Galler Retrieving Video on You Tube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVCldJlNjvk

Avvie Update!

Hi Simone!

Avvie…. Well I know I haven’t been very good with the updates, but truthfully I don’t even know where to start telling you about her. She’s got a huge personality. She always ALWAYS wants to be the boss. She’s so crazy about food, you would think that I never feed her (what a little piglet!). She’s a little social butterfly and always wants to meet everyone and smell everything. She has to be reminded almost every day that no, she can’t pull on her leash and jump on people. The list goes on, this girl needs constant rules and discipline. But she is getting better all the time, and I absolutely adore her and can’t imagine life without her. What a joy she is to have around! 

I’m also attaching a picture of her on one of our weekly hikes (that one was in the fall), and one that was taken at daycare a long time ago that just makes me laugh every time I see it. 

Hope you’re all well and had a great Christmas and New Years!

Cheers,
Annie & Avvie

New Kinnon Picture!

....a picture for you

Zeke (Valentine) Update

Hi Simone,

I thought we’d give you an update on Zeke, since he’s getting big so quickly! He’s an amazing puppy and we’re completely in love. Attached are two pictures; one right after we brought him home, and another when he was 20 weeks old. He’s adorable, outgoing, and quite the crowd-pleaser. We usually don’t make it more than a few blocks on our walks before someone stops us and asks to pet him and tries to guess what breed he is. So far, we’ve only had two correct answers, but Zeke is loving the attention. He’s also a fuzzy, stuffed-animal eating machine, insatiable cuddler, and challengingly smart.

Thanks again for the marvelous addition to our little family; he’s been everything we hoped for, and we can’t wait to take him on more adventures with us. I can already tell Tollers are addicting; we’ve had so much fun with him that we keep joking about getting another one. Who knows; maybe we’ll be asking you for another little guy (or girl) someday!

Karen Haight

Paisley (Aphrodite) Update!

Hi Simone!

Just thought I'd finally get around to sending you some pictures of the puppy we bought from you in September. We've named her Paisley and are having lots of fun with her. She has great energy and is really eager to learn new things. She loves to play fetch and go for walks. She just recently completed an 8 week puppy course and is set to start another set next week.

Hope you had a nice holiday season!

Vanessa and Greg

Stan (Apollo) Update!

Hello!

Just wanting to give you an update on how Stanley (Apollo) is doing. Stanley is doing great and is a much loved part of our family. We go on daily walks to the nearby off leash dog trials and he has made tons of new friends. As well, he has his best friend – Winston – whom he loves to play with.  The holiday season was wonderful. Stanley had his first swim on Christmas Day after chasing a stick into the water which resulted in a fun (and cold!!) swim! It was unexpected, and since then his love of the water has only grown! North Van also got a bit of snow, and Stanley really enjoyed the brief white ground!

The holidays also brought lots of holiday parties,where Stanley was the center of attention and made to look like one of  Santa’s reindeer. He was great around a variety of people and children and was always showing off for pets and cuddles.

Stanley is excelling at puppy class. He has also mastered ‘roll over’, and as the picture attached can attest, will do in anytime he thinks it will result in a treat!

I hope the attached photos show some of the fun we have been having!

All the best,

Alex

Sawyer Update!

Hi Simone! 

Sawyer here!  I think you called me “Cosmo” when I saw born mom and dad changed my name pretty quick!  My mom and dad were apparently obsessed with the TV show Lost last year and thought that I was handsome enough to be called Sawyer J  Apparently; he was a rugged handsome fellow with a penchant for being a bit of a badass.  They say I’ve got the perfect name! 

Mom and dad keep me really busy over here in North Vancouver.  We live in a really nice area with lots and lots of hiking trails – and boy do we hike!  I get to go for a hike with dad in the morning and then after mom is done teaching she takes me out too!  On the weekends we go to the river together and I get to swim to my hearts content.  My favourite thing to do there is sticking my face in the water and picking up rocks from the riverbed.  I pick the *exact* one I want and then stick my head underwater and get it.  Then I take it over to mom and put beside her.  She makes sure nobody takes them!  Then I go and do it over, and over, and OVER again!  Mom shakes her head and rolls her eyes but I think it’s pretty cool. 

Dad really loves that I’m so chill in the house.  I’m usually so pooped that I just plop right down and sleep when I’m home!  Sometimes, if I stare longingly at mom or dad with my head resting in their laps they will usually give in and let me watch TV with them on the couch.  I mastered the “sad, puppy face” long ago – suckers!

I just turned 1 year old last week and mom and I agreed that we’d start agility training in the spring to keep me busy!  I’m not sure how much I weigh right now and mom’s not sure how to measure me…but last time I was at the vet (at the end of the summer) I was 53lbs and of all the Toller friends I meet, I’m by far the tallest!  Mom says she thinks I’m probably almost 60lbs, but you’d never know it!  I’m in awesome shape!  I think, like my brother Jeep, that we were the big boys in our litter!!!

Say hi to mommy Harmony and daddy Ziggy for me if you get a chance!  Happy New Year!
Love, Sawyer

PS – here is a picture of me when I was a “sweet little innocent pup” and a more recent “devilishly handsome” young adult in November.