Waiting for dock diving and keeping us busy.

I can't wait for dock diving season to begin again. I heard my mom and dad talking about our first event being in February in Charleston, S.C. Of course, we will train on land and hopefully in the water before then (after it warms up a bit).

But until dock diving begins again, I'm doing my best to keep my readers up-to-date on the other fun stuff in the lives of Team Fire and Ice.

One of the best things that happens to us is when we get to go to our doggie daycare. It's a place called Pawtropolis, and it is awesome!!!!

Sometimes Spud and I go for the entire day, and sometimes we only go for a few hours. We don't go every day, but usually 2 or maybe 3 days a week. Occasionally, when both our mom and dad have late night shoots, we will spend the night over there. That's really cool!

At Pawtropolis, they have all the dogs divided up into what they call play groups. That's so each dog will be in with dogs of its same size and similar temperament. In other words, it wouldn't be good to have a big dog like me with such boundless energy and drive to play with a smaller couch potato dog. I would drive that poor dog crazy!

(All of these photos were taken by the Pawtropolis staff for their own blog.)

So what do we do at day care? We tug.

(That yellow lab in the above photo really looks like Spud. But it's not.)


We play with balls and rings and all sorts of fun toys.

They have a great outdoor area for us to run and play real hard. And the best part? It has a pool! That's right. We can play in the pool with our toys!

(In the above photo, notice Spud watching me.)

Spud also loves Pawtropolis. He doesn't play as hard and fast as I do, but he loves it when they bring out the tennis balls to retrieve. He also enjoys just chilling out and having all the staff members love on him! Here are some photos of Spud having fun at daycare.



And here's a photo of Spud and me with our favorite toys...Spud with his tennis ball and me with my jolly ball.


Yep, Spud and I really enjoy our days when we get to go to Pawtropolis. The staff is so good to us, and our mom and dad say they feel very confident that we are happy and safe over there. I guess that's important to them. All that's important to me is getting to play and play and play!

See you on the dock,
Sally, the Fire in Team Fire and Ice
Dixie Dock Dogs
Dixie Dock Dogs video

Ribbons, Ribbons Everywhere! (dock diving)

Look at all those colors! My mom and dad got a friend of theirs, Mark Parsons, to take our photograph with all of our ribbons from the Easton, Maryland event. Here are two of the photographs he took...one of just Spud and me (with our ribbons), and one of all four of us.


I like our ribbons. I like winning them. But what I like most is that it makes my mom and dad so very happy. Spud and I really, really like making them happy because they are so good to us. They take us dock diving, they give us treats, they take us to play chuck-it, they give us belly rubs and scratch behind our ears, they give us good food to eat, they take us for rides, they take us to Pawtropolis (our day care) so we can play with our friends, they buy us nylabones and toys, they let me sleep up in the bed between them every night, they talk really nice to us and always call us nicknames.

So that's why Spud and I like winning ribbons to make them happy and proud. We like the ribbons, but we like the hugs and smiles more.

We love you, Mom and Dad!

See you on the dock,
Sally, the Fire in Team Fire and Ice
Proud member of Dixie Dock Dogs
Dixie Dock Dogs video