Finally, photos from our FL vacation!

For Thanksgiving week, my mom, my sister Dahlia, my Grand-paw, my Aunties Sparkle and Firefox, and ME, ArthurGOOD! all took a very long drive to Florida!  We camped at the Oscar Scherer State Park in Osprey, FL.

Me and mom and Dally stayed in mom's little teardrop camper!


and Grand-paw, Sparkle, and Firefox had a tent.  While we were on vacation we did all sorts of fun things!  We hiked, we kayaked, and we played in the ocean!  So,I'll show you some photos of each!

Kayaking:



We always wore our life coats and were very well behaved in the kayak!


Dahlia had the look out position!


Grand-Paw walked along the nature trail with Sparkle and Firefox and took some photos of mom and Dahlia and I in the boat.




Sometimes I stood up on the side and leaned over my mom and licked her face, to let her know I was having fun and was glad she brought me along!


We saw lots of interesting birds and things from the kayak.  We can't swim in the river here because of alligators, and we have to sit quietly.  So we like to go kayaking after a hike or a visit to the beach, when we are ready to rest anyway.

Hiking:
Here we all are posing on a bench partway through the 5 mile hike.  In case you don't know, from left to right we are: Firefox, Sparkle, Dahlia, and me, ArthurGOOD!  Firefox's eyes look weird because she is almost 100% blind ans it makes them reflect like that.


Here we are with Grand-Paw resting at the halfway point.


Mom had me pose on a tall stump.


And Dahlia too!
After the hike we were all very tired!

Dahlia

Sparkle

Firefox

Me!
Dog Beach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!The dog beach starts with a dog park.  Each visit after we went swimming in the ocean, we got rinsed off with the hose and got to run around the park and dry off.
Mom likes to have us pose in various places!  This is the sign or the dog beach park.


Here we are waiting for mom to throw the toy.


Posing in front of palm trees.

The first trip to the beach our silly people left out seatbelts on!


Crazy Firefox!


Sparkle stalking me (as usual.)


No matter where I go or what I do, Sparkle and Firefox are on me.


Dahlia with ONE EAR UP for mom!


WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!


Pretty little sister Dahlia, one ear up again!


We had so much fun running and playing!


Dahlia was crazy!  She went out in the ocean while mom and Grand-Paw were walking the beach.  She just swam and swam and swam along beside them, parallel to the beach!  And she kept leaping up like a dolphin!
























Firefox tried to get her to come back to shore!


Then I tried.


Then Sparkle tried.


Finally she rejoined us!


Whee!  We loved to leap in and swim for the toy!


Here is Firefox stalking me!


Firefox helps guide me to shore.


I'm ready to go again!


Me n' my little sis.


We are waiting . . . !

I am a very good fetcher!  The last day we went the surf was rough!  Look at these photos!


Dahlia was loving it!  Look Ma, no feet!


Dahlia and Sparkle braving the surf.


Wild Dahlia!


Me playing tug with Dahlia as Sparkle referees.


Here I am, surfing the surf!


What a ride!!


Dahlia surfed too!


And Firefox gave it a try as well.


Sparkle preferred to watch.


Grand-Paw and Dally played some tug in the surf.


Here I go again!


And my little sis, she's pretty brave.


Here she comes!
Well!  Mom has a gazillion more photos but she says these will have to do!  If you made it this far, thank you very much for looking!
WOOF!
ArthurGOOD!

Merry Christmas!

Well, this blog is WAY behind in updates, and we have plenty of photos to share of our fun Vacation in FL and videos of our Rally, but for now, enjoy this video of me and my brother, sisters, aunties, and foster sister opening out presents on Christmas Day!

Hope you have as much fun watching it as we did starring in it!
WOOF!
ArthurGOOD!!

My little sister is 9 months old today!

Today my little flower sister turned 9 whole months old!!  That's crazy!!!  She's growing up pretty fast, that's for sure!  Here are some recent pics!



