Pickles is a blue merle Australian Shepherd that we have raised since he was 8 weeks old. Here you can watch him grow, learn, and play. We are very enthusiastic about dog training and plan to have the most creatively trained dog in town.
Lauren and Kirk went to California a week past, so we got to watch Roscoe. Pickles was overjoyed. We spent a lot of time at the playground down the street where there boys wore their matching harnesses and played on the playground.
Here they are playing on the soccer field next to the playground while Mark flies his kite. Pickles has gotten quite vicious with his playing. We hope he doesn't scare all his friends off.
Roscoe and Lily both came over today to play with Pickles. I think it's a safe bet that they were all very very happy about this situation. The morning started off with some wrestling in the living room followed by a game of chase in the backyard. Our backyard is way too small for chase. They might have all sustained some bruises from running into things. It's pretty hot outside today too. After everyone got as much heat as they could stand, the party moved back inside for another hour of wrestling. Finally, at 12:30 they all took a brief nap. After nap time, we had some lunch. Roscoe ate out of a Frisbee and was surprisingly ravenous, Pickles ate off the floor and Lily ignored them and continued her nap. After lunch we had some training 101. We practiced sit, down, shake, come, and stay. It is really cute to train three dogs at the same time. They are adorable all lined up in a row sitting or laying down. Next they had a rousing game of ankle biting. This is especially fun with three dogs because you are never safe. Sometimes Lily likes to just supervise. These are seriously the three cutest dogs ever! They get along so well. They slept for another hour and then played the rest of the day. We'll have to have another play date soon.
We met Roscoe (and his parents Lauren and Kirk) at Gigi's puppy class. Over the last several weeks, we've been meeting them once or twice a week for extra play sessions. Roscoe is a Korean Jindo, a breed originally developed to hunt and kill deer. Pickles has a ton of fun playing with him.
