Welcome to Tera's Terrace

January 24, 2004. This will be Tera's 2nd litter, and we have very high hopes for a

When God had made the earth and sky,
The flowers and the trees.
He then made all the animals,
The fish, birds, and bees.

And when at last He'd finished,
Not one was quite the same.
He said, "I'll walk this world of mine,
And give each one a name."

And so He traveled far and wide
And everywhere He went,
A little creature followed Him
Until its strength was spent.

When all were named upon the earth
And in the sky and sea,
One little creature said, "Dear Lord,
There's not one left for me."

Kindly the Father said to him,
"I've left you to the end.
I've turned my own name back to front
And called you dog, my friend."

-Author Unknown-

Jo's Tera ~ Anniversary Edition Tera was born on October 5, 1999,

my 25th wedding anniversary, hence the "Anniversary Edition".

At 9 weeks old in the above picture, she weighed a whopping 4 1/2 lbs.

Tera loves her Dad almost as much as she does tennis balls.

Personally, I think it's so she can keep an eye out for crumbs.

The biggest problem I had with Tera, was her wish to continue nursing on my other girl Daphne, who had a litter that was 2 weeks older than her. But through trial and error, she eventually learned that awful "N" word!

This was Tera's first Christmas with us, and we of course had to do as all new puppy owners do... the stupid dress-up tradition! I don't think she's looking forward to Halloween.

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Even at 16 weeks Tera was small. But she had quite a bit going for her, so we began training her for conformation.

Can I move now??

At 6 months, Tera would stack nicely, but those ears! She absolutely would not put them up in the ring. She would also tuck her head down, giving her a very dejected and miserable appearance. I could tell at that point she really did not enjoy showing, but we had to at least try.

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click on Tera's picture below to see her pedigree

On July 2nd, 2001, Tera was introduced to a beautiful boy named

CH Advantage-Apogee (aka Spot)

and on August 30, she had her first litter of 6 gorgeous girl babies (4 survivor's).

If you click on her picture below, you can see

her litter of babies

Since Tera loathes showing, the only alternative left is utilizing her ball fetish. I have never once seen her more than 2 feet away from a ball, and she adores playing fetch. In May 2002, Tera will begin flyball classes. I think she'll like that.

Finally, the "ultimate" ball for Tera! And I don't even have to throw it!!

As always, Tera is never very far from a ball.