What's a Hay Day???

I spent the entire day sleeping......BORING!!!  No hikes or fun stuff of any kind.... WP told someone HP sat on a deer all day....I didn't see any antlers and sure didn't see any deer around here.  I would have barked at 'em and chased them right off the ranch if I had....

 HP did sit on a green and yellow piece of farm equipment though....It had some sort of writing on the side but I can't read.......  I don't really like it when he's doing the farm equipment stuff.....that means I have to stay in the yard and away from it......Dangerous!!   Sheesh I must have come close at some point in my very young life......maybe that's why I don't have a tail like Charlie and Annie.   You think I got it cut off by that mower thingy on the back of the tractor?  Scary......

     Well tomorrow all the grass stuff he mowed down has to dry out , that means a day off for HP and we get to go hiking and for a swim.....WP is going to town...too hot for me to sit in the car and I would rather be hiking anyway....

Exercise is so good for my diet.    I have been losing a few but still need to lose more to get a good report from my vet at my next appt.....He sure wasn't happy at the last one.....

    Well here's a photo of what's going on here today.......notice I am NOT in the picture and this IS my blog.......really???

Day Hikes and Haircuts

Boy am I  glad I don't drive a car......WP was gone last week, boy I sure missed her.....she sneaks a few extra tidbits to me after supper.  I am suppose to be on a strict reduced calorie diet but HP has a habit of feeding me way more than I need so when WP is home I get only what I need.  I do get  a crumb of something tasty once in a while.  Every evening I sit and stare longlingly at her.  If I give her some real sad eyes she caves.......ah yes a chicken snack. 
   Okay back to the car thing.....they are just "okay" things......they get you to and from your hikes but I sure don't like those rumbley strips on the sides of the road......HP has a bad habit of hugging the side of the road and hits those dang things.......makes me want to jump out of my skin and sure disturbs a good nap.. yeah and WP just got back from her trip to Ogden.....her car has a strange look to it and the phone keeps ringing with insurance guys, whoever they are.  Just what is a fender bender anyway?   Running a red light? Is that some sort of new game like chase the ball or terroize the cat.... WP wasn't to happy about it whatever it was.....
   So yesterday I was laying on the kitchen floor panting.....I don't like the heat and having these black locks...so HP took me to the beauty parlor for a trim and a good brushing......boy do I ever feel better now.....maybe I will post a picture tomorrow of my new look....I got to go on an extra long day hike today too....Big Creek....lots of cars but didn't see one person to jump on......and here I am extra clean today.


uh oh...I smell the grill going.... better boogie there might be some  food dropped..

Uh oh More trouble at home.....

Not only am I on a very strict calorie reduced diet but I found out last night the HP can get a wee bit testy if I chase the cat......I got into big trouble!

Brother and sister......

I think I am adopted.......my brother and older sister are much taller than I am and they have straight short hair and mine is semi curly and  bobbed cut......Hmmmm Oh yeah I keep forgetting I am a Miniature Australian Sheperd and they are both Black Labradors.....but I am in charge and they love me.
Here we are together on one of the trips that HP and WP go on... that's me in the middle....Charlie my big  brother and my much older sister, Annie.....this was taken after I had walked 18 miles into the Danaher Meadows in the Bob Marshall Wilderness. I was tired but the trip was fantastic...... I keep asking, when are we going again???

July 4th Holiday

I don't like the bangy things.......they make me a bit nervous but I still am okay......I know several friends who have to hide under the bed but I am a big girl and just deal with it....
HP and WP took me on their horseback ride yesterday........I had a bark frenzy at the parking lot  and got into trouble but settled right into to doing what I do best....looking for elusive squirrels to chase...It was bit hot but there are plenty of creeks along the trail so I got to take several swims and one very good mud bath along the route....We ran into three very pretty ladies hiking too.   They were nice and told me I was soooo cute.   I have a tinkling bell attached to my collar so people will know I am coming and so HP and WP can find me in the tall grasses....I am pretty short... HP and WP apologized  to the ladies for my manners...oops sorry about the muddy paw prints on your white shorts lady...
HP's horse Matt doesn't like me very much.......he pins his ears and gives me dirty looks as I run by......neener neener I am faster than you. The creeks felt so good on my hot little paws...that water is cold and in some places very scary because it is so fast.......I don't swim very well but i sure do like to wade....back at the truck after the ride I crash on the front seat...oops sorry WP about the mud on your side.

Okay I will sleep good tonight, just have to listen to all those bangy things;....sssh anyone have a sleep eye mask......yawn....

We will start somewhere in my life.......

Hi,everyone, my people person is going to help me try and log my day to day happenings and feelings....wow where do I start.
    I am a cute and  energetic, I guess they refer to me as Miniature Australian Sheperd and boy am I ever cute. I had to sort of tell a fib on my profile page so I could start my blog.  I am not really old enough to actually to have a blog but my people person  is ( sssssh she's way old enough if you know what I mean).

   So here is the story so far of my life.....My people person ( whom I will refer to from now on as the WP or wife person ) got me when I was just a pup.....way back in August of 2006 so this year that makes me 5.  She and her handsome hubby, we will call him the HP ( husband person) had just lost their dear friend Ike a handsome boxer ( pictured above) from cancer.  They were both so sad.  My WP was sort of sad to because every time the HP would take off for the day  Annie the other family member ( more about her later) would go too.....leaving my WP home alone.....she decided to find a small home type dog to keep her company while the HP did his thing.....
Annie is the other cog in this whole wheel and I will be posting pictures and stories of her too.  She is the matriarch of the family and a good calm source of company.  She happens to be my big sister, .....well adopted sister because she is a Black Labrador and way bigger than me....

  Anyway back to my story....I came to stay and was a very tiny thing but oh so cute.....I was really really good and that Christmas I got my very own puppy to grow up with......Charlie came to live with us too.  Now there are three of us and we are all good good friends.   The WP and HP kept muttering something about being crazy having not one but two puppies in the house at the same time.......Charlie got into way more trouble than me.......I learned early you don't poop in the house......Ahemmm Charlie was a slow learner....so this is where our story begins.......

to be continued........ picture is from us at Christmas we were both very tiny......well one of us was anyway