Weimaraner Wednesday (GRAPHIC RESCUE PICS)

Just wanted to give those faint of heart a little warning that these pics are hard to see. As you know my mom volunteers for Louisville Weimaraner Rescue. A few weeks ago they received a call from animal control in IN that they picked up a very emaciated Weimaraner. One of the adoption coordinators went to work right away and within a few hours this sweet girl, Luka, was at a vet's office being checked out. Her labs came back so high that the vet said he has never seen them so high on a dog that was still alive. Even though Luka has been through hell and back mom hears that she is such a sweet girl and anyone that comes in contact with her just falls in love with her. When the rescue got her she weighed only 27 pounds.

We normally don't ask our friends to donate but we feel Luka is a very special case. If anyone would like to donate towards Luka's vet bills a Chip In account has been set up for her and is on the right hand side of my blog, donations can also be made by visiting the rescues gift shop or by mailing a check payable to Louisville Weimaraner Rescue, 16810 HWY 62, Charlestown IN 47111. If you want your donations to go for Luka's care, please make a note on your donation. Any donations in excess of her treatment cost will be moved over to help care for other Weims in the rescue.

Luka is now in a foster home, she is gaining weight and learning what it is like to not be starved to death and to actually be loved and cared for.

Okay...so now for the photos. We hope nobody is offended but we just wanted to show you what some people do.

Sweet Luka





Just makes us sick...



How can someone to that to such a sweet girl?



Please feel free to share any of the links in this post to help raise funds for Luka's vet bills.

My Ribbons

Here is a photo of me and dad with my ribbons from the weekend and the best part my toys that I get for each time I qualified.

Day 2 of the Trial

This is one of the best agility days we have ever had. Started out by having a great clean and fast run in Standard. Earned a Q and 18 MACH points (that is the most I have ever earned at one time, actually up until today I only had 11 total points).

Here is my first run of the day



Then we moved over to JWW and guess what.... I got a Q there making this my first ever DOUBLE Q!!!!!! I also earned another 4 MACH points for a total of 22 in one day, can you believe it? I keep telling dad it is the hot dog power. He should feed me nothing but hot dogs all the time.

Bokeh got to come with us today and he did great. He had to stay in his crate while I ran but he got to enjoy 2 peanut butter filled Kongs to make sure he stayed quite and it worked.

Video of my JWW run (dad loves when mom does the squeal at the end of it, BOL)

Trial Day 1

I had an agility trial this weekend. Saturday was so much fun because not only did I have the trial but I got to see my blog pal Frankie again. It was so much fun to see him again and I also got to meet his new brother Ernie. I also got to meet Sarge's mom, she was so nice. I will tell you more about my visit with them in a few days.

Saturday I had my standard run first. I started off pretty good but then dad forgot to tell me to jump a jump so I missed it and went in the wrong end of the tunnel (all dad's fault I tell you). So I didn't get a Q in my standard run but I had fun.



Later that day I had my Jumpers with weaves (JWW) run. Frankie and Ernie were there to cheer me on and they were GREAT cheerleaders because I got a Q! So that makes my 4th leg towards my MXJ title. WHOO HOO plus I was under time by 6 seconds so I earned 6 more MACH points. If you watch the video you have to watch me do my weaves, I was SO slow and I completely stopped at one point to make sure mom was filming me. Bha haa...mom didn't think I was going to Q because I wasn't focused from the start but I had to do good because Frankie and Ernie were cheering me on (thanks boys).

Friends on Friday

Guess what I'm so excited! I found out that I have an agility trial to attend tomorrow and Sunday. Guess where it is being held...in Zanesville, Ohio. Guess who lives in Zanesville....

My pal Frankie and his new brother Ernie. Mom is super excited and so I am because we get to meet Ernie. I love puppies and so does mom. Plus we get to see Frankie and his mom again. They might even get to see me run my agility if we can get the timing correct.

Guess what else....mom also told me that I am going to get to meet Sarge's mom to. How cool is that?

This weekend is going to be so much fun, I get to run agility and hang out with some of my blogville friends...ah life is great.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Just wanted to wish all of my friends a Happy Thanksgiving.

