Pastpups

Puppy pick up day 2006

Torin, (Jess x Miki) rides in the jogging stroller until he's big enough to run with the family in Geneseo IL.

Update: Torin is a T.V. star!! he had his

5 seconds of fame on the local news after a snow storm hit Geneseo, he appeared with his family having a great snow-day!!

Ms. Additude (Addie)

(Jess x Miki 2006)

ready to go home with her new family,

and big 'sister' Lottie

living near Chicago

Addie is currently in her second year of training in herding and is excelling!! Steve hopes to begin competion with her next year.

Congratulations on your fantasic job Steve!!!

December 15, 2006

"Dear Grandma Pat,

As you can see Mom and Dad, they sure do love me. They give me all kinds of kisses and Dad takes me out in the backyard and plays ball with me. I love them. I weigh 34 lbs. today.

Love

Sadie"

(I just love it when my pups send me Christmas cards and pictures!!)

Click on Faith and Hope's names to visit their web pages. You can read Kevin's very touching letter to his girl Hope.

After hearing their story, I know Faith will be well loved and spoiled with trips to the Dairy Queen for many years to come.

Faith, all grown up, what a beautiful girl!!

She has even tried her paw at herding and

seemed to enjoy it very much.

Update: her owners recently bought her a log home on

an acreage. She already has a couple horses, and is

working on getting them to buy her some sheep!!

Way to go Faith.

"Faith did fine. She woke us twice, I had first shift

and Michelle second. She's been real good about her

duties. She's spending the day with Rosie" (the Doberman).

"Faith is a perfect angel! She's catching on to the

potty schedule pretty quick."

"She's going with us to

play cards tonight so we can teach her how to play

Conasta!"

(a few quotes from Kevin's e-mails, I think he likes her!!)

"Day 2 and Paco Boo Boo is still doing great. He is a very laid back easy going puppy. I haven't really had to crate him except at night. He is happy sleeping in our mud room near his crate during the day. When he is in the main part of the house we have just been watching him. We can pretty much tell when he needs to do his business. He has gone in the car with me 2 times today and loved it. He especially loved my sons soccer game with all the kids. Of course they all loved him too. The kitty's have sort of gotten used to him they both ignore each other. (better than a cat fight) He loves playing in our backyard with the boys. He loves to run after his lobster."

Tamarack update:You could not have picked out a better puppy for us. She is wonderful. The first night she did cry a little. But, we built our own house and insulated all the inside walls with sound proofing insulation. I closed the bedroom door and never heard a thing. Tiger did not help very much the second night though. He decided to sleep in the recliner with Tammers (Colin's name for her stuck) on his chest. She was not real happy about being locked in the cage this morning when we went to work though. Grandma came over at noon to let her out and give her some more food and water. She felt so bad about putting her back in the cage that she is going to come over tomorrow morning and babysit all day. I have a wonderful mother-in-law.

One of the first places Tammers decided to take over as her own was the spot under the table. I wonder which branch of her family she got that from! Anyway she is a pleasure to have around. I can hardly wait for Chris to come back and meet her.

Thank-you for the information about her schedule. I am sticking to it the best I can.

Love,

Marti"

Tammers is now at her summer home with her new family, in the Northwoods (Upper Michigan), here is a fun little story about her new hobby!!

"As is customary of most border collies, they naturally develop a sense of herding on their own. Our Tammers has added a new twist to that this morning. She has decided that it is her responsibility to take care of our deer heard. As mother feed carried the containers of corn to the winter starved beasts she followed dutifully on her mother's heels. At times she was within just a few feet of the creatures. She then backed away to a distance of about 20 feet and started watching. For 20 or 30 minutes nothing could rip her attention from 'her' herd. But then the animals wanted to leave.... Problem...... Tammers decided her heard had to stay. With lightning like speed she rushed after the startled creatures trying in vain to round them up and drive them back to the pile. It did not work very well, but it sure was amusing to watch."

"Several nursing mothers visited the corn and the salt block yesterday but, their fawns have yet to be spotted. (Pun----laugh) "

Jinkies and Zoinks live happily with 3 Scooby Doo fans, and their mom and dad.

The Grabs Gang first adopted Jinkies, and loved her so much they quickly came back and adopted Zoinks just a few months later.

They are about as opposite in personality as can be. Jinkies rules the house, and Zoinks is happy to let her.

Thanks Grabs Gang for so many updates and happy reports on these two beautiful pups!!

Rose (Raven) and her buddy Gabe in New Jersey

'Here's a few pics of Rose from today. She and Gabe are finally getting along super! She's growing fast. I couldn't be happier. She already does the border collie stalk on Gabe!'

Patti,

What a pleasure it was to talk to you this morning! My how life has changed

for me/us since last night!!!!!

What a little cutie! I'm in love!!!!! As you can see he looks happy here by

the photos. That is mark and I in the photos too by the way. The one of me

is when I first met him and whiped my face clean of tears! He was pretty

tired last night too. I would love to see a photo of his dad!!!! Tell your

son, sorry we changed the name but Mark and I both loved that name! But

Collin is great too! That was a tough choice to make! And what a long

journey the little guy made! I wished we lived close...we would definitely

love to pay a visit. You home sounds very interesting!!!!!

Hope to hear from you again soon!!!!!! Thank you ever so much for a

beautiful little wonder of a puppy! What a sweetie-pie!!!!! Hi to MOM for

us!!!!! Sue, Mark, Freddy and Walter (cat). :)

Hi Patti,

I just wanted to thank you so much for allowing such a sweet and beautiful dog to enter our lives and our hearts. Blitz is more beautiful than I can explain. Blitz and Freddy are such a huge part of our lives and I think they give us so much joy that we can share together. I cant wait to show Blitz the mountains and take him fishing with me and Freddy. I really believe that we were blessed with another perfect dog and member of our family. I will never be without doggies.

Mark

Blitz (Raven x Chilly) is our first pup to travel outside the US. He now lives in Calgary Alberta Canada. He made the trip just fine!! Blitz was a wonderful surprise Christmas present to his wife Sue, and she was very very surprised, becasue he kept the secret to the very end!! Merry Christmas to Sue and Mark!!

Dear Brandi,

Hope your first birthday was as fun as mine. (although I wonder if we get shorted on gifts because it is so close to christmas.) I hope to come and play with you sometime in the spring or summer.

Love Always your sister,

Jinkies

P.S. your half brother Zoinks says hi and happy birthday too!

This is why one should always KNOW what they are getting into when they get

a border collie.

Mark and I went out grocery shopping last night. I accidentally forgot to

put away a new large package of

toilet paper. This is what they did. Grrrrr....it was the expensive stuff

too!!!