Buster, waiting so patiently for his tennis ball to be thrown!
Hi Everyone –
There have been a gazillion changes since I posted last. Sorry for being absent for so long. When you hear about what’s been going on in say, oh the past YEAR, you’ll understand!
First of all – got married. Ryan and I had a beautiful, private ceremony up in Door County in March of last year. We surprised everyone! It was wonderful and I had to keep myself from crying the whole time – I just loved every minute of it!
Second of all – Had a baby! Wow, that year has flown by! Corey is almost one! He’s walking, waving, eating table food, playing with his older brother and sister, going to daycare, climbing on Wyatt and taking his bones J
Third – Moved! It’s been a big adjustment for all of us, but we are all really happy out here in the country! I had lived in Madison all of my life, and at my last house for 10 years. I moved from a beautiful home with even better neighbors, to come out to the country to raise my family. We knew we’d love it out here, but didn’t realize we’d love it this much! Abby & Rudy tell me on a daily basis how much they love their new school and teachers. The dogs have 5 acres to stretch their legs! The kids will soon each have a bedroom of their own (thank you Ryan for doing such an awesome job on building Rudy’s room!!).
We still have more plans for the house (yes, one does involve building a barn for horses!), but we’re just focused on finishing the projects we have going right now. Christmas will be here before you know it! Snow days, hot chocolate… I can’t wait!
The dogs have all adjusted well. Squirt likes to find things to roll in. Maggie has 2 rock walls to shove her nose into, looking for “naughties”. Wyatt is amazing when he runs – I swear he can cover our whole 5 acres in about 10 strides when he gets going… He’s really fun to watch! And Buster – Buster is in tennis ball heaven out here! And, he’s also ventured over to our neighbor’s a few times to visit his new girlfriend, Emily (an 8 year old Yellow Lab).
I was actually most worried about my two cats, Amber & Guinness. My dogs get out often enough that they know there is a world outside their home. But, our cats… They had lived in my previous home for 10 years. I knew this would be a big change for them. Especially Amber – Amber’s 17 years old and has always been afraid of his own shadow. In my old house he would either be upstairs on my bed, or in the basement where his food and litter were. You’d never see him otherwise. Even my good friends would say “I don’t believe you have another cat, I think you’re lying!” From day ONE at the new house Amber has been active, coming out to the front room, going in the kitchen, spending time in each bedroom, walking around downstairs without flinching at every sound! Heck, I even caught him on the counter top the other day! I couldn’t even say anything because I was so amazed! Way to go Amber!
Ask Rudy about Amber when you see him, those two are best friends. Amber lies on Rudy’s bed waiting for bedtime. I swear Amber doesn’t know what to do with himself when Rudy’s gone, just like how Squirt stares out the window when Abby’s away….
So, now that we are starting to get into a groove again, I’m hoping to write more! I have so many things I want to talk to you about! How fantastic our staff has been with training our “newbies”, some of the *very* interesting private lessons I’ve been having, working on training new behaviors with my own dogs… Lots and lots to tell you!!
Thanks for listening, I’ll talk to you soon 
–Giene
