BrownStone Pupdate

I am the luckiest breeder of all. All of the BrownStone pups have gone to wonderful, caring forever families.

BrownStone CNK Century Wind (Ullr)

From Kerstin, Ullr's forever mom.
I got such a sweet and thoughtful gift yesterday from a fellow Patroller - in honor of our snow dog Ullr (Norse god of snow, skiing and archery); these metal pendants were carried along skiers in the Alps (this on is from Tirol) to keep the skier safe. I love it so much and will definitely do the same!

Ullr beat me to the mountains by at least 2 weeks. His family went up for pre-season skiing at the ski area where Kerstin is a ski patroller.

BrownStone CNK Century Kate MT (Tika) with Desert Sol Kima
"what you got for us mom?"

 "I'm not really excited about this are you?"

BrownStone CNK Century Mt. Wash (Remy)

Good morning Kay Lee,

I wanted to send you an update into the recent adventures of young Cedar and some updated photos (yes somehow the crab toy did survive puppy-hood and is still played with today!).

He definitely is no longer "little Cedar" as he has been pretty comfortably at 85 lbs now and we have figured out a system for making sure he says interested enough to eat breakfast in the mornings (in essence if its the same thing for more than 3 days in a row he says its too boring to bother eating haha). And he is getting some speed and agility now to go with his size! We were up at my family's small farm for Thanksgiving and Cedar was just loving ripping around their fields with my parents Australian Shepard right on his heels trying to heard him. There were a few time Cedar just ended up bowling their dog over in his full run excitement but it was just a hoot watching them in the mornings.

These days Cedar is well on his way to becoming the favorite office dog and has been working on his fashion sense by donning a hi-viz orange vest both on the job sites and for recreational hikes. He definitely is becoming more vocal, as when I am having an office day typically around 2pm he comes up to me and gives me a "Are we really just in the office ALL day?!?" vocalization. I'm always just amazed at how intelligent he is, whether its his very appropriate vocals that are very fluent, or now figuring out how to open drawers, or even what wearing specific pairs of shoes means. And he's figured out how to tell where we are driving to, to around 20 different places now both around and outside of town! He is just amazing!

 He has also been eagerly awaiting the return of snow season, with this most recent round of hard frost getting him all excited. We may end up with a first snow trip of the winter here this weekend actually which I'm sure both of our dogs will love. Still very much not a liquid water dog though. haha.

Both Jordan and I have been following your recent blogs and wanted to extend our warmest thoughts to you this holiday season with the loss of Dave this year. It seems the holidays are a time that can simultaneously magnify and distract from the void of loosing loved ones, but it sounds like you have an excellent group of furry and non-furry friends and family to support you. 

 Send hellos to Trask, Koyuk, and "grandma Cedar" from us and "young Cedar" sends an especially large Chinook kiss to you this winter as well. :)

-Anna Vesper 

I am amazed at how much Cedar looks and acts like Trask. Trask is the biggest talker of all. His opinions are always spot on for the occasion. I am glad to see this trait is passed on to a family who can appreciate his vocalizations and are giving him an amazing Chinook life.

Just in:
Here is Bashaba Bo... "Clark" from the from the Wrigleyville Litter (MountainThunder Calamity Jane X Brownstone Cascade MT. Trask). Born April 29, 2017, he enjoys his life with his family in MI.