Phase 1~Thursday Barks And Bytes

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Sand Spring Chesapeakes

Hey wait….am I on the correct blog???? Isn’t that Thunder from 2browndawgs? Why is Thunder on the SS gang blog today????

Thunder is joining today because here at SS we are in phase 1 of the breeding between Glory and Thunder. Yesterday Miss Glory went into heat, a day that was long awaited for since we got the sad news back in December that she wasn’t pregnant. Phase 1 of the breeding consists of Glory having a Brucellosis test done to make sure she doesn’t have it, we wouldn’t want to give anything to Thunder so we are making sure she is negative. Next Thursday Glory will start her progesterone testing which is another blood test and will tell us when Glory will be ovulating which means she is in standing heat and will accept a male for breeding. She may need 1-3 tests in order to find out when she is ready. We are looking at the breeding taking place the week of May 10th. Of course you know I will be keeping you all updated. Let the new adventure begin.

Just went Glory is having some really good days training we have to scratch her from her upcoming hunt test on May 9th. Dogs that are in heat are not allowed to compete so she will be sitting that one out. Here are the photos from our training day in Minnesota where Glory had a fabulous run.

We are joining Linda at 2browndawgs and Jodi at Heart Like A Dog for this great blog hop.

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John And Glory~Wordless Wednesday

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Sand Spring Chesapeakes

Wordless Wednesday is a community linkup of bloggers. Visit our host, BlogPaws, and you can use the icons below the post to hop from site to site. It is a great way to discover new blogs…..or even just a convenient way to find all of your favorites in one place. When you visit each site, be sure to leave a comment and let them know you found them through Wordless Wednesday.

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ACC Minn Chessie Day 2015

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Sand Spring Chesapeakes

This weekend you all know we went to the American Chesapeake Club Minnesota Chessie Day which was on Saturday the 25th of April. Here is a video of the pictures I took of the land series. There were a great number of people there with all kinds of Chesapeakes, big ones, small ones, light ones, dark ones, males, females you name it. They all did a fabulous job. It was nice to be at a place with other chessie lovers who are there to meet other chessie owners and show off their love of the Chesapeake Bay Retriever. Thank you Tim Bonnema for setting up this fun day and thank you to Fischer Kennel’s for providing the great property with the beautiful technical pond for water work.

Bundled Up~Monday Mischief

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Sand Spring Chesapeakes

When it’s cold outside be sure to bundle up! Bundled up is what I did on Saturday morning at the American Chesapeake Clubs Chesapeake Fun Day.

Yup it’s cold out here, I’m dressed for the weather.

The Michelin girl!

Gambler is nekkid.

He doesn’t care one bit that it is cloudy, windy and cold! As long as he is retrieving he is warm.

The mischief here is that these are the only 4 photo’s I got of Gambler and I training this day. I gave my camera to John and he isn’t a photo freak like me and only takes a few pictures. Have to give him lessons that more is better!

This is a Blog Hop. Thanks to Alfie’s Blog, Snoopy’s Dog Blog , Luna, a Dog’s Life , and My Brown Newfies for setting up this hop. Please go to any of the sponsoring blogs to find out who else has been mischievous.

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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Sand Spring Chesapeakes

Yesterday we were at the Minnesota American Chesapeake Club annual fun day. It’s a day just for Cheasapeakes their owners and for friends to gather for a good time. There was a raffle and I put all my tickets in the buckets for the white bumpers so we can do longer marks and have the dogs see them better and of course I had to win the baby Avery teal bumper for the hopes of using it on a new puppy… Hint hint Glory and Thunder.

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Nothing But Norman #93

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Sand Spring Chesapeakes

Happy Saturday All!

This weekend we are hanging out in Minnesota. We are staying with and visiting Nellie’s daughter Pearl from her first litter back in 2007. While here we are going to the American Chesapeake Club Minnesota Chessie Fun Day. I’ll be posting up more on that this week. Back in the day 5/8/2010 we went to our first MN Chessie Day, of course we had Norman with us back then so he got to hang out with us and run the mock tests set up. Here are some photos from that day.

