Gia at 11 Months
Here are some pix of my baby girl. Dad’s chair is always a comfort. She is doing great – she really seems to be hitting maturity -settling down and not biting or jumping as much, and not picking on Chief so much 
. It took him much longer to settle – like around 2 years old. She is super sweet!! Julie, thanks again for such wonderful dogs! Kimberly
Monsters of the Midway aka Chief and Gia
Yes, we are Chicago Bears fans. I thought you might enjoy seeing pics from a recent outing (very hot day). As you can see, they are getting along great, but she won’t leave him alone. She also hogs all the water and won’t let him rest. Oh yes, she is very sensitive about her oversized tongue. Hope you like them.
Happy 2nd Birthday to My Bros!
Chief wants to say happy 2nd birthday to all his brothers from the Hoss x Zucca litter!
The second one I think he resembles his brother Ben.
He recently had a big day outside with his Dad playing with his herding ball – we gave it another chance as he loves it so – no broken basement windows this time, but he did get a sore nose so back in the “spookhouse” it went (check out his croup in the action shot – pretty impressive, huh?).
Then trying to convince dad to let him in the spookhouse and helping dad mow the lawn.
Inner War Dog
I am attaching some photos for your viewing pleasure.
My naughty son was channeling his inner war-dog – can you believe the trench he dug! Just kidding – he had some help from dad – Jack had to dig out the septic thing and Chief would not stay out of that hole! Good thing the lid weighs a ton or he would have went for a very nasty swim. The rest are pretty self-explanatory – Xmas pix of Chief and Jack. The constant pestering of Jack for his coffee – no way though -not even for kisses. I have said it before, but I will say it again – Chief ADORES Jack. I often tell Jack he is Chief’s man-crush. He just laughs.
Chief is doing quite well. He is strong and smart and healthy. He bounces when he walks. He is the best watch dog. He constantly checks out that window- if you say “who’s that?” he flies to all the windows to check it out. I think he sleeps with one eye open – he seems to never rest. Jack’s job now requires him to work second and sometimes third shift, and I cannot tell you how much safer I feel alone knowing I have him with me.
I tried a new thing with him about a month or so ago. Since he was little, he could always retrieve an object that was visible, but I didn’t know about something not visible. Well he has these balls he loves to play with in the living room, but they often roll out of sight under tables, etc. where he can’t reach. I got sick of crawling around finding them for him, so for the hell of it I said, Chief, go find your ball. I am not kidding, he went right to the coffee table, laid down, and pointed his nose toward it. It was right there! He has had no training in this, I don’t even know what you call it, but he can do it!
Kimberly
