Had a bath yesterday

and trimmed for the 3d time...didnt stay clean very long

Derby

Did a few quick photos of Derby..
windy day and forgot to change my WB from a previous shoot, so color is abit off.

( pictures in small file resolution )

*thanks Deb for your help*

Going through images for possible

consideration for display/ marketing material.

Pink Collection

Playing around with grayscale and pink with a few images taken earlier.

Part of a Sepia Collection..

Went through some images I had did in a Maternity session and turned a few into a sepia for a different look / feel.

Caper...

A familiar look...

Thanks Joanne for sending out photos of Ms Caper.

Salute to 2 Vets...

It doesnt get much sweeter than this....

'Hi Cathy,
Last week was my 84th and today is Louie's 10th. Last week we were in a Master's Gamblers and there were 23 dogs in the class. The main gamble looked fairly simple -- over the dog walk through a tunnell and over a jump, but out of the 23 dogs only two Q'd. I was proud of Louie. He came over the dog walk paused on the contact as I asked him, I said "right", he looked right I said tunnell, he turned right through the tunnell and over the jump. You could hear the cheers in downtown Kelowna. There was only one other dog who got it. Louie knows his right from his left and it gives him a real advantage. Everyone wants to know how th train left and right commands. Takes a lot of time but it is worth it.
At one of the training sessions the trainers husband took a video of Louie. It was a gamble. If you picture a U shaped tunnell with a jump on one side and the chute on the other side. He had to go over the jump, past the first tunnell opening into the second one, turn right, skip the tunnell openings and go into the chute. I am going to send you a copy of the video. He is such a good dog and we have lots of fun.
I am downsizing and moving into Riverbend Seniors' Community. Louie will get to do pet visitations to the part of the complex where the people are less able. It will be a new adventure for us. '

Kane

Photo credits to Sheena Staples - Big Air Photography

Thank you Mary for this great picture of Kane...he looks great.

This old Ford Truck

Would be so cool to go back with a tripod and work on images for a true HDR image.

Place across the road

.. is much like a museum of days gone by horse drawn equipment.

It even has an old Black Smith shop with original tools of the trade.

Wanted to take a few photos of things as they sat undisturbed before

I move my electric fence around it for grazing...alot of the items will likely

be moved. The old black smith shop is falling down and on the slate to

be burned down by the fire dept for 'fire practise' some time this year.

Enzo

Thanks Cathryn, love the sweet look on his face.

Laid up...

Working on the second sprain of the year, only this one taking far longer. Get re - rayed next wk. Glad I had the garden totally in as well most of my sheep fence up for rotational grazing before the dogs took me out in a mock one race...a couple forgot to deek at the last minute when I had my back to them. Totally frustrating as limited in training dogs and I have to decide if I can keep my clinic spot or kiss the spot good bye. Time is ticking....

Oliver...

Thanks Rhonda for sending this lovely picture of Oliver...I'm envious of the *green and blossums' west coast is serving up for Spring...still brown and drab with yellow dandelions adding to the local color on the lawns that are just nicely getting green here.

Early morning

Spring still slow to arrive here on the prairies...colors still in brown tones...tree buds and grass waiting for some sunshine AND warmth to reaally take off. Planting some of the garden today. Birds making good use of the sheep wool for nests.

Practise...

Feeling alittle rusty from not picking up the camera much this winter so trying to get a few shots off each day. Thought I'd try abit of sun haze through some old weeds/bramble...except tough to wait out a pup to composite it. Other shots were taking with her outside the bull pen...they are walking up behind me being curious.

Set up the electric fence for the sheep...guys here busy corral cleaning and should be ready to get onto my sheep pen this wkend.

Havent worked dogs with my sprained ankle this past wk...need to get on it as have sheep that need legging up as well. Entries sitting here waiting to be filled and sent off...

Career Day...

Well we survived... and enjoyed every minute of it.
Sheba & I were part of Career Day for Grades 1 to 6 in our town here. We were given 15 minutes to talk about our Careers and then open up the floor for questions with each grade. Sheba was a good little trooper and handled the cyclone of energy that entered each time a new class came into the room as well was a good demo dog for properly greeting a friendly dog to end our sessions. Clearly a hit with the kids ( what puppy isn't ) The kids had good questions about Dog Training & Grooming as a career. Generally the kids were just as eager to talk about their dogs at home and shared stories.
The biggest challenge actually was not to have some kids dominate question period and encourage the quiet ones of the group to stick up their hands and ask a question.
Sheba provided entertainment value as she made a toy out of anything offered to her. A few of the Grades had previous dog class students of mine so I invited them to be part of the demo for teaching basic obedience.
Have one tired puppy sleeping off her big afternoon....

Great Grand-mother 'Brooke's 16th birthday today. Sister Shadow enjoying the day with 'her family' in Edmonton.Really seems like it was just yesterday they were born...many adventures, many fond memories along the way..

Red Female

My hubby named her 'Sheba' since it was alot easier to

put a handle on her than simply calling

her 'puppy', he's been packing her

around riding shotgun while work is slow.

Jade...