While we were in Missoula another Ridgeback breeder showed us to a large open space she'd found for the dogs to run off some steam. With several days of nowhere to take the edge off Raimi gets squirrely and goofy in the ring. There's baby Zero bringing up the rear. I love all their expressions ... clearly a great time was being had!
Raimi chases Geddie across the field - Geddie has done coursing and attained her junior coursing title easily. Geddie runs like Halo does, weaving and bobbing and showing off and managed to avoid Raimi for the most part.
I think he surprised her when he cut her off and made a grab, he probably surprised himself too as he almost never catches Halo. He has learned a lot of her dirty tricks and does not hesitate to use them.
There's Zero bringing up the rear again ... poor little guy could not keep up. Raimi demonstrates the famous Ridgeback body slam. It seems to be an instinctual tactic they all use to throw their playmate off balance.
Raimi unfurled his enormous tongue to cool off a bit - it was pretty hot even in the evening.
Geddie threw herself in the cool grass for a breather.
And little Zero. He couldn't keep up but that doesn't mean he didn't run just as hard. His ears still flip over like they did when I had him here - they are HUGE ears!
It was fun to see the siblings running together all grown up ... well ... partly grown up. They have some time yet before they will become the 'final product'. They are all a long way toward exceeding my expectations!
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