A week with Hank (Beau) and a brag

Hank has been hanging out at Camp Jill for about a week now and it's been a pretty decent week.  The last time he stayed with us they were only 5 months old and things were a lot different in this household.  I do think he's been enjoying himself, he's had a lot of exercise, trained a little and been on the road almost as much as he normally is with Howard.  This weekend we went to our friends farm to play on the agility equipment and today we took a road trip to a breed match so that I could show Stitch who belongs to my good friend Sallie.

Stitch and Hank

There was a slight overlap when I had both Stitch and Hank and as you can see, Hank had fun playing stick keep-away with Stitch.  With Swing he would rather run around and explore which means he's been a bit too close to the road at the end of the lane for my liking (where one goes the other eggs them on to go farther so they've been wandering a bit) or out behind the spring house looking for bunnies.  Thank goodness he will do a recall, especially if Swing responds when I call her (they have had selective hearing once or twice) but if that doesn't get a reaction out of them I can always get a reaction if I say "let's get some cookies!".  We have another week or so to work on that skill along with a few others.  :-)

The brag for the day is that Stitch went to her second match and came away with Best Puppy in Match!  Every time she entered the ring she got better and better and both Sallie and I were super pleased with how she did.  If things keep moving in the direction they have been we could be looking at another Champion in the future.  Here is a shot of the little girl from today's match.

Stitch - Best Puppy in Match, Lehigh Valley Owner Handlers Association

She is two days short of 5 months of age and she handles the ring as if she's been showing in it for some time.

On our way home we stopped by Cabela's to let the dogs out to potty and stretch their legs since all of the adults had only been out of the vans for a short period of time while we were at the match.  The afternoon was lovely, the humidity had broken and there was a nice breeze going.  It was a nice pit-stop before heading home and calling it a weekend.

Hank gets to enjoy us for another 10 days so we'll get more pictures to post and perhaps a story or two to tell.  Stay tuned.