Would You Like Some Dog Hair With That?

The other day I went to get myself a bowl of ice cream.

Cookie dough is my all time favorite flavor.

To me there is nothing quite better than a nice big bowl of cookie dough ice cream as a mid-day snack, smothered with chocolate sauce of course, and maybe some frozen dog hair?

Hmmmm..... interesting.
I wonder how that got there?
Nevertheless,  I am not the type of person who is going to let a little frozen clump of dog hair ruin her fun, so I just removed the hair and proceeded to dish myself up a bowl of ice cream. Dog hair happens and we move on and indulge.

Now... if this would of been human hair in my ice cream I would of thrown the container away and vomited and  gagged the rest of the day whenever I thought about it. Eck!
However, I think it's pretty safe to say that the person working the ice cream production line at Edy's is not furry and does not have a brown Newfoundland, thus my educated conclusion would be that this dog hair came from one of my dogs. Which is fine. My dog's hair in my food is fine. My dogs are clean and a little mud never hurt anyone.

I have dog hair wind up in some pretty weird places, butter, microwave, between my toes, on the jelly jar, just to name a few. I asked around on Facebook the other day to see where some other weird places people have found dog hair and there were some good ones: Salad, underwear, on my Newf, on my husbands facial hair, a framed picture-that was NOT framed in that house, and on Twitter we had in my ear, and in the oven door-behind the glass.

So what about you? Where's the weirdest place you have found dog hair?

The Journey Begins

Next week Leroy is entered in his first show as a champion. Thus, our journey with a dog as a special in the show ring begins. It's a journey that I am ready to take, but not READY to take, know what I mean?
I am tired of sitting back and watching the shows happen, watching who is winning and who is not, however, I am a bit discouraged at how many Newf specials are out there right now. In the past few years there has been 2-3 specials out each year. This year the average in our area is 6-10. There are, in most cases this year, more specials then class dogs entered. Of course it would be this way THIS year. We're specialing a dog and so is everyone else that shows a Newf.

A "Special" means that the dog has already earned their AKC championship and they are competing for ranking points. Specials only compete at Best of Breed and above level (Group and Best in Show)


We are moving in the right direction with Leroy as far as getting him ready to special. I like what I see, but we are already well behind the other specials that are out now since they have been showing since January and we still have more work that needs to be done, but it's either take the plunge now or wait to start the journey until next year. I don't want to wait another 10 months. I want to get back in the ring. I haven't seen Leroy show since November.

He's come along way since then. I've come a long way since then. We still have further to go.

Over the last few months I have been doing a lot of thinking. (imagine that, me over thinking things) Thinking about what I would like us to accomplish this year. At 3 1/2, Leroy is still pretty young, so we don't have to rush anything. This year I would like to pick up a few select points towards his grand championship title. I am not looking to win Best of Breed, although one time would be fine with me. I would like to compete in the working group at least once this year. That would awesome. Then next year, in 2013, if all goes decent in 2012, we will go out stronger, with more goals.
Only time will tell where this journey will take us.


To my totally awesome readers, I know that some of you have had issues trying to comment on my posts which is why I tried to change my comment form the other day. Well.....for about 30 seconds I was back to the old blogger comment form and then all of a sudden there was no place to comment. After working on this for hours last night, I am sorry to say that I had to stay with my previous comment form.  I hope you understand:))) If you do not see a place for comments try clicking on the post title and that should bring up the comment form.

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Meet Matilda

Today I would like to introduce you to someone very special to my heart. I have never met her in person before but she is stole my heart the first time I laid eyes on her.

Meet Matilda.

Matilda is Sherman's daughter and she was born on 11/15/11, one day after Sherman's 5th Birthday.
Matilda lives on an alpaca farm and has the best family a Newf could have. She is so loved and spoiled and even has her own set of fans on Facebook, including me!

I love seeing pictures of her. She is a little piece of Sherman and I am so proud.
I often catch myself wondering if she will portray any of Sherman's traits.
Will she be a velcro Newf?
Will she have record breaking slobber strings?
Will she snore as loud as her daddy does?
Will she become obsessed with her favorite toy?
Will she bark like a girl? cause her dad does.
Will she give the best hugs ever?
The questions go on and on......and will be answered soon, but until then I will continue to admire her from a distance and beam with proudness.

