Snow then Sun!

Hi everyone!!
We have a few things to update you on...Last weekend, we went to the Atlanta Terrier Club's earthdog event and we had a blast! We didn't ever go into the tunnels to find the rats, but we still had fun! It snowed the Friday before and that wasn't helpful for following the scent, but like we said, we had fun. Mommy and Daddy keep talking again about building practice tunnels...they've been saying this for like, 2 years now. Maybe since we didn't go into the tunnels at the event, they'll actually build us some!

This weekend it's like Spring!!! It's sunny and 63 degrees and BEE-UTIFUL! Mommy has taken us for long walks each day this weekend and we've had fun! Yesterday, we met a nice Welsh Terrier named Murray. He wanted to play with us, but we're still not sure about that so maybe after we see him a few more times, we can play. We also met some little kids yesterday and today. I'm always good with kids and Riley was surprisingly good as well...she even let 3 little girls pet her today! One was really small and the small ones worry her, but Riley was very good. Mommy kept feeding us treats and letting the kids feed us treats so that was awesome. She's also teaching us to heel (again) and gives us lots of Charlie Bear treats along the way and we REALLY enjoy that! Charlie Bear treats are great, if your dog hasn't tried them, you should get some. We get ours at Trader Joe's, but I think you can get them at PetSmart too. They are yummy and we border terriers love food!!

Until next time...Fin

Birds and Toys!

Boy, are we excited!!! The birds have been coming into the yard lately and we've been going CRAZY!!! We go nuts for anything that moves, flutters, runs, scurries, hops etc...and the birds are driving us nuts! Occasionally I see a leaf blow around and that gets me excited until I realize it's a leaf and not very fun to chase...

Finlay has caught 2 birds before, but I still haven't caught any. Mommy would like to keep it that way. She was really upset when Finlay caught those birds...I almost caught a rabbit, but those darn things are so FAST! I'm really fast, but those rabbits have shown me who's boss so far. Because Finlay and I are natural born killers (OK, only when it comes to rodents, birds or lizards - we don't want to scare you), we don't get cute squeaky toys anymore. We kill those in 5 seconds flat. After all, we are terriers. Mommy got one that was supposed to be indestructible, military-grade canvas and that took Finlay 15 minutes to destroy. We never saw one of those again...

The one thing we do have are these toys called Skinneez. They are stuffing-free dog toys and we love them! They do come with squeakers, but you can take those out and destroy them - that's what we did. The squeakers are gone, but they are still really fun to play with. Personally, I love to play tug with Finlay or the humans with mine. I also just like to run around with it and toss it around. That always makes the humans smile. We got ours at Dog.com and here's a link if you want to check them out:

http://www.dog.com/item/skinneeez-stuffing-free-dog-toy/490513/

Let us know of any toys you know of that could handle 2 terriers...We don't think there are many out there, but we'll test them for you!

I hear Finlay barking so I better log off and go see if we can bark at some birds!

Have a good day!
Riley

Misty Day for a Walk...

We just got back from a walk and had such a good time! It's cool and rainy, but like a misty rain, very much like being in the UK. OK, we've never been to the UK but that's where our breed is from...the border between England and Scotland. Mommy says this weather reminds her of England and Scotland and we believe her! We don't like going outside when it's a steady, harder rain, but today is kind of nice. Peaceful too, probably because there wasn't anyone else out, that meant no other dogs to bark at and I think mommy liked that!

Riley and I need to dry off and take a nap...here's a picture of us with our faces all wet from the rain!

Later, Fin