Author Archives: annieriecken

Lucy is learning the weave poles. So I wanted to set them up or we could use them a lot. Notice where she has decided to settle. And I can’t help but be reminded of the fact that when as … Continue reading →

… but Chico changed the plan. Lucy gets bored, so I made her a treat-dispensing toy out of a seltzer bottle. She didn’t really get it, but Chico was all over it. To give Miss Lu a chance at it, … Continue reading →

I’m working on the boxes that didn’t get unpacked during the big push to make the house livable and this turned up. This sheet of paper came with Chico, but it took me many months to find it the first … Continue reading →

I actually imagined that it would be Chico looking out this window. So far, Lucy is much more interested in the view than Chico is.

Here’s a little vid of Miss Lu learning delayed gratification by leaving the cookies and coming with me. She’s a genius.

I’ve been so quiet because Chico and I moved to the new house on December 21 (Lucy went to Kathryn’s to play with other collies for the holidays, but she’s back now). It took all my attention to pack, move, … Continue reading →

And there’s Chico excavating one. But we made it to the only slightly buried weaves and I galumphed up and back on snow shoes. Second set was clean, but the first time through I don’t think he believed we were … Continue reading →

On the couch. Without me in the middle.

And s/he thought this picture of Chico was one of the best taken all weekend, it made the photog’s “picks” collection. http://www.mcaoe.com/112015%20Big%20E%20Fri%20Premiere%20STD/48/med/BIG_9422.htm I actually like a number of them better, including the first in the series for Premier Standard: http://www.mcaoe.com/112015%20Big%20E%20Fri%20Premiere%20STD/53/lg/BIG_9412.htm … Continue reading →

The weekend before Thanksgiving Chico and  were at the Thanksgiving Cluster, the biggest dog show in the East. Agility, conformation, obedience – four days of canine communing. We had two runs each day, I didn’t want to push it. Our runs … Continue reading →