August 17, 2006


Photos: Noir and his new sibling, Hank, enjoy each other's company.

June 18, 2006

Noir celebrates his birthday in his loving, forever home!

November 9, 2005

Noir is doing GREAT! He just finished obedience school and passed. We will be starting again soon with some advance training classes. The teacher said he is VERY intelligent. Of course, we all knew that already! He still 's chasing balls. That will keep him amused for hours. We are playing with his soccer ball right now while I'm trying to type! He loves ICE! He likes to drink his water with ice in it. It's interesting to watch. He also has learned to open the lid of our coolers. He knows ice is usually in there and he can sneak some out to eat. I have some cute pictures of him drinking out of a water fountain. He loves to go for long walks at the farm. Last night, he chased around the chickens for about an hour and then we went for a deer antler search in our woods. He loves running around the woods. He LOVES the water too!! We bought him a lifejacket and took him over Labor Day weekend up to a friend's lake house. He had a BLAST! He is an excellent swimmer and made a swimming friend: a red Doberman rescue named Scooby. They played for HOURS!! We were probably out for 6 hours. He was SO tired!! He had so much fun though!

December 15, 2005

Noir sends his love. Right now, he is lying next to me on the couch resting. He's had a big day today. We went for a car ride and then played outside in the snow! We are enjoying Noir so much! He is just a ball full of fun! He still LOVES balls and we try to play for about an hour in the morning before work! My sister's German Shepherd, Sophie, is coming for a visit around Christmas time, so that should be interesting and fun! They are about the same age. Anyways, we hope this email finds everyone is good health and spirits for the holiday season. Best wishes to everyone's family.

Photos: 1-3) Noir enjoying himself around the house 4) Waiting to go to sleep after a long day of play

December 6, 2005


Photo: Noir enjoying the great outdoors (his backyard)

July 2005

Here are just a couple of pics of our new "baby"! As you can see, he loved his orange ball so much, he popped it! We also bought him a neon green ball. He jumped and popped that one too! Last night we bought him a "JollyBall". He has already ripped the handle, but at least he can't pop the ball!

June 20, 2005

We did spoil him and bought him a BIG orange ball!! It didn't last very long though until he popped it!

Adopted June 18, 2005 Magic Noir was about 1 year old. He was a black, neutered, male, German Shepherd Dog. This sweetheart came out of a pound. He was very gentle and just a doll. He had behaved very well, though his happy energy has bumped a few things in his excitement (including small children!). He liked to give kisses and loved to play ball. He liked to play and loved his meals! Our veterinarian seemed to think that he was still a little puppy and has some growing left to do. He weighed in at 51 lbs at the vet. Magic Noir loved to play fetch and chase. A special thank you goes out to Magic Noir's sponsors: Michael and Sherry Eckert in memory of Ezekial and Lechariah. Click on a photo for a larger view!

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