1 Years Old!

DeSoto is officially a year old! Well actually, yesterday was his Birthday, but since I was camping I could not post. DeSoto was great at camping and enjoyed swimming in Lake Tahoe every day a few times. He is not that big of a swimmer he likes to go out, but only until where he can`t touch anymore. He is kind of hard to deal with on the beach because he thinks eating mouth fulls of sand is great fun. We were up at Nevada Beach campground for 3 nights. Thursday was his Birthday so I made him pupcakes before I left. He loved them! So here are some pictures of his Birthday and The Lake. DeSoto waiting patiently for his pupcake.

Sand Nose!
Deciding to try the water out.

A fish pond near our campsite.
Katlynn & DeSoto

One More Month To Go

Only one more month to go, until I am presented with my puppy! I am very excited and can`t wait to do this process again. It is possible that Emily, Kesley, and I will get littermates, so I am kinda excited for that. Anyhow I will not know the letter of the pup till like mid July. On another note it seems like DeSoto will not be recalled until the earliest September. That has not been finalized yet, but the e-mail I got from my leader made it sound reassuring that he`ll be on the list for September/October recall. I will keep you updated on the puppy news!

~Katlynn & Spike

Puppy Swap

Today Kesley and I traded puppies for the week. So that means I will have Spike!! Spike is a very well mannered dog. I am really pleased with his leash manners as there is no need for a halti, if he does get side tracked a correction does the job! As I soon found out, Spike is not a picture boy! Most pictures, I would go to snap the picture he would turn his head. But I did get some decent ones.
Spike is officially done with pictures now!
Do you think Spike needs any MORE toys?!?! He decided it would be fun to get most of the toys out of the basket and play with them.
Hope everyone has a great week.

Katlynn & Spike

Not So Sure

Well first off, DeSoto`s evaluation went very well. Celeste did say that he is still a puppy and has some maturing to do before going back. She did mention that his obedience is amazing, which I was happy to hear! This was a big thing for me because DeSoto has never really liked his nails trimmed and that has been an issue with him for the longest time, now though he is fine. Celeste was able to trim some of his nails with no hassle. Yeah DeSoto!! That was a great thing to hear! Overall he did great.

Over the past few weeks my friends and I including DeSoto went camping up at Nevada Beach. DeSoto was great, except he loved to eat sand. He did not eat that much but enough to drive me insane. This past weekend I went camping and Walker River Resort and DeSoto went with my friend Amber who was also a puppy raiser. She said he was really good, but did has an accident in Dillard`s. During the week we do not do anything too exciting. We have are usual Monday night meetings and we usual go to a few stores during the week. Wednesday some of our friends and I headed up to Wild Island (a water park) and we did not want to take DeSoto because it was going to be way to hot. So instead I made arrangements with Becky and long time puppy raiser in our club to take him for the day. He got an alright report. She said when she was in a meeting, he was over against the wall being good until one of her workers said "um I think your dog is eating the wall". He has only chewed the wall once when he was only 8 weeks old so that really surprised me. She also said that when someone knocked on her door he barked once or twice, which I knew about because he does that at home when someone knocks on my door or the front door. But other than those two things, she said he was great.

Also I have some good and bad news. The good news being I will be getting puppy #2 on August 2nd at the San Rafael Fun Day. The reason for getting it early is my mom and leader both agreed that it would be nice to have a few weeks to work with it before school starts. It is also a possibility that Emily or Kelsey or all of us will get littermates. I would really like a yellow male, but would also take a black male if that is all they had. So I put in my application today so as soon as I know the letter I will post! And the bad news being that DeSoto MAY be recalled on the August 16th recall list. My leader and I were talking about if he would be ready, I think he will, but I also think that a few more moths here would be good to. I am hoping that he goes back on the September or October recall. But I guess if it turns out that he goes back on August 16th that would be okay. One way or another he has to go, weather it`s August or October I will never be ready. So here are some pictures of his as a puppy until now.
DeSoto before I got him

2 months
5 months
6 months

7 months
8 months
9 months
10 months
11 months

Katlynn & DeSoto

The New Babies

On Monday we welcomed two new baby puppies into our Carosn City Club. Fantom who is a heavy little guy and he is being raised by Taylor as her 2nd dog and also she raised Ryder. Morgana is a sweet little girl. She is being raised by the McDowells, long time puppy raisers. This is a cute picture of Suede kissing Morgana. Maybe she`ll be a breeder.

