Napping puppy

What could be sweeter?

Is there any dog under all that hair?

Wow!  Have we ever hit shedding season - aka "blowing the coat".  Corgi's supposedly do this fully once or twice a year.  Every day I'm brushing softball size mounds of fur off her morning and night...then I took her to the dog wash and brushed most of a trash can's worth of hair off G.  Each swipe got a brush-worth.  I only hope this ends soon before my whole house is covered with a layer of felt. 

And you know it is bad when the dog comes equipped with its own clothes roller to remove hair!

Bird Ridge Hike

Given a beautiful fall day, we headed out for a hike.  Made friends along the trail and tested Gemma's 4x4 capabilities on the steep rocky bits.  Being low to the ground with four powerful legs, she moved uphill and downhill more quickly than I did.  Gemma the mountain goat!

Gemma of the woods

The family headed out to the cabin this weekend.  After a long interesting drive up to the lake, an hour loading the boat next to an active gravel trucking operation, an hour plus crossing the lake with whitecaps whipped into our faces by the wind, and unloading and opening up the cabin, the dog was wiped out.  Totally overstimulated.  After a solid nap she was ready for the rest of the weekend, picking berries, tangling herself in the woods, sniffing the lake edge, and hanging out at the cabin were her favorites.

Gemma's Zone of Destruction

G has become an absolute machine at shredding cardboard boxes of all types.  Big or small, they all turn into small spitty bits after a brisk chase around the room.

Moosed, again

Just in case you were wondering, Moose is still with us and absorbing abuse on a daily basis.  

First Show

Since everyone has been saying what great form and expression Gemma has, we are going to try out a few confirmation shows.  This weekend was our first one, three days in a row.  We won our uncontested female puppy class (6-9mo) every time!   But no further.  We need more practice and greater drive.  Most of the other dogs are local and related so G looks quite different.  I'm also brand-new to this rather than an experienced breeder or professional handler so overall we are working against the odds even if G is fabulously well put together.