We are joining Ruckus The Eskie and Earl’s World for Sepia Saturday.

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We are also joining The Pet Parade.

Hosted by: Rascal and Rocco, Jan’s Funny Farm, Basil the Bionic Cat, Barking From The Bayou and Love Is Being Owned By A Husky.

Channel Blinds With Some Shucking And Jiving~FitDog Friday

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Sand Spring Chesapeakes

This weeks training was on channel blinds. We have a upcoming hunt test in the beginning of May at a place where there are a couple channel blinds. Channel blinds are done on basically a rectangular piece of water that is long and narrow. They either have your dog swim right down the middle of the channel to the end of the channel or they have you enter on a angle from one side and swim across the channel to the other side. We haven’t done this yet this year so I thought we should practice this.

Glory was up first, we did a angle entry channel blind.

Starting at the top going left to right, Glory entered the water, she was getting a little of kilter so I whistle stopped her, she turned around and I gave her a hand cast to turn right and head to the blind. She picked up the bumper and got back in the water and headed back on the same line she took out there.

Here Glory is shucking the water off.

Here she is jiving to a fun bumper. How come when training they might move a little slower but you throw a fun bumper and then she moves like a banchie jiving along the way.

Next was a fun bumper into the water so she could make a big splash.

Now it is Gamber’s turn.

Gambler did the channel blind by swimming down the middle of the channel to the end, turning around and coming straight back. He lined the blind which means he swam down without being stopped and given a hand signal.

Gambler trying his paw at shucking.

The only jiving he did was launching into the water.

This weekend we will be traveling to Minnesota to visit with Nellie’s daughter Pearl and to attend a Chessie Fun day. Stop back tomorrow to see pictures of Norman at the last fun day we went to many moons ago.

The fun and games continue every Friday with FitDog Friday, the weekly Blog Hop brought to you by To Dog With Love, SlimDoggy and Emma from Mygbgvlife to promote a healthy active lifestyle for pets (and their people, too!). Join in every Friday by linking up your FitDog story or visiting the blogs in the Hop.

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DogTipper Thank You~Thursday Barks And Bytes

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Sand Spring Chesapeakes

Last week the SS gang got a package in the mail. Gambler of course was happy a package came as he LOVES packages.

We would like to send out a big thank you to Paris Permenter & John Bigley of DogTipper & CatTipper because last week we were their Reader Of The Week.

If you don’t know about them you are missing out, their blog is chuck full of dog and cat information and they have giveaways, lots of giveaways.

A little bit about Paris & John:

I’m Paris Permenter; I’m the publisher of DogTipper along with my husband, John Bigley. We live in the Texas Hill Country near Austin and love sharing our tips and top product picks for dog lovers with an eye on the budget.

We share our homes and our hearts with two mixed breed rescue girls: Irie and Tiki. We adopted both girls in 2008, and they inspired us to launch DogTipper that same year.

John and I came to the pet writing world after 20 years as travel guidebook authors. We changed our focus to Fidos in 2008 and haven’t looked back. (And our four cats would also like you to know that they’ve demanded equal time; we now also publish CatTipper.com!)

Whether you’re a new pet parent or a long-time dog lover looking to learn a few new tricks, we are so happy to have you as part of the DogTipper family! We’ve got over 10,000 pages here including tips at home and tips on the road. In our Dog Tips 101 section, we feature tips for new pet parents.

We hope you’ll subscribe to our updates; we conduct frequent giveaways and Twitter parties featuring new pet products (in the last year, our readers have won over $25,000 in pet prizes!)

Most importantly, we have a lot of fun here. DogTipper is a positive place, a spot where we want you to feel free to ask any kind of dog question. We celebrate dog rescue with upbeat, happy news, and love sharing the joy that our dogs bring to our lives each and every day!

They recently opened their online store PawZarr Global style for pet lovers, be sure to hop over there and check the store out.

There was all kinds of goodies in the package, stuff for the dogs and of course MK got her own mouse batting toy.

After I got the goods out I let Gambler have the box. Just give him a box and he is happy.

Thanks again Paris and John!

