Family Pics

We went to get pictures done at the end of April and decided to take Colt along with us. The park we went to for photos that day was very busy and Colt was more interested in what was going on everywhere else than looking at the photographer. But to give you an idea of Colt's size, my son standing next to him is 2 years old. Colt is just now starting to fill out at 4 years old and is currently 116 pounds and 31 1/2 inches at the withers (shoulders). When not slouching his ears reach 42 inches.

May 2012

Sorry we haven't posted in awhile! In March of 2011 we packed up and moved to Texas. Got settled in down here and then had a new baby. Colt turned 4 this past April. He's not a big fan of the Texas heat and we tend to stay inside unless it's early morning or late evening. One thing that I noticed with Colt was that he never got over 100 pounds. Well he has finally decided to start filling out and as of his 4th birthday is now up to 116 pounds. Last time we measured him he was 31 1/2 inches at the withers (shoulders) and is 42" at the ears when he is standing or sitting up straight and not slouching. Here are some new photos of my big boy...

Christmas Photos

Took some pictures of Colt and Erik with the Christmas tree... almost all of them blurred... When I got Colt to hold still, Erik would move.... when I got Erik to hold still, Colt would move to give Erik kisses. Ah I love my boys....

Let It Snow!

I had forgotten how much snow southern Michigan can get.... especially when you live within 1 mile of Lake Michigan so you get lake effect snow. Colt LOVES the snow. Poor puppy will probably go nuts when we get to El Paso, TX and it's hot all the time. Went out the other day and it snowed so hard that it was almost impossible to see Colt as he played. I think the only thing he would have likde better would have been to have my son out in the snow too instead of him staying inside warm. Here are some pictures of Colt playing in the snow....

Colt and his Boy

I have a 10 month old son (Erik) who is crawling, standing up and just now learning how to walk. I also have Colt, my giant puppy (yes he still acts like one). Since Erik entered our lives, Colt has taken it upon himself to watch after Erik and be his protector. The only downside to this is that he loves to give my son kisses and his tongue is as big as my sons head so one lick and Erik is really wet.... but Erik loves the kisses. I've included some pictures of the two of them playing... they really are great together and I would love to add another ISSR Shiloh Shepherd to my family as I'm sure they would also get along great with my son.

Aren't I Handsome?

Ok... Colt here. Mom has been too busy packing up my house to post anything to my blog site. Bad Momma! I got to go visit my Aunt Shima and Cousin Zanthe for the last time in October. I'm also going to miss visiting Zwanet and Henk. So perhaps the next visit they will fly to the United States to see me. While I was visiting we had a nice lady that takes pictures for a living come take a couple photos of me. They turned out pretty good but momma was mad at me that I tried eating grass and had it hanging from my mouth in most of the pictures. DOH! But momma said I could post the pretty pictures so here they are:

There are more pictures that the nice lady took posted to my flickr site... addie is on the right side of the screen someplace lol. I'll be leaving Germany and flying to Grandma's house in the US on the 11th of November. I get to live there until March so if I'm lucky I'll get to go visit all of my Shiloh friends that live in Michigan and nearby in Canada. Good thing momma got me my doggie passport that shows all of my shots! I will also be doing a long drive in March from Michigan to El Paso, TX. If there is anyone that wants us to stop and visit (or if we will be within a short distance so we can meet up) please email my momma. She is on the Shiloh Forum so you can reach her that way if you need to :-) Just do a search for Colt and Michigan and you'll find a post with momma's email in it. Look forward to taking pics as I travel. Hope everyone likes my handsome pictures. I'm off to eat as my chicken and rice is ready... Yum Yum.

Netherlands

The last weekend in May, Colt and I went to visit his Aunt Shima and Cousin Zanthe in the Netherlands. We had a blast! Colt got to go walking with all of the Shilohs in the Netherlands once again. While we were there a lovely lady was available to take pictures of Colt. Liesbeth van den Hof took all of the following pictures of Colt. If I ever manage to get Colt back up to the Netherlands, I will contact her again to take pictures of Colt. For it being a rainy day, she managed to get some beautiful pictures of my pup. I have included a few of the pictures that she took here on Colt's blog. Please visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/29585102@N05/sets/72157624275539588/ to see all of the pictures that were taken.