What's Up, Buttercup?

Baby Buttercup.

Just saying, “Buttercup” makes me happy! And as you read her update, you will see that our little Miss Buttercup continues to spread happiness and joy — Georgia shares this fun report:

“WOW! For years already.  

Buttercup continues to amuse and delight us every day.  I have never had a dog who offered up behaviors like Buttercup does.  Every morning when I’m drinking my first cup of coffee in bed (thank you Patty!) Buttercup starts throwing behaviors at us without being cued to do it…”Do you want ‘rollover’?   How about ‘dead bug’?  I can be a shy dog and cover my eyes with my paws!….”  

Over and over and over again until we laugh and then she jumps to her feet and runs over for a treat.  

Laughing is the criteria that Buttercup is aiming for and she’s perfected her antics.  She will invent behaviors that she thinks might amuse or combine two behaviors  like running backwards then dropping to a rollover first one direction then the other all done with a manic speed. 

We’re either a really easy audience or Buttercup is one funny girl!”

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Thank you, Georgia (and Patty)! And HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUTTERCUP!!!!

Wildflower Birthdays

Our Birthday Celebration continues!

Baby Kadi.

Eden sends us this happy report: “Kadi is an exuberant dog that makes you smile and laugh with her attitude. A lovely working dog that is a joy to train. Currently we are training in agility, tracking, and obedience. She is well started in carting with solid foundation work. Her jump height card is 24.25” and her last weight at the Vet’s was 88.6 lb.

She has been healthy with her last Vet visits related to a cyst that I found and just wanted to check.

We love our Kadi dog  Lovely photo by Kim Perry.”

Thank you, Eden, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY KADI!

This is Baby Chase with Daisy.

Since Lawrence retired, he and his dogs have been on fire! This is Chase’s official name: Kaibab's Keltic Warrior CD RI FDC DCAT SWA SCE DJ CGC CGCA CGCU TKN ATT BN-V FTN NDD MDD. And check out how handsome Chase is! Also, I think he and Kadi look a lot alike.

I am super excited to see Lawrence and Chase this weekend — they are coming to Missoula to do dock diving and Fast CAT at our local four day show.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHASE!

And speaking of shows…

Capella was Best of Breed again for another four point GCH major 🎉 Apparently, bald is her lucky color 🤷🏼‍♀️

Have a fun and happy day!

BIRTHDAY LOVE

Today is the Wildflowers’ FOURTH birthday — here they are at four days.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILDFLOWERS!

I hope to be sharing updates all week long — let’s start with my own Pozy Clarkia.

Pozy is busy, brilliant, intuitive, and an incredible working dog. She is also very lovely.

She does not, however, enjoy being petted by strangers and this is something that is hard to address where I currently live — there just are not enough training opportunities with other humans.

She doesn’t bark at people — she simply moves away if they try to touch her.

Pozy prefers an extended warm-up period before she will be wild and lifelong friends with someone new. Once she loves you, it is both exuberant and forever.

She is a very, very kind dog and she LOVES well.

This is a good time to say that I plan to move in the not-so-distant future. Pozy will especially benefit from being in a place with more humans. She is a true Pandemic Puppy and combined with an isolated living situation — well, there is a bit of work to do but we need to be around humans to get over the hump.

We will. In the meantime, we train.

Hopefully, Pozy will be in a tracking test in June 🍀 and show in all the other things she already knows by next Spring.

Pozy is an absolute joy and I am so lucky that she shares her life with me ❤️

HAPPY BIRTHDAY POZY CLARKIA 🎂🎉🥳

I wonder if Pozy sometimes feels like Jan in the Brady Bunch? You know…

Capella and Pozy are very different dogs — and yes, Capella is more forward-facing right now. That doesn’t mean anything about how deeply Pozy is loved, how special she is, and what an absolute delight it is to train such an incredibly smart working dog. Love is expansive and inclusive, with room for all.

Also, Marcia (aka Capella) was Best of Breed yesterday, earning a GCH major and beating two lovely male Specials 🤷🏼‍♀️

Being Jan can be rough — I know this well since I have a REALLY perfect sister (Christine! Christine! Christine!) — and so I work hard to ensure Pozy knows that she is also valued and loved.

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