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09-04-09 Newer Nico Pics

We’ve not been very good about posting any new pictures lately, but we did take some at Nicos last agility class that turned out pretty well, as well as a picture of him sitting on top of a rock in our backyard at night that turned out pretty cool.

September 4, 2009 Posted by phelans | Nico | | No Comments Yet

05-25-2009 Front beds and trees

We have finally planted our first few trees, and finished mulching the front flower beds.  We’ve planted a lavender twist weeping redbud, and a gold rush dawn redwood.

May 25, 2009 Posted by phelans | House | | No Comments Yet

05-17-2009 Playing at Chucks

We took some new pictures of Nico today while we were at Chucks (Elite K-911 http://www.elitek911.com/) – we go there frequently and let Nico play with the other dogs.  Chuck has helped us quite a bit with training Nico – we’d definitely recommend him if anyone needed some help with training.  It helps Chuck when we go there because we exercise some of his dogs, and it allows us to work on some training with Nico with other dogs as distractions.  It’s plain old fun for the dogs, afterward everyone is good and tired.  Bando is the Cane Corso, Baily is a Pitt/Mastiff mix.

May 17, 2009 Posted by phelans | House | | No Comments Yet

03-22-2009 Nico agility pictures

It’s warming up a bit here, so we’ve been outside as much as we can lately.  I built Nico a few PVC agility jumps, and he got to try them out today.  He has only recently started agility training, he’s got some pretty good hops already.

There are also a few older pictures that we’ve yet to post – one of Wicket on my back watching the fishtank while I clean it; and one of Nico playing tug inside with a stream of drool that ended up completely across his snout when he shook the tug.

March 22, 2009 Posted by phelans | House | | No Comments Yet

02-05-2009 More recent pictures

Here are a few more recent pictures of Nico.  Just hanging out around the house and playing in the snow.

February 5, 2009 Posted by phelans | Nico | | No Comments Yet

01-10-2009 Fun in the snow

Here are a few recent pictures of the house and Nico in all the snow we’ve gotten.  Nico loves the snow.  He’s a little over 9 months old now, and probably a little over 80 pounds.

January 10, 2009 Posted by phelans | House | | No Comments Yet

10-22-2008 Some newer pics

Here is a recent picture of Rachel and Nico, taken at a park right down the road from our house. This picture really makes me realize how big he has gotten already.  There are also a few older pictures of Nico and his best doggie friend in the world, Lizzy.  These two have a great time together – they met in puppy obedience class.

October 22, 2008 Posted by phelans | Nico | | 1 Comment

New Nico Pics!

Well, Nico is 5 1/2 months old and is turning into a fantastic dog.  He is really awesome and tons of fun.  Here are some new pics, at 5 months old.  :-)

September 7, 2008 Posted by phelans | Nico | | No Comments Yet

07-27-2008 Updated house pics

We’ve had a few requests for pictures of the outside of the house now that we finally have a yard. Here are a few pics:

Front

Front

Front on angle

Front on angle

Back on angle

Back on angle

And of course, a picture of Nico (sitting on the edge of the pond waiting for his tennis ball to be thrown):
Nico on edge of pond

Nico on edge of pond

July 27, 2008 Posted by phelans | House | | 1 Comment

Nico’s Aquadic Adventures!!

Yesterday we decided to take our 3 1/2 month old pup Nico out to a park with our friend Kristen and her dog, Dakota.  Dakota loves the water and the breeder (www.chercarkennels.com) had advised that a pup usually needs to see what he is supposed to do in the water, by watching another dog that enjoys swimming and playing in the water.  Needless to say, Nico had a blast, as you can see from the pictures below!  There are a couple of pics of Nico in the kitchen too. :-)

Nico Retrieving

Nico Retrieving

Nico swimming to shore
Nico swimming to shore
He Made It!!!
He Made It!!!
More Swimming
More Swimming

Tired after hours of swimming! 

Tired after hours of swimming!

 

Somebody is hungry!!!!
Somebody is hungry!!!!
Still hungry.....
Still hungry…..
Yes! Food!!!

Yes! Food!!!

July 6, 2008 Posted by phelans | Nico | | 2 Comments