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She is so much fun. Always ready to participate. She's brilliant with strangers big and small, two legged or four. Her and Edna get along very well, napping, wrestling and helping Peter make food.

This summer we collected Instinct and Novice Barn ratting titles from RATS Canada, and a few ribbons in SDDA scent detection.

We also did a professional photoshoot, for stock French Bulldog images and calendars.

Summer Moon Ruby Red 'Maude Flanders' IBAR NBAR

I was testing out a new to me lens I picked up on eBay. A 40-150mm digital, if you were wondering. The first shot is slightly over exposed. But otherwise no adjustments or filters needed, save some cropping. I had also tried to get pictures of the dog and the blue sky, but need to rework settings for that.

Maude of course, is a good sport about being posed. And holding the stay.

Pictures are a close up of the feeder, then current pictures.of.the railing it usually hangs from and one of the bees, collecting pollen on the begonias.

The bees (about 6 of them?) were burrowing into the seeds, mostly the upper openings.

I brought the feeder in for now. Emptied it without incident, and will wait a few weeks before putting it back out. Does that plan sound sensible? Also, why are bees attracted to the seeds? Or were they more interested in building a sheltered nest?

One tongue short of being a derp. Very lovable nonetheless.

TL:dw both dogs find the odour and are rewarded with boiled liver pieces.

Maude is more systematic in her sniffing. She doesn't mind things making noise.

Edna prefers to not make noise. And if you watched to the end, you'll see she stares in the bag instead of sticking her head in.

They are both wearing crash rated harnesses (Kurgo) and are latched to the seatbelt mechanisms.

The adventuring was admittedly boring, as they weren't getting out at any of the stops. But they are great passengers, and do cargo inspections as required.

In June I potted 'the plant' up a few sizes. Added Miracle Gro and let it soak up the sun. It has tripled in volume.

The rooted branches I moved to pots a few weeks ago are getting stronger (or at least haven't wilted) and, short of something nicer, are now vertical.

Spent some time at the trailer this weekend. And the dogs fell victim to my picture taking. Of the 50 or so shots taken, these are the better ones, I think. It is hard getting the exposure correct for brindle dogs in natural light. Should have paid more attention to Edna's harness, oops.

She did end up having bread and cheesy dip.

They are so good together. Exactly what we wanted.

Thought I would share, Maude is doing quite well. Since she communicated that agility isn't her choice sport, we moved our focus to scent detection.

Tonight was a search with two hides on the vehicle. First they found the one by the rear license plate. Then we moved to the one by the front tire. Those are the searches I included in the video.

Maude's search makes me think we are ready for the fall trials. Will have to get the registration dates and trial dates into the calendar.

Edna was in a mood and sniffing randomly. She enjoys a good sniff, and is prone to being distracted.

Quiet friendly tussles this afternoon. Maude knows how to hold gently with her mouth, and Edna obviously doesn't mind the interaction.

Maude came here when she was 5 months old. She had a hard mouth at first, and Edna was having none of it. She'd growl at her and pull away. Being the clever dog she is, Maude adjusted her bite, and the games have been on since.

I ask because Edna has two drinks a day usually, really really long ones. She has always done this. I mean, she drinks extra on days we train harder or when we trial. But run of the mill days, it's two really big drinks.

Maude drinks smaller drinks, more often throughout the day.

Picture of Edna being cute as dog tax.

Will get trellises or whatnot to get them upright.

Also, the photo shows the brindle creeping down her back and up from her back legs. She's 22 months old now, so I'm halfway expecting full brindling next year?

It is a 2013, 2.0l, manual transmission. It was fine last weekend. Then, after being parked in the garage for a few days, it wouldn't turnover without a boost. Once boosted, it runs fine and the voltage goes past 12. The picture was taken with the engine off, after sitting a few hours.

Taking it in Monday, to maybe put a kill switch on the battery? And check for obvious shorts. Anything else?

Captured here in all their bat shaped glory.

And as always, it is her resting b*tch face, she's thrilled.