My mom, grandma and I went to BC last week for a summer vacation and took Aura (grandma's Tibetan Spaniel) and Dance with us. It was the doggiest vacation I've ever had and it was great! I had so much fun. We met some Coolies and their breeder (she calls them German Coolies), which was excellent. I'd never met the breed before so really enjoyed that. I also met the best Toller breeder ever and had a fantastic visit with her and her dogs. It was the nicest, most relaxed and informative breeder visit I've ever had. And before I met either of those people, SkKi and Nbc0 came all the way down from where they live to meet Dance and I with Pit, Holden and Zero. They were so nice and their boys are all great. I loved them. I only wish we could have hung out longer but they had a long drive home and it was getting very hot for all of our poor hairy dogs. I hope they got better pictures than I did, though. I totally failed my camera that day and kept forgetting to change settings and things. Oops! Good thing there were two other cameras there. One of us must have a nice group picture and I know it's not me haha.
Other than that, we also went to different beaches and took Dance swimming a lot. She loved the lake and would probably be much more of a water dog if we had more lakes around here rather than creeks and rivers. She didn't like it when we got in the water though and got a little frantic about it for a bit. Squeaking, pacing, jumping in and circling us so we'd go back to shore. She was sure we needed rescuing or something. But she relaxed a bit after a little while. She was also pretty perfect the whole time we were away. Showed off her polite manners and obedience skills for people downtown in city park, only barked a few people the entire time we were away but was otherwise good at ignoring people or even being friendly right away. The worst and only bad thing she did was get into the disgusting cat food at our friend's house. Oh, and she tried to chase the cats once she realized they weren't scary. But only if they moved fast, and thankfully she has a good leave it! But other than that she had a blast. She was so happy and full of enthusiasm and joy.
Anyhow, onto the pictures! There are hundreds so I will narrow them down as much as possible.
Dance thought the boys were gross and wouldn't play with them, so this is the only shot I think I got of her with anyone else haha.
Not a good quality picture but I love Dance's prissy "ew, gross, slimy rocks!" face...
Lots more!
Other than that, we also went to different beaches and took Dance swimming a lot. She loved the lake and would probably be much more of a water dog if we had more lakes around here rather than creeks and rivers. She didn't like it when we got in the water though and got a little frantic about it for a bit. Squeaking, pacing, jumping in and circling us so we'd go back to shore. She was sure we needed rescuing or something. But she relaxed a bit after a little while. She was also pretty perfect the whole time we were away. Showed off her polite manners and obedience skills for people downtown in city park, only barked a few people the entire time we were away but was otherwise good at ignoring people or even being friendly right away. The worst and only bad thing she did was get into the disgusting cat food at our friend's house. Oh, and she tried to chase the cats once she realized they weren't scary. But only if they moved fast, and thankfully she has a good leave it! But other than that she had a blast. She was so happy and full of enthusiasm and joy.
Anyhow, onto the pictures! There are hundreds so I will narrow them down as much as possible.
Dance thought the boys were gross and wouldn't play with them, so this is the only shot I think I got of her with anyone else haha.
Not a good quality picture but I love Dance's prissy "ew, gross, slimy rocks!" face...
Lots more!