Tima is an easy-going puppy with a wild side. She is laidback in the house, but is in perpetual motion when outside. She loves to play with with our other dogs but is very respectful of her elders. Her favourite game is "catch-me-if-you-can" and by 10 months old, she could already outrun all our other dogs. She is an extremely athletic and agile dog.

Tima LOVES to eat. When she was still with the rest of her litter, it was easy to pick her out - she was the chubbiest one!  We nicknamed her "Fatima" and part of that name stuck. She was always the first puppy to finish her meal and we would have to keep a close eye on her as she would usually make a beeline for someone else's dinner... Being so highly food motivated makes her easy to train.

As the photo on the left shows, Tima is a queen of silly expressions and goofy faces.

She has a very snuggly side to her and would happily be petted all day long while her eyes roll back in her head. She loves to lie on her back and get a good belly rub.

Like her mother, Tima feels a great need to be carrying something in her mouth at all times. Her favourites are big sticks, cow pies and clumps of sod that the grader has kicked up along our laneway.

The two sides of Tima - "The Tima-Nator" (above) and "Love Sponge" (below)

Favourite activities:
Retrieving, obedience training, playing with her brothers, digging holes in the lawn.....

Favourite indoor activities:
Finding and chewing on the vacuum cleaner attachments, digging in the water bowl, waiting in the kitchen hoping that someone might think to give her a cookie.

Theme song:
"Brown Thing - You Make My Heart Sing"