Raising Michele and Now Cheyenne

Well, I sure have fallen down on my blogging duties....last entry was before Cheyenne arrived and she is now 7 months old....had good intentions but.....  she's a darling puppy.  Very smart and...

http://raisingmichelle.blogspot.com/2015/03/puppy-tales-tails.html

Counting the hours till Cheyenne arrives. It's Monday night and we're nearly ready for the little sweetie (well, i don't know how little) to come into our home and hearts. It's been frustratin...

http://raisingmichelle.blogspot.com/2014/09/2-days-and-counting.html

Cheyenne IV at about 4 weeks of age Only two weeks to go and we'll have our new little girl at home with us. Miss Cheyenne will arrive on September 17th and we'll be waiting at the Albuquerq...

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Well, our beautiful girls have both left Advanced Training in Oceanside. Nadie has graduated as a Succesor Service dog and Michele is living the good life in Albuquerque as a beloved family pet. ...

http://raisingmichelle.blogspot.com/2014/08/two-girls-two-roads.html

CCI Southwest Region Training Center Our 4 NM puppies Michele, Nadie, Fuschia and Cyndy - all received good AT (Advanced Training) reports this week!!  Way to go girls!  Everyone of them i...

http://raisingmichelle.blogspot.com/2014/05/new-mexico-girls-reporting-in.html

Oh boy.....it's so hard to give them up and I think, maybe, even harder to wait for the first report. But it finally arrived today and it's pretty good, in my opinion. She's reportedly adjusted...

http://raisingmichelle.blogspot.com/2014/04/first-report-and-its-pretty-darn-good-i.html

Two weeks, 4 days - since Michele headed out the door to her new kennel and friends. And no, she did not look back at us. Well, at me since Gene had already left the room. It was so hard to lea...

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Today is Monday...the start of the week that will take us to Oceanside and turn-in on Friday. Took Ms M to work today, as usual, but this time to say good-bye to all her friends. My boss came i...

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"It" is coming soon....turn-in.....3 weeks from yesterday our precious girl will be matriculating at Oceanside and we'll have to watch her walk away from us...hopefully on her way to graduation b...

http://raisingmichelle.blogspot.com/2014/01/trying-not-to-think-about-it.html

8 Weeks Old  - Arrival Day Eight weeks from today we'll be using Kleenex and saying good-bye to our sweet Michele on her "turn-in" day in Oceanside. We are trying not to think about it but ...

http://raisingmichelle.blogspot.com/2013/12/8-weeks-more.html

Gene and the girls doing the "lap" command It's snowing here in northeastern New Mexico and our girl loves it....actually it's, I think, the 3rd snowstorm we've had this fall and she loves i...

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July, August, September and part of October have passed and I've been very negligent about writing in Michele's blog. She reminded me of that today! Well, not exactly. But realizing that turn-i...

http://raisingmichelle.blogspot.com/2013/10/4-months-to-go.html

OK - so I know dogs shed....I have had dogs that shed a lot...from an Afghan Hound puppy that blew her coat...oh my....to Shih Tzu's that fell asleep when you were brushing them and looked at y...

http://raisingmichelle.blogspot.com/2013/06/vacuuming-dog.html

 A year ago these darling little girls were born.....first picture is of them at 8 weeks when we picked them up in Colorado Springs and the second picture is a couple months ago at a puppy pla...

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NM Puppies and Grad Dogs Michele Michele NM Graduate Dogs We are back home again after the Albuquerque Adventures. Had a good time....Michele was very good at puppy class...And...

http://raisingmichelle.blogspot.com/2013/05/back-home-again.html

Sit - ok, Stay - not so easy "Shake" practice Our girl has been vacationing in Albuquerque this last week. We had company and a big birthday celebration for Gene so one of our fellow p...

http://raisingmichelle.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-little-vacation.html

 We are at 10 months now....April 9th was her "birthday" and she's about 50 lbs....have to take her to the vet's office this coming week and weigh her. They know Michele and Nadie and let us c...

http://raisingmichelle.blogspot.com/2013/04/run-play-run-play-work-play-sleep.html

Michele and Levi The Welcoming Committee Time passes so quickly....our "little" girl was 9 months old this past Saturday.....sometime it seems like we just got her and now we're on the down...

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Wow, what a busy week for a little girl! On Tuesday she went to work with me and greeted everyone who came into my office...the first two, Randy and Shirley, are favorites so she really greeted...

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Dear Fans - my mom has been very lax in writing about me...I don't know how that happens since I'm so interesting and have done so much to write about....she says she's going to write and then ...

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I need a nap....either that or I'm too old for this puppy raising stuff. I keep telling myself she will grow up, she will lose those razor-sharp teeth, she will grow up....etc etc.  She is gro...

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Michele has been coming to work with me. She is getting better at wearing the Gentle Leader (amazing how food helps convince her it's a good thing) and doesn't mind her cape at all. Still whining...

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This week has been one of learning and then...not so much! Am discovering that our sweet little miss has a stubborn streak and can be very feisty too! Not what I expected two weeks ago. We have...

http://raisingmichelle.blogspot.com/2012/08/things-we-are-learning-and-not-learning.html

Well, I see that dog got hold of the mouse and laptop....she's way too smart for me. But tonight she's more interested in chewing on stuffies. And as you can see from the picture, on cardboard...

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Paperweight Mom is not watching me so I grabbed her computer and am writing in my blog! She says I'm smart but she doesn't realize that I know computers (I was born near Silicon Valley after...

http://raisingmichelle.blogspot.com/2012/08/my-life-in-las-vegas-by-michele.html