Fletch the acrobat

Update from Ang...

So we've had a very busy summer, once again! We've been visiting friends and family in Minnesota, South Dakota, and we're heading to Philadelphia next week to visit Jeff's sister! While we've been traveling, Fletch and Oscar have been spending time with their best bud Murray at Jeff's parents house.



We started the summer off with Fletcher's first birthday!! He got a little spoiled...probably my fault...but he had lots of fun opening all his presents!


hmmm...what do we have here??


Ball!!!! All his new toys:)


Fletcher experienced his first 4th of July with us this year! Not surprisingly, curious puppy that he is, he wanted to GET the fireworks! Silly:)





June and July have been busy but Fletcher has still had time to work on his agility. He loves going on his morning walks with me or going to the park with both of us at night. We've trained him to go through the jungle gym all on his own! He's such a smart puppy!!





Fletch isn't a big fan of the heat we've been having the last couple weeks. He usually makes it to the park, runs to catch his ball a couple times, then is ready for a rest.









That's all for now. We'll update at the end of the summer!

Slackers with a blog

It's been far too long since a Fletch update, we are severe slackers but now that spring is here we are super motivated. 

We've been staying really busy and he's been along for 99% of the ride.  We just ran the Fargo half-marathon last weekend (5-21) and he was our training buddy for a lot of the training runs.  No animals were allowed in the race, plus the pace and distance were more than he's used to....All the work, none of the glory! Ang did take a picture with his race medal though, he earned it.  He was the pace setter on our training runs, and LOVES to run with us- well for him it's more of a prancing-trot while we tumble along behind him gasping for oxygen. The only thing he likes more than running on the trail is stopping to see if every dog and child along the way wants to be his friend.

 This is Fletch's lookout to the front of the house where he will monitor the neighborhood activity and let us know if it displeases him.  Below, he's getting some neighborhood watch help from my parents' dog Murray.

 

Oscar getting some window time with me and Fletch.

 

 

He has a very convincing demeanor when he wants something. On the left side of the picture below, you can see his friend Charlie's nose.  I think Fletch has more friends than I do.

The waiting line at the chow hall.  Whenever he exits his kennel, he has to take out all the toys that were in with him. Usually he will try to grab 2 or 3 in his mouth at a time.  It usually takes him awhile to get them positioned in a manner that they will all fit, but he will not go downstairs until all his toys are out. This is a dog that knows what he wants.

Ang insisted on an ugly Christmas sweater picture. I came to his rescue and promptly removed it, I could tell he was embarrassed. 

 He absolutely LOVED the snow this winter, but I think he's glad to see it gone so he can smell all the new spring stuff.  He thinks shoveling is a fun game where he gets to bite the shovel and then run from the snow when I throw it at him.

 

He is such a sweetheart, but also has a mischievous side. We will sometimes leave him out in the house if we are gone for short periods of time, but every once in a while he will do something dumb.....like chew up a highlighter on the couch, or eat the stuffing out of the couch, or pull the stuffing out of the pillows, or....well let's just say he has a thing for stuffing!