Haircut!

Today, I got  grownup haircut!  They loaded me up in the car and we traveled to Putnam to our groomer friend, Joanne.  Of course, it was snowing pretty hard, so we could only travel at 35 miles an hour!  We saw at least 10 accidents on the way, one of which had traffic at a standstill for a while.  We finally arrived to Joanne's beautiful house in the woods and went in to warm up before begining the big cut.  And I mean a really big cut.  At times, I looked down on the table and could not believe the amount of my beautiful black hair that lay there...but when I finally got a look at myself I was SO excited!  The curls on my back are gone at last!  I have been hoping someone would hack those suckers off for weeks.  I mean, they are beautiful...but I just don't see any other Newfie friends wearing their hair that way these days.  Straight is in and I am a fashion diva again!  Thanks to you Joanne...I hope Mary was listening to all the instructions you were giving her and I am sorry if I seemed to be inpatient after an hour or so of standing there...but a girl has to take a break at some point!  Happy New Year!

It's Play Time!

I just love this white stuff!  I beg to go out just about every hour and I really don't want to come back in.  They call and call my name, but I pretend like I do not hear them and keep running through the woods kicking up the white fluff.  The only problem I am having is that it does get stuck to the hair in between my toes and makes for a wad of snow balls on my feet.  It's not a problem until I try to come into the house...then I slide all over the floor.  Oh well...a small price to pay for a load of fun and excitement!

Snow...I love snow!

Okay...I am taking over this blog!  Yes, this is me, Scarlet and I have had enough of Mary posting pics of me wearing hats, collars and posing in compromising positions!  From this point forward, I am running this blog content and I am starting off by telling you just how much I love snow!  Yesterday, I played in it for hours.  We got almost 2 feet of this white fluffy stuff and while Mary and Sylvia spent most of the day shoveling and snow blowing, I was romping around in the cold chasing squirrels and my tail and getting snow stuck to my coat, even between my toes.  It was so much fun.  I didn't want to come in.  Of course, Mary knows I can't resist the call to have a biscuit...so she tricked me into the house a few times, but not until after I had run through the woods, sticking my head down into the snow over and over again.  After a good night's sleep, I awoke to do it all over again today!  Snow and me...that is a great combination!

Dog Show Mind Games

Scarlet's head is bigger than mine!

This is the contraption we use to keep the curls flat...it works better on some days than others!

Getting the "Game Face" on....

It was a pretty good weekend.  We learned a lot this weekend, had a little meltdown over some mistakes and then came back on Sunday and did a spectacular job.  A few ribbons to add to our collection.  Just wish there would be more competition in our class so we could see how we would really stack up.  We are having a LOT of fun!

Weekend Excitement!

Scarlet went to another show in Fitchburg on Saturday and Sunday and showed off her beautiful self again.  This was the first show that Mary handled her in the ring.  Mary AND Scarlet survived!  In this picture, the judge is giving her the once over.

Then, if that wasn't enough...we headed to the Putnam Christmas Parade with 22 other Newfies and our good friend Monica and her Newf, Missy.  We had a blast!

This is Missy decked out for the parade!

And here is Scarlet and Mary waiting to start the parade walk.

It was a great time for everyone.