Airedale Terriers

Twice or more now I’ve gotten little holes in my new lycra gear. Once in a very expensive pair of running tights (ran past a thorny bush and got bitten) and more often than not by one of the claws of my boisterous Airedale Terrier Lions. Thanks Sora.

Good bye Sky! I miss you!

Over the last 3 weeks I haven’t ridden much and spent a bit more time with the dogs. Here Sora and Sky had a father and son’s day at a grooming get together on October 4th and then a dog show and sport’s day last Sunday the 25th. Sky’s sister Momo came to both events

Cut my arm badly while stripping puppy Sky’s coat with a grooming knife!!! WARNING: Graphic details ahead! DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME OR ANYWHERE ELSE!!!! I’ve been spending a lot of time lately stripping Lunar, Sora and baby Sky in the bathroom. On Thursday, Sky had been playing The Great Escape tunneling under the

Last night’s training really burnt me out. Feels like a bad head cold…. Didn’t do much today but watch TV, sleep and look after these wonderful dogs.

Tonight three of the puppies had their eyes open and some of them were walking rather than squirming around like slugs with legs. Here are the daily weigh ins. Every morning while Lunar is out for a toilet break I take their weights. Girls Green/Gold 364 402 428 460 480 510 560 600 645 690

All is well.

The puppies are usually sleeping and not too active yet, so to liven up these daily youtube clips I’ve got Sora to do a few Beckham impersonations and Lunar is doing a Vitoria Spice one. Not sure when I’ll be able to post a cycling message again. Hopefully tomorrow night if I resume training.

Well, I was quite surprised at how painless and easy this was. Our local vet wanted to charge us 25000 yen ($250)per puppy for the procedure and they had never done an Airedale before. We shopped around and decided to go to Sora’s (father) mother’s vet who did each puppy for 7000 yen ($70). That