Dog Shows

Wow, mom has been taking me to a lot of dog shows this year. It must be a gadzillion. Sometimes we stay in funny rooms and take the elevator to get outside. Ciana doesn't like the funny rooms because there are people outside trying to get in.

But, mom said I got my RA, RE and CD. I got to tell ya, though, the stuff that doesn't have cones is very boring. And my mom doesn't talk to me either. She just walks like I'm not even there. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be doing, but I try hard.

I like the cones and jumps much better.

Hey! I'm back!

Yeah, mom changed emails and got lost for a while. Now I'm back! I've been working on fun stuff with mom. First Rally Obedience which I'm awesome at!! But mom says I need to do as well at the trial as I do in practice. Well, is it my fault she went the wrong way through the cones!!

I like agility a lot, too! Except, mom wants me to walk on stuff the moves under my feet. She calls it a wobbly board, I call it scary. I have a feeling she's not going to give up, though. But I like everything else.

I miss Doerak, so I've been kissing Ciana a lot. I bite her, too, and then she swears at me. :D I think it's funny, but she doesn't. But I make up and kiss her ears and she's happy again.

Well, I hope mom lets me come back soon.

Bye!

More Sheep!

Mom, took me to see some more sheep. This time there was a nice lady there. Mom and the lady were following the sheep and ignoring me, so I had to go and look at the sheep. They aren't that bad after all. Mom said we can go and play with the sheep again on another day. Yippee!

Mom also takes me to the park and puts food in the grass for me to find. She calls the game "Tracking", but I call it "Find the cookies". It's really fun and tastes good, too.

But most of the time I get to run around and chase my sister.

Big White Dogs called "Sheep"

Mom woke us up really early today and took us on a long drive. When we arrived, there were a lot of other dogs. They were called Tervuran, I guess they're cousins of mine. I liked playing with all of them. It was fun.

Then I saw some funny white dogs in the fence. I went to look at them and they came over to smell me. Mom said they were sheep and not dogs. Later, mom took me in the pen with the sheep. First I looked for something to eat on the ground. (I'm always hungry.) Then I saw the sheep and ran over to say hello to them. That's when the lady with the stick appeared, like out of nowhere! She started hitting the ground and I got really scared, so I ran back to mom and sat next to her. I don't know what that lady was trying to do, but I don't want her to hit me with it.

Mom here. Yes, the trainer scared little Balto and nothing she did would get him to look at the sheep again, not even another dog. So we'll try again when he gets older. Until then, I'll get a stick so he gets used to it. However, his sister, Ciana, did very well with the sheep.

UBSDA National Specialty / Puppy Kindergarten

Mom took me and my siblings to a dog show last weekend in Randolph, Ohio. There were a lot of Belgian type of dogs there, but I wanted to see some more dogs like me. But I only saw 3 other Laekenois. :( One was a little girl puppy, but I made her nervous and she wanted to get away. There was a Tervuran girl doing her dog show thing and she kept looking at me. I think she liked me, but she is more like my mommy and not like a girlfriend.

I also started going to school. There are some girl puppies there that like me. :) I guess they know that I'm going to be a handsome boy when I get older. I like all the puppies, and all the people, too. I walk right up to anybody I can get to and tell them all "Hello!". Wags! Lots of the people like my curly fur, and they laugh at my black and white tail, but that's okay with me. It's a handsome tail. They all tell me how big I am now. I'm a big boy! BOL!

I'm here!

Hi, I'm Balto. I love being a puppy. I like to chase my older sister, Ciana. But sometimes she gets mad if I accidentally bite her. I guess my little teeth are sharp. So then, she turns around and chases me. I'm afraid she might be mad so I do a somersault just before she catches me. Sometimes we just sit together and I give her kisses, so we're not always fighting.

I have to be good to my big brother, Doerak. He runs the house. Mommy calls him "the Enforcer" sometimes. I don't know what this means yet. It doesn't sound good. He doesn't mind if I kiss him or borrow a toy, so I guess he's okay.