Day 1 – scent article training

As some of you may know, I am very interested in training my dogs to do scent work, mainly in the police field and medical field, as in drugs, illegal substances (such as illegal plants, animals, etc., at airports) cancer detection, things along those lines. Have no clue how I’m going to break into that…… Continue reading Day 1 – scent article training

Another excursion in the field

All the dogs join me when I go out to irrigate our field. They love to play in the water and investigate the prairie dog holes. They usually stay relatively close to me, but sometimes they run down with the big dogs to check out all the scents in the prairie dog town at the…… Continue reading Another excursion in the field

Sammie and Joy – Mother and daughter

I continue to be amazed at how close Sammie and her daughter Joy are. They play together on a regular basis and frequently sleep together. At night, they both jump on the bed and sleep with us, while the other dogs sleep either on the floor, doggie beds, the couch/futon or the pups in the…… Continue reading Sammie and Joy – Mother and daughter

Fun day of show stacking the dogs

I wanted to get some photos of each puppy in a show stack as best I could before they went to their new homes. I posted them on http://diaryofadeckerratterrierlitter.wordpress.com/2014/07/14/show-stacking-pups-kinda/ if you want to see them. But we decided since we were playing with the pups, we should try the bigger dogs too. We didn’t end…… Continue reading Fun day of show stacking the dogs

June 3, 2014 – EmmaLee’s pups are 7 weeks old now

We took the pups out into our field last night. They are now 7 weeks old, so we figured it was a good time for them to get out and smell new smells and explore ditches, water and fresh horse manure. They were afraid to leave their puppy pen area at first, but we carried…… Continue reading June 3, 2014 – EmmaLee’s pups are 7 weeks old now