It has been brought to my attention that there was no Annual Posting of Christmas Tree and Sydney 2010 on the blog. In light of that error, here are the best ones:

Sydney is somewhat afraid of the Christmas tree and is very good about staying out of packages even if they smell like they might be for her (assuming dog toys have a smell, I’ve really no idea). But, I thought this would be a cute pic, so I threw a treat under there and told her to “get it!”. She gave me a look that said “seriously? now why would you throw a perfectly good treat in a hard to reach place? I’m standing right here with plenty of free floor space around. crazy people.” and then she very delicately proceded to dig it out. She’s such a good sport.

This is one of my all time favorites. I think I’d thrown her a treat and it was just a little out of reach (cause let’s be honest, I’m not always that great of a shot). After snapping the pic I ran over and fetched the treat to her.

Ps. If you are a knitter, I promise that I’m working on secret Christmas knitting and I’ll have knitted goodies to show as soon as you hear the departing bells on Santa’s sleigh! Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

I was picking things up….you know, so it doesn’t look like Santa’s sleigh exploded in the house…and noticed Sydney’s reindeer antlers. Oh no! I hadn’t taken a picture of her wearing them in front of the tree! So, I called her over and she gave me her, “Seriously?” look but was patient and sat for a few pics knowing that duck jerky was coming. She’s such a good dog!

Although, if I’m telling the truth, when TH got home from his business trip yesterday, she did act like I’d been torturing her in his abscence. :)

It’s that time again. This might even be Sydney’s favorite holiday. The international day of I get treats for sitting and laying around for an hour. She’s terribly good at it. The only thing I’m having trouble with these days is making noises just weird enough to get her to flip her ears forward without making her run over to me to make sure her feeder is not going on the fritz.


I especially like this photo because it seems like she’s peering down into the gift bag.

Here’s a photo where I’m trying to be all creative and artistic.


And here’s me loving on Syd for her patience and forebearance.
And now, I think I’ll go reward her with 10 minutes of uninterrupted eye contact.
Ps. Happy Tuesday, world!