing to do and has to jump...others can simply stand and reach up for theirs.... like Ms Sizzle in the background.

Fun In The Sun....and Shade

Darla (L) and Guy (R) LOVE to run and race one another. Guy got ahead by starting out first, but Darla's trying hard to catch up. Don't you just love those ears flying out to the side?

By the time I get back up to the patio, they are all standing there like they've been there all along and have been just keeping up with what's be going on in the yard.


L to R: Diva, Darla and Guy.

Grandma Brag

Just got a post from Bruce: Amber now has her Rally Novice title, too. So she is Ch Kalahari Uzuri at Windridge NA, NAJ, RN. Way to go Team Amber!

Rainy Day

What do Ridgebacks do on a rainy day?

Hog the sofa, of course!

It's Official - Summer Snake Season Is Here

I'd mowed in the back and part of the yard by the back patio, but it was getting hot and I needed to go to Wally World, so I left the rest for the evening. After I got back, I started out the back door to put some seed out in the bird feeder when I noticed a dark squiggly line in the yard.

A black snake was lying out there in the mowed area... the dogs were oblivious to it.. the pups were romping around... hadn't noticed it at all. Snakes must not have much scent.

I decided to run get the camera and once I had it and stepped out to photograph the snake, then Sizzle noticed it and went toward it.

It kicked into gear and scooted off outside the fence in a hurry!

Snacking Season Begins

The yard delicacies - although still green- are already being eaten by the dogs.

There's the green, ping pong ball sized pears...... Guy loves to show off by jumping for them.



There's the wild huckleberry bushes... Here's Diva, Darla and Sizzle munching away.

Polo and Sizzle enjoying a nosh.....

And for their snacking enjoyment, the dewberries have bloomed and are putting on berries. Amazingly, given they willingly eat "green" fruit, the dogs will only eat the dark, ripe dewberries




Oh, and they are also into the green, domesticated blueberry bushes, too. There's a photo over on the Puppy Watch blog.