Oh Yeah, You Blend

I can’t believe they are six months old already! (as I get more pictures and vital stats I will post them, this is what I have so far):

Lobo (Alkemi Beowulf del Roble LS) is 23 pounds and 11″ at the withers, working on tracking, agility and his Canine Good Citizen:

Lobo at 6 months

Cricket (Alkemi Braveheart LS) is 13 pounds and has graduated from her first obedience classes and is doing well at puppy agility:

Cricket at 6 months

Colby (Alkemi Batman LS) is 16 pounds! He is catching up!

Colby at 6 months

Colby at 6 months

Ollie (Alkemi Breaking Away LS) is 19 pounds and 11″ at the withers and has a new job running to fetch the paper for his mom Pat (see the video in a separate post):

Ollie at 6 months

Ollie at 6 months

Zhora (Alkemi Blade Runner LS) is 19.5 pounds and 10.5″ at the withers and is working on learning to be a show dog and puppy agility:

Zhora at 6 months

Video taken December 31, 2012 of Lobo (Alkemi Beowulf del Roble LS) tracking. He is just FOUR MONTHS OLD! His mom Jan has done a lot of tracking with her Malinois.

Here is Lobo at 4 months:

Ollie’s mum Pat sent these great pictures of Ollie. Pat says: “As you can see he is growing fast now.  He is as tall as his best friend, corgi Sandy.  My very reactive dog, Sky, is now very tolerant of him and they even play.  As I have never seen her play with another dog, this was a real treat to watch. Ollie attended his first agility trial two weekends ago.  Ollie made progress walking in and out calmly and working with me around other dogs.  It was a horse arena, I did not do well keeping him distracted from bits of horse poop.  Seems my treats are not as good as them. Ollie can now sit, down, shake hands, and is learning left and right.  He has a stay at mealtime but not translated well to a stay in general so we are working on that. Everyone who sees him is crazy about him.  I can go nowhere that I don’t get stopped to tell all about him.  He is a great Vallhund ambassador since he just wags and loves every one he meets.”

Awesome!

Ollie and his Corgi best friend Sandy

Headless Corghund!

Ollie and Sky

Ollie and his now much-smaller moose friend!

Ollie and G’day

Here is Lobo stalking and pouncing on his new Sheltie friend Sophie:

Creeping up….

GOTCHA!

…that Vallhunds can be extremely useful. As the dishwasher prewash, for example:

Lobo demonstrating the “prewash” service included with all Vallhunds.

Nina OAJ, November 18, 2012

In addition to Nina finishing her Open Jumpers title (we’re still sitting on 2 legs in Standard, SOOO CLOSE both times this weekend), Tish ran a great Jumpers course yesterday (no q) and earned her second Jumpers leg today with a lovely q – she drove ahead of me and ran her lines like a Nina! No video of today’s Tish Q unfortunately.

 
Nina Open Standard, November 17 (NQ):

 
Nina Open Jumpers With Weaves, November 17 (NQ):

 
Tish Novice Jumpers With Weaves, November 17 (NQ):

 
Nina Open Standard, November 18 (NQ):

 
Nina Open Jumpers With Weaves, November 18 (Q and Open Jumpers title!):

Here is Lobo being cute (they all seem to have a swirly wave on their backs as their adult coats come in – all my Vallhunds have had this, it goes away after their adult coat is all the way in):

Here is Colby (Alkemi Batman LS) out for a walk on a beautiful day:

Here is Lobo (Alkemi Beowulf del Roble LS) at 3 months, his mum Jan says he has worked his first track and nailed it first try! You’ll notice that his tail is a blur in every picture, he is a happy guy!