Interesting Days!!

I really should be surprised at nothing, yet I almost had a heart attack last night. I looked out our entryway door and saw a dog, but it wasn't any of ours. It was a coyote! He was at most 5 feet from our garage! I opened the door and yelled and he stared at me then trotted off! I think he was going for one of our cats on the front step.

On another note, we have another winter storm baring down on us. Supposed to start today.

It's so quiet in the house without our 2 puppies romping around and howling. The kids don't know what to do either. Just thought I'd put up a couple of pics to keep it interesting. Here's our beautiful Bandit enjoying the sunshine.

Here's my sisters dog, Brutus, we're babysitting while their on vacation! He's a big guy, hence the name Brutus or Brute.

Saying goodbye:(

This week we sold Sandy to a wonderful, and loving family. She will be greatly missed by us and especially her brother(Bandit). And our two young cuties are going to a loving home in Florida. What will I do with all my time:) The adults always require much attention, especially when I'm trying to put on my snowboots. There's tongues flying and feet everywhere on me!! Anyway, I hope everyone has a Blessed Christmas! Sandy looking adorable on the couch!

Rodeo looking mischievious(well he is)!

Remi looking adorable as usual!

Cute puppy video!!

Here's our Rodeo and Remi sitting in a basket. Rodeo loves to run, so was a little upset he had to sit in a basket for a video. Remi is a little more laid back and is satisfied wherever he is. They are so much fun right now, and so so cute!

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Cute Pics!!

I just HAD to share these cute pics! The aussie puppies are changing so much. When they hear my voice, they get so excited and wag their little tails! When I was taking these pics I put my foot in something warm, thankfully only a wet spot! I'm used to that with five kids, although it's still a surprise. There's just something about a child and a puppy, they just seem to go together. Maybe, it's because they act like one another???

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Thanksgiving 2010

We had freezing rain the morning we left for my parents ranch. Only 2 hours in and we were driving on black ice:( Thankfully we drove out of that, and the rest of the time ( 5 hours to be exact ) was smooth sailing! Here's a couple pics of our family. Here we are standing in front of the shack my grandparents lived in the 1900's. Today it's being used for a chicken house.Here we are standing in front of my dad's percheron team. He still uses them to feed hay to their range cows. They had enough snow so we used the sleigh! What fun it was and it brought back many memories for me growing up!
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Feels like Winter:(

It is freeezing outside:( Not happy about that at all. The toy and mine aussies don't seem to mind it though. They run around like it's 60 degrees outside! I had to haul 5 gal. buckets full of water to the calves. Left the hose out without draining= a frozen hose:( At least I have running water and don't have to pump it out!

The new puppies are really growing. They are eating food now, and love it. Once in awhile the kids startle them and they let out a bark, it's too cute! We took Christmas pics of them last week so I'll put some of those up this time.

We're leaving for western SD for Thanksgiving, so hopefully the weather isn't too bad. Hope everyone has a thankful Thanksgiving! Boyd holding Remi (as we nicknamed him)Here's Remington or Remi, looing so handsome!

Here's Rodeo, looking adorable!

Summer is officially over!!!

It's getting a might chillier out there. The days are getting shorter and the holidays are upon us. Our new little toy/mini aussies will make a perfect Christmas gift. As they gaze into your eyes, your heart fills with love. They're just too cute!

I've decided just to make a page for Bandit, and Sandy on the website, as adults for sale. They both are almost 9 months old, and getting close to breeding age. They would still make an awesome pet or would be great for a breeder. They have the neatest personalities. Here are a couple pics, the first is of Sandy looking far into the distance.

The second is my boy Bandit, with Angel in the background. Will get more pics up of the new puppies.

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New Puppies!!

Our cute, adorable puppies are 2 weeks old already. They both have their eyes open now and love to be held. Gracie anxiously watches, especially if one of the kids take them:) She knows they need to be watched! The first is her toy/mini red tri male, Remington. The second puppy, a mini/toy blue merle male, Rodeo.

