Sep 24, 2016 | Dog Shows, Junior Showmanship, Pryia the Australian Shepherd
In addition to meeting ringside with the owner of Magic so that Alexis can show her the weekend, she is also trying out working for Renee as on of her assistance. She helps walk and tend to the dogs, insures they have water and bring the to and from the ring. In...
Sep 23, 2016 | Dog Shows, Junior Showmanship, Pryia the Australian Shepherd
With Pryia now a member of the Figgy crew, we get to expand our world of dog shows as we entered our very first Herding Specialty. Last weekend was the Toy Specialty that we have always entered so today we spent the day with herding breed dogs at the Sunshine State...
Sep 22, 2016 | Pryia the Australian Shepherd
YOU GOT IT! That was Alexis’ request after getting home from the vet where we dropped off Boomer to be cremated. She begged me to keep her busy so that she wouldn’t have to think. It’s already a work day but it is also prep day before a three day...
Sep 22, 2016 | Boomer the Pug
If we had known today was going to be the day, I know we would have done things completely different. We knew that with him being brachycephalic, we had to watch out for a lot to things, specifically heat and over exertion. When he was put under for his dental...
Aug 29, 2016 | Figgy Chihuahuas, Our Chihuahuas, Pryia the Australian Shepherd, Temperament
One of our biggest concerns about Alexis showing Pryia was having her have to interact with our Chihuahua crew. We have some grumpy adults around here that don’t really like change too much. Especially change that involves another dog of another breed that is...
Aug 28, 2016 | Pryia the Australian Shepherd
In all of our years of living with dogs and maneuvering around doggy gates, we have never been greeted in such a way by any dogs. We have always used them to separate dogs where w have girls in season, are feeding the crew or if ones just being too testy. So have one...
