Life with Rafe and Mack

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Thu 15 May 2008

Gabe

Posted by Julie under Chopper, Life is Always Good at the Good Shepherd Farm, Life with Rafe and Mack
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Hi Julie,

Just wanted to write and say thanks. Our neighbors have three German Shepherd Dogs about eight years old. All three have serious medical problems, rear hip problems, one with a hip replacement.

We are so thankful that you and Dr. Mostosky are exceptional with breeding in your dog program. Gabe has been such a blessing with temperament and physical health. We have and will continue to recommend you to anyone looking for an excellent quality dog. We continue to receive complements about Gabe.

I took the camera out with us this afternoon while Gabe playing frisbee in the ‘big yard’. He knows the pile of wood is his yard boundary and the frisbee was on the opposite side. Thus the picture below.
Bob and Cathy

gabemay2008.jpg

Gabe (Narro x Dastra) is a litter brother to Mack, Chopper, Chevy, Filly, and Blue

 

Fri 8 Feb 2008

Mack Attack

Posted by Julie under Life with Rafe and Mack
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Now you all can get a small idea of what Laika has to live with!


This is her Mack in action, a Narro x Dastra son.

 

Wed 6 Feb 2008

Rafe at Class

Posted by Julie under Life with Rafe and Mack
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You should have seen Rafe at class tonight.  One of
the beagles he had not met was there, and we
introduced them.  I made Rafe stay down, so he was
crawling and stretching to get over there to kiss the
new dog.  And after his work he was playing goalie
with everybody in class.  I need to go back and do
some remedial finishes–on the “around” he visits
before he finally gets around, and on the swing he now
turns and sits sideways so he can get the treat faster
(he thinks–didn’t quite work out that way, after
which he started to remember how to do it).
 

Sun 3 Feb 2008

Mac Classic?

Posted by Julie under Life with Rafe and Mack
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This one may be a classic.  We were heading home from
Mac’s practice track, where he did find the glove
despite a couple of corners with big running circles,
and he was carrying his tug toy.  Suddenly he stopped
dead on the sidewalk next to a crabapple tree and
stared straight up–to the place where someone had
left in the branches a pair of gloves some kid
evidently dropped on the way home from school.
He may divide his attention between fieldmice and the
track, but he certainly notices everything.
Cheers!
 

Tue 1 Jan 2008

Happy New Year

Posted by Julie under Life with Rafe and Mack
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Happy New Year–I probably won’t be awake by midnight,
and tonight the forecast is 2-4 inches of snow, so
Sirius will probably not be visible.  But that
phenomenon is supposed to last for several days, so
maybe by tomorrow or Wed night

The monster-dogs send greetings.  Right now they have
their eyes fixed on the shrimp

 

Wed 21 Nov 2007

Rafe and Mack Report

Posted by Julie under Life with Rafe and Mack
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Mac is John’s reading assistant.  Right
now Mac is reading Kerouac and drinking beer.

Mac, in some ways couldn’t be a better dog–and

we can say the same for Rafik.  They are totally
different, but they fit. 

 
 

Sun 28 Oct 2007

MacHeath’s Birthday

Posted by Julie under Life with Rafe and Mack
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Hi!

Today is my birthday, and I had to send you a picture
of my present.  It is my FIRST latex toy–I guess they
think I am now old enough to handle it.  It is also
part of my new trick.  Carol told us last Wednesday
that our class assignment for next time is to do a
trick, since it will be Halloween.  So, I am learning
“catch the tarantula!”  Would have sent you a picture
of me doing that, but when I catch it, it is hard to
see it, so you get to see it sitting on our fence.

After all this Carol had better have treats to hand
out–or she will see some of my real tricks.

MacHeath, older but still moving way ahead of the pack
 

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