Walk-A-thon '09

Hi everybody Frankie's trainer here.
Sorry I didn't post sooner, but I have been really busy(5 goats to milk-10 babies to feed...)

I had a blast at Walk-A-thon with Frankie, and I think she had fun too. She met one of her siblings named Dexter(I think that was his name) and we sat beside him and his trainer on Friday night (awards night).

Frankie did really well with all the other dogs around her, and she loved the ride down to FL. We stopped at some state signs so she could get her picture with them.

I have over 100 pictures from Walk-A-thon, and a lot of them are of her covered with dirt/sand at Walk-A-thon(Saturday). They had a dirt floor, which is fine - nice and cool for the dogs... unless they like rolling in dirt. She was covered with dirt(please enjoy the pictures of that).

I also did a "blind-fold walk" where they had some dogs that were ready to graduate at Walk-A-thon harnessed up and the trainers let anybody over 12 walk with the dog, even with obstacles in the way. (as seen in the pictures below) The trainer that was holding the dog's leash for the blind-fold walk just happened to be Brax's trainer!! I was so surprised! She asked me if I had trained any dogs for Southeastern and I said "yes, my first one went back last January and graduated in May." She asked the dogs name, and when I told her she said "I trained Brax when he returned to the school." She also said how obedient he was.

At 1pm on Saturday (28th) Frankie was taken to the guide dog school to be turned in, of course she had no clue what we were doing, so she just kept her tail wagging and walked away with the staff at the school.

I found out that my new puppy will be coming the end of April/beginning of May, they will have 2 different breeds: Labradors, or Hungarian Vizalas, since I just raised a Lab I told them I would like a Male Hungarian Vizala- of course it is not for sure that I am getting that breed, but I will find out more once I talk to the school,(yes I will keep you posted!)

For now please enjoy the pictures of Frankie's 2009 Walk-A-thon, and updates on Liberty. I hope to hear some about Frankie in a couple of weeks.

Oh and sorry, the pictures were posted out of order, and would take months to put in correct order, so enjoy the "not-in-order" pictures!

Frankie's, Brax's, & Liberty's trainer

Okay I admit, I REALLY miss Frankie,

that cute face is sooo cute!

BTW does she look dirty to you??

What about now, clean or dirty??

And of course just for you, the full neck

pose, there is no way she could be dirty...

After turning Frankie in, I went to the puppy kennel, and hugged some puppies, they are

very good for licking tears

Breezy, the guide dog (I think that was her

name) stops at a obstacle.

Me walking with the guide dog Breezy (the

lady there was Brax's trainer!)

Frankie taking a break

A seizure dog, I thought it looked really cute!

Me and Frankie (far left) with a group of

dogs that look JUST like Frankie!! Only 1

of them is her sibling-Dexter, he is the 3rd dog

J.J taking a break(or at least I think that is J.J)

Me and Frankie with a creek behind us.

(I have a picture of me and Brax at the same

spot in 07')

If you enlarge this picture you can see lots of

blue shirts, which is all the people walking at

Walk-A-thon(this year the shirts were blue)

Me and the rest of our group (well at least the

people in our group that came to Walk-A-thon)

Frankie & me with the start/finish sign at

Walk-A-thon

Frankie & Dexter...I think someone said the

word "treat"!!

Dextor and Frankie sleeping















Frankie & Dexter sniffing each other

Dexter & Frankie















Frankie being bored on the car ride to FL

Me and Frankie at Southeastern-1pm on

Saturday (just before "the final goodbye)

The Florida sign with me and

Frankie!

Me and Frankie at the South Carolina sign...

the sign was to dark to see, so we just got a

close up:)

Well the picture says it, but

just for you guys the sign says

"Welcome We're glad Georgia's

on your mind"

Frankie with the Georigia sign

Me and my friend Chelsea (J.J's trainer)

getting ready to head back home-dogless

Liberty...she writes, too!

Hey everybody, my name is Liberty!
This is the first post I have ever done.

Frankie told me all I have to do is write, add pictures and publish. Sounds easy? Well I guess puppy paws don't fit on the keyboard well, because to me this blogging business is not easy at all!!

Frankie was turned into the school Saturday around 1pm. Her trainer took lots of pictures at Walk-A-thon, and will be working on a post soon.

No I'm not a Pug, I'm an English Mastiff. I'm just now 10 weeks old. I love getting my picture taken, and my owners have probably taken over 500 pictures of me.

Frankie told me that people can leave comments on posts I do. That sounds like fun; so anybody who reads this please leave a comment so I can meet all of Frankie's friends!!

It snowed Sunday, and we got over 9 inches of snow! It was quite fun to play in, but it was very hard to walk through.

Please enjoy all the pictures of ME, and leave comments!



Liberty






Before February 28 (3 dogs)

After February 28 (2 dogs)

Me in the snow!

