Sorry for not updating sooner...And I'm STILL not updating! I'm leving for Germany day after tomorrow and am very busy. I'll update when I get back in two weeks...Meanwhile, I'll leave you with this picture of my year old puppy at Disneyland!!

Possible Turn Ins

Hey...I set up count downs to the two possible turn ins for Blitz! As you can see, there's a big gap...And I think he could very possibly go in on either date. HOPEFULLY it's the second, lol.

Trip To GDA and Mock Trial Results!

Blitz went to GDA from Monday to Saturday...When I went to pick him up, the first thing Sarah (The vet) said to me was, "So, the drama with Blitz continues." He developed an earache while there, (The FIRST earache he's ever had...His ears are always really clean. He doesn't put out all that much wax.) I was told that he needs to lose ten pounds, and they're trying to figure out what this whole snoring thing is about. They knew about it before, but for some reason this time they were worried/curious about it. They took him to a specialist, and that specialist told them it's one of three things. A, it's absolutely nothing, and it's just something special he does, B, he has an elongated something or other in his throat, and that vibrates when he breathes, or C, he has a sinus problem. They pretty much ruled out C, because he's always had it and it doesn't effect his activity at all. They know for a fact he has an elongated something or other in his throat, they're just not sure if that's the cause. They gave him a bunch of medication to see if it'll help. (So far it hasn't helped...Lol, he's snoring just as much as ever.) And he has to lose ten pounds. The vet stressed that he is NOT obese...Not sure why he's losing ten pounds then. She told me, but as I said before, I am NOT up with the vet lingo and have a hard time remembering the terms given to me. So the little guy is eating only two cups a day now.

As for Mock Trial...Man we did really good this year! We got seventh place out of twenty teams, and we had three people win prizes. Our Stevie Ricco got best Stevie Ricco...Out of twenty Riccos. Our JB Schrute got second best Schrute...Out of twenty Schrutes. And our Baliff got best baliff...Out of twenty baliffs. Okay, and also, three years ago we got tenth, two years ago ninth, one year ago eighth, and this year seventh. And the top six make it into the finals! So yes, next year we will make it into finals. We looked at the individual scores, and apparently it was the score of ONE judge that put us in seventh instead of sixth. Six out of the seven scorers there thought we did really well, and gave us fours and fives out of five, and one scorer didn't agree, so put us into seventh place. Oh well...We had lots of fun all year though!

Also, I am going private. So let me know if you want to keep reading.

Disneyland on monday!! Woohoo!!

Update

Soooo....I GOT A LAPTOP! Woohoo! I love it. That's what I'm typing on right now. It's an Intel Satellite. SO nice, and I got it for five hundred bucks from Office Depot.

Anyway, here's random pictures from the park a few days ago.







Friday Blitz got left at home while I went to a dress rehearsal for Mock Trial! I am SOO nervous, because the competition is on MONDAY!!! As in, tomorrow!!! The girls on the team are meeting at one of the coaches houses at noon to do hair and makeup, (Not theatrical makeup...That's not allowed. And I don't wear makeup...) and then we're meeting with the rest of the team (Most of the team are guys. We have eleven guys and five girls.) for pizza at 2:30, and then we're meeting at the courthouse at 4:00. The actual competition starts at 5:30. It usually lasts three to four hours...Then we go out to a late dinner (haha, with everything after the actual competition we'll probably go out at around midnight.) then we repeat the process on tuesday. And hopefully thursday. (Finals) Then on friday we're going up to the snow all day for skiing. I really wish I could bring Blitz, but because I'll be skiing there's no way! So, Blitz is going in to the kennels tomorrow morning, and I'll get him back sometime on saturday. (If we don't make it to the finals though, I'll pick him up on wednesday. We should know by then.)

