{28sept2010: winner}

I forgot to pick a name this weekend for the book contest!  We did it last night while trying to entertain Darwin.   
We played the cupcake pan and ball game, and with the treats in each hole we also put a paper with a name for whoever left a comment on the entry post.  It took a few tries, only because I kept turning off the recorder as soon as she picked a ball without recording who she picked!  Doh!
And the winner is.....

Tucker!
Tucker, congratulations!  Email us (darwinthedane (at) gmail (dot) com) your mailing address and we'll get the book out to you!

{20oct2009: brain game}

I decided last night to entertain Darwin with a brain game that Honey showed off a few days ago.  We didn't have enough tennis balls so I made due with what ever toys we had that would fit in the cupcake pan.
Round one I filled as many cups as I had toys with Darwin's favorite treat, Merrick Lamb Training Treats.   It took about 4.5 minutes for her to get all of them.  Round two I filled half the cups with treats, and she was much quicker at 2 minutes.  Round three I filled up 3 cups with treats, and she found them all in a little over a minute.
Come to round four.  I filled up some cups with kibble, some with cookies, and some with lamb.

I covered them up with the toys:

And then let her go at it. 

She was so funny.  She would not eat the kibble at all.  In fact at one point she spit out the kibble that went in her mouth.  She only at the "treats".