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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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")"
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.