Last week at therapy Gambler got dressed up as a rock star! The kids loved it and so did he.

I got there a little early as a two of the kids that visit with Gambler were taking a test. The boy got done first and told him he could visit with Gambler, the girl didn’t like that she wanted to go first she started crying saying Gambler was her dog that she should have first visit. It broke my heart! She did get her visit later in the hour and all was well.

We are joining Linda at 2browndawgs and Jodi at Heart Like A Dog for this great blog hop.

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Earth Day~Bradley Branches Day

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Sand Spring Chesapeakes

Norman is in the shotgun shell being laid to rest by my dad and mom.

Hanging out at Bradley Branches from now on.

My dad may not be here in body, but he is here in spirit. It’s been 21 years today dad became one with the earth.

What’s not to love when you can spend earth day with the ones still left on this precious earth?

Be free Norman, thank you for your life.

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Fromm Grain Free Salmon with Sweet Potato~Tasty Tuesday

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Sand Spring Chesapeakes

Ding dong Chewy.com calling.

Gambler here, I got a special treat for you, or more like I got a special treat!

This month mom reviewed the Furminator Dual Brush from Chewy.com in the box was a added gift for us the dogs. Chewy.com added:

Fromm Grain Free Salmon with Sweet Potato Recipe Dog Treats.

Fish and sweet potato straight from my home state how cool is that!

A little bit about Fromm’s from their website: Fromm Family Foods is a fifth-generation family-owned and operated artisan pet food company based in Wisconsin. Since 1904, our family has maintained a tradition of quiet innovation dedicated to the health and nutrition of animals. In the 1930s, we developed the first canine distemper vaccine. By 1949, we had introduced the concept of premium pet food to the world by pioneering the process of cooking meat and grain together to create the dry kibble food that is so popular today.

From Chewy.com website:

Wild-caught salmon, yummy sweet potatoes, and veggies galore! Four-Star Nutritionals Grain Free Salmon with Sweet Potato Dog Treats from Fromm are oven-baked bites few pups can resist… and why would they want to? These treats are easy on the digestive system, and are loaded with nutrients that keep your pup’s skin and coat healthy and clean, and help with cognitive development, too! Four-Star Nutritionals Dog Treats are made in a USDA-inspected facility from human grade ingredients.

Just the right size of nummy goodness.

Let me try them out.

nom nom nom, these are tasty.

Key Benefits

Improves brain function with DHA
Oven-baked treats help clean teeth
Grain-free
Healthy treat for every stage of life
USDA-inspected

Ingredients

Wild salmon, pea flour, potato flour, tapioca, whole peas, chicken fat, tomato pomace, fresh cranberries, sweet potatoes, carrots, apples, split peas, green beans, green bell peppers, celery, beets, parsley, lettuce, watercress, spinach.

A 8 oz bag is on sale at Chewy.com for $3.88 what a great price for a treat chuck full of flavor.

I’d eat salmon and sweet potato every day it was that delish!

Hurry on over and get your Fromm’s treats at Chewy.com

Why Chewy.com?

Because: Chewy.com has more than 300 brands to choose from and is ready to fetch it and ship it, direct to your doorstep, anytime of the day. Have a question regarding the best food for your pet? Call us 24/7 and our helpful customer service team at Chewy.com is ready to listen.

Chewy.com lives and breathes pets. Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Chewy.com’s dedicated staff is committed to providing quality pet products to our customers in a fast and easy way. That’s why we have warehouses located throughout the country – so the products are delivered quickly and efficiently. Bottom line, Chewy.com delivers pet happiness – and there’s nothing really better than that. Their products are 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed (if your not happy call them and they pay for shipping the item back), they have expert pet care and product advice, over 200 of the best pet brands and 24/7 customer care. Another great benefit of Chewy.com is they have autoship for your pet food needs and orders under $49.00 are a flat rate shipping cost of $4.95.

Chewy.com 200 SW 1st Avenue Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 1-800-67-CHEWY

I wasn’t asked to do this review, I did it because Chewy was nice and sent the bag of treats with our brush and the gang really loved them.