White... SNOW!!

(Black/white picture of Toby's head with
snow in the background, you can also see
his leather collar & black leash)


SNOW, REAL SNOW!!
You may remember the post I did back in December 2009, how I only got "ice" snow, (all you could do was slip & slide!).

Well yesterday it snowed, yes SNOWED, no fake snow like before, real flaky white snow!

Today (Saturday) my raiser's plans had been canceled (as the weather was too bad), so she took me way out back to go sledding! Taking the camera with her too!
She got her sister to take some videos of her & I sledding together (yeah...), I mostly just pushed her down the hill, and then ran "somewhat" beside her! She did have to remind me that the sled is NOT for chewing on, though I think it tasted pretty good!

I was wearing a long red leash while out playing, so she didn't have to worry about me running away (we were in a fenced in area too), not that I would run away (...) my raiser just likes to be on the safe side!

Please note that I was NOT pulling my raiser at ANY times with any of my pawsome strength, (though it may look like I am pulling her down the hill, I'm definantly not!!).


After some fun sledding she let me play "fetch" (for me it's "go get it", don't worry I'm not learning to "fetch" like real dogs!). My raiser thought it was really funny to watch me catch a piece of snow she threw, and then me not be able to find it; I just thought it was plain fun!

Enjoy the many movies & pictures my raiser attached below, (You may notice that I'm wearing different collars in different pictures, the one's of me wearing my pawsome red leather collar were taken up at the house, the ones of me wearing a pink collar were taken down where we were sledding)

Did you get any snow? Feel free to comment away!

Have a pawsome snowy weekend:)

Toby The dog with a blog

(Picture of Toby eating snow, you can see his long red leash in front of him, and a happy face on him!)







(Picture taken from the side, you can see Toby's head & pink collar (yes pink...), Toby's looking straight ahead at my sister who's sledding)





(Picture of Toby & I, Toby's in a stand beside me, I'm laying down on a yellow sled, we're both looking at the camera)





(Picture of Toby eating snow, his red collar & black leash are also very visible in the picture)





Above, (Toby following me down the hill; he is running beside the sled, which I am on, you also notice to the left side there is a "round metal thing" we sometimes use it as a "tunnel" to sled through)

Above, (Toby "fetching" the snow I threw for him, he was really enjoying the "icy treat"!)

Above, (Toby in a sit-stay on a blue sled, I am pulling the sled, while holding Toby's lead, we are going VERY slow. You may notice that Toby comes 1 sec before I called him... he didn't like the idea of sledding very much!)

10 months!

*(Written by Toby's Raiser)*

Wow, Toby turned 10 months yesterday, really TEN MONTHS!

It's quite hard for me to believe, it seems like just last week I was carrying him in my arms, cuddling his little head in my lap.

He has grown so much since then!

At times he may do something "wrong" but he is my baby, my spoiled dog (well I wish, but alas he's not allowed on my bed, the chair or the drivers seat!).

Toby is really doing well with his training, he enjoys the harness and thinks it's wonderful that he gets to wear it in public!

I would like to include some words about Toby, so here goes -

10 words for 10 months

Toby (Kinda obvious!)

Energetic (For the days he makes 30 laps around the INSIDE of the house...)

Nosily adorable (For his cute nose always being their to cheer us up!)

Mainly the same (Though he's grown large & more obedient he really is the same dog)

Obedient (He really trys to please me with his obedience!)

Neatly Nice (He gets more compliments than I do when we are in town!)

aTtentive (At times he may "ignore" me, but for the most part he is an attentive dog)

Handsome (Many compliments from the public for this one)

Silly (Every dog has their "thing", Toby's includes being "silly")

Now to prove you just read the above "10 words for 10 months" you should be thinking something along the lines of "Where is the tenth word for the tenth month?".

Am I right?

If not then you did just go back and count the words, right!?

You wanna know why?

