Training Day

We have been making the long drive out to the Prado Dog Training Facility in Chino Hills, California on the , Sunny can train to get his AKC Junior Hunt Test. With over 500 acres of fields and ponds, it’s a retriever paradise. Sunny loves to practice his water entry… …and lands them with a …

Sunny Saturday #23-”Full On Sunny”

I’m back! Hi, it’s me, Sunny and I am feeling so much better after my “rock incident”. My tummy feels a lot better now that the vet tool it out! I got my staples out this week and the doctor said I am clear for more shenanigans…whoo hoo!! Let’s get busy!  A guy’s got to …

Sunny Saturday #22-”Rockhead”

Sunny had a GReat week this week-I’m starting to see things we’ve been working hard on in our training really click for him. We’ve enjoyed a little break from the heat this week to get some hiking in and we spent a lot of time in the yard. Sunny is learning to watch us garden …

Sunny Saturday #21-”Super Sonic Sunny”

Sunny here to let you in on how I am spending my time, now that I am in something my mom calls “The Terrible Teens”. I have SO MUCH ENERGY!!! I love to run and play and train. One of my favorite things to do is retrieve bumpers-I LOVE to find them!! It doesn’t matter …

Sunny Saturday #19-”Digger Dog”

We’re doing some yard renovations and Sunny oversaw and sometimes helped out. Here’s Sunny to tell you all about it… “Hi! I’m Sunny and I LOVE to dig, I mean help! My people are landscaping the yard and I helped to dig up the hedges…and then I kept digging and digging after the hedges were …

Sunny Saturday #18-”The Mountains Were Calling…”

After a bout of internet “technical difficulties” and some adventures, we’re back. Sunny will turn 7 months old this week and is losing his puppy looks to turn into a handsome big dog. He still has boundless puppy energy, so we’re always on the quest for activities to burn that energy off. (A tired dog …

Sunny Saturday #15-”Endless Energy”

Whew, a very busy week! On of our jobs has become trying to find ways to use up Sunny’s puppy energy- a tired puppy is a good puppy:) Between the regular fetching, walking, playing, we managed to fit in some hiking and another swim. I’ll let Sunny tell you about his week… “Hi, Hi, I’m …

Sunny Saturday #15-”Happy New Year!”

Happy New Year!! Our baby Sunny is growing fast and from some angles he looks like a full grown Golden… A New Year’s Day walk up to the Griffith Park Observatory was a good way for Sunny to burn off some energy. Of course he had to get his picture taken in front of the …

Sunny Saturday #14-”Natural Born Swimmer”

For Christmas Sunny got a big dog agility tunnel (he outgrew his little Ikea kids tunnel he used as a puppy-which was amusing to watch him try and get through it but not very productive:) and swimming lessons. He had his first lesson yesterday-here’s Sunny to tell you all about his aquatic adventure: “Hi, Hi, …

Sunny Saturday #13-”Happy Pawlidays”

With Sunny around, it’s the equivalent to having another full-time job! He is one energized puppy: he keeps going, and going , and going. Between (trying) to work and taking care of Sunny, I failed at getting out Holiday cards this year. Not to mention, getting Sunny to sit still long enough to take a …

Sunny Saturday #12-”Echo Mountain”

Sunny is growing like a weed and has energy to spare! We took a hike up Echo Mountain to see if we could tire him out for a little while… Echo Mountain is a neat historic place in the local (San Gabriel) Los Angeles  Mountains. From 1893-1936  approximately 3 million people took a rail car …