Watching the wildlife.

On a hike

Playing in the fields 

Waiting for Santa Paws

Uncles Spoil Anschutz for Christmas

Waiting with present #1 for present #2

Merry Christmas to Anschutz!

Getting Ready for Christmas

Getting Ready for Christmas

Anschutz ran Christmas prep. errands, today. She is looking forward to the next two weeks. Visitors of all sorts, stay tuned.....

Watching a video on Santa Paws, er Claus.

Riding in the sleigh, er, truck on errands.

Waiting in line to send her friend, Zinfandel a Christmas present.

Wanting to know if she gets one of the cookies we bake with these groceries? 

Anschutz Enjoyed Colorful Colorado for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Anschutz is almost 7 months old! Where does the time go? She is such a sweet puppy and learning new things quickly! She is a true teenager and testing quite a bit. But doing well, all things considered. She is leaving all the Christmas decorations, even those on the ground, on the tree (including the one live tree and one fake tree), or at eye level. Those that make sounds and noise interest her, but when told to leave it she loses interest and we are very thankful to have a 'normal' decorated house for the holidays. Enjoy this month, take time to be peaceful, enjoy family/friends and be good to yourselves.

Anschutz's First Snow

Today, I realized being a puppy raiser comes with a lot of firsts and lasts. For the first year or so, it's marking all the firsts, then for the last few weeks it's marking all the lasts. Here is Anschutz enjoying her first snowstorm.

Anschutz Sees the U.S. Capitol Tree

The Christmas tree that will be on the west lawn was cut in Minnesota, The 88 foot spruce and it's entourage are on tour through the upper midwest on it's way to Washington. Kristi and Anschutz thought this would be a fun training outing. And it turned out to be great. We met our friend Sue. We looked at the tree, took photos, met some kids who knew petting wasn't allowed and asked if they could say hi to the dog. We also met a few adults, one who didn't know and encouraged anything but an appropriate greeting. But most people knew Anschutz was a working dog and couldn't be pet without asking. Anschutz did better in her greetings, but still an area we need to work on. It was a nice afternoon! Minding her own business and leaving the plants is still being worked on. But heeling and paying attention to Kristi, most of the time, is great!

Photo op with the tree.

Another photo op with the tree and Sue.

Working on here up.