Mayhem!

Boxing Day we went to visit Janice -  and Carol, who was in town from Saskatchewan visiting family. They both have collies that are all my fault (grin). They each have a Reba daughter, littermates Sage and Jess, and they each have a Tess daughter- Janice's Kali from Tess's first litter and Carol's Pip from Tess's second litter.  Here is a picture of the Matriarch Reba and her 3 daughters and 2 granddaughters- with a side of Amber thrown in!

 After the family photo, it was play time.... 7 border collies and one golden lab (Tucker) all vying for the same ball.

Carol got their attention while I took photos....

Jess, in the lead, knew exactly where the ball was, while Pip  ran interference for her!

It was tough to get all 7 in the same photo!

Tucker tried hard, but he was outnumbered! That is Reba in the foreground- pretty spry considering she had cancer surgery less then 3 weeks ago.

I was happy with Amber- this was her first "dog party"  aka social outing. She did really well and actually listened to me. She will be a year old on January 9th.

For the most part, she stuck close to Tess. That is Pip, Tess's daughter in the back.

Isn't she a beauty!

It may have seemed like mayhem, but an order was discernable. Tess always got the ball, with Amber and Pip in hot pursuit. Amber would take the ball once Tess got it, and then drop it and one of the other dogs would grab it.

Meanwhile, Reba and Jess were guarding the jolly ball which Tucker considers to be his.

Kali (front left) was pretty sure that this was waaaaay too much activity and pretty much stayed out of the way of her crazy relatives.

It may have been mayhem, but it was a beautiful day, in a beautiful setting and shared with good friends and good dogs.