Ole's ear-do

So for at least a week Ole has had two pretty up right up tight ears....BUT not today. Today his right ear rebelled and went floppy again. I rather like it as it gives him a kind of foppish marmaduke charm. I love the way it bobs up and down as he walks while the left ear stays upright like a unicorn horn.

Monday I was mostly busy in my studio and with a dog trip to Fiesta Island. In the Am, Ole spent some quality play time with one of his girl friends Fiona. Then later Donna and I also did some nosework practice with all the dogs. We didn't have class Monday night and it was nice to have a little time off for a change. Tuesday, I took the dogs to Fiesta again where they had a great time sniffing and running. I saw several rabbits but my not so sauvy dogs missed them and didn't get a chase in. We spent 3 hours at the studio working on the newest art collage then at home ding lots of boring household chores. Jay our plumber came by to take some measurements in the two bathrooms for the remodel and by the time he left, I had to get ready for the Tuesday night beginning obedience class. Elmo came to help with class while Shelly and Ole stayed home with Abner and went for a walk. Donna brought Ginger to class also and we did some odor hides for both dogs on the mail carrier trucks next door to where we taught the class. We let the two dogs practice their odor detection both before everyone arrived for class and after the students had left.

Today(Wednesday ) Ole got to play with his other girlfriend Taz the yorkie /Chihuahua/ MinPinX and he was in Heaven. I swear, as much as he adores Fiona, Taz is really "The ONE". Now those would be weird puppies!. Shelly had a morning monthly chiropractic adjustment and massage appointment. She's doing well for an 11 year old big dog. I brought Ole along also so that I could weigh him. He hasn't really gained much weight and is now 66.6 lbs. His major growth spurt has passed, but judging by the size of the knobby growth plates on his front legs , he's got a bunch more growing to do. His head still looks too big for his body to me, and he's as long and sleek as a snake. From there we went to the studio and did a little more work and then headed home and got to work at the computer answering emails and preparing for nosework class. We also did a major vacuuming job on the SUV so that Donna and Ginger would not be strangled by dog hair on the ride up to Tustin for class. Class was fun tonight , but sadly , our favorite instructor, Desiree is moving out of state to take her dream job in a few weeks so that is great for her but the class will miss her. We did box drills, an interior search, and vehicle searches tonight. Elmo started off a little shaky with the box drill, he didn't seem to be able to concentrate on task at first. Our friend Ann told me to massage his 3rd eye right before a search and he will be more alert. I have to remember to do that on Sunday at the nosework 1 Trial. I guess I better figure out just where that third eye is on him! Elmo got better with each search. Shelly was completely off her game on the box drill but did great with all the other searches. I think she thought some one was going to pop out with a camera and flash it at her at any moment. Ole did great. He is completely focused and enthusiastic and couldn't be any happier than when he is in search mode. He is a joy to watch. Ginger was of course spot on with all her searches. She is a
walking nose, all 7 lbs of her.