It tastes good too

Frankie's crate is quite comfy

Me playing in the snow

Puppy class-last one

I have been really bad at posting lately.-well updates that is:)
I forgot to do the post about the puppy meeting February 7, and about me going to see karate! I will get my trainer to do all of those posts for me when she gets back from Walk-A-Thon.

Last Thursday I went to my LAST puppy meeting, they even had some really nice dog treats (almost like mini cakes!) for us dogs to eat!

What we did at puppy class:
Worked on basic commands-going in a large circle and siting or laying down when told.
Then our trainers each got an umbrella and got to walk around with a umbrella in their hands pretending it was raining!!
And we worked on some of the more "advanced" commands, such as:
Heel-come,
Find the door-switch, and more!
I had a lot of fun at class, and I even got to wear the harness!!
I will try to do 1 more post before I leave tomorrow (Friday), but if not my trainer will get it posted for me.
Please enjoy the pictures below(and movie!), and soon Liberty will be taking over the blog...




Frankie







My trainer & me doing "Switch"


Greeting people

















Taking a break...

Me doing a "sit stay" (and when she calls me I

will then do a "heel")

Our group:

Our group #2 :)

Me in harness

Me in harness with my trainer

Meet Curry & Chive...

My trainer's goat kidded (had babies) Monday night at 9.30pm!!

My trainer decided to go and check on the goat one last time before she went to bed and that just so happend to be when the goat was having babies!!

The brownish & white one is named Curry, the black & white one is named Chive.

Enjoy the pictures. My trainer just had another goat who kidded yesterday(Thursday) and had twin does, they both have been named and my trainer will be doing a post about them later:)



Frankie






Curry

Chive

Me meeting Chive

Me meeting Stella...

Meet Oregano...

My trainer's goat "Addie" had one baby boy on Thursday.

After looking at the names in the comments she decided to go with Oregano(thanks Lisa & Ellie).

My trainer is hoping to have some more babies in a couple more days.(nevermind-just kidded (had babies)tonight!)-post coming later:)

Thanks for the name ideas, and keep brining more!!

Frankie



Oregano



Erin (left) meeting Oregano (right)

















All of the baby goats. Left to right:
Eragon, Erin, Stella, Arya, Roran, and Oregano

Liberty meeting Oregano

Frankie's trainer-Oh is Frankie in trouble!!

Hey everybody,
this is Frankie's trainer.
I decided not to let Frankie do this post for 2 reasons:
1. She would bad mouth me on the blog,

2. She is in the crate.

Want to know why??

Well lets see, I walked up the stairs

and saw this: (click to make bigger)

Well that made me think 2 things.

Either a tornado came though our house, or Frankie has been upstairs.

Since the plant was in Frankie's mouth it kind of made me think she did it...

If you remember the post from last year that was about the same as this post (introuble'08), Frankie hasn't changed at all...

Hope everybody is having a good day. Frankie will be leaving next week, and really we will all miss her very much. I will be doing the post on Walk-A-thon for her when we(I) get home next week.

Still no more news on the new puppy, as of right now it won't be 'til May or June:
Thanks for reading our blog(Frankie's, Liberty's, & Brax's) I hope you all enjoy it very much!
Don't forget to look at the movie below!

Frankie's, Brax's, & Liberty's trainer

The end of the movie isn't until you see Frankie,

it went black since I put my hand over it

The culprit...

Happy Valentines Day!!- WE NEED YOUR HELP!!

Happy Valentine's Day everybody!!
My trainer has been quite busy recently with baby goats... yes, it is that time of year!!

My trainer bred her goats quite early last year so we would have babies in February, last year we didn't have baby goats till the end of March!

My trainer's goats haven't kidded yet, but her brother's has. He has 2 goats, and out of both of them he ended up with 5 babies!! One had triplets the other had twins!

If you remember the post from last year about names (baby goat names'08)

My trainer did candy names in '08, so this year she has decided to name her baby goats after herbs. The first 2 babies she is thinking about naming "Sugar" & "Spice" since last year was candy and this year is herbs.

But she has a lot of goats due, so please put any name ideas that are herbs in the comment!!

(For boys or/and girls)

Thanks and don't forget to take a look at the pictures below to see what I have been doing lately...

Frankie

Dress up



Me wearing a skirt & shirt!
















































Photos with a "cool" background


Me doing "sit" 1


Me doing "sit" 2

Me doing "down"

Playing doctor

My "doctor" putting on the "cast"

Don't I look good with a cast!

And the sling goes well with it to...

My "doctor" and me:)

Me with my trainer

Trying to "fit in"...

Ever since Liberty came she has been getting all the "good stuff", tennis balls, dog treats(I can't have any because of allergies), her own cool dog bed, a neat crate, and such.

Well I am trying to "fit in" her "small" things, since I can't have the tennis balls or dog treats, that leaves the dog bed and crate.

Take a look at the pictures to see what I mean:)

Frankie

Liberty's bed:

Liberty's crate: