What a week it has been!  Elliot Cool (that's my new brother's name - mom *finally* decided!) probably had the biggest week of all.  Here is a video of all that he experienced:


Me and Caper were actually IN that agility trial he went to and we got some prizes!



Dally was there too, but she didn't play 'gility she just played in the pond and yard!


It was lots of fun but then when I got home on Sunday night I realized I was really, really, really, really, SORE!  I  couldn't use my right front leg at all!  And every time I shifted my weight it HURT and I cried out.  My mama was really worried about me.  She gave me medicine but it didn't help so the next morning she took me to the emergency hospital!  They took pictures of my bones!  They said none of them were broken so that was good, I guess.  But they said I had a "soft tissue injury."  I don't really know about that - it sure didn't feel soft to me!  They gave my mom more medicines for me to take and told her I had to stay in prison until I was better.  I sure didn't like that but I felt pretty lousy and it did keep my pesky little brother from bouncing on me so I guess I was ok with it.  (Mom can't make the disc the doctors gave her work, so you can't see the photos of my bones!)
Well, I finally got more freedom by the end of the week and while mom still won't play with me I am now allowed to run around on my own, so I took advantage of that this morning while mom hung out with us all in the yard.  We all had lots of fun, I think.  Well, maybe not those feral foster dogs (yup, they are both still here, .  Hopefully one of them leaves soon, though, they are annoying!  I always have to keep them in line.
Anyway, here are a gazillion photos of us from this morning!
Am I handsome, or what?!

Dally being reflective for a moment...

Lazy Lacy

Zooooooooooooooom!  Finally freedom!  I don't need my mom to play with me to have fun!

Elliot Cool thinks he's all that!

Sharing the stump!

Arrrrrr!

Dally trying to get mom to play with her (since she can't play with me, she doesn't play with anyone!  HA!

Caper posing!

Dally looking adorable as usual.

Saga hanging out by mom.

Caper posing again!

Elliot Cool keeps trying to get Dally to play.  She isn't giving in yet but mum says for Mr. Cool to keep trying, as she is sure to give in eventually...

Lacy looking serious.

Mischief and Porter the feral fosters.

Mr. Cool himself.

He's still trying to get Dally to let him join in play.

All of the dog family but Saga (he's deaf, so he didn't hear what attracted our attention!)

Mr. Cool stealing Dally's toy!

Dally and Elliot on the stump!

Me with the remnants of the soccer ball!

Lacy looking like she's about to lay down the law to someone.

Elliot Cool trying to get Porter to play.

Caper posing AGAIN!  She's such a show dog!

Dally and Elliot playing tug!

Lacy back to being lazy.

The girls!

Elliot Cool chillin' on the stump.

Lacy looking.

Elliot Cool with the squished ball.

Elliot seeing if Mischief will play.

Mischief checking out Elliot Cool.

Lacy watching.

Elliot Cool collecting toys.

Leap!

In the pool ...

Lazy Lacy goes back to sleep.

The feral boys, Porter and Mischief.

Elliot Cool having a stretch during play.

Elliot Cool chasing Dally.

Feral fosters again, Mischief and Porter.

Saga getting a kiss from Mr. Cool.

Here comes Mr. Cool!

Elliot Cool posing!

Saga...
Well, that's all for now!  Hopefully that was enough photos for you all for awhile!  See ya later!WOOF!ArthurGOOD!

BIG NEWS!

Well now, you read that right!  I do have some BIG NEWS!  About 22 pounds worth!!!  And I don't mean that British money kinda pounds, either.

What's that, you ask?  Well, I am taking about the flesh and blood and bones and fur kind of BIG NEWS.

Yup!!  It's true!

I.

HAVE.

A.

NEW.

LITTLE.

BABY.

BROTHER.

Whoa!!!  Can you even believe it?!  Well, it's true.  And, like the Mr. GOOD! I am I am going to teach him all the tricks of the trade when it comes to being the brother.  I'll teach him to bite noses, steal toys, pounce the cats, and sleep on the bed.  I am ready!

The best part of my little brother is that he is not a border collie.  Mom knows I wasn't going to stand no whipper snapper charging in here and trying to be the bestest boy border collie ever over me, no way, no how!  So, my little brother can be the bestest boy Coolie in the world.  I'll keep the Border Collie title, thank-you-very-much!

Yes, that's right, I said Coolie.  No, I didn't mean to say Collie, I really meant Coolie.  (I am a border collie, I can spell, you know!)

What the heck's a Coolie, you ask?

Well, perhaps you may remember my foster sister, Easter Bonnet, from about a year and a half ago?  She was a funny multi-colored dog, and a real good playmate to my little sister Dally when she was still tiny, like this:

Well, mom's friend from Australia pointed out to mom that she thought Bonnie looked like a German Coolie!  Mom hadn't heard of them so she went searching to see what she could find out.  All the info she found she thought was pretty neat, but she was busy with baby Dally so she didn't do much with it except tell Bonnie's adopter's that she could be a German Coolie.

Fast forward to this summer and my Disc Dog seminars!  Mom went on FB looking for different disc dog events and somehow stumbled upon a FB group for Australian Koolies (similar  to German Coolies.)  Someone had posted a photo of a cute pup on there and mom followed that back and found out he and his brother were both still looking for homes.  She couldn't believe no one had wanted that little pup because in ever picture, she said, he was staring right at her (I think the reason she liked that so much is because that's what *I* do to her in *my* pictures!)

See:

 Here is that puppy, staring at mom.

 Here is that puppy, staring at mom again.

 Here is that puppy, once again, staring at my mother!!!

And finally, again, here he is staring, staring, staring at her!  Now, even I can tell what he's saying in this last picture.  "Hey Lady, can I come play with you?  I promise to be a real good pup and not cause any trouble at all."  Of course, being a puppy he's prolly telling tall tales about being no trouble!

So, mom was still not biting, but then she got a message from the pup's human mum and after she read the message she said it was just something she couldn't say no too...and SO, that BIG NEWS little pup got put on a plane this morning and went for a very long and noisy plane ride....to US!

He was 'sposed to get to the airport at 9pm but instead he didn't get there until almost 11pm!  We finally got home and it's already tomorrow and in just a few hours it'll be time for my and Caper's AGILITY TRIAL!

Here are some pics of my new little brother at home.  Mom got some videos too but those will have to wait!

and here he is all tuckered out and tucked into bed:

He doesn't quite have an official name yet but I'll keep you posted!

Be sure and stay tuned for lots more details on how he fits in here and all of the adventures he has with Saga, Lacy, Caper, Me, Dally, the kitties, the birdies, grand-paw, and, of course, mom!

Until later,
WOOF!!!!!!
ArthurGOOD!