I tried to figure out what ten words to list for this post, when Toby turned 8 months I used the letters in "Guide Dog", which equaled 8 words.

I didn't want to do just random words, so I thought about using "Ten Months", then noticed that it was only 9 letters.

I decided that 9 letters will have to do.

So the tenth word is "invisible" (you may have figured it out by now!), while in public if Toby is under a table, in a rest room, or in a store many people never noticed Toby. 'Til he walked right in front of them.

I had 1 person that was sitting behind us in a class room, and not once for the whole hour did they realize a dog was under the table!

At our house "invisible" is something we NEVER see!

I hope you enjoyed the "ten words", I enjoy figuring them out!
Toby had his 10 month pictures taken today (so really they would be 10 month & ONE day pictures!).

All the below pictures (besides Toby & the car) were taken with my awesomely cool gorillapod, it is quite helpful when I can't find a person to go with me and take pictures!

Please enjoy all the pictures!

And I would like to wish Toby and all of his siblings (Rocky, Duchess, Cassidy & Spike) a HAPPY TEN MONTHS!!

Toby's Raiser

"The Human that has a dog with a blog"

For the following pictures Toby is in harness, and the background is the sky & trees, both of us are sitting in the grass)

(Close up black/white picture of Toby & I sitting, I am looking at the camera while Toby is "gazing" off)

(Black/white picture of Toby & I, Toby's in a sit, and I am crouching beside him, both of us are gazing off to the right)

(Black/white picture of Toby "kissing" my chin, he is in a stand, while I am crouching in front of him, I am peaking at the camera, and he is looking at me)

(Black/white picture of Toby & I, he is in a stand looking at me, while I am crouching down looking straight at him)

(Black/white picture of Toby & I; Toby's in a stand, I am crouching down beside him and we are both "smiling" at the camera)

(COLOR! Picture of Toby & I, Toby is in a stand beside me, I am kneeling down, we are both looking at the camera)

These last 2 pictures are of Toby with the NEW car.

Yes the NEW CAR, we just got a lime green Honda Element today!

(Close up of Toby's front legs & face, he is beside the front right tire of the green element, he is gazing to the right)

(Toby in a stand in the front of the green element, he is staring at the camera)

Wow, 2010!

Hey everybody!

I hope you guys are having a pawsome 2010:)

I sure am!

(Picture of Toby's face/front 2 legs upside down on my sister)

I have now chewed up every new dog toy that I got for Christmas, besides the stainless steel bowl, and I'm very proud of myself.

(Picture of Toby tearing up a toy- with stuffing laying beside it)

I am enjoying the cold outside, it means my trainer now does my obedience training inside more than outside!

I'm also quite happy about getting pills for the medical issues I've been having - as my trainer dips them in peanut butter! (which is a dogs BEST friend). I should be off my antibiotics in about 1 week.

My trainer's sister had a friend over, so they all had a slumber party, and pulled out their sleeping bags, then when they went to bed I got locked in the crate!!

Please enjoy the pictures of how I spent MY New Years:)

(You may notice that in ALL the pictures I am on someone else's bed- aka human sleeping bags, which are quite comfy!)

Toby

The dog with a blog

(Toby cuddled up on OUR purple sleeping bag)

(Toby chewing on his bone, while laying on OUR sleeping bags)

(Toby looking straight at the camera, while laying on our blankets)

I killed the cat... (and Happy New Years!)

"I killed the cat"
No really I did!

As I mentioned in the last post about my trainer being "after Christmas busy", this is the story of WHY my trainer was Christmas busy...

"It was a dark and stormy ni..."
Wait that sounds to odd, what about "The day was coming to a end when Tob..." that is defiantly wrong.

Oh, I got it!

