santa bear

Nothing like a freshly plowed drive...



... a snowy stuffed santa bear...



and a game of keep away.

Corgi deep corgi wide

The snow isn't quite corgi deep this morning.



But it certainly was coming down last night as you can see by the "new look" Jinks is sporting after his late night potty break outside.

I think it may be time to cut down on the treats a little. When he got home from the ICU he was 24 pounds now he's up to 30 pounds.

snow balls

A run through fresh powder outside.



And the results when little BB comes inside.....

Puli basics

No, it's not a cross with a poodle... yes they can see... yes they can break glass with that bark.

There's an old Hungarian saying "If you're hungry steal your neighbors' chicken, unless your neighbor has a puli".



They are bred to herd sheep. Racka Sheep- not for the faint hearted...






They are also trained to move bulls around. Traditionally they work in teams of 3- one jumps up grabs the bull's nose and hangs on while the other two bark and nip at the hooves. This takes a certain amount of brashness in their personality. They're great jumpers.




Border Collies win herding trails, Pulik do not. It's not that Pulik don't listen they just have different ways of accomplishing goals other than "way to me" and "lie down!" A Puli will likely herd sheep by spinning like an electic blender with a short circuit and barking with a sound only equalled by fingernails on a chalkboard. What sheep wouldn't run away from that? If that's your tactic the only crucial thing is where you position yourself when you start to spin and scream. This is a maximum result for a minimum of effort.

It's never dull.

Dr Jekyll

and Mr. Hyde.



Jinks had major surgery on Thanksgiving, he had a transfusion, who knows how many pints of plasma, his white blood cell count was practically non-existent, he was bleeding in his lungs, he lost sight completely in his left eye and almost completely in his right and no one was sure he would make it. No one, except Jinks.

Almost three weeks later- he's a complete butthead. Jinks aka "Zatoichi puli punisher" is snippy snarling dominant butthead again and I'm back to commands like "Don't kill the puppy!, butthead."

Don't worry, the pulik are fine. Luverboy stays clear as much as he can and BB- well BB is a bit of a butthead himself and I'm convinced he just plays the game of "let's tease the Jinkster".