Leash Training: Let's Fetch the Newspaper

Good girl, Bonnie!

Don't wanna!

Still don't wanna!

Really don't wanna!

I'll show you mine if you'll show me yours.

Time out for a snack.

Finally!  Good boy, Jet!

Yay, we got the paper!

Leash training is easy!

I go one way . . .

. . . and you go the other!

What's the Score When Puppies Play Tennis?

Puppy Love, of course!

Dear Mama, Love Jet

Dear Mama,

Bonnie and I love our new home, but we miss you a lot.  I howl for you at bedtime.  I hope you can hear me all the way to Kentucky!  It's very pathetic--it tears my new mama's heart out!  We're learning lots of new things here in Georgia.

We're learning to go "outside" and go down the stairs.  We aren't even afraid anymore!

We're learning to go "potty."  Mama says "Good potty, Jet!" when I go.

Bonnie's learning to chase her tail.

We're learning not to eat Mama's shoes even though it's too much fun!

We're learning lots of cool moves like "I'm going to eat your face!"

"The French kiss bite" (cheek-to-cheek).

"The side-by-side take-off" invented by me, Jet, of course!

"The wolf howl."

The "Back-biting isn't a sin if you're a puppy" move.

The "Natural windblown ears" look.

The "Save me from my mean sister" hang-dog look.

"The fly-by snarl."

"The cat stalking a bird" move.

The "Put your best foot forward" pose.

"I vant to suck your blood!"

The "I said Uncle!" plea.

"The one ear catch."  Often followed by "Save me from my mean sister" or "Uncle!"

"Stop eating my neck or I'll eat your face!"

"The one leg take-down," a genuine wrestling move.

The pause to throw in "See how cute I am?"

"This is the way the horsie goes, gallop, gallop, gallop."

The "Running to Mama" move always gets an "Awww" from Bonnie's mama, Kara.

"Truce?" is a good move . . .

... but it doesn't usually work, so then I use "Run, run as fast as you can, You can't catch me, I'm

Jet-Man!"

I think there (yawn) was another one . . . but I just . . . can't . . . quite . . . zzzzzzzzzzz.

Love,
Jet

Introducing Jet and Bonnie

First, meet Karen of Karashome Shelties, a breeder of Shetland Sheepdogs near Danville, Kentucky.  She's holding the two puppies who were born on D-Day.  The puppy on the left looks like their mama Icey, and the puppy on the right looks like their daddy Walter.  Karen called them Liberty and Ike, but they both got new names on the same day they came to live at Zephyr Hill Farm.

Meet Jet (short for Karashome Jet Stream) and Bonnie (short for Karashome Bluebonnet).  They're checking out their new back yard.

Bonnie belongs to Kara . . .

... and Jet belongs to me.  I decided to give him a wind name in honor of Zephyr, my first Sheltie-love.  Zephyr was sweet and gentle, like the breeze called a zephyr.  Jet promises to be just as fast and lively as a jet stream.

The puppies met Hero . . .

... and Hero invited them to play.  They were a little scared, but they played with him . . .

... and each other.  Jet is smaller and faster; Bonnie is bigger and stronger.

Then Jet met Misty and wondered . . .

... "Are you my mother?"  No, she's not and she doesn't want to play.  Sorry, Jet!

So Bonnie and Jet played together some more.

Mama took lots of pictures of her new baby!

And Mimi took lots of pictures of baby Bonnie and her mama Kara.

Hero got inspired and expressed his own inner puppy with his Daddy.

And Jet watched from a safe distance.  He and Bonnie learn fast!