Mystery solved!

I received an email from Amy this morning with this picture...

Indy-Anna on her "perch" - around 12 months old

Howard and I have both wondered where our pups got the "mountain goat/perch" gene and lo and behold here is half sister Indy-Anna demonstrating couch perching!  And I must say that I think the girls all bear a striking resemblance to her (Swing's nose is a tad longer at the moment, how do Ella and Gracie Dot look ladies???).  Anyway, if you look at the pedigree you will see that Indy's sire is Maestro (who is also our puppies sire) and the puppies dam Mia is Indy's great granddaughter.  So these guys have a double dose of that "perch" gene.

So there we have it, mystery solved!  Indy-Anna's obviously was not going to let that awesome sunbeam (looks like this picture was taken in the winter, trees seem bare) go to waste and the couch just happen to be in the way!  Thanks for sharing the picture Amy.