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Happy 2nd Birthday, Mika!
Mika at 15 weeks.
Oh, my goodness! She’s two! She’s two! Can you believe it? I sure can’t. It’s hard to believe that just two years ago, little miss Mika was being whelped by her momma, Birdie. We’ve been blessed with every single day we’ve had with this little girl and will be blessed with the days to come. She has been everything we could have ever asked for.
Our “new moon” is growing with leaps and bounds in our heart and the hearts of others. She continues to astound us with her desire to work, her beautiful personality and the absolute ‘can do’ attitude. She is has come a long way and we have so many more plans that we’d love to try and accomplish with her.
From a little wiggly puppy to a beautiful young lady, she accomplished her UKC conformation Champion title at eight months and her first Grand Champion leg two months later. We hope to eventually accomplish all available obedience titles, maybe some weight pull and agility and Schutzhund. We will see where we can go and how she progresses with time. We’re just taking our time and having a blast with her. We have many years to go and lots more adventures to have.
We love you, Mika sweetie. Happy Birthday, kiddo.
Mika at 2 years.
Virginia Livin’
“Are we there yet?”, says Luna and Mika.
We got in yesterday at around nine o’clock in the evening and checked into our hotel in Chesapeake, VA. The dogs were relieved to finally be some place that didn’t require being loaded back up in the car for a few more hours on the road. They were able to lounge and relax for the rest of the night while we went and visited family for dinner and catching up since it had been a few years since I had been down to visit and it was a first for my wonderful husband. We didn’t get back to the hotel room until a little after midnight and let the dogs potty one more time before retiring for bed from a long and uneventful day of travel down here.
Today, the dogs got to chill in the hotel while we ran around with family to an sushi buffet and other errands that were planned. We’re now back in the hotel and they’re all relaxing while I blog. Tomorrow, we’re planning on going back over with the crew and taking a nice walk after the weather cools down a bit in the evening so that our pack can be introduced to Logan and do a little bit of training and prep work to see if Logan is ready to do his CGC test along with some other activities with my darling little sister.
We’ll be leaving here on Thursday morning and heading up to Washington D.C. We’ll be staying there until Saturday before heading back home to Michigan. We’d like to do the tourist thing while we’re in D.C. and hit some of the dog-friendly locations while up there and get some good photos of the pups while having a little bit of fun for the two of us.
It truly has been a wonderful vacation so far and makes me not want to return to the reality of our life, but sadly that will eventually have to happen. It’s a shame that it’s so darn soon.
The Real Meaning of Roadwork
No, this entry isn’t really about walking and conditioning your dog. It’s about our trip into the great unknown. Our first vacation that doesn’t involve some dog event as the main course of action and I’m so freaking excited!
Tomorrow morning, bright and early, we are heading down to Virginia. More specifically, we’re heading down toward Virginia Beach/Chesapeake/Portsmouth for four days before swinging up toward Washington D.C./Arlington. It’s that time of the year that we get a week off of work and this year we intend to take advantage of it. Getting to see friends and be ‘tourists’ for the first time in a long time is definitely a worthy reason to take a road trip.
We’ll be loading up the dog mobile with our gear and the gear of four of the five dogs. We would be taking five, but unfortunately, Duo doesn’t travel well. The stress of a long road trip does his system no good so he gets to stay behind and enjoy a week’s vacation as the only dog with Grandpa. Luna, Lyric, Ryker and Mika, however, think that traveling is very awesome and they can’t wait to be going.
The one unfortunate thing is that BSL has limited our choice in areas to stay in up in the Washington D.C. area since a few of the less expensive hotels are in areas where there are restrictions. We won’t put our dogs in that risk and so are avoiding those areas and spending a bit more money for a canine family-friendly vacation. It sucks, but it is what it is when it comes to the response to owning an APBT because of the irresponsibility and management of others who have ruined it for the whole.
So, right now, it’s t-minus less than 24 hours before we hit the road. So excited!
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The Awakening World
We went out hiking at Maybury State Park this month – Lyric, Mika, Bruce and our good friend Robin and her rescue boy, Kohl. We had an absolute blast. Here are a few photos. The rest can be viewed on Flickr.
Getting Back to Nature
We went on a little nature walk at a local park. Normally, we’d bring the whole pack but since we headed out shortly after attending an NWDA weight pull, we only had three of the five with us – Luna, Mika and Ryker. We had an absolute blast and the dogs got to sniff and bounce and get out and about for a few hours with not a care in the world.
Luna watches a couple of squirrels play.
Ryker can’t decide if he’d rather pee or watch nearby birds flittering around.
Mika telling us what she thinks of pictures.
Ready to hit the trails. [Left to Right: Ryker, Luna & Mika]
