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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Day trip to the snow!

I had two weeks off work for the winter break. It was my hope to get some things done and get to the snow as much as possible......Sadly, I only got to go one time. However, it was a good time. My friend Jessica, her two young kids and their dog Dylan joined Timber, Jade and I for the day trip. Jessica was generous to drive and risk her van to my two furry beasts since I woke with a sinus headache and had to take some sinus medicine that causes drowsiness. She offered to reschedule the trip....I said no way! It had been such a struggle to make the trip happen, I was not about to disappoint her kids and another kid: yours truly. Ha Ha!

This trip was Baby Jade's first time in the snow and of course, she loved it. Timber was exposed to the snow very early on, at about 4 months of age in the same area as well as the extreme winter conditions of South Dakota and Montana.
see posts: http://melanialynn.blogspot.com/2009/12/day-trip-to-snow.html, http://melanialynn.blogspot.com/2009/01/more-snow-january-12-2009.html, http://melanialynn.blogspot.com/2009/01/wyoming-south-dakota.html

I can't wait to take them up again. I love the snow and it's fun watching the dogs enjoy themselves. Timber likes to eat the snow and Jade couldn't stop running. I would eventually like to move a little closer to the Placerville area. I love the mountains and it's a great place for the dogs too.

I'm hoping before the snow season ends this year to experiment having the dogs pull a light sled. Jade isn't full-grown, so she can't pull me despite the help of Timber. However, if I can trust the dogs enough to be cautious, I might have them pull around Christian or Patryk. I will start out with just the sled to see how they react. So far Timber is not particularly fond of his harness. I made him wear it all day and through the night and he was restless almost the entire time. Perhaps a more custom harness for sled dogs with padding would be less annoying. We'll see.

Friday, January 30, 2009

First Snow

December 29, 2008

Timber's first visit to the snow!

Timber and I joined my boyfriend Royal and his dogs Joe and Tsavo up highway 50 past Placerville until we found the perfect spot for the dogs to play. As expected, Timber loved the snow and did well, better than expected. He kept right up with the big dogs and ran through the 2 - 3 foot snow with no problems.

All tuckered out after playing...

Royal and me

Kisses for Mommy

Catch the snowball Timber!

That's Joe, the German Rottweiler up front, Timber and Tsavo, the Rodesian Ridgeback in the back

Mamma and her "little man"

Whee!!! I love this white fluffy stuff!!!!

Timber's first step outside of the truck into the snow

The car ride up to the snow...

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Time with the girls

January 19, 2009

Weekend visit to Quincy

Finally, I made the plan to go see my cousin, Lisa and meet her new baby girl, Annie. Annie is almost 4 months old now and just as beautiful as her two older sisters. My cousin makes some cute kids! I got some one on one time with Annie before Rosemary and Lila came home from their weekend at their dad's house...then the silliness began...Rosemary will be 9 soon and Lila will be 7.

Annie...keeping up on her current events with the afternoon news