Rumple is in the House
Rumple's First Day in SLC (November 14th, 2008) |
Rumple ~ 6months (May 2009) |
Rumple ~ 1 year (Dec 2009) |
Rumple's First Birthday (Sep 19th, 2009)
| Rumple Aging Series #1 |
| Rumple Aging Series #2 |
| Aug 28th | more diving by the Rump | photos | |
| Aug 27th | Rump diving | photos | |
| Aug 15-16th | Rumple at Maple | ||
| Aug 7-8th | Rumple at Maple | ||
| Aug 6th | Rumple & Henry | ||
| april 20-aug 9th | a bunch of shots from my iphone | ||
| July 2-4th | Rump at Ellen's B-day weekend | ||
| June 24th | Rump swimming | ||
| May 29 - June 8th | Rumple's Vacation | ||
| May 15-16th | Rumple at the city of Rocks | ||
| May 8-9th | Rumple at Poptire Cave | ||
| May 6th | the Rumple Dance - continued | ||
| May 5th | Rumple swimming | ||
| April 9th | Rumple likes sticks | Every time I take Rump for a hike he decides he needs to bring a stick DOWN from the hike | video |
| April 3rd | the Swell | Rumple has a fun time in the desert | |
| march 27th | Rumple at the Ibex | Rump has a blast in the west desert | photos |
| Jan 24th | Rumple Fetches | a short video of Rumple playing in the snow | video |
| Jan 22nd | Rumple is on TV | Rumple was a star demonstrating a new full strength harness for dogs at the Outdoor Retailer show | video |
| Dec 25th | Chirstmas | Rumple's Christmas | photos |
| Dec 13th | Fetch in the snow | a huge dump of snow... and Rumple loving to play Fetch | photos |
| Dec 5-6th | VRG | a few shots of Rumple chillin' and playing at the VRG | photos |
| Nov 26th | Thanksgiving at the VRG | 4 days at the VRG, and young Rumple meeting younger Gracie. Thanksgiving comparison photos (Thanksgiving Comparison Webpage) |
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| Nov 5th | off to China - Rump and cats | Ellen and I were heading to China for 2 weeks so Travis and Natalie (and B-rad and Katie) were kind enough to take care of Rumple while we were gone. About 5 minutes after we dropped Rumple off at Travis', he sent us this photo. Unbelievable. Apparently Rumple and the cats played the entire time. | photo |
| Oct 31st | Welcome Springs | a few photos of a typical weekend for Rumple | photos |
| Oct 27th | Rump's sore eye | we were out playing fetch and I accidentally clobbered poor Rumple, HARD, right in the eye. I thought I'd blinded my poor pup. We took him to the eye vet the next day, and after a week of all kinds of drugs he's back to his normal self.. note: it looked much worse in normal life than I could get it to look in photos | |
| Oct 23 | fetching | Rumple is getting pretty good at fetching, and pretty fast too | video |
| Oct 15th | After work walk | a beautiful fall day walk behind our house | photos |
| Sep | Rumple at Work | Photos of a typical work day in the life of Rumple | photos |
| Sep 19th | Rumple turns ONE | It's hard to believe young Rumple is already ONE. We went to the City of Rocks, and had a wonderful birthday (for Rumple) and Anniversary (for Ellen and I). Rumple played and got some fun presents. Rump's dorky birthday photos |
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| Sep 7th | Rumple's First Bath | We gave the Rump a bath in the creek at Rifle. He wasn't psyched | photos |
| Sep 2nd | More Rumple Swimming | More jumping, diving and swimming for young Rumple | |
| Aug 11th | Rumple's new trick | The Rump was getting pretty comfi, so I thought we'd step it up a notch. Check out video #1 for his good swimming technicque, and video 4 for his new trick. | photo1, photo2, video1, video2, video3, video4, video5, photo3 |
| Aug 10th | more swimming | Rump loves wearing his new life jacket | video1 |
| Aug 6th | Rumple gets a life jacket | my friends at RUFFWEAR sent Rump a lifejacket to help with his swimming. He loved it. | photo, video 1, video2, video3, video4 |
| July 31st | some diving | Rumple gets more comfortable in the water | photo, video1, video2, video 3 |
| July 26th | more swimming | he's fast on land (video) - and he's getting a bit better with his swimming (maybe??) | |
| Junly 21st | Rumple in harness | Friends of mine at Ruffwear were working on a new full-strength harness for dogs. They unveiled it at this year's OR show and asked Rumple to demo it. He's a star and even made it on the cover of the Outdoor Retailer Daily News Magazine. | |
| June 26th | another attempt at swimming | not really any better | |
| June 24th | Rumple "swimming" | Well, at least he didn't drown. Hopefully he'll figure it out. |
photos of a wet rump |
| June 24th | Rumple - video | my first video shot with my new iPhone | video |
| June 13th | Rumple Dance - never changes | check it - some things never change | video |
| June 13th | Rumple Dance | Rumple is still doing his Rumple dance EVERY morning for breakfast | video |
