Hawk's Herding Lesson!

Hawk had his first herding lesson today, aside from about 3 minutes in thick mud once this spring, he hasn't been in with sheep since just after I got him back in 2005. I had a great time seeing him light up and get to work. He did bite his tongue (it was already almost 90 degrees at 9am, so the tongue was flapping all over!), but he's fine. :-)

Hey There Baby Hawklet!

I just love this photo of Jazz. He looks so comfortable, with such a great smile, I'm sure he thinks standing up is so over-rated. :-) Love Jazzy!

I am so thankful for Brad and Sharon, and of course, Jazz's Dandie brother Sherman for making Jazzy the happiest Vallhund in the world. Love that smile!

The Many Faces of Darby

All photos of the same Darby, all taken within 20 seconds of the first photo. What a nut. She loves the top of the A-frame, so I lied to her and asked if she wanted a COOKIE (all in the spirit of getting a cute photo or two).

She starts out sweet.

"Why yes, I'd love to have a cookie, I'm so cute, and so sweet."

Then she starts having trouble concentrating on "pretending" to be cute and sweet...
By now, she's nearly in a panick to maintain the facade of cute and sweet.

Uh-oh, she's beginning to lose it!

Wait for it, wait for it...

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And there it is.

GIMME the BLASTED COOKIE, and I. MEAN. NOW... That's my girl!

More Family Photos

We ventured west to Greeley, CO for shows last weekend, and lo and behold, we got to meet boy #4 of 5 from the Hawk x Mele litter, Mr. Rugby!















What a handsome fella! It was great to meet him and his family.

Left: Hawk waiting patiently for his ring time. Above: Rugby goofing off and being a hambone!

All three boys together, L-R, Rugby, Hawk, Jazz.

And Jazz waiting not so patiently for his ring time!

What is SHE doing here?

Look, it's Olive on the Vallhund blog! Hi Olive!!!

Olive gets to visit the Vallhund blog because she's now part of the Vallhund extended family. On Saturday, we drove to Indiana to meet with Loki and his mom and dad, Liz and Anthony. Olive decided she liked it there, and she's joined their family. Here she is, giving a guided tour of her new back yard to Hawk, Jazz, and Brecon, with Loki following up behind the tour. And here's a sweet photo Liz sent from yesterday, Loki and Olive spending some time together on the sofa.

I have lots of photos to share of the double event, the reunion of Hawk, Loki, and Jazz, and the transition for Olive to her new family. Stay tuned for the photos, I'll share them as soon as I get them uploaded.

I already miss Olive terribly, but somehow, I don't think that she misses me. :-)