My trainer just finished her animal chores for the evening, and was coming back in to the nice warm house. She then remembered she had 1 more thing to put away and turned around to go back outside. Right after closing the door she heard screaming... Of course she quickly turned around and opened the door to find out the CHRISTMAS TREE was not up anymore. She then heard someone saying "Toby didn't realize his tail was caught..." She quickly went outside and put away the items, then rushed back in to find out what was the matter.

All for her to find out that I knocked down the Christmas tree:( She finally got the whole story, and found out that I was playing with my toy beside the Christmas tree when somehow my tail got tangled up with the lights, I freaked and ran. Which of course means I dragged the Christmas tree down to the ground.
(Sorry no pictures were gotten during the destruction of the tree, as my trainer was too busy with broken glass, and excited/terrorized puppies)
Ornaments were quickly picked up, a trash can was brought in and the couple broken ones were thrown away, along with the little pieces of glass.

I am betting right about know you are thinking "why in the world is this post labeled, "I killed the cat"?
Well my trainer's sister's favorite ornament on the tree was a cat. Not just any cat, it was a cute round painted glass ornament shaped as a cat's head, even having ears at the top!
Well that was one of the 3 ornaments I broke- with both ears popping right off. I tried my doggie apology with her, she understood it was just an accident and forgave me.
Our house is Christmas tree empty, and of course less one cat ornament:(

This is the last post I will be doing for 2009- signing 2009 on my blog posts and such. I'm really going to miss the single digit "9" and start getting used to "10".
Before you know it I'll be 10 months! (Jan. 27th...)
I am wishing all of you guys the best New Year, and hope you guys live 2010 to the best as a dog can:)

Though I don't do "resolutions" I do have a couple things I hope to succeed in 2010...
1. Get over 100 followers on my blog (!!)
2. Get over 20 comments on 1+ posts (20 comments from 20 different blogs)
3. Update my blog frequently
4. Obey my trainer and learn as much as possible
5. Become the BEST guide dog I can!

What do you hope to do in 2010?
I hope it's good, and have a PAWSOME NEW YEAR!




Toby
The dog with a blog









(Toby laying on MY pink "pillow" which is on the ground)

Best friends...

(me and Liberty sleeping together)

Most of the time me and Liberty are best friends, of course when my trainer turns her back- we attack each other. But when she's watching, this is what we do!!

Aren't we soo cute?!?!

Stay tune, for Christmas pictures, and a letter to Santa!

Toby

The dog with a blog

When our trainer looks-

(me and Liberty sleeping happily)

When she looks away-

(pictures, me & Liberty fighting- May 2009)

Happy 7 months Toby!

*(written by Toby's trainer)*
Toby turned 7 months on Tuesday the 27th, he is really growing up! It seems like just yesterday I was holding a adorable little yellow Lab, boy do they grow up fast!

I would like to wish Toby a very happy "7 months"!!

Hope you enjoy this slide show I made of Toby, it goes back to pictures from 6 weeks all the way to 7 months. (sorry about the barking in one of the movies!)

Toby's trainer

New puppy comes in 1 day... and I know his NAME! You want to guess?

(go to the bottom of the post to try and figure out the puppy's name!)

1 day
or
24 hours
or
1,440 minutes
or
86,400 seconds 'til the new puppy comes!!

...And I just got a phone call from my area coordinator and she let me know that my puppy has been picked up, and has a name!!

I would post it on my blog but my siblings would find out...

So instead I will give you hints and you leave your name idea, or letter ideas in a comment!!

1. It is a 4 letter word

2. The first letter rhymes with "b"

3. The third letter rhymes with "he"

4. The second letter would be used with "** my"

5. The last letter could have a question mark at the end if it was spelled out into a word. "***?"



Please leave a comment with your idea (names, or what you think the letters are)!!
(none of the comments will be published 'til tomorrow, just so everyone will have a chance to guess the name!!)



I will be doing a post on "****" as soon as I can tomorrow!!



****'s trainer

Happy New Year!!

Happy New year everybody!!

Frankie


(Pictures and updates coming in a later post:)