Bright Star Birthday continued

When there are TEN, the birthday updates are spread across the week 🎂 While we wait for Fauci, Suki, McCovey, and Dallas — here is Capella. Wasn’t she SO CUTE as a baby?!

And here she is at five — what a good sport!

Capella continues to be easy, sweet, smart, and all kinds of other wonderful things. Since she is on the blog a lot, there isn’t too much more to say except that I have the father of her second and last litter finalized (and I am SUPER excited), she is almost back in coat (having a litter makes them go REALLY bald), and Capella is almost ready for her obedience debut 🎉

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAPELLA 🎂

Birthday Continued

Baby Xeena!

Kim sends us this update from Canada:

“What can I say about Xeena … she is sweet and gentle while at the same time sassy and sometimes a bit bossy.

Xeena is becoming the best cuddler, especially with my partner Colin.

Last year he was off work for 6 months after major surgery and Xeena became his unofficial therapy dog - staying near his side and showing much concern. Even now that he has recovered she seems to have become “his dog” and cuddles with him every day. She has made it her job to make sure he stays calm, especially during sporting events on TV - she will bump his arm when he gets too emotional about how is team is performing. It is like she knows he is supposed to stay calm and keep his blood pressure down.

Although Colin is her main cuddle buddy, she looks to me for all her fun.

We play, train and hike. She is a great offleash dog and never wanders far from my side.

She also continues to love nosework and had a really good year trialing. It really is her favourite thing to do and it’s amazing to watch her work out the scent puzzles and grow in the sport.

Xeena has been such a wonderful addition to our family. Thank you Mary-Ann for trusting me with this special dog. 

Happy 5th Birthday to all the Bright Stars!”

Xeena is one lucky girl — a Cuddle Buddy AND a Work Buddy! Thank you to Kim and her partner, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY XEENA!!! 🎂

More Bright Star Birthday

It is so fun to celebrate these dogs!

Kay and Sue start off today party post:

“It’s a little hard to imagine that Sage is now five years old.

I’m not sure his brain has reached that level of maturity just yet but it is fun to still have our puppy.

He has remained very healthy so far and eager to do just about anything.

We participated in Obedience & Rally trials held in a public park this past weekend. Sage enjoyed sniffing his way around the ring which didn’t help his score but he managed to earn a blue ribbon in Rally Advanced.

He was universally acclaimed as being very handsome and wonderfully enthusiastic by judges and exhibitors alike. That’s a good summary of our Sage who is a good companion and just a fun guy.

Happy birthday to all of the Bright Stars and thank you Mary-Ann!”

I feel so lucky to have Sage with my long-time friends 💙 Thank you, Kay and Sue, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY Sage!!! 🎉

And speaking of lucky — how lucky am I to get to see Atlas and his family so much?! Kira sends us this birthday report:

“Happy 5th Birthday Bright Stars from Atlas and family! (aka “Puppers,” “Big Boy,” & “Mr. Migoo”).

From his happy spirit to his goofy personality, Atlas continues to be the centerpiece of our family and is always involved in everything. 

He loves the snow, daily walks, his family, Onyx and whipped cream!! 

Atlas insists on being a lap dog despite being 128lbs—which is how he earned  the nickname “Big Boy.”

Thank you Mary-Ann for entrusting us with such an amazing guy! We don’t know where we’d be without him ❤️”

Thank you to Kira and her entire family — and HAPPY BIRTHDAY ATLAS!!!! 🎂