Dynamic Duo (or is it the dastardy duo?)

Swing and Hank (Beau) headed south to see the GraytSky crew but not before making a slight detour to hang out at a show n go while cousin Dodge got some ring time.  I knew the venue would be a nice place for the puppies to hang out, and Howard was kind enough to humor me by watching the munchkins while I put Dodge through an Open obedience run.  Suffice it to say, the puppies were a hit (please, are you at all surprised???) with almost all of the folks that were there.  They hung out and wrestled in the xpen, something a brother and sister just have to do, and took multiple trips outside to do their business and check out the surroundings.  While it was not that busy in the bldg. (we all figured there was an obedience trial somewhere that everyone was at), they still experienced the sights and sounds of show and part of the socialization process is to expose the puppies to environments that are both positive and safe, I think we succeeded in providing that to them.

From there we headed down the road a few miles to the Anderson's for a scrumptious lunch and more socializing for both the puppies and their owners.  Swing had been down to see her relatives the week before so she just fit right in with the school of dogs (who BTW had all received baths before we arrived, too bad we didn't know that was going to happen since Dodge and Swing both could have used a bath).  It took Hank a few minutes to adjust to the craziness of 5 new dogs (one of them being crazy Rosey who is always glad to see us) running all over the place, but he was in the mix with everyone else in no time.  Once everyone was reaquainted we let the puppies play with everyone while lunch was cooking and then they both got a rest before putting them up on the grooming table for some stacking practice and pictures.  Here is what they look like at 16 weeks...

Beau

Swing

And for comparison purposes here is a shot of their daddy Maestro at 9 months (thanks to Chris Grisell for sharing the picture)...

After spending about 3 hours at Amy's we loaded up and headed north with two very tired  puppies.

Both puppies are enrolled in a Handling class and both are training in other disciplines (tracking, obedience and puppy agility) to make them as well rounded as possible.  I am sporadically bringing out a pheasant wing to encourage Swing to develop her hunting instinct but unfortunately it is low on the totem pole for us.  We hope that our other siblings are developing as nicely as these two and their owners are enjoying them as much as I am enjoying Swing.  Next weekend Swing will again be hanging with the GraytSky clan while I head to Dover with Michael for the NASCAR race.  Hopefully Amy won't spoil her too much while I'm away!  Thanks for the grayt visit Amy and Michael!