The Cookie Face Club goes to the Vet

You guessed it, Tuchuck and Theo went to the vet today. Nothing serious, just a check up and picking up some meds. Tuchuck was mostly along for moral support. We hear little Theo rocked the clinic with his charming self. Who knew? He did let people know when boundaries were crossed, but, all in all, the little cookie face did good. :) Guess what, he even rode in the van without expending any bodily fluids, waste, or otherwise unrecognizable matter! Woohoo! Way to go, buddy!

But, wait, look what else they had at the clinic. The T-Boyz were very curious... But, no, it is not their pal Bruce.(Did anyone get the Philly reference in our title? All we can say is, "BOO, Eagles!")

Speaking of cookies...

What could possibly warrant such attention from all of us? Wally T. Corgador! Jacks sends special thanks to Wally for the super treatables! As you can see, nothing brings us together like sharing foodables. Thanks, dude!!

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Don't worry, Angel gets to share, too!

eYewatch Friday: Belated edition

Look at Tuchuck's big eyes! Guess what he's lookin at? He and Narra went to a Rally trial today and Narra earned more ribbons! Nah, Tuchuck's not looking at the ribbons, he's checkin out the totally awesome cookies Narra won, too. Cookies for the cookie face! The rest of us have to admit to being more impressed with the cookies also. (We were also kinda impressed at the ridonculous hour the human got up to get to the show on time... yup, we said ON TIME!) Bring home the spoils, Narra, just wake us up when you get home.

Belated Happy eYewatch Friday, everyone!

Lights, Camera, Tuchuck!

Photos from Tuchuck's first agility trial (by JFG Photos).

Red Ribbons!

Red Ribbon isn't just a favorite bakery, it's the theme for Tuchuck's agility debut weekend! That's right, we trained the human very well: he blew off his originally scheduled plans to enter another day of the agility trial (thanks to day-of-trial entries--woohoo!). Both T and Narra got to play some more! What does that have to do with red ribbons, you ask? Well, in addition, to his second place on Friday, Tuchuck earned another one on Sunday! (He earned a fourth place, too!) Not a bad debut, huh? Three runs total: two second places, one fourth, and, best yet, three qualifying scores! Way to go, Tuchuck!!! Sistah Narra never had such a weekend, but she did pretty well on Sunday, too. She actually earned two fourth places out of three runs, but no qualifying scores. (Not really sure how that works in CPE, but we'll take it.)

To add to the merriment, Tuchuck's impressive performance was witnessed by our own little posse. Family friends who were visiting the human's parental units all wanted to see agility! Although it wasn't part of their reunion plans, they seemed to have a good time checkin out the trial. And we appreciated the fandom! Go, Tuchuck, go!!!

Baby, you can drive my car

It was a busy weekend! The human took a brief interlude from agility good times to help out Deb, a young, female white German Shepherd Dog in need of a home. In fact, a lot of people helped out Deb who needed to be transported from Maryland north to New Hampshire. She's in a great foster home now and waiting to be adopted from Echo Dogs White Shepherd Rescue. Any takers? She's awesome! Tell your friends!

eYewatch Friday: Agility Edition

He's being very nonchalant about it, but Tuchuck rocked his agility debut today! For his first ever agility trial, Tuchuck ran clean and beautiful--and earned a second place! Sistah Narra, the veteran--ahem--ran, too, but we're not gonna talk about that. Yay, Tuchuck, you're in for a lot of fun times now, brah!!

Happy eYewatch Friday, everyone! Have a super great weekend!!

Waiting...

This isn't all we do, but it seems like our lot for the time being. A myriad of trials and tribulations for the human at the moment, so we're just waiting for blogging to happen... (Tuchuck, you better get into action soon--looks like you could lose a few pounds, brah.)

Wordless Wednesday

Oldies but goodies

We forgot to mention that brother Jacks turned 12-years old (or so) on his "birthday" a couple weeks ago. Of course, sistah Angel is our presiding senior at 13-years old. We did recently discover, however, that Jackson is now completely deaf. He doesn't seem to mind too much, as far as we can tell; he's still the easygoing, happy guy he's always been. Besides, the young'uns are duly respectful--we watch out for our older sibs. After all, they make the best pillows! (Well, Jacks does, but don't try to lie on Angel!!!)

eYewatch Friday: Corgi Edition!

