MacBook Pro

As a diehard PC user I never in my wildest dreams thought I would say I liked a mac.. I work on them at work, fix them but have never really had one to "use" long term. Now I do, work gave me a new MacBook Pro to use for work.. I do like it. Now that was hard to say, I never expected to say that at all. I LOVE the backlit keyboard. There are a couple of annoying things but that could be the user..  
Now I cannot manage my Novell networks at school with it so I will have to get windows 7 to put on it to dual boot it because I must be able to manage Novell and I have no intention of carrying two laptops around. 

Anyone else out there switch to Mac from PC??

Snow........

Well looks like we are making up for the snow that we haven't had much of this year.. The pups love it and would stay out all day as long as I stayed out.. It is light and fluffy now but may not stay that way. It started yesterday and won't stop they tell us until sometime early in the morning..

 It's my ball and you are not throwing it.

 What are you waiting for, throw the ball I'll get it I promise.

 Ok I lost it but I will find it.

 What do you mean we have to go in, it's just a little snow..

Afternoon at the Lake

This afternoon Steven ( Son in law ) took Emma, Aselin, and Raider and went to the area he grew up in. There is a huge lake there so we went for a spin... Check out out the video of Raider pulling Aselin on snow tube..

Aselin has so much fun being pulled by Raider

Daddy took a turn but Aselin wanted Raider

Emma took a turn..

Aeslin trying to pick up the ball to throw for Raider



Still trying to pick up the ball. The ice is slippery and big mitts make is hard for a girl.

Happy Campers...

Emma & Raider - who is training who?

Emma started taking obedience classed with Raider at Ditto's Canine Learning Centre 
She is in 4H and began their obedience classes with him but they use the choker chain to train with. Since that is not a positive training method and there is no way anyone is putting a choker chain on any of my dogs I signed Emma up for classes. She is doing great! Raider is doing a great job with her as well Here are a few pictures form the second night on classes.

Ditto is showing off for the camera.

 Emma getting Raider to "settle".

Raider on the "down stay"

Raider has GREAT eye contact with Emma.

This is Nell and she came to be with her new sister Rhea in the next picture.

Rhea did not like me takig her picture she kept barking at me.

This is Toma and he is one handsome labrador.

Ditto wanting his picture taken again ...

Emma getting a kiss from Raider at the end of class.

They both did great!!

Dog Auctions and Puppy Mills

Do you ever wonder where all those cute puppies in the Pet stores come from??
Many of us know they come from Puppy Mills but many do not know about the dog auctions that provide the breeding dogs.  Dr. Nancy Kay, author of "Speaking For Spot", recently wrote a blog post on Dog Auctions. Please check it out..

Every Puppy no matter how cute that you buy from a Pet Store means another one will immediately take it's place. The lives that the breeding dogs live are horrendous. The only way to STOP or even put a dent in this business is to NOT EVER buy another Puppy from a Pet Store or ONLINE. If you want a puppy or dog check out your local Shelter or talk to people like your Vet who will know the responsible breeders. Often Shelters have pure bred dogs as well but remember for every dog you get from a Shelter you save two! The one you rescue and the one that gets to takes its place at the Shelter.