Yesterday, (Saturday) my little brother had a doctor themed birthday. (Ya...strange theme for a six year old. He's an aspiring doctor, and has been since he was about four.) We had a first aid course, (Hard to do in five and six year olds terms.) dissection of various animals, (Starfish, Fish, Frogs, Grasshoppers etc..) microscopic viewing, and of course, cake and ice cream. (BEFORE the dissection, thank goodness.) My dad was going to take his stitches out (That he had to get last week) but decided it was too soon. Blitz was the primary patient for the kids. He's an experienced patient...I let Morgan (the six year old.) and Matthew (the three year old) play doctor on him all the time, and he absolutely LOVES it and actually seeks it out. The vet is always really impressed at how still he holds for examinations.

Here's pictures!!

Pre-party-picture



Matthew playing with Blitz.





Had to add these two!

Listening to the first aid course...



Matthew holding Benjamen, the baby!

Looks like I'll have a CCI pup in the near future...

I like CCI. I sent in the filled out application. I told them I'll be ready in september. Blitz will either be going in-for-training August (Unlikely...He'll be seventeen months then. Unless they have a shortage on dogs, I don't think so. On the other hand, though, there IS a big gap before the A litter...Maybe they will have a shortage.) or November 1st. I'm waiting for the phone interview with CCI. I'm going to see how it goes and play it by ear, and let God make the final decision.

Great news!

Just wanted to tell y'all that I'm going to be able to go to Disneyland pretty much the day I turn a year old! My mom's cousin is coming down, and to celebrate we're taking her to Disneyland...She comes down a few days BEFORE my birthday, and leaves a few days AFTER my birthday...So real close! GDA has a rule that we can't bring puppies to theme parks until they're a year old, but I'm guessing if it's a few days before it doesn't matter...I'm not going to be a completely different dog a few days before my birthday! I can't wait! Mom says it's a blast, and that I can even go on quite a few rides. (Like the Pirates of the Caribbean, Pinnochio and all those smaller rides.) Anyway, just wanted to tell y'all! That's in about a month!

Also, I (Kasey) requested an application from CCI. I just want to look over it, see what requirements they have and such, then if I do decide to raise for them, I'll fill it out and send it in. If they tell me they have a puppy ready before Blitz goes in, I'll just tell them no, and wait for the next one.

Photos!

Haha, sorry! I was so busy with my last post that I forgot to post pictures.

Anyway, Kenny came on Friday, from nine to five! He's a real sweetheart, (Reminds me SO much of Blitz at that age!) but I did see quite the stubborn streak while out to eat. I told him to lay down, but for whatever reason he simply did not want to. He did everything BUT lay down, though I know that he knew what I wanted, and just was being stubborn. But other than that one instant, he was a real sweetie. I also had Maui for the day, a female black lab. She spent the night, and she has quite the voice when you put her in her crate. She recently had surgery, (Let's just say that her spaying went awfully, and she had to have several surgeries to fix it.) and so I couldn't have both her and the other dog out at the same time, so she spent about half the time here in her crate. And she definately didn't like it, haha. But she was fine other than that.

I got Blitz back at five, and at about five forty-five I left to meet some other puppy raisers at Kohls to go to the City Walk in Hollywood. We had a blast, staying there about three hours. We walked around, asking for donations for the Silent Auction, (Kudos to Rachel, who was the only one of us four that was good enough and brave enough to do the talking!) and a few seemed only slightly interested and SAID they would pass the info onto the powers that be, but we can only wonder if they ever will. Others though, such as Bubba Gump Shrimp, were VERY interested and we're sure that the people in charge will at least get the info. While we were waiting for the manager to make copies of the letter and flyer, we took a group picture of the puppies. That is a very difficult thing to do...Take a picture of four puppies all under the age of eleven months in a very busy place. We drew quite a crowd, and several random people were taking pictures of us. Afterwards, one of the waiters (??) took our picture (Yes, people included!) and said he was going to try and put it on their website. Hmm, so I guess we'll be watching it! Here is the outcome of that ten minutes of getting all the dogs to stay, AND look at the camera. (Not that they did, anyway...)





PLEASE make it stop!!



I thought this was SO cute. Blitz and Camry



Okay, does this NOT look like Blitz? This is Kenny...



And this is Blitz, at about the same age.



We think they may be half-brothers or something? Maybe quarter?