Just got home from a fun weekend in Waukesha, Wisconsin. We didn’t come home with any points, but we had a great time and the dogs all did great showing. Kizzy won a very nice Bred-By-Exhibitor class both Friday and Saturday, placing second today to Nancy Parker’s lovely Piper, who went RWB. Bree won her class all three days.
The show was lots of fun. It was great to catch up with friends and see some wonderful Danes!
Yesterday Tiana and I drove into Milwaukee and snapped a few shots of the dogs at various locations around Lake Michigan.
Kizzy at two years old
Bree at two years old
Mello at four years old
A few shots from the hotel room…
Kizzy & Bree crashed out on the bed
Mello taking a snooze
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Some shots of the girls from this weekend.
Skyy & Kizzy
Skyy at six years old
Kizzy at two years old
A fly?
Kizzy
Most all of our snow is gone, leaving behind lots of fun mud!
Skyy spattered with mud:
The reason she is spattered with mud:
Kizzy being Kizzy:
Skyy might be six, but she is still a puppy at heart!
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Our Christmas pic this year:
Not an easy feat to get both dogs and kids in a halfway decent picture. The cat kept escaping our photo shoot, so he got his own pic:
Welcome to winter! We have had over a foot of snow dumped on us over the last few days! The interstate was closed between us and Des Moines for most of yesterday and, of course, the area schools were all closed.
Kizzy loves the snow (any excuse to run madly about the yard), but Skyy is more content inside. Skyy would much rather bake in the summer sun!
I took the stitches from Kizzy’s gastropexy out yesterday and the incesion looks great.
LAG Gastropexy incesion 11 days post op
Sister Greta came over yesterday for a play date. It was a beautiful day – unseasonably warm for November 8th!
Kizzy’s piglet impression:
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Check out some recent pictures of Skyy & Kizzy – November play pics
What has the dogs looking up?
This little guy and three of his siblings!
We discovered four baby raccoons living in the tree right off our back deck. When standing on the deck, we’re eye-to-eye with them. They’re cute and curious!
Of course, this is driving the dogs crazy!
If I sit, can I have a raccoon?
The raccoons don’t seem very phased by the dogs. I think they’re only about three weeks old. Some of them don’t have their eyes open all the way yet.
They crawl all over the tree and “talk” to each other with a little cooing noise.
I’ve received lots of conflicting advice about these little guys. Some people I’ve spoken to think they are orphaned since I haven’t seen mom around, but most don’t. It’s likely that mom just hasn’t made herself seen by us.
Of course, lots of folks think I should have them killed or removed. I certainly don’t want to have them harmed. At this point, we’re going to give it awhile longer before resorting to having them removed. It seems that as long as we don’t give them reason to return (i.e. FOOD!), they’ll move on soon enough. I do worry about the dogs attempting interaction with an adult raccoon, so we’ll see how things go.
Baby raccoon photo gallery
Kizzy playing with her sister, Greta…
Fun game of keep away!
Mmmm, a stick!
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Just enjoying the weekend!
Skyy stalking Kizzy
Kizzy in stealth mode, stalking Skyy
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