2 Days in a Row

Wow, I'm posting 2 days in a row. You can tell Xmas is over. Hardy was a welcome distraction every morning and evening, and he didn't even mind getting up at 5AM every day for weeks. I remembered to take the camera this morning when we dashed off to find Danny and Barkley, the Irish Setter and Saint Bernard, owned by a PVE neighbor, Brian. If we are running late, we have to jump in and drive over to the school so we don't miss them.

The 12 Days of Xmas

Actually meant "the 12 Days Since My Last Post and another retail Xmas is finally over." Ha ha. Here are some photos from the 25th-27th. Hardy will turn one next Thursday. Hard to believe! We've had such fun. What a year 2008 has been. Happy New Year, Everyone.

Yeti and Nitrous

Here is the video of cute little Yeti who took Opposite Sex to Tug. She is so beautiful. Also, here is the video of Nitro with his big win for Carlos.

Tug wins at Eukanuba!

Hardy's grandpa won big on Sunday at the Eukanuba championship dog show here in Long Beach yesterday. Some aren't very good, as they were taken inside the convention center. I'm also posting the video of his big win.

Tug also won this event in 2006. Susan almost didn't go because she had to work on Saturday morning and it was going to be a long drive. We are so proud of Susan and Tug. When Tug won in 2006, he was expertly handled by Anna, and this time Susan did it herself. Wow! And what a gorgeous bunch of samoyeds.

I really liked the little girl who won Best of the Opposite Sex to Tug. She is from Estonia, and her name is Yeti.

Christmas a bit early

We had our "holiday" celebration tonight, as Molly is only here for this weekend. We went to dinner at Gina Lee's Bistro, then home to open presents. Hardy wasn't interested, which was a relief (so we could open presents in peace.) We snuggled on the floor afterwards. I was tired (Christmas in retail, you know...)

Hardy 'n Meadow

Hardy and Meadow were hanging out in the afternoon and David caught them on video. Molly is home for the weekend. Hooray!! Maybe I will catch her on video and share. We are going to see Tug on Sunday at Eukanuba. That would be a good video day.

Gettin' raggedy

Hardy is starting to blow his coat, so he looked pretty silly at the Costa Mesa shows with Oliver as stiff (and coatful) competition on Friday, and adorable Bailey on Saturday. We went home and skipped Sunday. I dropped him off on Monday morning with Carlos and left him to get some ring time and bonding while I went to work. I picked him up after work, and line brushed him again. We are skipping Palm Springs, and hope to be coatful by Scottsdale at the end of February.

Here are pictures of Nancy's cutie-pie Bailey and some random dogs, and at the end are some photos I grabbed off a near-home video today after I brushed him.