Snow??? In Wilmington???

Yup, even on the southeastern coast of North Carolina, we still get snow every now and then.  We've had a couple of bad winter storms this year that resulted in mostly ice - not fun at all.  During the lastest storm, we lost power for several days - and it was cold!  Fortunately, Mia works as my own personal electric blanket so we stayed warm at night.

Look closely - there's a weimaraner in there somewhere ;)

Merry Christmas!

We hope you've had a wonderful holiday!  We sure did! :)

Santa Paws was very good to Mia.  After all, she was a very good girl this year.

Time for a romp in the yard

All of this celebrating just wears the princess out :)

Happy Halloween!

Mia earns her 2nd JHR leg

Beyond thrilled that Mia earned her 2nd JHR (junior hunter retriever) leg today at the Lumber River Retrieving Club Hunt Test is Rose Hill, NC!  Love this girl and how hard she works :)

Retrieving Practice

Pictures from our summer field training - pigeons and ducks

Agility Practice

Thanks to our dear friend, Missy Gordon, for taking these pictures during agility class the other night.

Utility, take 2

We traveled to Raleigh, NC this past weekend to take another stab in utility obedience at the Durham Kennel Club Obedience Trial.  Even though we didn't qualify either day, I was very proud of how Mia performed.  We had several compliments from other exhibitors and I know we are really close to earning that first UD leg.  Here are some pictures from Dean Lake Photography.

Signals - down

Scent Discrimination

Directed Retrieve

Directed Jumping

Directed Jumping - Bar

Directed Jumping - stop and sit