Baker's St. Danes of Southeastern CT

Moey the St Dane and her handler (me) at BarnHunt practice. 56 seconds her personal best 🐀

BarnHunt competition practice (Hunting for the rat in the tube 🐀) with Moana the St Dane and her handler (me) A personal best of 56 seconds!

Moey & I learning “barnyard” at Central K9 in Colchester 🐀

Moey and I learning “Barnyard” at Central K9 in Colchester! It’s only our 2nd class but she’s picking it up pretty quickly! The video is a little montage of today’s class. Hide the rat sitting in the tube, she sniffs it out, once she hits the tube with her paw she gets the verbal accolades and affection since that’s her favorite thing in the world haha - she had no interest in the homemade beef jerky! That’s our Moe Moe ❤️

Paw Paw Paw Paw 🐾

Baker’s St Danes Finn, Max & Enzo This comical trio all trying to give paw first! Paw paw paw 🐾 🐾🐾

Moana trying her paws at agility! Matt at Versatile K9 in Manchester is awesome! 🐾

Titan & pups

Our senior male Titan asks for a much wider boundary with his personal space! The pups completely understand his request! Watch through til the end…you’ll see him take a little peek to make sure their back far enough before he finally lays down. 🐾

Cali & pups

Our senior dog Cali teaching pups personal space boundaries 🐾 Notice how she never backs away and holds her space and continues to move toward them asserting her dominance. The little growl is to make her point clearer to those who need it but she basically gets what she wants with her energy and body language! Humans who need help with this with your own canine should watch and learn because she’s a great teacher! 🐾

17 minutes of short clips of Timber with some of our litters 🐾 Posting this and his photo album for myself ♥️

Our healing journey begins 🐾 Cali is now our eldest pack member and is a bit lost without her oldest friend but love will pull us all through ♥️

Missing our conversations- Timber was ALWAYS such an attentive listener 🐾❤️

What led up to this moment…I’ve kept it as brief as possible… Our morning typically starts at 4 am. All of the dogs go out but I can’t have Timber and Mozart outside together because Mozart objects to Timbers bossy attitude and Timber objects to Mozarts objection 🙄. Once Mozart is done I’ll bring him in and out goes Timber. Usually once Timber is done doing his business he’ll be agreeable to get up and head back into the house to eat, take his pills and go back to sleep. Well all of this has changed now that the cool mornings are here. Timber refuses to get up and go back into the house bc he loves the cool weather. So I started to feed him outside, give him his pills outside and bring him a drink outside. Well by the time I’ve done this, fed and watered everyone else and handed out the morning meds it’s pushing 6 am. 2 hours has passed and King Timber still refuses to get up and go back into the house so that poor Mozart can come back outside to poop! You may ask yourself why not force Timber to go in. To be clear, one cannot FORCE Timber do anything he doesn’t agree to do. He is 180 lbs and requires a boost to get into a standing position. Once he’s up he’s pretty mobile! But unless he sits up and helps in the process there is no boosting him ANYWHERE! Cut to the video…Timber will do ANYTHING for a chicken nugget so I’ve decided to keep them on hand now! PS all of the throw rugs are for Timber- senior dog parents will understand ❤️

Mealtime routine 🐾

“Mother may I?” “No you may not.” #momsrule #babiesdrool #hunterfail

I love my Moe Moe 💕🐶💕🐶 (her happy face as soon as I tell her I love her 😍)

Good morning from Hazel! Hopefully this sweet face will start your day out right! It does ours everyday! ☀️ (P.S. Timber and his hunger pains survived through my morning coffee ☕️ )

1 minute in the life of Timber 🖤 The Big Man HIGHLY recommends Wizard of Paws! He actually joined in when some of the young ladies of our pack were kicking Titans butt instead of barking out orders on the sidelines!

Timber was accompanied by his faithful companion Hazel for a quick trip to Chey & Connor’s house this morning. Timber was able to return to The Wizard of Paws pet rehab in Colchester Thursday for electrical stimulation to his lower spine. This is like a deep tissue massage to awaken his muscles and I can already see a difference! He was practically running and skipping and tripping too a few times lol He LOVED rolling on their plush lawn and Hazel ran around like a nut sharing in his joy! He’s getting stronger and more self confident with every outing!

Timber & I went on a field trip yesterday! We went to an old favorite of his Bluff Point in Groton. First we stopped at Dairy Queen to get our ice cream (of course there is ALWAYS food involved with Mr T). We pulled into the park, opened the doors and contemplated our next move. Timber decided he needed a little energy boost to give him the strength to get up and out, so he decided to slurp up some ice cream to get the oomph to actually start his short but sweet journey. He finally decided he was ready to try getting up and out. He needed a little boost to get started, got down the ramp, met a friend, ate some grass then laid down for a bit. Gosh he looked like a King laying there in the grass so tall and proud. While he was chilling I decided to go back to the van to get the rest of his ice cream… I guess he thought I was abandoning him 🙄 so he got up to follow me promptly charging me to get at that ice cream! He slurped up the rest of his ice cream in the messiest way possible then we headed back to the van before his sugar rush wore off! He needed a little foot adjustment to get back up the ramp but got right up and settled down for our trip home. Of course we made ANOTHER food stop to get his absolute FAVORITE treat of chicken nuggets. He ate his nuggies and this completed his field trip. Timber was only able to walk about 100 feet and at times I worried we wouldn’t make it back to the van. However, once again, I underestimated his iron will and determination to continue on in this life that he loves. Can’t wait for our next trip out!

It takes a pack to help start our pups in their lives. 3:52 of Timber, Cali, Titan, Harley, Moana, Bernice, Hazel, Mozart and Ivy all pitching in. Each offers a different canine personality for the pups to learn from. I greatly appreciate their help! 🐶

Brothers Brody, Maverick & Dexter each try out a different technique to get the girl! Brody works the gentle nuzzle and paw to the cheek. Maverick initially attempts to beat her up then teams up with Brody using the gentle approach. Dexter simply feigns disinterest to draw her attention. Hmmmm who did it best? ❤️ #RomancingIvy