{"id":180,"date":"2007-12-17T21:55:03","date_gmt":"2007-12-18T04:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/?p=180"},"modified":"2008-01-05T19:56:03","modified_gmt":"2008-01-06T02:56:03","slug":"snow-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/?p=180","title":{"rendered":"Snow Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It snowed on my birthday celebration weekend (woo!  Snow!  Living with proper weather again!).  Jennifer was here with the setters.  Crazy runarounds (and therefore pictures) ensued!<\/p>\n<p>Everybody bite somebody:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/everybody_bite_somebody.jpg\" alt=\"everybody bite somebody\" id=\"image165\" title=\"everybody bite somebody\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Rakki and Cillian:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/cillian_rakki.jpg\" alt=\"Cillian and Rakki\" id=\"image161\" title=\"Cillian and Rakki\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cillian likes to bite Rakki while Rakki runs away, like a battery-operated chew toy:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/cillian_rakki_02.jpg\" alt=\"Cillian and Rakki\" id=\"image162\" title=\"Cillian and Rakki\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These are happy dogs:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/cillian_rakki_03.jpg\" alt=\"Cillian and Rakki\" id=\"image163\" title=\"Cillian and Rakki\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Vallhunds face off while the setters wrestle:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/snow_dogs_04.jpg\" title=\"snow dogs\" id=\"image175\" alt=\"snow dogs\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes when Sully and Cillian play, it&#8217;s more like something out of &#8220;Wild Kingdom&#8221; than domestic dogs playing (like the poop in the background?  Wild Kingdom, I tell you!):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/snow_setters_02.jpg\" title=\"setters\" id=\"image177\" alt=\"setters\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nice ears, Sully:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/snow_setters_03.jpg\" title=\"nice ears\" id=\"image179\" alt=\"nice ears\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Action Cillian, with poseable action ears:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/snow_setters_04.jpg\" title=\"boing\" id=\"image178\" alt=\"boing\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vallhunds are capable of barking, running and play-biting all at the same time, while being schnorfled by a setter (hey, it&#8217;s a skillset):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/snow_dogs_02.jpg\" title=\"snow dogs\" id=\"image174\" alt=\"snow dogs\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Biting and running, and running and biting:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/rakki_nina_snow.jpg\" title=\"bite your sister\" id=\"image170\" alt=\"bite your sister\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Run Cillian Run!:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/run_cillian.jpg\" title=\"run cillian run\" id=\"image171\" alt=\"run cillian run\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Okay, but seriously dude, about those ears&#8230;:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/run_cillian_03.jpg\" title=\"run cillian run\" id=\"image172\" alt=\"run cillian run\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Predator Nina:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/run_nina_run.jpg\" alt=\"run nina run\" id=\"image173\" title=\"run nina run\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nina, doing a hockey stop (or the bunny hop):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/nina_snow_03.jpg\" alt=\"hokey pokey nina\" id=\"image168\" title=\"hokey pokey nina\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Please, uncle Cillian, please play with me!:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/play_with_me.jpg\" alt=\"play with me\" id=\"image169\" title=\"play with me\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Okay, how about I bounce over this way:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/nina_cillian_02.jpg\" alt=\"Cillian and Nina\" id=\"image167\" title=\"Cillian and Nina\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And then you bounce over that way:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/nina_cillian.jpg\" alt=\"Cillian and Nina\" id=\"image166\" title=\"Cillian and Nina\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And then we bounce INTO each other:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/cillian_nina_04.jpg\" alt=\"Cillian and Nina\" id=\"image160\" title=\"Cillian and Nina\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we face off:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/cillian_nina.jpg\" title=\"Cillian and Nina\" id=\"image157\" alt=\"Cillian and Nina\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we can run side by side:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/cillian_nina_02.jpg\" title=\"Cillian and Nina\" id=\"image158\" alt=\"Cillian and Nina\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nina employs her <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/JATO\" title=\"Wikipedia - JATO\" target=\"_blank\">JATO<\/a>, while making sure Cillian is ready to chase:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/chase_me.jpg\" title=\"Chase Me\" id=\"image155\" alt=\"Chase Me\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cillian employs his own <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/JATO\" title=\"Wikipedia - JATO\" target=\"_blank\">JATO<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/augh.jpg\" title=\"AUGH\" id=\"image154\" alt=\"AUGH\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nina turns on the four-wheel drive to perform a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crazy_Ivan\" title=\"Wikipedia - Crazy Ivan\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Ivan<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/cillian_nina_03.jpg\" title=\"Cillian and Nina\" id=\"image159\" alt=\"Cillian and Nina\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vallhunds vs. Cillian:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/attack_vallhunds.jpg\" title=\"Attack Vallhunds\" id=\"image152\" alt=\"Attack Vallhunds\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vallhunds&#8230;ATTACK (note the coordinated attack plan):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/attack_vallhunds_02.jpg\" title=\"Attack Vallhunds 2\" id=\"image153\" alt=\"Attack Vallhunds 2\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cutie pie:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/cute_nina_02.jpg\" title=\"Cute Nina\" alt=\"Cute Nina\" id=\"image164\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Handsome Cillian:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/cillian.jpg\" title=\"Cillian\" id=\"image181\" alt=\"Cillian\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It snowed on my birthday celebration weekend (woo! Snow! Living with proper weather again!). Jennifer was here with the setters. Crazy runarounds (and therefore pictures) ensued! Everybody bite somebody:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,11,21,20,19,5],"class_list":["post-180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-buffalo","tag-dogs","tag-irish-setters","tag-nina","tag-rakki","tag-vallhunds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}