With our new foster sister, Darby, who is the same age as Dally.


With me and Grandpaw!


With her cat ears on!


She likes to fetch, too!


Mom says she is super cute/


She's waiting for the ball!


There it is!

WOOF!

ArthurGOOD!

TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!

I AM 4 YEARS OLD.

I GOT TOYS AND COOKIES AND A DRIED TRACHEA!

WOOF!
ArthurGOOD!

What a weekend!

This weekend my mom took me and my sister on a really, really, really, really long car ride!  Then I stayed in the car for a few hours while my sis got to try something called WAG IT GAMES.  Mom says they are really cool - you can see more here: http://wagitgames.com/  Dally learned to put her front feet on a skateboard and push it forward!

Then we went away and mom and I took a hike all by ourselves!  That was lovely and I ran and played frisbee and everything.

The next morning, mom took us back to the same place Dally got to play the day before.  I was really excited because there were lots of cars and dogs and I just **KNEW** we must be at an agility trial!!!!!  Momkept telling me that wasn't true but I didn't believe her.

FINALLY it was my turn to go in the ring and I was SOOOOOOO excited!!!  THEN . . . I looked around . . . and . . . I didn't see ANY agility equipment!!!!!!!  I was starting to get a little frantic . . . there HAD to be SOMETHING fun in there . . . I saw something and I grabbed for it!  But mom told me to leave it!  It was a number, she said.  She kept having me walk beside her and do those crazy moves.  I was still pretty frantic so I was adding my own in there too . . . some extra spins . . . an automatic down instead of a sit . . . what were we DOING???

Mom kept talking to me and she gave me a treat or two . . . then I started to realize this was like when we are at home with the signs in the yard . . . we were playing THAT game!!!!  Now I got it!

After that mom said I was such a super, super boy!  Then I rested in the car for a little while.  Mom took Dally out and she had a turn in the building . . . mom said she did super in her puppy class!

Later, it was my turn again.  This time I KNEW what was going on!!!  I was super dog and listened and concentrated real hard.  I got a huge round of applause at the end!!  Later mom told me I was PERFECT!  I already knew that!

We went back to the place where we hiked again after Dally had another turn (she was good again too!)  This time, when we got there mom left me in the car while she brought Dally to see SHEEPS!!!!!  I got back at mom though by eating a huge bag of puperoni.  Mom says she doesn't usually get those for us but they were easy in the pockets.  They were yummy!  Then, *I* got to get the sheep.  Later that night I really didn't feel well at all!  :(  I was sooooooooooo thirsty!!!!!  And my tummy hurt a little too.  :(  In the morning mom saw I had eaten all those 'roni's and she realized why I didn't feel well.  She was real worried but I perked up when we got back to the competition place.  Iran and played in the yard.  They I had another two turns in the ring, and Dally had 1.

We did GREAT!!!!!!!!!!  Mom says these are our scores:
ME:
Trial 1, Level 1A, score 195 - 4th place
Trial 2, Level 1A, score PERFECT 210! - 1st place
Trial 3 Level 1A, score 208 - 1st place!  This earned me my Rally Level 1 Title!!!!!!!!!!!!  And an Award of Excellence for having my first 3 Level 1A scores over 190!
Trial 4 Level 1B, score 208 - 3rd place!
PLUS, they gave me two toys and2 more big ribbons for being the High Scoring Rescue Dog and High Scoring NewTeam!!!!!!!!

Dahlia:
Trial 1, Level Puppy A, score 207
Trial 2,Level Puppy A, score 205
Trial 3, Level Puppy A,score 192  This earned her her Rally Level Puppy Tittle!  And we think an Award of Excellence too!

So, as you can see we were very successful!!!  Take a look at our videos!

Me being PERFECT:


Dahlia getting a 208:


Well, that was our cool weekend!!!!!
WOOF!
ArthurGOOD! RL1
and DahliaRIGHT! RLP