Bonnie

Bonnie is doing great!

Betsy

Betsy is doing great! She is currently adapting to being the "only dog" as we lost Riggs a month ago to auto-immune deficiency disease. Betsy has instant recall, great with kids, alpha with other dogs (but pretty good . . . ), is the tennis ball and frisbee champ, loves to swinm in the lake, and an all-round great pup!

Boomer

Still has minor submissive problems as noted when we got him. Otherwise a wonderul addition to our family. He seems to prefer being the only dog.

Bella

I'm attaching some pics of Bella, who has become a very beloved member of our family. The girls absolutely adore their dogs, and are fond of dressing them up for fashion shows. The dogs are very accommodating, luckily! The beach shot is from this past summer, in Cape San Blas, FL - Bella is on the left, next to Layla (our golden/black lab mix rescue we had about a year before adding Bella to the family; they're only a few months apart in age and look remarkably alike). In the swimming pic, Bella is the one with the retrieve toy in her mouth - she was timid of the water when we first got her, and now she's the first one in. The last pic is from the summer before last, in the Great Smoky Mtns. Bella is the one closest to me.

Brenly

I cannot believe that he has been with us for four weeks. Brenly is doing well and we are working on and continue to work on his recall, heel, sit, down, stay, off (4 paws on the floor.) David is working with him 3 x a day for about 15 minutes each time. Progress is being made but slowly. He is not off leash yet, although he did chew through one leash (while playing and before "working") with David in the back yard (guess who wasn't paying any attention - DAVID!!) and once David felt nothing on the leash, David continued to walk at the same pace and direction and Brenly just followed his commands like a good dog! Yes, he is still a wonderful dog and we love him ever so much! He is still silly and is a challenge. Sometimes when he starts getting his tail up high, David will tell him to get his tail down - Brenly just turns and gives him the "look." Usually when his tail gets up high, he starts his running wildly in the house, around and around and around! then we give him "enough" and generally he will settle right down. We are still working on "enough." Last Thursday we went to our house in Wisconsin and then had some friends come up and visit while we were there. He was very good with everyone. David's dad is 93 and isn't very mobile and sometimes Brenly would just sit by him and hang out with him. At the Wisconsin house we have a very big fenced back yard. Brenly loved to run and play and run, run, run. As a result of Brenly loving his fenced yard in Wisconsin we are going to put in a fence here. Brenly would absolutely love having a yard where he can run off leash, etc. Brenly is going to doggie playtime on Wednesdays - every week. He comes home a little bit tired and while he is away, both David and I have time to get some things done around the house! He is a "velcro" dog and wants to know where every one is and what you are doing all of the time. A pretty typical BC! This morning on our walk, he thought he spotted a couple of squirrels and he was focusing in on them - actually they were some big leaf maple leaves that were a little bit curled. When we got to them, I think he thought he was going to "get them" - and boy did he make a funny face when they were not squirrels! Thanks again for everything you have done to help us with Brenly.