August 2010 Blog Posts (91)

Yesterday I came home from work and found one of my shoes that I wore out to the bar on the weekend laying in the living room. Upon inspection, I noticed the heel was chewed a bit. I kind of shrugged it off. I was kind of upset that Abel would do that but it was just a tiny bit and though maybe he just smelled somthing on it or something.

So last night me and my boy go out for dinner. When we come back a couple hours later my shoe is chewed apart! Not only that, but he got a headband…

How can 5 years go by soooooo fast?????? I have never had a dog more intelligent, alert and watchful as Buddy. If he is bored, he steals something to wag in front of your face. If he sees Kona on my lap in the Lazy Boy, he has now come to take his turn, and he won't be satisfied with just a half a lap. The foot rest goes out and he is full on LOL (I need to get hubby to get a picture of that…

I had quite the experience last Tuesday. My Daisy has had a reputation for getting into things she's not supposed to. I had posted not too far back how she literally ate 1/2 of my sandal and we had a little fun with "who done it" when I didn't know if it was Hunter or Daisy.

Well, last week, I came home and there was a huge mess all over the living room. I had accidently left the storage bin with my hair accessories open. There were scrunchies, hair ties, and bits and pieces of a…

Holly barks at strangers entering our property; until we let her know that the strangers are welcome. However, her bark has always just been sort of a warning. It is simply a "Here I am and this is my house!" bark. Enough to warn off strangers but, certainly not ferocious.

Last night after midnight, Holly perceived something or someone on or near our property and she reacted quite differently. Her bark was not a warning but, an "I want to tear your head off!" bark; combined…

We all know that Doodles are among the best breeds of dogs. And we all know that the American Kennel Club considers our Doodles as "mixed breeds". However, the AKC allows some mixed breeds in selected competitions and among these are agility and obedience.

http://www.akc.org/mixedbreeds/index.cfm?nav_area=mixedbreeds

Even though the AKC relaxed its "purebred only" criteria when its…

At the end of the last summer,we took a short trip to Ohiopyle state park with Charlie and Butter - our old Chow Chow - now 15 1/2 years old. I did not think he would make it back there this year again, but there he was!! He even went in the water this year...

I love you Butter. Stick around for few more years, please?

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=7601491&pt=print

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - August 9, 2010 -- A former eastern Pennsylvania kennel owner is seeking release from jail midway through his sentence on animal cruelty charges.

We are co-owners of Sara Marie who is the very first female Maltese ever to achieve an American Kennel Club (AKC) Master Agility Championship. She is now known as Master Agility Champion Jule's Catch Me If You Can - of course, she's still Sara Marie to us. We don't want her to get a big head about this. It's bad enough with us having a big heads.…

Tara has been, from the beginning, a very sensitive girl when it comes to grooming. I started brushing her when she was tiny but it never went well. She squirmed and fought me and I had to play her into exhaustion so I could brush her after she fell asleep. We were both miserable and I kept thinking about how many years ahead we were facing as this issue loomed over us. Even after she started visiting the groomer it didn't improve. But at least I wasn't laying awake at night in tears…

Dexter was born here but is my Aunt's dog. I've blogged about him a few times... (Pictures of his whole litter climbing on my little cousin and then a couple months later the mud mess in my kitchen.)

So, Dexter use to come here 3x's a week for doggie daycare. Now that he is a big boy he can be trusted home alone so stays home on the days my aunt works. Today she asked if he could come and play. It's been lots of fun to have him again!

When he was a puppy he use…

Last Wednesday evening, we had a terrible rain storm and our power went out for five hours. During this blackout, we noticed water pouring in from our basement window and the window well filling with water. We actually had about 12 inches of water that we could see, almost like a porthole in a ship, just rising and rising in that window well and several frogs swimming on top. My husband was out in the storm bailing frogs and water most of the evening. He said he…