Barney at 4 weeks old ~  I was invited to watch Barney have his first meal.  What a mess!

Our first kiss...it was love at first sight!

7 weeks old ~  Barneys first day at home with me.  His big day made for a pretty tired puppy.

8 weeks old ~  Barneys first adventure in a Florida woods.

BAAAAAAAD puppy!

Captured in this photo were Barneys first "words" to me.  Barney was always a talker.  It sounds something like this ~ woooooooooo-wooooooo-woooooooo

Help!  Somebody get me out of here!

9 weeks old ~
Barney's goat friend ~Molly~ teaching him how to butt and climb like a goat

10 weeks old ~

Look out!  Here I come...

3 months old ~

Barney at his first match in Florida.  He was in the 3-5 month class and he was the littlest guy there.  I was very proud when he placed 2nd in a class of 3.

This  was the day  Barney got his ears cropped

And the day after his ear crop... Sure didn't slow him down!

4 months old ~

Looking handsome

Learning to swim on his first canoe trip

Moving day.  My last day in Florida before moving to Massachusetts.

7 months old ~ Always the ambassador, here he is kissing a baby at a Renaissance Festival in Massachusetts.

10 months old ~

Barney had fun on a camping trip I took to New Hampshire in October.

11 months old ~ Doing what he still  does best...RELAXING!

My handsome boy at 1 year old

Playing reindeer games

More photos of Barney ~ [2003] [2002] [2001] [1991]