Poodle Family Portrait----May 10th, 2008

McCook's Poodles----Family Portrait
left to right---Blarney(pink collar) sitting on floor, Finnegan(red collar) laying on ottoman, Ebony(pink collar) sitting on chair, Guinness(red collar) sitting on floor, MeiMei(no collar) laying on floor.
This picture was taken on the day that Finnegan came over to get a haircut. Pic was taken before his haircut.

05/08/08-Blarney and her new owners---Lois & Bill Biehl

Blarney (soon to be called Madeline) with her new owners Lois & Bill Biehl-Waretown, NJ

04/04/08-New pictures from Joan of Annie

I received a very nice e-mail today from Joan. And she sent me these pictures of Annie (Bailey). She is has grown quite a bit since we saw her last. And she is still looking as beautiful as I remember. Joan said that she is very playful and that her favorite toy is her ball. She tosses it down the steps, runs down after it, than brings it back up the steps to do it all over again. Joan was anticipating Easter and how she would react to all the little grandchildren. Annie passed with flying colors!!!!! Everyone loved her! And she was a big hit with the children! I am so glad that Annie has adjusted so well to her new home and all the new people in her life.

Our first day at puppy kindergarten!!!!

Today, March 11, 2008, we started Puppy Kindergarten with Blarney and Guinness!!!! And Fiona is also in the same class with us. We are all going to Bayshore Companion Dog Club for the class. A great time was had by all......it started of with socialization and plenty of play time together. Blarney went to class today, next week it will be Guinness's turn to go. Blarney and Fiona definately reconized each other. They ran around chasing each other, each taking turns being the leader. And when they started to slow down, we began class. We learned the name game, a forced recall, and to sit on the mat. We have lots of homework to do! The name game and forced recall are things we have been doing at home. As for the sit on the mat.....we have to work on that one. Blarney expecially loved her training treats........we used cooked hotdogs. This was Blarney's first introduction to people food. We will only use this for training purposes. Eventually, when they smell the hotdogs cooking, they will know that it's time for school/work.

Fiona's dad came with her to class today. He was using turkey as her training treats. She loved them! Fiona responds well to the name game, and had an excellent forced recall! She has grown quite a bit since I had seen her last. She is beautiful! She showered me with lots of kisses when we arrived in class.

Everyone was exhausted when we got home. Blarney didn't even acknowledge Shannon when she came home from work. Blarney was sound asleep on the kitchen floor. When I talked to Fiona's mom, she said the same thing, that Fiona was exhausted. And that they were looking forward to the next class.

Can't wait for next week's class!

blarney & guinness wish you a happy new year!

guinness enjoying the little bit of nice weather we had over the holidays, he was wishing for snow though! The puppies love snow!

cute little blarney playing in the back yard the other day! we call her lil' blarnblarns for short.

12/27/07----Dublin and his new owners

Dublin (soon to be called Guinness) and his new owners----The Smith Family-Rumson, NJ

12/27/07--Grooming Day at the McCook's with the puppies!

Grooming is a family affair. Bobby blowing out Dublin(soon to be called Guinness by his new owners)

Shannon blowing out Blarney.

Me blowing out Bailey.