Aslan, Honourary Boxer

If I may introduce you to one of the cutest creatures I've seen in while. Here's the description from the new "mom".

Here are some pictures of what is going to be a new addition to our family on Nov 7th.  We visited with him this weekend but we picked him out and put his deposit down when he was 4 weeks old.  His name is Aslan and he is now 6 weeks old.  On his first check up and first shots and deworming it was found his eyes are entropic.  We made the decision to get him anyway and have the surgery.  He is ours and his eyes weren't going to change the fact that we had already fallen in love with him.

Oh yeah he is not a boxer but will be an honorary one just like Safari and Apollo.  Aslan is a Blue Cane Corso.  Perfect or not we love them all the same.  I hope you enjoy the pictures.

 

Her Again... Xena!

Yes, a new update from our friend Xena. I'm pretty sure this girl has her own social secretary, she's that busy.

"Xena and I went to our first AKC obedience competition today at the Hidden Valley Obedience Club of North San Diego County's  obedience & rally trials. I'm proud to say that she not only qualified in Beginner Novice A - she actually was first in the class of 7 dogs with a score of 195 and a half out of the possible 200 points!  I have to say, the rosette she received for today's win is way bigger than any of the ribbons she got while working on her conformation championship..."

And here she is!

Doing our heeling pattern, Xena was giving nice attention here.

Starting her recall off leash...

Almost there...

Exercise finished - she knows she’s a good girl!

Another Check in the Box

As in I have now been to Gran Canaria, one of the Canary Islands. They tell me it doesn't rain there and it hadn't in 18 months. Could have fooled me, I think it rained every day at some point.

Aside from that it was a great trip. I managed to get a dive in and can check Barracuda off my list of fishes seen. That was it for that though, due to the weather the visibility in the water was bad and that's just no fun. In the process of sorting that out I took a bus out to Mogan and got this great photo of the beach.

There were also some amazing meals to be had one of which was at a restaurant where oddly enough the owner had no accent. That of course means he had the same accent as me. That meal? Well check out the size of this prawn.

Need I mention the cocktails? Well let me tell you they have a certain flare with presentation.

And then there was the local wildlife. If I may introduce Charles.

Last but certainly not least, what would this blog be without a Brindle? Nope, not the usual Brindle but it should surprise no one that this one was bellying up to the bar for a cerveza. (That is the draft tap in front of him)