HAPPY SECOND BIRTHDAY TO OUR VERY SPECIAL MOONSHADOWS!!!
The birthday updates begin with the reason we created the Moonshadows — Margie. Toby shares:
“It's hard to believe that 2 years have passed since that day when I excitedly zoom participated in the birth of the Moonshadows! As each puppy was brought in to Mary-Ann and puppy mid-wife assistant extraordinaire Suzanne, I was ticking off a tally of sexes. Boy, boy, boy, boy....wait, 8 boys? Where are the girls? Finally...2 perfect girls :)
That one-day whirlwind trip to Bozeman and back to pick up my special girl is still a blur. Which pretty much describes Miss Margie Moonshadow. She's up for pretty much anything and has found her niche in FastCAT, easily got her Farm Dog certification and quite surprisingly, loved paddleboarding.
Conformation is coming along nicely too, and hopefully 2023 will bring more success in that venue as well as in Rally and perhaps Novice Obedience. She really wants to work, but her enthusiasm often gets in her (and my) way!
I joke (ok, maybe not really joke) that she's half feral. I'm still trying to convince her that her cart is not some Bernese Mountain Dog eating monster, I hope the drafting gene has not skipped a generation as that would make me very sad.
She loves her Uncle brother Clark, and is a very happy participant in their #coffeewithclark #morningswithmargie photo sessions.
Cuddly beyond description, she's able to somehow use her head like a battering ram to get just the right angle for the perfect snuggle. Fiercely stubborn and independent, yet completely clingy, cautious and even fearful at times, she's quite the character and Clark and I love her to pieces. We are so grateful to Mary-Ann for our Margie Moonshadow ❤️”
Thank you, Toby, for Margie’s wonderful life — and for being responsible for the existence of the other amazing and perfect Moonshadows 😘
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARGIE MOONSHADOW 🥳