Yep. That's my grand-daughter. She's the most beautiful girl in the world.

Monday Mischief Blog Hop. Pardon My Absence

Pardon my absence over the last few days, the little munchkins thought it would be a great idea to both get sick  in the same week, with different illnesses, both which required my full attention, and it wasn't just the one day kind of sickness, it was the full 4-5 days, stay home from work, up all night kind of sickness....and it wasn't just the "oh they have strep, or the flu." kind of sickness. It was the "WTH is wrong with my kid?" kind of sickness. 

 Thank goodness I had Sherman there to help me keep a watchful eye on one while I attended to the other. 

Regardless, they are now, dare I say it, both better, and we can all get back to normal. 

Even poor Sherman was feeling under the weather because he lost 2 nails on his right front paw due to his SLO. For those of you who do not know, Sherman suffers from a condition called symmetrical lupoid onychodystrophy and you can read more about that here. It's been over a year since we have had any issues with this, and of course it would happen at the worst possible time, but I was able to get him in to the vet and get him taken care of. 

(you can't see the bad nails, but this is the paw, and the bandage was just my added touch for the picture.)

Sherman is, dare I say it, feeling much now too.

So as you can see, there wasn't much time for mischief in our house this past week, and if there was, I didn't see it happening., I saw Leroy doing a lot of this:

Which makes me think he will have some mischief catching up to do this week. Lucky me.

Welcome to Monday Mischief Bloghop, the hop that wraps up the weekend!!!

This hop is brought you by  Alfie's Blog, Snoopy's Dog Blog, and Luna, a Dog's Life, and My Brown Newfies

From Australia to the UK, to California and Ohio, our dogs all love getting into something mischievous over the weekend and we are sure yours do as well! This isn't open to just dogs though, because we know that other animals can get into some mischief too! So why not jump on our blog hop and share your tales of mischief, or just wrap up the weekend!

Here's what you need to do to join the hop:

*Share your Monday Mischief Post on your blog

* Link up your Blog name and URL using the linky tool below

* Grab the Button from any of our 4 hosts and include it in your Monday Mischief Post

* Stop by the hosts of the hop and say hello. 

* Visit the other  blogs on the list and see what they have been up to and say hello 

* But most importantly have fun!! 

Pillars of Strength. A Special Day for K

For those of you who are not familiar with K, she is a very wonderful Labrador Retriever girl who lives in the Rocky Mountains with her owner, who may I say, is quite an adventurous lady. I have followed their blog Romping and Rolling in the Rockies for quite some time now and I am always amazed at their Rocky Mountain adventures. This is a blog that has really taught me how to open my eyes up to my surroundings and to take every day as a gift. I often find myself on walks with the Newfs thinking about how they would romp up in the Rockies with all that beauty surrounding them.
K and her pal R, encounter some pretty wonderful wildlife on their walks including Bobcats, Bears, and even Mountain Lions.  While I would probably freeze in my tracks if I ever got the smallest glimpse of one of these creatures on a walk, K's owner is very aware of her surroundings and makes sure that her dogs are always safe.
Daily romps in their beautiful world is K's favorite activity and she embraces every day that she has, yes she is a dog but you can see it in her face, her will to live life to the fullest.
At the end of December K was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in her ulna, which is a forelimb bone.
K is currently undergoing stereotactic radiation, which is a new procedure for killing bone tumors. While this procedure will not cure K, it will kill the tumors in her forelimb and hopefully give her and her owners more precious time to share together.
K and her family are simply amazing and have such a love for life and the world around them. If I am ever feeling blue all I have to do is stop on by their blog and see K's beautiful face and the adventures that she had that day. Seeing this and knowing what she is going through just makes my problems seem so very tiny.

With K's next chemotherapy treatment approaching this week, a wonderful group of bloggers has gotten together to show their support and encouragement to K and her owner. To let them know they are not alone in their fight and that we are all sending strength their way.

This one is for you K. Thank you for showing me the beauty that life has to offer.