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Pretty Girl

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Lody really needed a bath, but I didn’t want to subject her to the stress of hauling her to either a groomer or a DIY setup. And I really don’t have a place to give a Collie a bath here. I had been intrigued by the idea of a mobile dog groomer, so today Kristy came by with her Sudsy Dogmobile. This was a modified horse trailer that had a warm water wash tub, drying apparatus and rubber mats throughout. Kristy spent a lot of time on Lody, and delivered back a sparkling Collie. Probably the last time Lody was this clean was the last time she was shown. Kristy even did a good job on her nails. Best of all, Lody didn’t seem too stressed out by the experience.  Although Smooth Collies don’t have as much of a coat as Rough Collies, it is still a job of work to get them clean.  I am very pleased.

Merry Christmas, and No Worries

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Rion is worn out from a busy morning of supervising turkey preparation, overseeing the present opening, playing with his new toys, playing with the gift wrap, and attempting to remove the shoe-laces from my mother’s shoes. The rope toy is one of his new toys, and there is twelve inch ruler beside him as he sleeps, to give an idea of his size.

It is generally recommended not to get a puppy at Christmas. And it is true, my preparations for this Christmas have been, as a result, even more haphazard than usual. (Apologies for those who will be getting late presents and IOUs.  And it isn’t just getting a puppy, but the additional effort of helping to pack the office where I work for a move to Denver.) However, every time I start to stress about how much I haven’t done, I play with the puppy, or just watch him sleep, and I feel just fine. (Note: In our favor, as far as adopting a puppy, we have a flexible and versatile setup for dogs. Some people have gone so far as to call it perfect.)

My Evil Plan…

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…to exhaust Orion yesterday so we could get some sleep last night worked! I tried to get him to play once more after this photo was taken but most of his bounce was gone. He only woke me up twice last night to go out, and both times the mission was accomplished so quickly that we were back to sleep within minutes.

Today’s exciting plans include a planned visit to a friend who has cats that are accustomed to dogs. Rion is sufficiently predatory that I want him meet cats while they are bigger than he.