ππ Happy New Years! ππ
What have you taught your dog over the holidays?
No rest for the wicked here.... we've been having fun perfecting stacks for the 2024 show season and the older girls were mucking about with some beginner scent stuff today. Lilus a bit of an over-achiever.... we don't actually need her eyes in the pot too. π They're never too old to learn new things.
5 minutes a day - all it takes! #happybassets
Lovely weekend put on by Gympie Kennel Club (thankyou judges & stewards!!) with the girls bringing home some places... and most of all having a great deal of fun and few too many treats.
Our last show before Christmas and a great time to reflect on how far the girls have come this year.... and also the fun to be had over the holidays as we look to improve some things!
The 4 girls as a group walked (or waddled) away with:
ππ 2 x Neuter of Breeds
π 1 x RU Neuter of Group
π₯π₯ 2 x Junior Age
π₯ 1 x State Bred
π₯1 x Open Age
ππ 2 x Best of Breeds
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2 x RU of Breed
Special thanks to Lindy for helping me exhibit the girls before her own classes. π
Give an inch on the pregnancy spoiling and she expects 5 miles! π
Old Thelma being resourceful. π
π½ Feeding / Enrichment
Sometimes it can feel impossible to give everyone individual attention at home, especially with 3 toddlers/babies of our own but I spend as much time as I can doing little things with them and for them that they all enjoy.
I've already posted about the lick mats we do, but this is a bit more next level.... I try to do a few different types of dinners for them and rotate throughout the week. This is their entire dinner and we do this at least twice a week. Freezing simplifies things for us... we can do a big food prep once every few weeks and store them all in the dogs freezer.
They enjoy them unfrozen too but it gives them longer enjoyment when it's frozen... in the bowls is their Science Diet dry food (soaked in water until swelled), boiled pumpkin, carrots, beans and mushroom, frozen berries, mince, chicken hearts, chicken liver, sardines, natural yoghurt, and drizzled with coconut oil and turmeric.
What's on the menu for other days? Stay tuned. βοΈ
Afternoon run πββοΈ
Liluβs normal greeting πβ€οΈ
The littlest ratbag, Suzie, who arrived just before Christmas and has settled in tremendously β€οΈ Looking forward to getting her out in the ring this year. π
Longbay Crepe Suzette
Just assisting with the mowing π
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Busy weekend for us here. Thelma was starting to look a bit ill yesterday and ended up having an emergency spey yesterday for pyo. We were very grateful to have caught it early with no complications.
She is recovering well with lots of hugs - and the active little guys are really on their feet now and eating well. β€
2 weeks old already!
Puppies at 2 weeks old β€
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The basset floor melt. β€
Mumma getting some well earned rest in before babies arrive to disturb the peace.
Definitely the secret for happiness! β€
Definitely the secret for happiness! β€
... Also if you get to the end, surprise! We are on the countdown to our 2nd litter of puppies hitting the ground! ... Might be time for another maternity shoot??
Ezra
Ezra, now 4 months old off to catch the horses with me.... what he lacks in height, he makes up in try jumping through the grass π
Thelmae Ezra
(Ammidan CC Bella Fonte x Ammidan Ante Up)
P.S. all hard copy papers have arrived, I will get them on the way to all Ezras littermates in the coming days!
Basset Pile this morning. I'd say they are starting to appreciate this crate training thing β€
Baby Archie
Hard time being a baby basset. π
#babyarchie
#thelmaemrlazybones
#grunter