Ole gets a Pawticure

Yes, Ole is no longer a farm Shepherd...he enjoys his every 6 weeks pawticure, which he had yesterday. Tess says he is completely relaxed while she files his nails and then massages his pads with lavender oil. He's the most relaxed of my 3 dogs. The Shepherds back at the farm in Wisconsin would be horrified at this I'm sure but you know, Ole likes his comforts.
After our morning training session, Ole got to play with his newwest heart throb, Fiona the Aussie. That kind of made his morning. He enjoys the training session but Fiona was the whipped cream on his sunday! After that I took him home and fed all three dogs and then took the for an off leash hour long run at Fiesta Island. then it was back home where I dropped off Ole and Shelly and then Elmo and I went off to meet Donna and Ginger for some nosework practice at a local mall. We got permission from a pet store manager to hide some scent containers around their store for Ginger and Elmo to find. Some of the hides were a tad difficult but our little troupers found them all. From there I ran Elmo home and dropped him off and picked up Shelly . Shelly and I had a private lesson to attend to at Fiesta Island. From there we went back home , picked up Elmo and Ole and took all three to Noah's for their nail trimming appointments. Busy day!

Today, Sunday, after Ole's morning training and Yes, another play date with the lovely seductive Fiona I packed all the dogs up and we went to my studio for several hours of work on my latest art project. After that , we drove over to the little local mall and met Donna and Ginger for more nosework practice. We ran into one of our old clients and her 7 year old daughter there and talked over old times and introduced her to Ole who she hadn't heard about. Ole was very good and well mannered with them both. Elmo made sure that he got most of the attention by cuddling up to the lady and her daughter. We spent about an hour doing scent work and then Donna headed back to work and I took my guys to Fiesta Island for some R&R. This time I took them down to the fenced area and the shoreline so that they could do a little wading. They had a ball running in and out of the water as we strolled around the island. They got completely filthy so after all that fun I carted them home and immediately closed them in the bathroom and started the dreaded dog baths. I washed Ole first and he wasn't thrilled but enjoyed the toweling off part of the process. Shelly and Elmo were easy as they have done this a hndred times before. By the time Everyone was shiny and clean I was a wet sopping mess and Abner and I had to meet friends for dinner ' so I quickly dried Elmo with the blow drier and then made their dinners and cleaned all dirt out of the car. Abner came home and he and I got cleaned up, we fed them, walked them for a potty trip to our lot and then gave each one a bone( Ole got his in his crate) and off we went to dinner. PHEW I'll sleep well tonight!