The New Watering Hole

While I was away Murray started taking Angus to this Dam to try and get cool. We have no beaches or rivers etc where we live, so dams are pretty much the only place to go. Angus loves it...he runs along in the water with his head under until he can't breathe then takes a breath then goes again...very funny to watch. Yesterday when we returned from holidays we all went down to check out this new place...not that it's new...just new for us and Angus...

Angus ran around like a mad dog. He loves to be free!

Lip Slapping

Check out my boy in the back of the ute! His lips hang so low that when they catch the wind they slap him in the eye! He had his right eye shut to protect his eye against the dreaded lip slap. You would think he would just tuck his head in to prevent this wouldn't you.

Show Me Some Teeth!

Angus had another wonderful day at the beach today. He still won't go very far in and runs away from the waves, but LOVES running around like a mad dog. Check out this photo of him tearing down the beach.

and resting after his play. I can't imagine it would be too comfy having sand in your eyes and mouth and up your nose, but that didn't stop Angus from face planting and rolling around in the sand for fun...silly boy.

Christmas Day

Angus had a great time on Christmas day. The day started with a run on the beach and his first ever beach/ocean experience...which he didn't really like. When a ripple would touch his feet he would shoot off back up the beach. He loved running around though.

a bit of encouragement for getting wet...

mum with Chloe and Angus...

and then we headed out to the Parker's farm for Christmas lunch. Here he is relaxing on the decking.

He has gone back home with Murray now, but has a great time on holidays with his cousins Chloe and Lucy.

First Sprinkler Experience

We weren't sure how Angus would react to the sprinkler. Here is a commentary of his experience...


Arrrr...RUN!!! It's attacking me!



Will I? Won't I?



Why not....ohhh...this is GOOOOD!



Come and get me...Come and get me!


Mmmmm, now this is the life!




He spent the remainder of the time eating the water as it sprayed out...a big hit!

8 Months old

It has been ages since my last post. We have recently spent a month in Melbourne to spend time with family so Angus went to stay in a kennel for that time. It is a lovely kennel on a farm with such loving owners. He looked so good when we picked him up and was so much more affectionate and obedient! That was 2 weeks ago and I am afraid he has gone back to being a knuckle head. Once school goes back next year (Feb) I will be taking him to Beginners Dog training. He really enjoyed puppy school so I want to continue with his training...plus he needs it!

We are heading down to Esperance soon and Angus will come with us and hang out with his cousins Chloe and Lucy...he is a lot bigger than last time he saw them so hopefully he plays nice. It will be great being on holidays and not having a schedule so we can give him more attention.

Here he is at 7.5 months.

Dogs With Blogs!

Today I went on the hunt to see if there were any other people out there that had a blog especially for their dog....as I have been told I am a bit crazy...lol
Well....the first link that came up on google was Dogs with Blogs. It is like a registry of dogs with blogs...so I signed Angus up :)
Apparently they were having a guessing game on when the 1000th dog blog to sign up would be and guess what!!! Angus won! Click HERE to check it out!
Congrats Angus boy!
At the moment he is lazing in the sun with no idea what a celebrity he is right now HAHAHA!

Superdog

Look what came in the mail today....Angus's Superdog ID tag. I ordered it online from Paw Print Pet Tags.

Angus is 6 Months!!

Happy half a year birthday Angus!!
Here are some birthday photos of our handsome boy.






Angus has slept outside under the patio for the past 2 nights and seems to not have minded. I
feel so mean but the weather is getting nicer so it won't hurt him.

Congratulations Angus

Angus has finally graduated from Puppy School. Next week he starts Beginners....he definately needs more training, thats for sure! He is getting there though.

Bee Sting

Poor Angus is having a sleep-over at the vet's tonight. We think he ate a bee and his face/lips/eye/throat swelled up really bad. He wasn't having trouble breathing but was really swollen so we took him to the vet and they gave him an injection and wanted to keep an eye on him over night. Hope he isn't too lonely tonight :(

Angus 5.5 Months

Here are Angus latest photos at 5.5 months. For the past 2 weeks we have been feeding him at lunch time as well because he was looking a bit skinny. He's looking a lot better now.

Angus has Been Morphed!

Murray thinks this is mean...but I think it's good to have a laugh every now and then....lol....

Created in Photoshop

Bit Sad and Sorry for Himself

Angus had is operation last week :( Poor baby. He seems to be over it now, but the first couple of days he wasn't too happy.

These photos were taken the day after so he is still looking a bit sore when he is sitting. He is nearly 5 months old now (20 weeks).

You can see in this first photo where the vet shaved a patch on his back for his microchip...it is slowly growing back.

Play Date with Ruby and Kostya

We had a great time letting to dogs run and play on Sunday. All Angus wanted to do was eat his brother and Mum and annoy them. It looked like they had a good time though.

Here are some photos from Bob's camera...forgot mine again :( (17 weeks)

And here is a digital scrapbooking layout I made with the play date photos.

Play Time with Ruby

Bob, Angus breeder is in town at the moment so we headed over to his house so Angus and Ruby (his mum)could have a play together...They had a great time tumbling and playing together. On saturday we are hoping to have a play date with Ruby and Angus's brother Kostya who also lives in Narrogin.

Bob took these photos of them playing.

Here is Angus at 16.5 weeks...and with Murray...he loves his boy.

And another digital scrapbooking layout....

Squeaky Toy

Angus got this squeaky toy on Saturday for his puppy classes as a fetch and retrieve toy. It has now lost his squeak but he still loves to play with it.

Credits: Kristin Aagard 'Just a Boy' Paper Pack 2

Puppy Class

Angus had his first day at Puppy School today. It's a 6 weeks course and by the end of it Angus should be able to:
* Recall - On a long line come when called from 5-10 metres away and sit in front of me.
* Heel - Stay in a heel position alongside me with minimal guidance.
* Sit - On first command.
* Drop - On first command.
* Stay - For up to 30 seconds.
* Sit for exam - Allow another person to approach, pat and retreat without moving from the sit position.
* Retrieve - Favourite toy or more.

Today we did the 'come here' command and he was fine in class then when I tried it at home he just looked at me. I think he was over it all. We also learned to make him wait at doors to let me enter first...he did well at that.

There were 6 other dogs there including a Husky, a Labrador, a Bishon, a Maltese, a Jack Russell and a Beagle. He was so excited that he really didn't want to listen to me...very over excited. Hopefully he will calm down in future classes.

I'm looking forward to the coming weeks. I will try to get a photo somewhere along the way to show you his class mates.

14 weeks old

Angus is now 14 weeks old. He's just learned how to dig holes (not big ones) and try and visit the dog under the side fence...so we have had to barricade that off. He spent his first night outside last night and seemed to be fine. He has claimed Murray's chair on the back veranda as his bed and snuggles up on it.
Last week we went to Esperance and Angus got to meet his 5 cousins (my mums, sisters and brothers dogs) He loved it so much...loved all the human contact too! He was so good on the car trip too!
Angus has started to get the snuffly Boxer breathing and is getting longer legs and musclier everyday.


Here are the latest photos of Angus at 14 weeks old.

First Scrapbooking Page for Angus

Isn't he just so adorable.

These photos were taken at 6, 8 and 10 weeks old. He is nearly 12 weeks old now! WOW..and he is getting so big. I will post some new photos soon.