We've had a gorgeous fall so far, today is going to be in the 60's. We're very spoiled, last year at this time we had snow!

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Tough go of it

We've been having computer problems for over a week and I'm happy to announce we have our computer back. I felt lost without it, yet I got so much done in the house and yard:) I sometimes feel that way about Sandy. She's had a tough go of it too. We've had two different families, who were really interested and came to meet her but didn't take her. She's really aloof to strangers and just stands still, like she doesn't quite know what to do. She's such a sweetheart and it just takes her a little while to warm up. Maybe the third time will be the charm. So I thought I would devote this blog to her and our sickly computer.

Sandy our sweet, sweet, quiet girl.

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HAVING FUN!!!!

We love to take the dogs for walks in the evenings. That particular evening we walked through the bean field but along the way we have to cross a small creek running through our property. The puppies love to run through it and get all dirty! That evening they did just that and then we walked through the harvested bean field. Needless to say there were a few piles of bean stalks left from the combine and the toy aussies ran through it and got all dirty!Bandit and Sandy having fun romping through the bean piles!
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Two's trouble!!

Here's trouble!! They seem to feed off each other, when one races off the other is sure to follow! Sandy will grab Bandits hair and just pull till he rolls. It's quite amusing to watch. They look a lot like twins, and sometimes it's hard to tell who's who.

Bandit and Sandy enjoying a beautiful day!

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Flooding

I had to put some pictures up of the flood last week, we got 6 0r 7 inches of rain and upstream got 10 inches. This train bridge, which is 3 miles from our home had the water going over it.

This picture is of haying ground! It was quite the sight to see last Sunday. Sure glad we live on a hill!

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Beautiful Sandy

Here's the beautiful Sandy with Peirce, having fun!!

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Boyd with Bandit

Boyd is holding Bandit for one of our photo shoots.

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ONLY TWO PUPPIES LEFT!!!!!

We sold Clifford this week and now only have Sandy and Bandit left. These two really have matured and are gorgeous!! Both are still for sale and can be seen on our website too.

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Clifford

Here's Clifford chewing on a toy and enjoying the kids!

Bandit

Here's Bandit with his prominent ribbon!! He was so well behaved that day, but I did forget to take pictures of him. So we just took them at home, he looked quite the show dog. But being famous is hard work and makes you tired!

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Busy week!!

Last week was so busy and this week doesn't look any better. We sold both Robin and Lucy last week and now sold Olive. Fall is right around the corner, the nights have been cool and the days are still warm. I love fall (except the pesky flies). Just thought I would share some photos of the puppies leaving us. We will miss them dearly!

Gorgeous Bandit!!

I just wanted to do a little write up about Bandit. He hasn't gotten too many inquiries lately. He is a gorgeous little boy, who's full of energy!! He loves cats and loves to bark at them. He always follows me around the yard and runs up to you for a hug! At the APRI show he did fantastic! He got a white ribbon, his first leg for a championship. He will not be able to get the other two legs until he is a year old. He curled up on my lap the whole day at the show and enjoyed all the attention he received. This guy has it all, he will definitely be a toy at around 12inches. He also has the gene for blue eyes in a black tri that is hard to come by. He loves to be in the house and gets along with all the other dogs and puppies.

Clifford is for sale!!

Clifford our red bi came back to us. It didn't work out with my parents (didn't have enough time for him). He's for sale for $200. He is super nice, loves kids and loves to go for walks and rides in the car.

Video is so funny, just had to share!

The Dog Show!!!

We went to the APRI dog show on saturday and did sooo good!! Bandit got a white ribbon, his first leg onto championship. Angel did fantastic and I showed her in three shows and she got her championship!! She also got top dog in the second show. Our picture will be featured along with the two other top dogs in a magazine. It was such a great experience for me and especially the dogs. They behaved so well since it was their first time ever! I don't have any official pictures yet, so will have to update next time with pictures. Here is an unofficial picture of the two winners together!


