This was Abigail training with her Daddy. She was such a funny dog in the ring. She had no patience for practice, practice, practice.

She once laid down in obedience class and said I have had enough.

One day at a show where we had a morning show and an afternoon show she decided to lay down in the ring in the morning and get this go to sleep. She was not in the mood. The judge laughed but she didn't get any points.

We almost left in the afternoon cause we figured she was tired or this was a yawn. I think the yawn summed it up.

But we stuck around and I groomed her, Nathan showed her and she won and won and won, best of breed, best puppy and on and on.

That was our Abigail finishing her championship with a bang. She did things when she wanted to not exactly when you wanted to. Plus I rather figure she knew if I do this like you want me to then you are going to take me home and let me play and stop this crazy show business and we did. :-)

Miss Abigail has some pretty amazing pups so she knew this show business was a silly sideline for her.

Some like it, some don't. But handling class is excellent training even if you never show as it helps your dog relax in strange situations, on tables, people man handling you in all sorts of strange places and you are exposed to so many dogs.

Pavie can't join us for Woofstock unfortunately. <sigh>

Hey Darlah, you'll find attached a picture of Pavlov taken with our new camera. Valerie suggested I send it to you... so here it is!

Sorry we won't be seeing you this weekend (we have a wedding to go to), but you'll be seeing Val. Have fun!

-Sabrina

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So what camera did you get?

It was downright hot and I am now wondering why the pool is not open but I have so much to do that anytime soon will just distract me.

They say rain tomorrow so I will have to clean my office....hahahahahaha... right.

Abigail is my gal through and through. If I am staining a table she is there waiting for me to finish. If I am watering the plants (sprinkler system is leaking) she is right there.

We had to put out some of the plants in the house today. Tomorrow the rest unless it pours. We shall see.

The dogs spent a lot of time outdoors with me. We played and they went after the hose cooling off but not Abigail. She wanted to lounge on the pad and watch.

Simba - Fiona's boy went after the hose like it was the best toy in town. I had to get him dried before he went home. I love a dog that loves water. He makes me laugh and laugh - what a great dog!

Truffie took all the ice out of a water dish to play with those. Yes, whem it is hot I add ice cubes. I think the dogs found their own way to cool off but that pool opening may have helped but it wouldn't have helped me get things done, now would it?

She did them all today but thankfully the manure was dry and that brushed out and I spritzed her with the good smelling stuff.

Dogs are like that. It's sort of like having a pile of leaves in the fall and expecting them not to run through them.

If you look real close you will see compost on Roxie's face. She just thought the compost smelt ever so yummy.

Why do dogs like stinky stuff. Well......

Roxie is chillin now that Jlo is gone. That's okay, Panda comes tomorrow and it will be play, play and more play again.

Did the rest of you have a great Mother's Day? I hope.

I will tell you the dawgs really loved jumping in the weeds I was pulling, putting their face in the compost and making a true mess cause hey you need more work, mom don't you?

Oh I do so love them! They are lucky that I do. :-)

I gave Panda a bath. I had this idea that I would get Panda and Logan bathed so when Jon, Lynda's son came to pick them up I would take a photo but he was a tad late so I sent Nathan out to take a couple of photos while I finished drying Risa.

The photos aren't bad (EVERYONE LOOKED GOOD EXCEPT PANDA'S HAIR WAS IN HER FACE) but he should have fixed Panda's hair.

Send a man to do something for Mother's Day for someone.... heh

We will have other opportunities, I guess.

At least I know they are clean and Lynda can spend her Mother's Day enjoying vs. grooming, I hope.

Happy Mother's Day, moms in 2 days. It's not just about you being a mom or your mom being a mom or your significant other or husband being a mom but rather a celebration of all we do.

It should be a day of leisure doing what you want.

I hope that's exactly what you have.

Moms do and do and do but even I have to remind myself that there are times that you need a break from doing and have a refreshing break of others doing for you.

I hope everyone has a grand one and Lori I hope you have a special one as it is your first!

Cooper and Logan is home, Jlo showed up late in the day. It's a quiet day without the party boys.

Sometimes your Havanese likes to just chill. There is nothing wrong with them. They are simply playing recovery.

I can't begin to tell you how many times we got a call after a puppy was playing here that they think something is wrong as their pup only wants to chill or sleep.

Just like humans they also need downtime. Without downtime your body will be stressed and you are more apt to get sick and that's true of dogs too actually.

So after Cooper went Logan, Roxie, Panda and Spice just chilled and me, I washed. heh

PS: This Sunday is Mother's Day. I hope all the moms have an outstanding day even if it is simply chillin' as we need that too!

I just thought this through. Tre lives with all females. What a lucky dawg he is!

Gerda placed up some photos of the fearsome threesome that I thought you may enjoy.

One of the photos I looked at and thought of comic relief. The walk...

Gerda wrote: "The walk is usually not that complicated, but as I was taking the photos, we were down one handler :) We attach Kiz to Pepper who walk with with my girlfriend, her husband takes Cail and I have Tre. What we didn't catch in a photo was Kizmet rolling in the grass, while Pepper kept on walking dragging her behind.. and neither seemed to care HAHA"

I wanted to update you on Ringo.

He is doing very well and went on his first walk today! He was quite excited and running back and forth but he really enjoyed it. He even wanted to chase a van that drove by. We ran a few laps on our street after the walk (we live on a cul de sac) and then did some agility training and practiced sit.

The photo below is Ringo in action staring at my hand as he sits. What a good boy. You would think after all that he would be pooped but nope. He's still going!

When you think your dog is in a funk and she lightens up when the pups come and go you tend to worry when they go what she will then do.

But I know from the past that it brings closure for them and for us. Sure you still miss them but you see how happy they are and you go, then that's the way it should be!

Since the puppy visit Abigail has found her full out play again with Roxie and Panda. The 2 daughters are rather pleased that mom is playing full on with them like she did before pups. It's not as if she forgets about them. She actually still plays with them but her focus is on the pups and rightly so. When the pups are gone moms can go back to teaching and playing and that is exactly what she has done.

Interesting enough Treasure has found her fondness for Monty, her son.

Someone asked do they remember and I think they always do but some feel their job is done. Other times their focus has to be on other things like pups. In some ways not falling back into that 'the way it was' is healthier for mom and pup. They end up truly moving on but as I see Treasure investing her time with Monty I see she is missing that connection too.

I am lucky as I truly have great moms.

On Sunday I think the moms are going to get an extra treat. They deserve it!! I hope all of the new puppy moms also get an extra treat. You too deserve it!

Perhaps now you understand why we do these puppy visits. Over the years we found it was important to do them for us, for the canine moms and the new parents. I wish other breeders did similar.

I really enjoyed having all the pups and with no sleep for 2 days - yep no sleep last night either, well you would think I didn't care but I watched the video over and over and had to cut half of it away as it was simply too long. I really love the pups each and every one of them.

Then while editing I crashed and a quirky thing happened. Every single video portion had Nathan's face in it - no lie so I had to start again.

What a day - Oreo and Magic who couldn't get enough play in just went home and Alfie is going any minute and then Steven and My came with Raylan, Mac and Monty and they are still playing up a storm.

So, if I make this short, I have places to be and fun to be had.

Will take photos of Raylan, Mac and Monty tomorrow.