Checking IN!

WOW its been a few weeks! Sorry life just gets in the way....it was pheasant season after all! So we spent 2 weekends in the woods searching for Birdies! We had SO much fun! Journey & Cooper (the evil Brittany) were so not happy they had to share bird time with ME! Last year I just tagged along and played but this year OMG I had so much fun! Mom said she was SO proud of me! I retrieved every bird shot for me...and even a few shot for the other two knuckle heads. One day we got our limit very early and Mom made us really behave and worked on training vs shooting birds.....I am learning that I have to honor the other dogs on point....its not fun but i do it.

In-between hunting weekends we took a trip to OH for a dog show! Saturday I came very close to finishing my championship, but Kissing Cousin "Pixie" got her 1st major instead! She's a cool girl! Big props to her and her brother Rocket! Rocket is such a cutie! I even got to see my Grandma Jan, Cousin Riley & Aunt Tessa. We stayed with Aunt Margaret so we got to run and play all weekend! It was fun! There was 8 of us running and playing. My Dad Journey, brother Brady, Cousin Guzzle, Cousin Reba, Payton The evil Beagle and My surrogate kid Teagan (she's really a flatcoat that my sister Payton raised with her litter, but I am her "other" mom). It was so much fun to run and run and run!!! I LOVE! Being chased!!!!

Now we have a few weekends off before heading to shows again. Mom started her new job this week, she has been so busy at work.

Well thats it for now! More news to come soon!!! Lots of things planned for November! Check back soon; we'll have more details soon:)

Princess Treasure!

HT Picture

We're been busy getting ready for our upcoming hunting trip! Journey's making a nuisance of himself since Mom brought out her gun to clean....he KNOWS its almost time.....the poor boy is acting like there is a girl in season around (and its NOT ME)....barely eating, following mom around like a lost puppy...the silly boy, i keep telling him she is NOT leaving without us....she NEEDS US! He's such a whiny baby.

Unfortunately Pheasant season doesn't Officially open until Monday the 20th, so we'll just be scouting for pheasants Sat & Sunday....but it will still be Grouse & Woodcock Season so that is what we'll be hunting Sat & Sunday! CANT WAIT! Look Out Birdiieess! We're coming to get you!!!

So the wonderful ladies at the Irish Setter club HT took pictures of all of us with Qualify Scores! Here is my picture. Its a little dark, mom said she'd fix that when we get our computer back up to speed on Thursday.

I'm sure there will be more pictures to post after our hunting weekend....You know Mom and her Camera....maybe she'll even figure the video thing out!

POINT!

Mom finally got off her keister and entered me in a Hunt Test on Saturday. She told me if i held my point (opposed to flushing my own bird just as mom gets within 2 feet of me) that she would shoot some birds for me and let me retrieve them! SO I was a good girl and held my point....i even let mom flush it and shoot it (altho she missed it) before i took off to bring the bird back. I still don't understand why she has to shoot them because I can bring them back just fine alive.

I got a cool Orange Ribbon and mom said my scores were awesome! All 9's and 1 8! So now i have 1 leg towards my JH. Hopefully we can do a few more HT this fall....but between real hunting and trying to finish my Championship mom said it doesn't leave a lot of weekends, so we may have to wait till spring.

Boy was my dad ticked off when mom took ME out 1st! We could hear him screaming the entire way around the course. Even grandma Sue yelling at him didn't shut him up. He was so mad that when it was his turn he blew mom off big time and got in BIG trouble! He is such a boy, always wanting it his way and to always be 1st. He just has to learn I am the Princess and I go 1st now!!!

We cannot wait for Pheasant Season! Only 2wks to go then we'll be OFF to the Lake for a weekend of BIRDS BIRDS BIRDS!!!!!!

Another Sad Day

Today is a very sad day at our house. Our Onyx Kitty had to go to the rainbow bridge. She was very old and very sick. Her kidneys had not been working well for awhile and over the weekend she took a major turn for the worse. I am very sad....i loved to chase the kitty. Mom said it will be a very long time before we get another kitty. Onyx was a one of a kind cat. My mom raised her from just days old. When her mom was killed on the road in front of her work. She was nicknamed the Devils Spawn by our vet because she was so evil. She taught all of us dogs to respect the kitty....poor Naven even has permanent scars from trying to lay on top of her. Even dad Journey (who mom calls the kitty killer) wont do anything other then point onyx....he knows better.

So it is a very sad day at our house......Mom bought a special candle to light tonight in honor of our evil Onyx kitty. She is now terrorizing all the other cats and dogs at the rainbow bridge.

Mom and the Camera

I swear give mom a camera and she finds anyway possible to embarrass us! So I had to get a bath and to make matters worse Dad gets one with me (read same time dad in tub with me...aren't their rules about that?) i mean come on cant a girl have a little privacy! So we get our baths and mom grabs her camera to take pictures of us.....

Dad of course is a camera hog he loves having his picture taken....

So I thought maybe if i closed my eyes really tight she'd just go away! or just pretend i am sleeping and she'll leave me alone.

You can tease my dad about his purple towel.....I told him it was "sexy" LOL!

OUCH!

Thanks to everyone who has hit my site and blog trying to find out why I was excused from the ring on Saturday....for those so concerned I hurt my foot. We have no idea how or on what but it hurt bad! I tried to be brave but about half way around the ring I just couldn't do it.


But some pain meds, a foot soak and lots of TLC and I am all better now! Unfortunately, I didn't get to show on Sunday either as I was still not using my foot. Oh well! Hopefully in October they'll be majors again.....


I do want to thank all my east coast peeps for all their website and blog hits! Your daily hits to my page and blog sent us up to the #2 spot for blog hits the most times on Tuesday! Love you guys! You know who you are....and that we can see you!

Sad Day

Today is a sad day....we learned that two of my relatives passed away this week. My Great Grandma Lany and my Great Grandpa Russlure both passed away this week:(


We lit a candle for them.