Great Photo

It is always a challenge to get a good photo of my father (Jack). When we went to visit Devlin over the weekend I snapped this, who am I kidding after taking the photos of the kids grandpa the man who says all the time "I don't like dogs" (yea right) wanted a turn with Devlin . LOVE IT!!!

Our new addition

We are dog lovers that is for sure. For the past 2 years the kids have been members of the Bone diggers 4-H club in oswego county, ny. They have caught the dog bug. Aiden has been working with Cooper. Sheriden worked with Riley in the fall with tranning and this past spring with Cooper. So here is our Our litter girl Devlin (born May 6th), she is an Australian Shepherd She comes to us from Alyiah's Aussies http://aliyahaussies.homestead.com/index.html. We can't wait to bring her in to the fold of our pack. That will bring us back up to 4 after the sad passing of our beloved Jill last summer (2010). This breed of dog will be fun for us. This is the first purbreed dog Rob and I have owned. I was thinking back and we have owned 5 dog 6 counting Devlin. These photos are from our 2nd trip to visit with her this past weekend. The kids had to give her kisses and told her to be good till friday (so cute).

Cooper

This is Cooper's Ma I know im not suppose to play with this face... I could not resist to snap this photo of Cooper on the dog bed with this chin resting the the ball. I did give up on this ball and he loves to play with it we all must pick our battles.

Super Bowl Fun

So we went over to a friends house last night for a gathering to watch the big game. What fun tons of food, Friends, Kids and Dogs. Their are three family's that hang out a lot and we all adopted new pups with in the same month. So the brave host not only invited the families but also the pups. Cooper played and ran for over 3 hours before passing out in the dog bed with his new best friend Lonnie.

Now on Monday he is still tired. We were up picking up Sheirden's room and she has this little stuffed animal bed for her unicorn, Cooper found this a comfortable spot to lounge. I'm not so sure that Pink is his color, but it made Sheriden's day!

Dog toys

Trying to keep our puppy busy is a task in its self. Last week I went to the pet store and man you can spend a months paycheck on toys for doggies. So, my creative side stepped in....

I took a few clean empty plastic containers and drilled one hole in it the size of the dog food or treat. then place in your desired item, screw on time and you are all set.

The dog will roll and flip it trying to get the treat out. Not only does copper love it but our older dogs do as well.

Note: Now you must use you noggin and watch the toy if it gets to eaten up or nasty do your dog a favor and toss it.

Copper

Here is our newest addition to our pack. Cooper is a terrier mix and is about 15 weeks old. He has been with us for about 3 weeks now. He is doing great here. Has falling right it to the daily life here. He loves to go and pick the kids up from school. He has done fabulous house training. We are using a crate with him we have not with our other dogs but they were all older when we adopted them. Still seems funny to me to put him in a crate. He is just such a cutie.

Regan trying to get a look at the new ID tag Cooper is sporting. Sheriden picked it out and help punch in the text for it. Cooper is great with the kids.

Cooper figuring out how to navigate the stairs.

Chewing on a rawhide with his new buddy Riley

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Cooper come to us from a local rescue group. He was taken from an Ohio Shelter where he and the rest of his litter mates were adopted out. His litter was found at a gas station and taken to the shelter. He was adopted by a young couple that had not had a dog before. Needless to say he pee and pooed on their floor (how woudl he not he is just a baby) so they brought him back. This shelter to my understanding has a strict policy that if a animal is brought back it must be put down. He was saved by this rescue group. Cooper is such a sweet pup, if you are looking for an animal of any kind I encourage you to rescue one they make the best pets.

photo op

We were trying to get a photo of the girls and the dogs... what were we thinking it can't be that hard. Wrong.... have to be another time I guess.

Pratts Falls

A quick hike at Pratts Falls this past weekend. We are so lucky that the kids share our love of outside. When we started the walk they had a warning sign, Aiden just had to read and Sheriden was hung up on it the whole time. She was very worried about where injury or death was; now just how do you explain that. All the kids were just amazed at the water fall even Regan love it pointing and making all kinds of noises. We took one dog and all 3 kids all 3 kids fell asleep in the car on the way home and Riley enjoy a peaceful ride home.