Today is also my Grandpa Sunny's birthday. Happy Birthday Grandpa Sunny!

We also thought today would be the perfect day to participate in Sarge's Give Us the Bird event.



We were at the training club the other night and our friend Jura is a bird dog. His mom had a bird to help him run agility and well I had to go check it out and mom thought this would be perfect for Sarge's event. So here you go....I'm giving you the bird Sarge!

Happy Gotcha Day!

Wow, hard to believe that one year ago today I met my brother Bokeh for the first time. Thought I would share the video of our first meeting again since we have some new followers. Sorry it is so dark and not the best it was late at night and dark out when we met him.



and here is a better video of him on Thanksgiving day playing the name game



Happy Gotcha day baby bro!

Training Tuesday

Here is a clip of a new sequence that dad and Bokeh have been working on.

Diva's Birthday Pawty

Hey guys, Bokeh here. Just wanted to tell you about a fun time I had. Mom and dad send me to daycare one day a week to help keep me socialized around other dogs and well...to get some of this energy out of me.

Last week mom actually got the date right and I got to attend Diva's birthday pawty at daycare. It was so much fun.

Arriving at the pawty



This is Diva, the birthday girl, isn't she cute?



She got lots of goodies



This is Carla, she owns Dogs Rule! daycare and is the best. I just love going to daycare and get so excited when we pull in. Carla likes all the tricks I can do and sometimes makes me do tricks without even knowing that I can do it. haha



We got to play with bubbles



and play the blanket game, that was SO much fun. You can tell I'm not a shy guy at daycare at all



Sagira doesn't get to go because she gets scared so mom and dad let her stay home with Starr and Harley

Happy Birthday Diva!

ps. Thank you Carla for letting us use your photos

Therapy Training Week 7

This was the last week for Bokeh's therapy dog training. Class was held at an actual nursing home. We arrived (through a wind storm) and Bokeh did great. He loved anyone that would pet him and give him attention.

Everyone that pets Bokeh tells us how soft he is



Doing a great job saying hello



Sitting nicely



The hit of Bokeh's class is this little King Charles



Visiting with the people



This lady loved all the dogs







Being a good boy doing his down / stay



What good puppies



Here is a short clip of Bokeh visiting, you can see his little nub going so he seems pretty happy doing this



and here is a video of Bokeh doing some of his tricks for the residents. If you watch until the end you can see the new trick we are working on with Bokeh. We didn't practice it on carpet though so didn't go as well as planned but he has it down on hardwood and outside, haha.



Bokeh's classmates are taking their TDI test today. We were unable to go because dad is up for election to become a board member of the Southern Ohio Flying K9's and he had to go to a meeting in Dayton today. But we want to wish all of Bokeh's classmates GOOD LUCK, we know you will do great and the world will be a better place with more therapy dogs to make people smile.

Khyra this is for you

You are always posting photos of Yellow from your transports. Just thought I would show you my dad's yellow Saturn SC2.

Friday Flashback

Mom thinks this is the last puppy photo she can find of Starr but it is one of her favorites.

WE TOOK OVER!

Haha ha ha ha....don't tell Sagira but we (her CAT sisters) have snuck on her blog and took over. See how cute we are.



I don't know why Sagira doesn't share her blog with us the CATS so we had to steal it and do it ourselves. Please don't tell Sagira we were here.

Love,
Mystic and Akira (the CATS)

Weimaraner Wednesday

Mom wanted me to share this video...it is a soldier coming home and his Weimarner is BEYOND happy to see him. Such a sweet video. You can hear the excitement in her voice.



Oh yea...this is also my 700th post, can you believe it?

Final Birthday celebrations

So the Friday following my birthday mom and dad took only ME to run throughs at the club. I was SO happy to get out of the house without Bokeh. We took come yummy cup cakes and cookies to celebrate my birthday with the club members.



Razzle, Jura and their mom Ellen bought me a cool new squeaky turtle for my birthday. You can see Ellen in the red shirt. She is one of my favorite people at the club. I just love to smile at her and she gives me lots of yummy treats.



and here is my birthday run though (Bert, as you requested more videos of me doing agility). I was running so well this night, dad said my weaves were so fast I even moved the poles during my second run.

