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So DH and I were getting ready for work this morning, just chatting away with Taquito and Peri (seriously talking to them) and he asks me "Are we crazy? Do you think we talk to our dogs too much? Do other people do this?". I just laughed and said I am sure other people do and he agreed.

But really, how often do you talk to your dogs? Are we over the top because we don't have human children yet? Will this all change?

A typical morning convo with Lady Peri &…

I saw this in my recent Dog Fancy magazine - or maybe it was Modern Dog - I forget. Anyways, how stinking cute is this? It is a personalized dog nose necklace - you use their mold kit and they make it into a necklace for you. This paticularly reminded me of Frannie (Callie) and her love of noses :-)…

Hey Doods I don't know what to do, help me. All last weekend my brother got chicken and rice for dinner and my mom kept telling me "Bear's sick" Monday morning my brother had a hard time getting up and mom helped him, once he was outside I tried to play but he wouldn't. Mom went to work then came home and took my brother and left me I howled and barked 1 1/12 hrs until she got back. Mom made her lunch but she seemed distant then she said "have to go back to work" and I ran into my crate, I…

These are a few pictures of Quincy in his Halloween costume. You can tell by the last picture what he thought of the whole thing. We are thinking about Trick or Treating for our local food bank if it is a nice day on Halloween. How could anybody say no to that face? Quincy's costume cost a total of $3.75 at the dollar store, now we just have to come up with a costume for mom and a wagon to carry our loot.…

Wednesday evening Harvey will be going to his forever home! Kim came and met Harvey last night and it was love at first sight! Kim is an experienced dog owner and understands that while Harvey is still a bit of a diamond in the rough, he IS a diamond!

Harvey was equally smitten, and by the end of the evening was snuggling with his head on Kim's lap. I let her see calm, snuggly indoors Harvey and goofy, energetic dog-park Harvey. She loved both.

Not only will…

Some of you may remember Tara and my adventures when I attempted to scissor cut her awhile ago. The cut turned out pretty well but it took me 8 days. Yes, eight!! And that was just her body!!

Following the sage advice of my DK friends, I have since invested in a pair of Andis Clippers and combs. DH and I clipper cut Tara's body this Saturday and I trimmed her face and legs yesterday and today with scissors. This was INCREDIBLY…

Bella continues to amaze me with her doodle intelligence. We thought Murphy was quick to learn, but she is just amazing. She is just 12 weeks and already has been going to the door to go potty, sits and even does a short "stay". She is so much fun for Murphy and she plays with him and then gives him his space when he goes off by himself. I have not had to crate her to give him alone time at all. She goes right into her pen when we need to go out and always comes running when we say "Come…

Hi folks - Lady Peri here!!!!!! It's been an interesting week. On Tuesday morning very very early (before that beeping noise goes off), gran and grandad showed up and guess who they dropped off? Lucy, my cairn terrier friend, who mom says is my "aunt". WTD?

Anywho, we have been getting lots of walks and mom sometimes seems frustrated because she walks me, Tacky and Lucy all at one time. I love it though because we get to prance around and because we can throw her off balance…

Hi Doods,

Shelby here! So.... shortly after I wrote my last blog.... mom did something she has never done. First some background - it's all about my crate!

At 5 months, mom started letting me sleep outside the crate at night!

At 6 months, mom started experimenting with daytime freedom for short amounts of time

At 7-8 months, mom started leaving me out a few hours at a time.

At 10 months, mom started crating me only half days and sometimes…

Hi Doods.... Shelby here! It has been so long since I blogged, that I finally convinced my mom to leave the laptop booted up so I could update you all on what I have been up to! This past weekend was AWESOME! On Saturday morning we went to the dog park (our normal routine) and we stayed for 3 hours. I got to play with my friends Knox, Malu, Tucker, Cosmo, Captain and Guinness! It was a great time. I got hosed down before getting in the SUV - by the way, I now can jump in the tailgate on my…

Me and my shadow are not feeling blue at all. My shadow follows me where ever I go, even if it from room to another then back again. My shadow sleeps on a floor pillow on my side of the bed. Every morning when the alarm clock chimes my shadow puts his front feet on the bed to greet me with morning kisses and a tail wag. The only time he doesn't follow me is when he is romping with Harlow or chasing…