First Snow Of The Season ~ Jacob Sheep

Our first real snow of the season.The sheep were licking the snow, but otherwise, it did not seem to phase them. And why should it? They are wearing their wool coats, bring on the snow !

Puppies and Grandchildren Play

~These pictures were taken December 23rd.~~#1 Grandson, #2 Granddaughter and (below) #5 Granddaughter play with the puppies in the snow. They all had fun.~

~Red puppies exploring and sniffing and tasting everything.~

~#2 Granddaughter just cannot contain her joy when playing with the puppies.~

~The grandchildren spent the night with us. Time to bake Christmas cookies, play games and do crafts...and of course we played with the puppies indoors too !~

~What did I say...#2 Granddaughter just cannot contain her joy when playing with the puppies!~

~#5 Granddaughter cuddles the puppies while watching Christmas Specials.~

~Grandchildren and puppies ......fun for me!~

Snow Days For Red Dogs

~Beatrix, Willow, Sienna, Mabel, Misty...come on girls, let's play!~

~Oh boy....we're gonna play! Maybe there'll be tennis balls !~

~O.K. girls, now behave yourselves and no knocking me over in the snow. Willow, in front, is the puppies half sister. She and Beatrix are AKC registered Labs. The next dog, is Sienna. The pups mother. She is 8 1/2 years old. The white dog is Misty. Misty is almost 13 years old and is blind. She has cataracts. She doesn't know she is blind. She still plays and retrieves using her sense of smell. The dog in the back is Beatrix. She is Willows' full sister from another litter. These girls love to hang around me, and they love to retrieve. But we don't play unless they follow the rules. Chaos and mayhem , plus BIG dogs is a formula for accidents and disaster. So no matter how excited the dogs get, they have to behave and still listen to me!

~O.K. ! Let's play on the ice. Sienna, Willow and Beatrix all try to beat each other to the stick they want to retrieve.~

~Mama Sienna beats the younger girls almost every time! Where's Mabel ?~

~Oh, here she comes !~

~Whoosh...slippy-slide, there she goes! Mabel is Sienna's full sister, from an older litter. Mabel is 10 years old.

~Sienna slips on the ice as she dashes and slides out to retrieve.~

~She got the stick!~

~Daughter Beatrix and she get to the next retrieve the same time but....

~Mama Sienna comes up the winner most times ! Way to go Sienna.~

Snow Puppies!

~The puppies seem to like their first venture onto the snow.~

~They are curious about everything now.~

~This puppy comes running to me every time I call her.~

~Tasting snow, and a snow mustache!~

~Half-sister to the puppies, Beatrix, waiting for me to throw a tennis ball.~

~Sienna, puppies' mom, at the far left,shown with two of her daughters, half sisters to the pups. Willow and Beatrix. All three dogs are waiting for me to throw a tennis ball.I have never been able to wear them out doing this.....~

~Mama Sienna retrieving on ice.~

~This puppy is concentrating on another puppy, waiting to pounce!~