Playing around

Dad has a new photoshop program and was playing around with some photos. What do you think?

Dad and Bokeh



and this is Mr. Tony Hoard. He is the one that has Bokeh's aunt, Elektra.

Test Photos

Remember how Bokeh and I were selected to be 2 of the 10 new models for Mutts and Co? Well, we have been anxiously awaiting to see some of the photos. When we were at Mutts an Co for their event guess what we found in the store. Some of the test shots! This was our first time seeing any of the photos they took. Bokeh and I are 4th row over from the right, the top 2.

Disc Dog Competition

On Saturday, October 29th, Bokeh and dad left for Kentucky with our friend Matt and his pups Bella and Bazooka and friend Sharon with Bling (car full of mini aussies).

Bokeh did great. His toss and fetch has improved so much by just practicing more at a local park with the longer throws. Bokeh got 2nd place in Novice Toss and Fetch and Freestyle.

Here is the video of him doing his Toss and Fetch. He even got a 5 pointer (WOW!)



and here is his Freestyle. The freestyle isn't pretty because Dad and Bokeh were just not connecting this day and then dad got nervous at the end and starting throwing really bad.



Bokeh also won the costume contest that they had. They had a chant going say Surfer Dog, Surfer Dog. haha



Congrats to Sharon and Bling who one FIRST place Novice Toss and Fetch. Also to Matt with Bella who won 1st place Pro Freestyle and Bazooka who came in 3rd place.

Here is video (thanks to Matt) of dad and Sharon receiving their awards. The Wigglebutts ruled!

Friday Flashback

Always the center of attention...

Some of my Birthday celebration

Wanted to thank all of my wonderful friends for wishing me a Happy Birthday. We didn't have a big pawty like we normally do and just had something at home but it was still fun. Here is a video of me getting my Pupcake and new toys.



and mom took a secret video of me playing with my new squeaky toy. Have I told you how much I just love anything that squeaks?? I could do this for HOURS.

Weimaraner Wednesday

So we thought this would be the perfect day to participate in Mayzie's Rescue Me Week



We decided to tell you about Lucky. Lucky has been with mom's Rescue for a long time and could use a new forever home.



You can read all about Lucky by clicking on his Petfinder Page RIGHT HERE

We would like to thank Mayzie for considering Louisville Weimaraner Rescue to receive a donation.

Therapy Training Week 6

So Bokeh had his 6th week of therapy training. Only one more week to go and the last week is in an actual nursing home. I think Bokeh is ready to go and has done a great job. I'm anxious to see how he does in an actual nursing home.

The sixth week of class was held at Polaris mall again. Practiced the same thing we did last week, heeling, sit/stay, down/stay, riding the elevator, walking on different surfaces and of course doing up and saying hi to anyone that wants to say him.

Here is a short video clip of Bokeh and his classmates starting off their training by walking through the mall.



Doing some sit/stays



Saying hi to people



Doing some down/stays



Heeling video



More visiting with people (sorry this one is so blurry)



Being calm when asked to



Doing a great job at this one



Saying hi to some kids



Working on stays while dad walks away



Some more down/stays

Mutts and Co Part 3

They also had a costume contest. Here are some of the cute costumes.





Some of the crowd watching the contest



These two won most original I think. They went as Victoria Secret Models.





I don't think this dog has a costume on but the girl is cute :)





So many cute pups







This sheltie is also looking for a forever home



Our friend Michele with her pup Scarlet and foster Logan won the best team category



Bokeh got to dress up to, he went a surfer dude



This was one of mom's favorites. A little rapper Pug. You had to see the jeans he had on, he even has the boxers showing above the jean, it was SO cute. This one got an honorable mention as best overall



Guess who won 1st place (best overall0 and a $100 gift card to Mutts & Co? It was ME! Mom was SO shocked. She never thought I would win Mutts and Co again but it was all new judges and they picked me as the best costume out of all the costumes there. Talk about being proud. Unfortunately we don't have any photos of me getting my award or anything because mom had to stay at the rescue booth to try to get some of her pups in rescue adopted out but everyone was clapping for me and stuff, it was so much fun.

We had so much fun, thanks again to Mutts and Co for being so supportive of the rescue groups.