Happy New Year !

2009 looks like it may be a very fun and busy year for us! There are a lot of "Shiloh Events" to go to with our local chapter, and I can't wait to get together with all my old friends and make new friends too. I'm looking forward to being able to go to a few dog shows this year again, and cheer on all my buddies as they strut their stuff. And it'll be great to watch all the new puppies grow and join in on all the fun. In the meantime we want to wish everyone a very Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas !

Merry Christmas from John, Myra & Wolf. May you know the joy and light of His love! Blessings from our house to yours.

8 more days.....

Here's me showing Dad what a good, sweet, loving, grateful boy I am! Only 8 more days to Christmas----whooo hooo!

11 more days til Christmas! I don't know what I'm getting, but I know what I won't be getting.......rawhide bones (I chew too hard), baby brother or sister (still working on that one), a few sheep to herd, a big steak---look, I'm being cute for you and everything. How could anyone deny this face?

Countdown to Christmas!

Only 20 more days until Christmas! This year has gone by so fast, filled with God's blessings and grace. Can't wait to check out what's under the Christmas tree for a good boy!

17 month old update

Well, I'm 17 months old now, and a few things have changed so I thought an update might be good. My full name is now officially

"Bellegrace's Blue Timber Wolf, CGC, HCT1". Whew! That's because I passed my AKC Canine Good Citizen Test and also passed my first leg of the herding capability test. Mostly this shows that I am a good boy in public and I like herding sheep! I'll need some lessons to get my second leg, maybe in the spring. I have also grown a little more---I am 29 1/2" tall at the withers and 112 lbs. Still have some growing to do before I'm done. I'm looking forward to taking Rally-O classes this spring, I've heard that they're challenging and fun. As you can tell by the look on my face----I sure do love fun!!

I'm a Canine Good Citizen!

Today I passed my AKC Canine Good Citizen Test! My mom was so happy, she gave me some special liver treats-----yum.

Here I am out in our yard enjoying the beautiful day. A couple of days ago, I got nose to nose with a woodchuck! I must have surprised him or something, because they usually run away as soon as they see me coming. He puffed himself up and made clacking noises at me (I didn't know they could do that!). Then he lunged at me, and I lunged at him, but we never actually bit each other---what fun! He finally ran into the woods. Ain't life grand!

How I got my name

When my "human" mom was just a girl, she used to read stories about collies from the author Albert Payson Terhune (actually, she still re-reads them every few years). He owned these wonderful dogs and wrote about them. The titles of the books were mostly their names---"Lad", "Bruce", "Treve", "Gray Dawn", "Buff" and....you guessed it --"Wolf"! Mom always wanted a dog named Wolf. Then she found me, and what can I say---it fit. Pretty neat.

Wolf speaks

Well, up until now, my mom has been nice enough to tell you all about me. I really do appreciate that, but I figure I'll take over from now on and give you my point of view! Here is a picture of us, taken when I was only 10 months old (earlier this summer). You can see I'm a pretty big guy, and I'm still growing. Even though my hair is short, I prefer the colder weather. Mom says she's going to get me a plastic swimming pool for next summer's heat. Sounds good to me! My very favorite thing to do is to hang out with my people. I pretty much don't care what they are doing, as long as they let me do it with them.