| June 3rd | getting Fixed | it had to happen. Rumple got fixed. He was groggy that afternoon, but back to his normal self the next day | photos |
| May 25-30th | RIFLE | we headed to Rifle for Memorial Day, and the weekend after as well | photos |
| May 13th | Mill Creek | some lunchtime swimming and playing at Millcreek | photos |
| May 11th | Rumple relaxin | I walked in and see Rumple laying like this. He ALWAYS lays like this. It's hilarious. | photos |
| May 8 - 10th | City of Rocks | a huge BD posse heads to the City of Rocks. Of course Rumple comes along. | photos |
| April 17th | Rumple in Moab | down to Moab for Rick & Theresa's wedding. Rumple had a blast | photos |
| March 31st | at the office | a typical day for Rump chillin' at the office | photos |
| March 30th | snow | some late season snow at our house,. Rumple loved it | photos |
| March 19th | Rumple's 1/2 Birthday | Rumple turned 6 months old today. He got a fancy new collar (as he was growing out of his puppy collar already), had a fun day with lots of friends and treats at work, went for his first realy play time in a near by creek, and lots of extra playing all evening. It's hard to believe he's 6months old already |
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| March 7th | Rumple posing and fetching | Down to St. George for a friend's birthday. Lots of hanging out with Rumple | photos |
| feb 14th | Rumple posing | I was scewing around in the basement with a black sheet and some flashes | photos |
| Feb 3rd | lunchtime hike | a nice short hike up Mt. Olympus at lunch | photos |
| Feb 1st | at the VRG | Rumple did a GREAT job at his first official full time day at the crags | photos |
| jan 26th | Rumple at the office | Rumple now spends his weekdays chillin' with me at work | photos |
| jan 25th | eating and stopping | Rumple is amazing at waiting until I say it's ok for him to eat. He also picked up stopping eating the very first time I ever tried it. | video |
| jan 10th | VRG | Rumple having a blast in the sand | photos |
| Dec 31 - Jan 4th | more Southern Utah | down for 5 days of fun. Rumple had a blast playing in the sand | |
| Dec 27 - 28th | Southern Utah | We head to southern Utah for some warm rock climbing. Rumple has a blast | photos |
| Dec 25th | Christmas Day | The day started off with having to go outside in a Nasty Blizzard (photos) Then it was time to do Rumple's Food Dance at Breakfast Rumple showing off his unwrapping skills And finally time to open more presents - one great present from our Friends Guthrie & Megan (photos) and yet ANOTHER present from Guthrie & Megan |
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| Dec 24th | Christmas Eve | Rumple getting his first Christmas Present from Grannie & Grandpa Powick | |
| Dec 18th | playing in the snow | hangin' with Rumple in the office, and him having a blast in the deep snow | photos |
| Dec 16th | ~ 12 weeks | weighing in at 23 lbs | photos |
| Dec 9th | First Snow | Rumple experiences his first snow. | photos |
| Dec 8th | Rumple @ 11 weeks | weighing in at 20 lbs | photos |
| Dec 6th | Kolin & Rumple | a few shots of me and the little man | photos |
| Dec 3rd | Rumple and his new toy | our friends Joanne & Michael sent Rumple a fun soft squeaky toy. He LOVES it. | photos |
| Thanksgiving | Rumple's 1st Roadtrip | Ellen, I and Rumple head to southern Utah to hook up with our friends Earl & Glenna, and Howard, Kate & Tobin for some climbing, hangin with Rumple and eating turkey. | photos |
| Nov 27th | 1 day shy of 10 weeks | weighing in at 17.5 lbs. | photos |
| Nov 26th | Rumple and Friends | Rumple gets lots of visitors throughout the day at work. Today he played with and even took Sydney for a walk. He played with Shelby, and even got a special guest visit (with gifts) by Vanessa | |
| Nov 25th | Rumple posing | a few more of Rumple - this time out with the Ellis and Yukon memorials, and just playing in the backyard | photos |
| Nov 24th | more Rumple | he can't help but being cute | photos |
| Nov 22nd | chillin' in the house | he loves just chillin' out | photos |
| NOv 21st | 9 weeks | weighing in at 15lbs | |
| Nov 20th | cozy in the living room | he's so little he can curl up UNDER the ottoman of my chair in the living room | photos |
| Nov. 18th | Rumple & his Kong | he didn't know what to make of his Kong toy | |
| Nov 17th, 2008 | Rumple at Mill Creek | a quick trip to Mill Creek at lunch so he can get familiar with where he'll be hanging out at lunch for the next several years. | photos |
| Nov 16th, 2008 | more Rumple | yup, he's cute | photos |
| Nov 14h, 2008 | Rumple Arrives | Almost 3 years after losing Yukon, and 2 years after losing Ellis, Ellen and I made the decision to welcome another lab into our home. Rumple is a "fox-red" lab, and arrived today from Minessota at 8 weeks old and 13 lbs. |
RUMPCAM - view Rumple usually sleeping.