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posted by brutus at 8 31 am 19 comments tuesday january 24 2012 got a shrinking feeling ever get that funny feeling that something just isn t right i just swear that trevor was smaller than both carmen myself when he got here are we shrinking or something posted by brutus at 7 39 pm 16 comments monday january 16 2012 circle of life my first post of 2012 is a happy one it s an introduction as you know we had to say goodbye to mason our 13 5 year old chocolate labrador just before thanksgiving we knew he was in twilight of his life but that didn t make his loss any easier although we had planned to remain a 2 dog household our family just wasn t the same without a big dog paul quickly realized that the only way to help heal the hole in his heart left by mason was to get another lab thanks to my connections in the competitive dog world our search for a puppy was short and simple in a series of almost eerie coincidences we found ourselves driving to visit a breeder within a day of making the first inquiry we really didn t plan to be bringing home a puppy until at least after the holidays but fate apparently had other ideas there was an 8 week old litter of labs two yellow males still waiting to meet their new pawrents we ended up going to see them the same night we called and within 36 hours of beginning our search came home with our little yellow man meet trevor officially known as rockhaven s twist of fate to say the frenchies were a little surprised with the new addition is an understatement what was this funny looking yellow furred thing with a pointy nose long tail that was invading their home still introductions went well and by the time we went to bed that night trevor already felt like part of the pack what he s staying as things tend to go around here there hasn t been a dull moment since trevor had to hit the ground running and luckily he was up to the challenge as soon as he kind of got the hang of things at home we hit the road in big earl our motorcoach to travel to florida for a national agility championship that brutus had qualified for trevor was a great little traveler and already has a couple thousand miles under his belt most of it traversed while he slept sisters make great pillows all three of them fit on my lap for now we arrived back home just in time for all the holiday hubbub to be in full swing a 10 week old puppy and christmas decorations ugh but all things considered we made it through christmas with no major tragedies trevor taking it all in stride our best attempt at posing in front of the as of yet undecorated tree too bad that their eyes are glowing brighter than the lights he was a hit with our holiday guests both big small including some out of town company who came to visit with their two dogs a lab and a frenchie trevor and ollie his brother from another mother who was oohhhhh so patient with trevor trevor watching the girls carmen gracie play now 15 weeks old trevor has already outgrown his first crate although he s in denial of that and still likes to crawl into the frenchies crates and weighs 30 pounds instead of the roomy crate next door trevor would rather cram himself in carmen s crate for a nap one look at those polar bear sized paws will tell you how big of a dog trevor will inevitably be i think he ll eat us out of house home in no time if he keeps up the current growth rate i swear i used to fit in this toy box it must have shrunk trevor appears to be the most astoundingly normal dog we ve owned he is already about 85 housebroken already by comparison it took carmen until almost 6 months brutus until over a year to get to that point trev loves to go outside weather conditions rain snow cold do nothing to dilute his enthusiasm what do you mean it s freezing out here can t catch me let s play our vet gave him two thumbs way up for both confirmation at temperament already he s the star of his puppy class walking nicely on a leash and learning basic obedience commands like the working dog he was bred to be last week trevor went to work with paul for the first time and got a a for his first day on the job as a shop dog i tell you nothing fazes the yellow man the more the merrier everybody in fort trevor the ginormous crate in the bedroom pack dynamics have turned out to be pretty much what we expected brutus accepts trevor mostly since now there is someone else for carmen to pick on but also because there is someone else to take the blame when something has been chewed peed on torn up slobbered on eaten i ll sit next to trevor but only because i know there s a cookie in it for me carmen on the other hand loves trevor she is part mother part rough and tumble playmate although he already seriously outweighs carmen who weighs a little over 20 lbs she is no doubt the alpha dog around here and has no trouble putting trevor in line sorry it s blurry play between carmen trevor is fast paced to say the least carmen can effortlessly tackle and pin trevor and spends most of her waking hours wrestling playing with and chasing her little big brother while brutus sits on the sofa and rolls his eyes they are snuggle buddies too a nap is always better with company after all we have had a really mild winter so far and the three dogs love to go for pack walks together i look like the crazy dog lady for sure two frenchies in one hand and a small yellow moose in the other funny thing is that trevor is the easiest to manage of them all trevor is primarily paul s dog so no plans for him to follow in the frenchies footsteps in the agility ring in fact one of his main jobs is to keep paul company when i m away with team frenchie that s all good with trevor he loves being a daddy s boy i m planning on doing some obedience with trevor and hope to get at least a few basic titles in that type competition as he seems well suited to it beyond that paul hopes to find some fun things to do together to keep trevor busy like dock diving or some field training i think no matter what we ask of him trevor will always be happy to oblige especially if you have something to feed him trevor has already figured out that the camera is a good thing because everyone gets cookies so we ve come full circle lost the founding member of our pack but seem to have found an even more unflappable dog to fill mason s shoes although i think her already out grew them i will probably revamp the blog again as trevor will most certainly find himself being posting material as often as anyone else i m starting another blog www teamfrenchie blogspot com so that i can keep our team frenchie competition stuff from clogging up this page so stay tuned with a puppy around there s bound to be no shortage of posts and no shortage of naps either if he outgrows this bed we re in trouble posted by brutus at 10 56 am 24 comments wednesday november 23 2011 there s an empty bed coming to you with a somber post today there is an empty bed in front of the fireplace as we have lost one of our pack members this morning we had to say goodbye to our 13 1 2 year old lab mason can t say that it comes as a complete shock as he was really quite the senior citizen and old for a big dog sure he had some lumps bumps but was impressively healthy and active for his age mason had some advanced arthritis that we thought had just suddenly worsened in fact it was an osteosarcoma in his shoulder with no real way to make him comfortable or mitigate his pain we made the hardest choice to let