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Rainybank's Aurora Borealis - Aurora
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Aurora joined our happy family in April, 2006. She was from Charlotte's Litter. We immediately fell in love with her unusual markings.

We are planning on breeding Aurora in the Spring of 2008. If all goes well, we shoud have puppies in the Summer of 2008.

Aurora is currently trainging in Agility and will continue to work on her Packing Title. She will start formal Obedience training with Michael in May 2008.
Since Aurora loved her brothers and sisters so much, she really missed them when they left. All her playmates were gone. The only animals left to play with were two old ones, her mother and Holly.
We bought some inexpensive duck toys for the litter to play with. Aurora loved to drag it around. She loves to play and have a great time.

Aurora looks up to her older "sister" Holly.(they aren't really related) She wants to do everything Holly does. Sometimes we catch them sleeping together.
As a small pup, Aurora loved to play hide and seek in the grass. She didn't really blend in because she is so colorful and the grass was soo green. But that didn't stop her from trying.
One of the first outings for Aurora was the Sultan Shindig. She didn't really like being away from home and was scared of all the people. But after a while she settled down and sat in Alix's chair. From that moment on, she has loved sitting in camp chairs.
Aurora has continued to grow. She is more beautiful than ever. With her increasing height, her unique markings are becoming even more apparent. We have received several compliments on her looks.
Aurora has fit in as one of the family. She loves her Holly and is annoyed by her mother. Just an all around normal family relationship.
Whenever she can, Aurora likes to jump on Michael and lay on him. She also loves to walk all over Michael while he tries to sleep. Aurora sleeps with Alix every night but likes Michael as well so runs to him when she gets up.
Aurora is coming into her own. She was shy around people and other dogs at first but seems to be rapidly overcoming this. We take her with us whenever we can and expose her to as many different situations as possible. She has gone from a shy puppy to a very outgoing young dog. She still barks at strangers when she first meets them but she rapidly warms up to them.

Aurora's News
7/30/08 Test results from the Veterinarian have come back positive. Aurora is definitely pregnant! Puppies are due September 1st, 2008.
7/26/08 Aurora attended the Highland Games in Enumclaw. She ran the Agility demonstration course as a novice dog. There were mistakes made but it was a good learning experience for her and Alix.
7/3/08 Aurora just returned from a trip to Southern California. She went to meet a nice stud dog named Brian. We hope their breeding was successful.
4/12/08 Aurora attended her very first Agility Trial. She went to Argus Ranch in Auburn Washington. She did not qualify an any course but she did very well.
9/8/07 Attended the Bark in the Park and Pawswalk
9/2/07 Aurora loved the Whatcom County Humane Society Dog Days of Summer
8/11/07 Aurora attended the King County Humane Society Walk for th eAnimals
10/28/06 Visited Phil and Eleanor Wheeler on Bainbridge Island, saw her brother Duke
7/8/06 Sat around with us all day at the Sultan Shindig, a very good experience for her

Photos

The first photo of Aurora!
And her second

Aurora with her duck
She really loves her duck

She spent a lot of time with that duck
This is a picture of Aurora's first walk in the grass

Closeup photo of Aurora
Aurora in the snow

Aurora took a ferry ride to Bainbridge Island
She rode the ferry rather well

A training session with Alix
She was learning basic obedience

Playing Air Hockey
Bow head aurora

In front of the Christmas Tree 		 

Statistics
Breed: Smooth Collie
Color: Blue Merle
Distinguishing Marks: Symetric markings on face, much more black than normal
Birthdate: April 24, 2006
Sex: Female
Awards: none
Training: Basic Obedience, Beginning Agility
Status: Active

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