Moving Day

WOW!!! Look at all the room we've got now!

The Bloomin Bunch moved from the puppy room today.   Spot's puppies needed our room, so we moved out to get more room for us to play.  We can see everything from our new digs, we're the middle of the universe, everybody is here to see us.  Maybe tomorrow we will see more of it, for now a few zzzzzzz's

I told you mine was bigger than yours. 

Time to Feed the Flowers

The blooms are beginning to flower.   Their eyes are open, they can hear and are learning to walk. But mostly they still sleep. 

Jack in the Pulpit found mom's food dish tonight and dove right in, sharing with mom. 

Portuguese Water Dog Mania

WOW! It's been a busy few days here with the arrival of the new member of the White House. The phones haven't stopped and the emails are still being answered.

While these dogs may look like cute little cuddly teddy bears, they can be a handful as the new owners of "BO" are finding out. 

A few things  you should know about Portuguese Water Dogs if you are considering one for your family.  They love paper, paper towels are a favorite. Nothing is safe on counters. They bring a whole new meaning to 'cleaning off the counter top.  Mr. Big, as little as he is, is a prime example of counter shopping (table in this case). 

They require training, grooming (hair cuts every 6-8 weeks), a lot of interaction with people and dogs as young dogs and adults, brushing and lots of exercise. They are also notorious chewers. Anything at their level is fair game, shoes, table or chair legs, that antique buffet you got from your great grandmother, clothes, Barbies, Kens, other dolls, toy trucks, steering wheels, couch cushions, whatever it is, they will try to chew it.  They will also help with the landscaping.  Don't like what you have? Tell them, they will rearrange things for you. They are great at removal. Maybe not exactly what you would consider, but it's satisfactory to them.  Need a post hole? Just tell  them where to dig, they're the best in the business! 

Yes, I love my dogs, but my yard, which at one time had lovely flowers inside the fence and around the house has turned into dog heaven. The flowers are gone, the holes have appeared and the grass is nice and green these days.................... where it survives!  Life goes on, the dogs are happy and don't complain about the dirt. 

The good things about the breed outweigh the bad, but they are not a breed for everyone. You need a lot of love, energy, patience and most of all... a great sense of humor for this breed.  Several of the dogs you see here are in show coats, the others are in their everyday wear. 

Just think how much I save on fertilizer!  It's been a long few days for the group, Birdie says it's time for a nap! 

Wanda Strikes Again

For those who know Wanda, know  she is Isea's daughter and should have been named "Murphy".  Isea absolutely refused to stay in the yard. She looked for any weakness in the fence and used it to her advantage. She is the reason we have patio blocks buried under the fence line. When Isea went to live with a friend in California I thought my problems were over.  

Not long after she left, her daughter, Wanda, took up where she left off. Not so much trying to leave the yard, but in ways you would never suspect.  She almost lost one of her rear legs when she was about a year old. I found her tangled up in bailing wire one day in the back yard. She couldn't get up. It took two of us to get that off of her. One to hold her still, the other to cut the wire off her leg.  We don't use bailing wire around here. She has also gone through a window in the middle of the winter on a Sat. night. No damage there except to my wallet. She was fine. 

Her latest is an encounter with the upright freezer.  Things were fine when I went to bed around 1 am.  Some time during the night Wanda's coat got caught in the door handle of the freezer. 

Not only did she loose a huge hunk of hair to the freezer door handle, but she managed to open the door and bend it just enough out of whack that it would no longer shut. Notice the duct tape on the door!  

Only Wanda!!!!!! That freezer has been around longer than Wanda.  It was full of frozen dog food, she never touched a thing. New freezer has been ordered, duct tape is still holding.  

My neighbor came over to help me remove some doors and Scribbles was giving him advise on which method to use. 

Mr. Big's Shopping Trip

Don't leave the dog in the car while you are unloading food from the grocery store!  Notice the big bags of dog food to the left and there are dog cookies in the Meijers bag to the right.