So this month marked 7 months for Nina. We haven’t weighed her since May but in keeping the pattern she’d be in the 70 pound range now.
Would you like to come & hold her while I read the scale? 🙂
Nina loves to play frisbee with the men. But she plays hard and then finally quits and just sits down. Or she gets wild and goes for a long run!
The other night she took off in the bean field to the east of the house. Running and jumping through the soybeans. But.. that was too far heading to the highway so they men were calling her back.
She returned nearer the bins but was now in the mood of “you can’t get me”. 😛 I was near the kitchen windows watching some of this. Phil called for me to call for Nina. (She does obey better for me.)
I went to the deck and called and she came a runnin’ at full force and flew up the deck!! It is 2 steps and at that speed she just clears the steps. I actually grabbed her leash on the way by in a lerch of my own and she was stopped on the deck.
She REALLY needed a rest so I took her to her pool and then hooked her up in the area with the cable. The men went farther away in the yard to play people frisbee. (JP got good playing frisbee at Worldview Academy and he got a super quality frisbee they don’t use with Nina.)
I returned inside as my supper was ready.
About that quick, I heard them yell again. She had decided she didn’t need a rest and took off after the frisbee! I thought she broke the stake out of the ground (metal rod that Phil has rewelded already).
But no… her collar was laying hooked to the cable. She snapped the plastic closure off the collar!! Never holds her back or makes her yelp. *sigh*
But now… we have a collarless dog! Thankfully she ran to JP and he had ahold of her.
Phil & I hunted in the basement and found an old collar from another dog. It is wider than we’ve used, has a big metal buckle, but barely goes around. But I got it on the last hole so she was good to go.
I brought her in the house. A bit later, I saw she had been sitting at the back door watching them play so I went to get my camera. Instead she turned and headed up to see me.
“Can I go out now?”
The next day, JP & I returned the broken collar with the lifetime guarantee to the Dog Center where we took classes. I got another one but this one only has metal rings. 🙂 Gotta love the collar & leash company and their lifetime guarantees. We’ve now gone through 3 leashes (she chewed 2, now she doesn’t chew so much) and now are on our 2nd collar. (The collar cost $10 the first time. Cheaper than Farm & Cheap! 🙂 )
This is from a few weeks ago. Her favorite way to relax and cool off.
We aren’t too sure how she’ll do for 4 days without her 2 favorite people. She is staying home with Dad. They will have good bonding time.
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She loves to sleep on her back!
Hangin’ out with Phil. So funny she put her arm up on his leg! They had just been playing on the floor and I think she thought she was still top dog.
To give you a better glimpse of how big she is.
Nina LOVES to go for rides.
Lilly was Nina’s friend from Puppy Preschool. They loved to play together and Nina proved the “gentle giant” nickname! They are only a week apart in age.
Other dogs in the class included Angel (left), a German Shepherd, and 2 brothers (I don’t know the breed) Jeffy & Ican’tremember. 🙂 There was also a blue heeler mix that was testing while we were all waiting.
Now by mid-June, Nina is getting just too big for JP’s lap. We think she is probably 65 pounds.
A few pigs looked out at us.
A few new shoots of grass coming up in the creek.
and sew on... 