Day 149: Emily, originally uploaded by Craig is shooting.

Emily is now about 8 months old, and weights in at over 32kg. She still manages to have that really cute puppy-dog expression on her face “it is such hard work being so cute”.

Here are two of her siblings:

Eccles is Lois’ guide dog. She is a cross between a Labrador and a Golden Retriever. She has always had the gray on the muzzle, but it is starting to get a little more profound.

Cassius is the old boy of the house. Even though he is not a boxer, he is named after Cassius Clay (the boxer). He is starting to feel the cold in his bones, but he is such a lovely dog.

And since today’s pic is of Emily, we will finish off with another pic of her.

I caught this shot of Emily, who actually managed to keep still for more than 2 seconds. When we got her about 4 1/2 months ago, she weighed 6kg, now she is over 30kg!

Day 79: Officer, my dog ate my speeding fine, originally uploaded by Craig is shooting.

Officer, my dog ate my fine. No really she did, and I have proof.

I have just realised that this is my 500th blog post!

Emily

It has hard work being so cute, and you need a lot of naps to keep your energy.

I don’t think that we need to worry about Emily being a retriever that doesn’t. She is showing clear signs of retrieving and carrying everything all over the house.

This is her latest, carrying her food bowl to the bedroom. Is she hinting or something?

By the way, she is 13 weeks old today, and is already over 10kg.

On our way…

Almost there…