Lily is one

Lily turned one on May 13th and I have to say that she turned into a beautiful girl. Her and Jessie are so different in size and character that you would not believe that they are related.

Lily is still high maintenance as I call it. Always up for a play and she just loves her ball. She can play fetch with her ball all day and now that she has turned one, I hope to try my luck in agility with her. She is a natural retriever and does enjoy anything that ends up with her having to retrieve something. Here are some pictures from our last walk a couple days ago.

It's the season

to be in season. Lily came in season about 1.5 weeks ago and Jessie is now in Season as well. I am pleased they matched each others seasons as it means we should be able to go back to normal off lead walks in about 2.5/3 weeks.

Beach; Vet and a guardian angel

About 3 weeks ago, I took Jessie and Lily to the beach in the morning. Both girls had a lot of fun both on the beach and the 6 miles walk up to the light house later on. Needless to say they were tired once we got home.

About 1.5 weeks ago, Jessie was due to go to the vet for her 2 year health check. The evening before I noticed that she was limping and once we got home she was constantly nibbling on her front paw. I checked it out and found that she probably bit it open, so I asked the vet the next morning to check it out. Turned out she had a blister on her paw. It must have been painful, as we had to hold her down with 2 people so that the vet could shave off the fur around her paw. She was given an antibiotics shot and got tablets for a week. It healed very well and she is now as good as new.

On Tuesday, I had a guardian angel looking down on her too. I took them to a nearby park at around 5:45pm. Jessie was sniffing around like normal and Lily played with her ball, when suddenly someone let of a firework. Now Jessie is terrified of them and took a run. Lily followed her as quickly as she could. I called them both back but only Lily came. I put her on the lead and followed Jessie. I could see that she was in a panic, she didn’t listen at all, she was just running. She crossed 3 roads (one of them a main road) and went running home and was sitting front of the door shivering. I was so glad she knew were she lived and that nothing happened to her while she crossed the road.

Snow

We had lot's of snow during the last couple days and as you can see the girls loved it. Jessie had some problems with snow getting stuck between her paws but Lily was not bothered by it

over the holidays

Since Lily is not allowed to travel outside the UK before March 2010, my mom and my brother came over over two week during Christmas. Jessie and Lily enjoyed the attention they got, here are a couple pics taken during this time

Lily in the way she usually lays on the floor (watch her back legs)

Frist time at the beach for Lily, it was freezing and I tried to ensure she does not jump in the water to swim...

Happy New Year

Happy New Year from Jessie, Lily and me :-)

My family is back home now and on New Years Eve, I took the girls up to a snowy walk at water gate park, both Lily and Jessie love the snow as much as I do, so we had lot's of fun

Pictures

Here are some pics that I have taken already back in November on Jessie's 2nd birthday to be exact:

As you can see it was a lovely day, with some sunshine...

Lily retrieving from the water