On June 20th my Mom took me to Aunt Wendy's for a Drafting course or known as Carting..us Berners use to take the milk from the barns to the houses via cart, and carting is still used today in the working dog titles...so off we go. Well there were three other kids there, one like me, one newfie and one boxer and YES boxers can pull carts and she was quite CUTE doing it. It was a long day of waiting your turn which I am not use to - usually when I go to Wendy's I am the only one and get her undivided attention........so I fixed that when she was paying attention to someone else I would do something silly or cute like pick up Mom's water bottle and TOSS it in the air,or roll on my back and do the bycicle move with my feet, you know silly things and it worked - next thing you know everyone is paying TOTAL attention to me..ha!
Finally it was my turn and I pulled the training cart with no weight like a pro and Mom has high hopes that I will get my title after I turn 18months, as you have to 18months to pull weight! Only forty lbs, and I weigh 120 - so no problem there. Although there is a TON of obedience involved so we gotta get off our butts and get busy with that...and sorry we forgot our camera.
See I really am a working dog...love Garin.

My Mom turned the big 40 on the 12 of June, and she said she did not want a party but.......Dad decided she need a little one...so we had our friends over that just moved home from Texas. AND I love them because when they come they bring two little boys - Jack and Aidan who are five and they are a constant source of fun and entertainment for me....So after a lot of hoopla and cake ( which my Mom said her BUTT did not need - i love my Mom's butt ) so not sure what she is talking about..it was time for Jack and Aidan to go to bed. I could not part with them and decided to go to bed with them...which only last for 20 mins as the boys would not stop loving on me and go to bed.......so My Mom made me sit out with the adults and I just kept watching the door for any little eyes to peak out! Aunt Lori said I was the best babysitter EVER as all I had to do is raise my ears and they knew someone was up and out of bed...GOSH I LOVE KIDS!

My Mom has been told when you start a blog you need to keep it going..so this will be a mish mash of a few events...

Fergus' Mom - Jen and I decided we were going to make our own hanging baskets with moss, much cheaper and of course self satisfaction..............so take the boys on a hike on the mission of finding MOSS! Not sure who had more fun us or the boys but they found a stream and had a blast, Fergus went swimming and Garin went wading. That happens when you are too tall for the stream....OK not sure how to rotate that......but this was the result of all our hard work, I made 4 and Jen made 3..........well after Fergus and Jen left I decided to keep planting my floor planters but Garin got bored. The next thing I notice he is long gone in the woods and doesn't come when I call he comes on the tear lugging and old pot that Mike must have thrown in the woods...dirt and all..he thought he I did not have enought pots to do and one more needed to be added...this is what he found and was sooooooooo proud of himself. I honestly did not have the heart to throw it in the garbage where it really should have been so he and I made a out door toy box out of it..great drains if it rains, and of course cleans the lawn up from looking like a graveyard of sad looking toys....