Tess has a mate-date

I made the decision to breed Tess back to Moss, the sire of her last litter. So yesterday we headed for Kimberley, and had an opportunity while there to visit Sammi in her new home. She looks great, and is obviously happy and well settled in- and very loved.

She has mellowed out a bit, (now that she doesn't have to compete with my two hooligans) but she still is the wiggliest dog ever. She had a quick visit with Tess and Reba before I left.

I think she was a little worried that she might have to leave with me!

I am so happy that Sammi has such a good home.  And I'm also happy that we don't have that much snow here! Kimberley has a ski-hill, Panorama, so if any of you bloggers ever books a vacation there, let Janice or I know- Janice lives almost right next to the ski-hill. Here is a shot of some of the scenery between Kimberley and Cranbrook.

Taken in the evening on the way home

I stopped at Janice's, and we loaded her truck with dogs and headed to P's ranch. Needless to say, Moss was quite happy to see Tess, and about half an hour later, the deed was done and it was time to visit the sheep and watch Moss work. It was wonderful to watch him work, he is such a stylish dog.

He will even go in really tight spots, very quietly and wait for P to give him the command to move them which is what he was doing in this next photo.

As you can see, the sheep are standing still, and he's waiting... waiting.....
Moss's next show will be in Heppner, Oregon.

I'm secretly hoping that I can keep one of the pups, because I really want to get doing trials.
Tess's due date is April 24th- almost the same date as her first litter they were born April 27-28.
I am willing to reserve a pup for anyone interested.
Some of the beautiful scenery on the way out - I think Janice is going to do a post on this on her blog too, drop by Own a Morgan & QH