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Hot, sticky summer

Like everyone knows pretty much across the US, this is a hot sticky summer. We are all ready for the cool breezes of the fall, I think.But with all the rain comes beautiful rainbows. We do have beautiful days too in which we can enjoy our toy aussies. Clifford decided he needed a few kisses to start off the day.
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Our Trip

It's been a long time since I've written. Last week we went on vacation to my parents(which are located in western SD). We only took Grover and Gidget along with the kids(that's about all our van can hold!) We had a great time and there's nothing like riding horse on the wide open spaces. We took a few pictures of the kids by an old farm place and they enjoyed riding in the combine watching the wheat harvest.

Looking west over the prairie.The kids running to check out an old fallen building on the prairie.

Video of Olive

Here's sweet Olive playing with her favorite toy (the glove) but she's not the only one who likes it!!

Wednesday

I haven't wrote much lately and I have no excuses:) The puppies are getting so big and so are their personalities. We love to go for walks even though it looks chaotic!

Olive has had so much fun with a glove I mowed over, it's hilarious. She's so proud of it and loves to show it off, then she shakes it so hard the stuffing flies everywhere! (I'm easily amused). Robin (or Robbie as I call him) follows me everywhere wagging his little tail hoping for a little milk when I feed our bottle calves. Then there's Lucy playing queen of the hill on top of a gravel pile, then she runs down it and digs like crazy! Sandy and Bandit are always getting into mischief together. There's always something happening on the farm and we love sharing it with our dogs! Don't forget we only have 5 puppies left for sale, hurry and grab yours!!! dakotatoyaussies.com

Buddies

We're saying good-bye to Jack tomorrow. He's sold to Robin in Colorado. He will be greatly missed by us and his buddy Olive. It's kind of funny because we had two puppies left of each litter and they would only romp around with their litter mate. Olive would make an excellent companion, she's very devoted and loves to follow, she's still for sale. Looking attentively at something new.

Here's the other buddies, Sandy and Bandit. Always playing together. They're still both for sale as well.

Toy Aussies

The days seem to be flying by and the puppies are 4 months old ( 4 of them). Jack is my devoted follower, he goes wherever I go and jumps on my lap for some kisses. He and Olive are buddies. Just like Bandit and Sandy are too. Bandit always has to bark at the cats and gets into a lot of mischief. Whereas Sandy expects attention (just like her mother) and adores you. Robin and Lucy are almost 3 months old. Lucy reminds me of Peanuts (her looks and she will be a small toy). Robin is just a big fur ball and has a great personality.

Angel takes all the puppies to our little creek for a run through the water, on these warm summer days. It's so fun to watch them play follow the leader!

Here we are taking a walk with the mommies (and Grover)!!!

Fun!!

It will be an interesting day, have to take the 5 older dogs to the vet to get their rabies shots, not to mention the 5 children. (Their not getting rabies shots!)It has been just gorgeous weather lately with cool nights and lower 80's during the day, too bad all of summer wasn't like this!Here's Jack ($650) and Olive ($700) playing with a glove.
Here's Sandy ($650) and Bandit ($1000) playing with a straw.

Lucy

Here's our little Lucy girl. She's real tiny but full of energy! She has a unique eye that's half blue and half brown. She's such a sweetheart and loves to be pampered! Her price is $800.

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Interesting?!

We have 4 new additions to our farm. We have 4 black angus calves. Peirce is feeding one and Reid is making sure he does it right!

Here's Gidget posing for the camera!

Bandit just lazing around on a beautiful sunny day!

Beautiful Day!!

Here's little Olive, she's just waiting (very patiently) to find a home of her own.

Here's little Lucy and Kate enjoying a gorgeous evening outside. Here's Robin looking adorable in the evening sun.

The last three puppies are 8 weeks old and are ready to go to new homes.