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The Art of the Tail

March 18th, 2010 Margot 6 comments

watercolor by Gracie

watercolor by Vida

Spring

March 16th, 2010 Julie 10 comments

Spring is here!  Time to get busy and start training Heike and Ana.  I have been slacking off with them. I haven’t even taken pictures of my two little beauties, both are getting nicer everyday, and surprisingly both have grown into those giant ears they had.  I was so use to their ears that now they almost seem too small.

In the middle of the last snowstorm in Northern Germany I just had to go visit.  The purpose of the trip was to collect Kayla from her stay with Margaret where she earned her: BH, AD, KKL, SchH1, and scH2 titles.   The day after I left for my whirlwind trip to Deutschland, Maika came into season.  Five days after coming home with Kayla, Kayla comes into season and another 5 days later,  Kira decides to join the party,  also coming in season.  All making it very unlikely for me to pull off breeding to a dog in Germany.  Fortunately, I have several hunky males lined-up for the girls Stateside!  Both Maika and Kira had started to cycle in January and both stopped, having what is called a split season. From my conversations with other breeders this was a very common occurrence this year.  I am happy they are finally getting on with it!

What has Margot been up to???

Woman, 53, Uses Martial Arts To Nab Alleged Burglar

LIGHTHOUSE POINT, Fla. — A Lighthouse Point woman used her skills in martial arts to tackle an alleged burglar after she chased him six blocks.
Margot Foster, 53, arrived home at 2600 block of Northeast Court Friday around 10 a.m. and found a man identified as Gregory St. Germain, 24, ransacking her house, police said. She was able to tackle the suspect outside of her home, but police said he was able to get free. The marathon runner and black belt in martial arts then chased St. Germain for six or seven blocks until she caught up with him and held him until police arrived, according to patrol Sgt. Alan Nestor of the Lighthouse Point police.Police said they believe St. Germain, of Miami Gardens, is responsible for a number of burglaries in Lighthouse Point neighborhoods.  He was charged with burglary, battery, possession of stolen property and grand theft and was being held in the Broward County Jail, police said. How will he posibly be able to she his face in the miami /dade county jail after this. he should be so embarassed by this. a 24 year old gets taken down by a 53 year old woman, for shame.

While I can picture Margot iin this scenario, this is really what she has been up to:

Margot’s The Good Shepherd Blog

For Julie: A Study in Spring Brown

March 12th, 2010 Margot 2 comments

Gracie has platypus lips

There’s plenty of time for swimming. I’m in the middle of a photo shoot!

Yeah! First Spring visit to the Big Muddy!

OK, girls, this is my last shot, now we can go swimming.

Gracie and her friend Lucy totally loving the splashing

Gracie racing her shadow into the Big Muddy (our swimming hole)

Can you find two dogs in this photo?

Chevy is an otter

Happy girls heading home

The doggies found this shed antler on the way home and brought it to me. It looks like a graceful sculpture.

The Difference Between Girls and Boys

February 14th, 2010 Margot 5 comments

Boy Puppy

Girl Puppy

Lindi at School

February 10th, 2010 Margot 4 comments

Lindi and Karen hanging out after class. Vida, Leah and Tigger had lots of fun providing comic distractions while Karen proofed Lindi on her focused attention.