mason go with his dignity in tact i believe he was very much at peace with the fact that his time with us was ending that he had lived a full happy and satisfying life christmas 2010 i ve become accustomed to existing amongst exceptional dogs lately i ve had the pleasure of meeting grand champions whose genes will be passed on for many generations to make their breed better lucky enough to share space with performance dogs whose talents and abilities are truly breath taking but in a world where letters before and after a dog s name mean so much there is a something that cannot be bred for or trained being man s best friend and that is where mason was truly exceptional mason asleep with his dad and his baby mason was the ultimate good dog not a mean bone in his body and loyal in every sense of the word he asked for very little well except maybe that sandwich you were about to take a bite of and gave everything of himself he was patient you could leave him alone all day with no worries and he was as happy as ever to see you no matter what mood you came home in an uncomplicated dog mason asked for nothing other than a pat on the head and a cookie a hamburger was the ultimate treat for mason this one was to celebrate his 13th birthday so many fond memories have swirled though my head today making me smile despite all the emotions like the moment i met mason who came bounding to greet me at my future husband s front door on our second date about a year old in this photo mason was happy to share his dad with me thinking of how gracefully he accepted an endless string of changes from numerous relocations to accepting new pack members and even traveling around the country with us in our motorhome summer 2010 south dakota at crazy horse memorial his starvation song dance when he felt like it was time to eat the way he could imperceptibly creep closer to you while you ate never seemed to move but somehow inched right up to your side the times i freaked out because i though he had run away when he instead had somehow gotten closed into the basement or closet and was just too polite patient to speak up the fact that he pooped on command however did we teach him that will never cease to amaze me you have to agree he was just an all around great dog labradork and all or as paul rightfully calls him the best dog ever through it all there was never a day or maybe even a moment in all his years where mason wasn t a happy dog mason always was a cheeseball just a big goofy guy here in the prime of his life about 5 years old what other dog could possibly put up the with frenchies as mercifully i smile to think how he d tolerate them climbing all over him even sometimes reluctanlty engaging in the rough housing sometimes haven t gotten quite used to not having mason here yet still feel his presence very strongly like he s peeking around the corner at us like he s that ray of sunshine that so strikingly shone on his bed this evening see first picture in this post almost exactly in the shape position that mason would have occupied if he were there guess maybe that s because he s here in our hearts not truly gone goodness knows it will be years before i stop finding tumblefurs of his neverending brown white hair but i will surely smile each time i stumble upon a little piece of mason who really was the best dog ever april 2 1998 november 23 2011 love you big brown buddy we miss you run free up there you will never be forgotten i ll leave you with one last photo one that i have to think could have rightfully been taken right this moment on the other side of the rainbow bridge i think he s just looking back to make sure we re all ok posted by brutus at 3 54 pm 37 comments wednesday november 16 2011 agility 101 many of you both here on the blog or on facebook have asked questions about how we got started in agility so wonderful to hear that we ve inspired some of you to do more with your pups agility is great exercise for the human and dog alike both physically mentally plus nothing builds the bond between you more than learning new things together in this post i ll touch on how we got started in agility then offer some suggestions for those of you who might want to do the same along the way i m sharing some of our oldest agility photos lots of them bloopers it doesn t always go as you plan out there you know our very first agility photo as far as how we got started i ll try to be brief i can always try anyways lol it all began by literally making brutus jump through hoops saw a hula hoop in the basement and found myself wondering if i could teach brutus to jump through it in a matter of minutes i had him bouncing back forth through it at various heights he loved it a light went on in my head realizing i d just found a great way to put that endless energy of his to work i d seen dog agility televised on animal planet numerous times and figured why not at one of our first competitions brutus and i having a discussion about the jump luckily i live in an area where there are many agility clubs nearby i picked the least intimidating looking one after all brutus wasn t exactly the typical student and we never intended to compete a few email exchanges later we were signed up for beginner agility walking into an agility club with a frenchie on the other end of your leash can cause quite the collection of raised eyebrows in fact we were told during our first lesson to expect that it would take us many sessions instead of the usual one to move to an intermediate level because of brutus build personality that was may of 2009 little did they know just look at that concentration tipping the teeter within a few weeks brutus had passed his other classmates was jumping climbing and tunneling around the field apparently he never got the memo that frenchies are non sporting i loved learning new things with brutus seeing him catch on and enjoy the activity so much it was a great way to drain his energy at least until it got him is such amazing shape that his energy actually increased that funny little body turned into a lean well muscled well coordinated agility machine before i even realized what had happened umm no mom you jump through the tire by december 2009 we entered our first competition a little premature perhaps i spent as much time chasing brutus around on the course as i did actually doing agility but boy did we have fun and i loved how the head scratching and scoffs of disbelief turned into smiles and applause as they saw what brutus could do out there well at least when he wasn t doing the zoomies i came up with a motto then that is still true today we might not always be good but at least we re entertaining brutus thought the a frame was just there for a place to get a good view fast forward through lots of trials and training switching clubs and starting a new dog carmen often we ve learned what not to do but thankfully have had second chances to get it right i trained carmen very differently based on my experience with brutus which is why she s caught up to him so quickly actual agility is just a small part of what i do with both dogs they get lots of extra veterninary attention both traditional and homeopathic and supplements we do various things for conditioning from physio ball work to hikes in hilly terrain the variety is good for our bodies as well as our minds the beginnings of team frenchie now as for those of you who d like to try your hand er paw at agility i m no expert having only been at this a fe...