jumping in with Joey!!!

Hardly a moment to catch my breath!!!!! I unexpectedly said goodbye to Silver, and then to Danny.....but hello to Joey, my new little neads dog. Since everything happened on a Monday, poor little Joey went right from meeting us in (an extremely cold) parking lot and going right over to puppy school. 

He was born in November, so he isn't "really little".. which is a good thing, and he obviously is a curious and happy little chap, because given the chance he just began to check out doggie school and see what everything is all about. 

Course, the moment the other puppies began arriving that made everything all the better. This is Eliot... Mary and Scott's new CCI puppy, so these two will be going threw all the training steps together. 

Joey is very happy to have a new buddy.....

The next day, Abi just had to get to the farm and welcome our new little boy. She loves having the new puppies and feels quite responsible for "showing them the farm" and "getting them trained to a leash".....

She headed right up to the barn with him.... they are so cute together, she talked with him the whole way telling him all about all the things that he is going to see.....

This is a very nice puppy.... it was very easy to see that he is bothered by nothing. He settled into the house very quickly and the horses hardly even got his attention....

I love how the horses are always interested in the dogs too... I picked Joey up to see Tonka and they kissed right away....

Tonka was more interested in what Abi might have brought with her, than with another little puppy....

but they'll be "friends"......

It's just been so cold this winter (and today) that our barn visit wasn't very long.....and we headed back to the house for a nice warm woodstove and some hot cocoa....

but nothing doing.. Abi wanted to get some training in right away....

and was very happy that she got a "sit" from Joey, even on the snow!!!!!

Time to get warm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And here's a card that Abi made for me.. just to say how sad she is about our saying goodbye to Silver. This is Silver... if you look closely, he has a pair of wings on his back.... that' because he is a heavenly horse now......and the hearts are because we all loved him so very much.....