Shaksper News

An aperiodic blog about Shaksper Norwich dogs - both mine and those in other homes. To see how the dogs are related, use the relationship feature of my pedigree database.

15 Mar
Ali's daughter, Piper, thinks that Siri ("Shaksper Serena Mckellen") - who was staying with them for the weekend - now identifies as a cat.

8 Mar
Happy birthday to Duffy ("Shaksper Thane Of Fife"), Percy ("Shaksper Thane Of Lennox"), and Rocco ("Shaksper Thane Of Ross") who are five years old today.

5 Mar
Irene says that HP ("Shaksper Harry Percy") is starting to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day early.

25 Feb
Doug sent me this picture of Watson ("Shaksper Peter Quince") enjoying the Spring sunshine.

24 Feb
Otto ("Shaksper Othello") has graduated from puppy class. Joshua and Forewing sent me these graduation photos:

23 Feb
Happy birthday to Artie ("Shaksper Arthur Pole"), Bernard ("Shaksper Henry Pole"), Reggie ("Shaksper Reginald Pole"), and Wilson ("Shaksper Geoffrey Pole") who are all two-years old today.

22 Feb
Jen B. sent me this picture of Gucci ("Shaksper General Chang") running at a full gallop.

11 Feb
Congratulation to Lynn S. and Polly ("Shaksper Hippolyta") on earning the PACH3 title!!! PACH stands for "Preferred Agility Champion" and the numeral three indicates that Lynn and Polly have satisfied the requirements for the title three times. Just like the corresponding MACH title, to earn a PACH a dog has to double-Q twenty times plus run under standard course time for a cummulative total of 750 seconds. Here is the picture of Lynn and Polly with the judge after earning the title.

10 Feb
Eddie with his new dog Yahtzee ("Shaksper John Heminges").

Mandy ("Shaksper Amanda Seyfried") and Winnie ("Shaksper Tamora Queen Of The Goths") during a walk. (Winnie is closest to the camera.) Winnie is going home tomorrow after visiting for a week.

9 Feb
Mark took this nice picture of Baerli ("Shaksper Henry Condell")

8 Feb
Jane and Yoshi ("Shaksper Tom Snout") were out for a walk when Yoshi spotted a fox. ( Closer view of fox.) Jane reported that Yoshi and the fox looked at each other for a long time until the fox decided to leave.

4 Feb
Tom and Karissa dropped off Winnie ("Shaksper Tamora Queen Of The Goths") who will stay with me for a week while Tom and Karissa are traveling.

3 Feb
Jimmy ("Shaksper Iago") in therapy dog class with Sarah.

25 Jan
Valor ("Shaksper Rosencrantz") taking a last look at the lights of the Museum of Science in Abu Dhabi. This was during the car ride to the airport to catch a flight back to the United States. Valor's owners have finished their tour of duty in Abu Dhabi and have been transferred back to the US. I never imagined that one of my dogs would spend time in Abu Dhabi!

21 Jan
After letting my dogs out for an after-dinner run in the nearby field and woods, I heard furious barking which indicated that my dogs had captured something. Upon investigating, it turned out to be a possum (technically a Virgina opossum). My pack of dogs had Mr. Possum surrounded ... and Mr. Possum was not happy - and possum's have a lot of teeth! All I could do is pick one dog up at a time, carry the dog back to my fenced yard, before going back to get another dog. Eventually I had enough of my dogs out of harms way for Mr. Possum to make his escape.

18 Jan
Anne sent me these pictures of Elvis ("Shaksper Edmund Mortimer")"

14 Jan, 16 Jan
When Bob picked up Fergus ("Shaksper Petruchio"), Fergus screamed. As this was a very abnormal behavior, Bob and Christine took Fergus to ther vet. An x-ray revealed that Fergus had swallowed a solid object. (The vertical white object in the center bottom of the x-ray.) Unfortunately surgery was necessary to remove the object ... which turned out to be a piece of plastic. Now Fergus has to wear a donut cone so that Fergus does not bother his stitches.

6 Jan
Trish sent me this holiday picture of Paige ("Shaksper Paige Morgan").

2 Jan
Christine sent me this picture of Fergus ("Shaksper Petruchio") on Bob's shoulder headed up to bed.

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