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Follow-up Friday 5-17-13

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It’s Follow-up Friday!  Jodi from Heart Like A Dog is off having fun at the Blog Paws conference and left me here to hold down the fort as co-host.  I always enjoy co-hosting:

The blog hop that let’s you wrap up your week and leads you right into the weekend.

First, I want to apologize to those of you who tried to enter you link for This ‘N That Thursday yesterday.  I checked around 2 pm and finally the linky was working.  Thanks so much to those of you who came back to enter your links.  If you wanted to enter your link and couldn’t, the hop will be open for a couple more days.   :)

Follow-up Friday 5-10-13

There was some discussion in the comments about Chessie coats.  Chesapeake Bay Retrievers have several coat styles and depending on where they are in the cycle of their coat, (full coat, summer coat, etc.) they may all look different.  The most important thing is for Chessies to be double coated which means that you should not be able to see skin.  However, when our dogs are out of coat, they will shed right down to their skin.

Here are some examples of our dog’s coats.  You will notice that all of our dogs have slightly different coat styles.  Thunder’s is quite short.

Thunder From May 2009 Around The Time He Finished His Championshp

Thunder From May 2009 Around The Time He Finished His Championship

The next picture is Thunder at the end of his summer coat.  You can see his coat is pretty smooth.

Thunder October 2011 Out Of Coat

Thunder October 2011 Out Of Coat

Here is a close up of Thunder’s coat when it is wet.

Thunder 2011

Thunder June 2011

Storm’s coat is a bit longer than Thunder’s on her back and the sides.

Storm April 2011

Storm April 2011

The next picture is from July 2011.  Quite a difference from a few months earlier.

Storm--Much cooler without my heavy winter coat.

Storm–No Coat

A close up look at Storm’s coat.

Storm Dripping Wet

Storm Dripping Wet May 2011

Freighter’s coat is between Thunder’s and Storm’s.  It is fairly long and curly on his back but short on the sides.  Of course he won’t get his actual adult coat until this Fall/Winter.

Freighter January 2013

Freighter January 2013

Monday Mischief-Winter Again!

It was in the 40′s on Sunday and the 80′s on Wednesday.  Crazy crazy Spring!

Did you catch the picture of Thunder’s handler from Sunday with winter garb on?

Being Sent From The Line At The Top Of The Hill

Freezing

Bingo!

I had fun doing this.  If I get my act together, I may try one for Storm and Freighter.  It might be cutting it close, but maybe I can get it done.

If you haven’t played yet, check out the links on my post and try it!

That’s it for this addition of Follow-up Friday.  Thanks again to Jodi for asking me to co-host.

We have a hunt test this weekend.  None of our dogs are entered, but we are working the test.

Have a nice weekend!

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This ‘N That Thursday

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Welcome to the This ‘N That Thursday blog hop!

A little of this and a little of that and everything in between…

After we finished up running some blind retrieves last Sunday we ran Thunder on two series of land double marks.

Both Doubles Are Shown On This Diagram And We Threw A Diversion On The Second Series

Both Doubles Are Shown On This Diagram And We Threw A Diversion On The Second Series

Thunder pinned the double in the first series so we moved the next series back and over a little and added in a diversion bumper.  The second time around, Thunder had to hunt a bit on the double but he stayed with it and came up with the bumpers.  Both doubles could have been a challenge for Thunder because they were down a hill, in cover and the wind was swirling.  Thunder has had limited training on hills and with cover, but he did a very nice job with these marks.

I was operating the winger, throwing a bumper, shooting a starter pistol and trying to take pictures.  I managed to get a few pictures of the marks.  It was cloudy, but as the day wore on, the sun made a few short appearances.

Nice Retrieve
Pouncing On The Bumper
Hunting
Thunder Has It
Hunting Through The Cover
More Hunting
Being Sent From The Line At The Top Of The Hill
Second Mark Down The Hill
Good Boy!
Good Boy

I also got a couple of nice pictures of the geese that were hanging out on the pond.

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Finally, I would like to acknowledge a couple of awards that we received.  Thank you so much for sharing these awards with us.  We are always thrilled to be recognized by fellow bloggers.

Sand Spring Chesapeakes awarded us the WordPress Family Award.  If you haven’t been over to meet these wonderful Chessies, stop by and find out what they have been up to.

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Miss Harper Lee awarded us the Sunshine Award.  We recently met Miss Harper Lee through Wordless Wednesday.  Miss Harper Lee is an adorable Golden Retriever.  Stop by and say “hi”!

tumblr_m4umc7IUmb1r6l39vo1_250Thanks again for these wonderful awards.  We really appreciate them!

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Bingo!

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Have you heard about Park Day 2.0?  Our pals Gizmo and Finn are sponsoring a fun BINGO game.

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You pick your card, play your Bingo, write a post about it, and enter your link for a chance at some great prizes.  You can make as many Bingos as you like and the contest is open until June so there is still a lot of time.

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We picked card 7 and our BINGO is the 4th row down and across.

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Visit a park more than 30 minutes from your house

The grounds where we train are private, but there is so much green space there that I consider it one big park.  It may not have swing-sets and ball fields, but it is park-like just the same.

Pretty Park Like Setting

Pretty Park Like Setting

Thunder Enjoying The Place

Thunder Enjoying The Grounds

Visit an Urban Park

Whenever we are at a park, it is usually to do some training.  This park is not far from our house and surrounded by homes and some businesses.  There are several sports fields at this park.  It is usually pretty busy.

Ball Filed In The Background

Ball Field In The Background

Thunder Doing His Job

Thunder Doing His Job

Take a walk in a Nature Preserve

The grounds where we train could be used for farming, but they are held out and are designated Conservation Grounds and left as natural habitat.

The Swans And Geese Are Loving This Pond

The Swans And Geese Are Loving This Pond

Just Taking A Walk

Just Taking A Walk

Visit your nearest body of water

We have a spring fed lake not far from our house.  One side is a golf course and one side is a city park.  Thunder has spent a lot of time swimming in this lake.

Thunder Ready To Jump In--You Can See The golf Course In The Background

Thunder Ready To Jump In–You Can See The Golf Course In The Background

Splash!

Splash!

Find Flowers

This was a tough one.  Our cold Spring has made it hard to find flowers.  Of course nothing stops the dandelions and other weeds.  Thunder found some on Sunday in our training field.

Maybe Sweet Yellow Clover?

Weed Or Wild Flower You Decide

Thunder Stopping To Check It Out

Thunder Stopping To Smell The Flowers

If you haven’t completed your Bingo yet, give it a try!  We had a lot of fun completing ours.  Thanks to Gizmo and Finn for making such a fun contest.