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Happy Half Birthday, Babies!
I intended to have this post be accompanied by pictures of the Nash boy, clean and fluffy and stacked up. But alas, the day got away from me and no clean dogs are to be had.
The Plizzards turned 6 months old TODAY! Hard to believe they’re getting that big. Nash celebrated by eating some crayons (a favorite delicacy, the acquisition of which is aided by the 2-year-old toddler) and peeing on the rug. Little $hit. 
Happy Half Birthday to Vegas, Lucy, June, Harmony, Nash, Echo, Wall-E, Maddie, and Piper!
Brady and Nash play a LOT...but Nash is always on bottom.
You can't pet Nash or Lizzie without petting BOTH of them, thankyouverymuch.
In case you aren't convinced of the consequences of being a trashund...
Stupid. Dogs.
Lizzie is at the vet, getting abdominal exploratory surgery for a blockage. She’s been throwing up in increasing frequency for about 3 days and today has been unable to keep anything at all down…thankfully my vet has some Saturday hours so I made her an appointment. X-ray showed a large area in the small intestine…so please think good thoughts for my girl. I’ll update when I hear back.
UPDATE: Vet just called and she’s doing ok. He actually decided not to cut the intestine once he got in there…he massaged the blockage through and straightened the part of intestine that was telescoping in on itself. As an added bonus, he fixed her closed umbilical hernia while he was there LOL. She’s recovering.
Friend or Family?
It’s always interesting when you add a new dog to the household. Even more interesting to me this time because it’s the first time it’s one that was BORN here and now has to live with his mama. 
I know over the years I’ve talked about Brady, who has always been the dominant personality in our house by far. He’s alpha and opinionated, a bit of the fun police, and everyone has to play by his rules. As he’s gotten older he’s gotten less and less tolerant of dogs that disobey him LOL. But at his base, he’s never a mean or aggressive dog…his goal in life is always to play, and play hard. Just as long as everydog knows that All The Toys Are Brady’s.
So, Brady and Nash get along just fine. Nash, at least for now, crawls on his belly and sucks up to Brady, who will then decide to play with The Boy. And they do fine together. What has surprised me is how much Lizzie likes her son. (granted, I can understand, as I’m a bit smitten with him myself…) They spend most of the day together, chewing on sticks and bones in the backyard, wrestling, barking at the neighbors, coming inside to crash on the floor. I still think that Nash would really prefer a more playful playmate…he loves his mama and they do great together, but at her core she still just doesn’t like to RUN that much, so most of their time together is fairly low-key. I try to pick up the slack in exercise because otherwise in the evening, Nash is So. Bored. he is forced to chase his own tail for entertainment, because the older dogs turn into pumpkins at about 8 pm.
First, I bite you face off
Then we can wrastle
What did you roll in, mom?
Pretty boy
The family that chews together, stays together?
Jack is upset because I'm spending too much time with dogs. Anyone feel bad for him?
Maybe he and Nash can share a bone.
Now LIZZIE is jealous!
Mama Dog
Since yesterday was so beautiful Heidi and I stalked all over the grounds at the show site looking for a place to take purty pictures of our dogs. I’m not sure we were successful, and we were being chased by some woman who kept asking us where she could park (umm, like we know??), but we had fun anyway. I don’t think Rush’s pictures turned out very well but we’ll try again soon…Nash’s weren’t that interesting…but Lizzie’s turned out OK. So, mama dog! She’s probably in some of the best shape she’s ever been in right now…still growing coat back (especially in the pants area), but she’s shiny and fit. Good girl Lizard.
Waggin, of course!
Better on the ears, but her rear looks a little funny because we were on a slope
Today’s Results
The weather today was so beautiful that I almost hated to spend it indoors at a dog show in a dusty horse barn! Normally it’s either cold, rainy, or both at this cluster, but we were gifted with drop-dead gorgeous weather today. Clear, sunny, and in the 70’s, with fall leaves abounding everywhere. I don’t intend to go to the show tomorrow…a compromise with my husband who really wanted to play golf instead of babysit the kiddos again…so maybe we can get out and enjoy the weather then.
Lizzie was Best of Opposite today, winning over the very lovely Scout. I find myself conflicted about that because there’s no doubt that Scout is very pretty, in fabulous coat and condition, and shown very well by her handler, and usually I’m cheering for her. But we’ll take the ribbon anyway!
After BIS there was a puppy B match so naturally I entered Nash. I even did a little mini-grooming job on him, to get him used to the idea of being groomed at a show, but he thought that rolling in barn dust was the best way to get noticed by the judge. What do you know, turns out he was right! We were the only Cardigan entered, but he won a puppy herding group 1. And most importantly, seemed to have a great time! But is one. tired. puppy…we didn’t get home until nearly 9 pm!
Agility Dawg?
So most of you know that in addition to conformation, I like to dabble in agility. Zach and I had good success doing agility, but ever since then I haven’t had good luck finding my next agility partner…Brady had WAY too much drive and was very difficult to keep from injuring himself…Leo had the drive and willing to please attitude but not the body health for that kind of training. Lizzie is very promising to be a good, steady partner, much to my surprise! She does fine but I wouldn’t call her “agile”. She gets around the course and jumps without trouble, and even has a good bit of enthusiasm for it which was very exciting to me as she is mostly a couch tater. We’ll continue with training after the 1st of the year and maybe she’ll be ready to compete by the National.
But her son? Nash? Yeah, HE might be the one I’ve really been searching for. I’ve never had a puppy as flat-out athletic as he is. He’s fast, smart, and wow can he jump! No, I obviously don’t encourage this LOL. But as anyone who has raised a puppy knows, sometimes things are out of your control! I have to keep a close eye on him (and yes, especially on grooming tables!). I KNOW this didn’t come from his mama, so thanks dad!
This weekend we have a local dog show about 20 minutes from my house. I know Heidi finally decided to dust off her special and bring out Rush, I think Scout is going to be there, and I entered Lizzie 2 days just for fun and to support our local shows. There’s also a puppy match on Saturday! I’m probably most excited about that part and will see if I can get someone to video us again for fun. Lizzie is still not in full coat so I’m not holding out much hope for her…she’s also due in season but no signs yet. Maybe she remembers too well what happened the LAST time she came into season.
Yes, it's the most fabulous princess nightgown ever. This doesn't really showcase his jumping ability but is cute anyway.
7 so far…make that 8…now 9…maybe that's it
Started at 4 am this morning. So far 4 girls (2 brindle 2 black) and 3 boys (all brindle). One of the black girls is marked just like daddy, except her slash is on the show side instead of the off side. All the rest are flashy and evenly marked so far.
#8 is another brindle girl, with beautiful markings and bright brindle.
#9 is another black girl, gorgeous markings. Slow to start, so good thoughts as we rubrubrubrub.
And I think we’re done. #9 has come around from limp and unresponsive to pink and squeaking, but is still gasping a bit. I’m hopeful.
Lizzie seems to think she’s done. 2 placentas still inside 
Not yet
Nope, no puppies yet. Her temp did drop significantly today for a couple hours before going back to where it was. She’s very, very uncomfortable and I see some other signs, but no labor yet that I can tell.
Tonite sometime? Tomorrow? Surely by tomorrow…
Does your belly hang low
Does it wobble to and fro…
She has gained 14 pounds.
And, just because he was there and cute:
A watched dog…
…never whelps.
I feel like she’s getting close based on behavior and a couple other signs. Waiting impatiently for a temp drop though!