Our backyard photo journal - a collection of pictures of Skippy and the plants and flowers in our backyard. Also pictures from Skippy's walks & stories of his therapy work. Skippy is working hard at learning to be a Therapy Dog.

Monday, May 26, 2008

water dog

water dog
Nothing link a nice cool pond in the hot weather!

life's a beech

life's a beech beech leaves

Thursday, May 08, 2008

summer clip

summer clip
Yippee Skippy! He has a brand new summer clip. Last night was sooo hot for Skippy - he panted instead of sleeping. He's much more comfortable now with his short haircut.

I do have to make a quick comment on the ticks this year. Terrible! Poor Skippy gets so many of them. I hate stop him from running through the tall grasses. He loves this. But even in relatively urban Belmont, he picked up a dozen yesterday. If we walk in towns to the north or west its worse. Also, he often picks them up in our community garden. Seems like its just a bad year for ticks.

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

hot weather for a long-haired puppy

Skippy is SOO hot today. He still has his winter coat and the weather is up into the 70's now. Skippy is a puppy who likes to sleep on the snow all night when his fur is long.

The good news is he has an appointment for a haircut tomorrow. Its a big deal to finally get a grooming appointment around Belmont. All the groomers are booked up weeks in advance. Thanks goodness people/I don't need to wait so long for a hair cut!