Piper

In a couple days Piper will be 8 months old. Time sure has gone by fast since she was just a tiny little puppy.

Piper

Piper is finally here. We decided to get a puppy from Chuckanut Retrievers on January 21st and on May 22, we were able to pick her up. She behaves well for a puppy and has a sweet personality. Her birthday is March 26.

Just a quick post

I just wanted to post a link to the k9data website for some information on the father of the litter we will be getting our puppy from.

http://www.k9data.com/pedigree.asp?ID=262245

Long time no Blog

It's been several months since I've put anything on our family blog. This is most likely due to me starting a blog of my own for fitness. http://typercy.blogspot.com Even that blog hasn't been updated in several weeks. I guess it's time to get back on track. In July of 2009 I blogged about losing our Golden Retriever, Josie. After 18 months of "recovery" from losing her, we were finally ready to begin doing some research on our next dog. Over the past 18 months we have talked about what breed of dog we would get when we were ready to be dog owners again. We talked about at least a dozen different breeds, but nothing seemed right. We decided that our best option was to stick with a Golden Retriever. I started doing research on breeders. Breeders to avoid, breeders check out, etc. I had no idea there were so many things to consider when looking for a healthy dog! I won't bore you with everything I learned, but if you are looking for a healthy dog, don't necessarily go for the breeder with the least expensive puppies! About a week and a half ago, we met with a breeder who lives in Bellingham, WA, but was down for the Portland Dog Show. He had brought one of his 15 month old Goldens with him. We spent about two hours with them and came away very impressed. This is the type of breeder we want to support and get our next dog from. We put a deposit down before we left. They were breeding one of their dogs even as we were meeting with him. We found out last night that the due date is going to be March 26, 2011. We should be able to pick her up 8 weeks after birth. We are excited! The breeder we chose is Ken Matthews and Wayne Miller who own chuckanut retrievers. www.chuckanutretrievers.com They have one of only two Golden Retrievers to ever win the sporting class at Westminster (2006-Andy) We are still thinking of names for our new little girl, so if you have a suggestion, please leave a comment.

Chicken Update

The chicks are nearly full grown. Three are just now 3 months old and the fourth will be 3 months on the 21st of May. The chick that is furthest away in the picture is the youngest.

Amy Made the Frontier Drill Team

Amy tried out for her Middle School Drill Team this year and was very excited to hear that she had made the team. She is less excited about the uniform...lol Karen and I like the uniform.

Road Rash

For Matthew's 11th birthday he got a new bicycle. As it turns out, it doesn't make very good U-Turns. It's made for going fast, not turning around!! He has this raspberry on his elbow to prove it! We think it looks kinda like Africa....