Lake Tahoe + More

Well first of, DeSoto and I have been enjoying our summer SO much! Not getting up at 6 in the morning for school is nice. We did get 2 new puppies in our group. Fantom -MBL being raised by Taylor and Morgana-FYL being raised by the McDowells. Unfortunately, all the photos of them, are on my mom`s camera. So as soon as I can download them, I will. To see pictures of them visit Kelsey`s blog. Today was a exciting day. My family and my friends family all headed up to Lake Tahoe for the first time this year.

I did find out that Mr. DeSoto is not into the water that much. He did get wet, but only one time. The other times, he just put his feet in. But most of the time he just sat there and looked at the water. When he did start swimming a big wave came and splashed him in the face, and that ended the swimming. Other than not swimming, he was very well behaved on the beach.

Our plans for the rest of the week are not too exciting, hanging out at home. Although tomorrow we are going to Taylor`s house to hang out for a few houres. So that shall be fun!

So here are some pictures from the beach.

DeSoto and I hanging out on the beach, watching the others swim.

A boat that was floating by.

DeSoto deciding if he should go into the water or go back and lay on his towel.

A big log, just thought I would snap a picture.
Watching everyone pack up.



The rest of the pictures are not from today. These are actually from last Thursday when we went to the Sierra Summit Mall. The reason we went there is it was my Best Friends Birthday. We spent most of the day at the mall eating, shopping and going to the Chocolate Bar which I highly recommend it is delicious! DeSoto was great the entire time.

DeSoto by some pretty flowers.

Wondering why us girls have to try on SO many clothes!
By the Chocolate Bar logo.
Looking at all the pretty hats in Dillards.

This picture was taken in our backyard in a pool we bought for all the dogs.

Hope everyone`s summer is going great!
Katlynn & DeSoto

Playtime!

With summer coming up, I decided to post some pictures of the outdoors and playtime! DeSoto is almost 11 months old! Can you believe that? I guess it`s time for an update, it has been a few weeks.

Starting with last week. We had no meeting that Monday, which it was nice to have a break. DeSoto and I have just been attending school for the most part. Not really going anywhere "fun." This weekend my family and I, went camping with friends at Walker River Resort. I LOVE that resort and hope to go back and bring DeSoto. The reason I did not bring DeSoto was, we were mainly going there to ride our dirt bikes, and I did not want to have to kennel him the whole weekend. So, he got to go to Taylor house! Speaking of which, she is getting a black lab male "F" puppy on Monday. Also the McDowells (long time raisers in our club) are getting a FYL "O" puppy this Saturday. It`ll be nice to have some new pups in our club, considering DeSoto is the youngest in our club. I think sometime next week my family and I are planning to go to 6 Flags. Unfortunately we will no be bringing DeSoto, due to the hot weather. But in the future I hope to bring one of my guide dog puppies to an amusement park. Last night we had our annual Ice Cream Social. Sorry no pictures, forgot my camera. But instead I have pictures of DeSoto in action!
DeSoto`s favorite outside toy.

The 2 boys (DeSoto & Dietrich)

You put that jacket on, and you are amazed at how well they behave!
Bad dog, getting ready to lunge.
and lunging. I do not know why I like this picture, but for some reason I do.
The 3 of them, DeSoto, Bella, & Dietrich.

I hope everyone has a great summer!

Katlnn & DeSoto