We haven't really blogged anything of substance in a while as the human claims busy-ness as usual. Not that we see him taking care of business... Ahem. Apparently, he had to go visit Uncle Kidlat today and cut his nails. A likely story. Whatever. So here's Kidlat... (Guess we're still lacking substance!)

Keyboard Happy!

Many thanks to our buds at Life With Dogs for including us in their Friday Five! As it turns out, we just got a little sumpin in da mail that buddy Nigel will enjoy... :)

Our world is black and white

T-Boys wrassle BC style! from 4dogart on Vimeo.

"They say it's your birthday..."

"We're gonna have a good time!" In case you can't tell, we're havin a birthday party!!! "Birthday," "Gotcha Day," whatever you want to call it, the calendar says July 31 is the day we celebrate big bro Jackson! (We don't really know how this date was determined, but we don't really care.) While the human may have neglected previous celebrations, he came through on this one. Jackson got a "Happy Birthday" biscuit from our favorite Giggy Bites,and we all got an assortment of their best treats: veggie pizza, crunchy chicken, and wheat-free salmon. AND, to top it all off, marrow bones!!! Now that's a party! (BTW, Tuchuck and Angel partied, too, they just insisted on chowing down away from the camera--excuuuuuse us!)
Happy Day, Jacks!!! And Happy eYewatch Friday, everyone!

Keeping an eYe out for home!

Happy eYewatch Friday!

Foster bro Theo is still waiting to go home (and we're waiting for him to go!). He's had some "issues" lately, so the human's got to get him more adoptable. No small feat! No time at the moment, as we've got visiting fam in town. Whew, too much goin on!We just don't understand how anyone can resist this cute little face! Especially when he does his great Corgi impression!

The Life of Riley

We received the sad news on Sunday that our close friend Riley passed away that morning. Actually, Riley was more a friend of older bros Tsamba and Buko, so we feel their losses again, too. Riley and Buko were adopted from the same SPCA and were obedience trial buddies way back when. They used to commiserate over their ridiculous humans who could never get it quite right. Riley and Buko could never understand what was wrong with just staying home and hanging out on the couch (which is not to say they didn't earn their share of ribbons).

Here's Riley with his brothers Bullet and Solo.

We'll miss you, buddy. Run free.

Angel Eyes

Happy eYewatch Friday! More importantly, Angel sends cattle dog eyes with "Happy Birthday!" wishes to fellow heeler mix Norwood! They have similar eyebrows--and their eyebrows aren't dissimilar from Sam Ervin's (for those of you old enough to remember him). The eyes (and eyebrows) are upon us!

Wordless Wednesday

To the manor born

We completely forgot to brag!! Our primary purpose in going to Vermont was for Narra to compete in the Vermont Scenic Cluster dog shows, in Rally like last weekend. Unlike last weekend, however, she didn't bring home any blue ribbons. Lots of green, though (for qualifying scores), and, ironically, a personal best performance of 96/100--two days in a row! The 96 was worth a 4th place on Sunday. Tough competition, huh?

We celebrated after the show with our new friend Humphrey, a black Golden Doodle, who took us to a very special place. Humphrey has the privilege of romping around the grounds of a private section of Shelburne Farms. And by "private," we mean a very classy mansion with amazing grounds right on Lake Champlain. Ah, yes, we could live like that!

The Best of Summer in the Champlain Valley!

Some times when you look forward to a trip, you're disappointed because it can't possibly meet your expectations. Other times, a trip completely surprises you: even though it doesn't meet your expectations, it becomes a whole new pleasure you never even considered. Our trip to Burlington, Vermont this past weekend was like that. We connected with new friends and longtime friends alike and rediscovered our love of the journey. Or maybe we were just giddy over Lake Champlain's 400th anniversary (even though we missed the parade). :)

The only thing that could've made the trip any better was if the whole gang was together. We wished everyone coulda enjoyed the great time we had.

One of the real highlights of the trip was hangin out with bloggin buddy Sophie and her mom--we had the BEST time at the dog park and swimmin in Lake Champlain! (She has more pics on her blog and even a video, too!)