While Mom's away

The pups do play.

Highlights from my time away:

1 dead frog baby (damaged beyond repair)
1 baby needs surgery
Leelee survived her first bath (but this was followed by the death of a baby)

And the big one:

Lee finally got a squirrel. Can't be sure if she found it dead or if she was responsible for the death because she got it in the bush. She didn't come when called and when approached in the woods just stood ther with it. She did drop it on command (which is very exciting and I won't go into all the behavioural reasons as I know not everyone spent a weekend in heaven with behavior analysts). We do worry that now that she got one her listening at the park will decrease.
BOth were very happy to see me and the blog will return to a daily report.

Back on tuesday

Another embarrassing moment

I got myself dressed for work and then took LeeLee out for a walk (Gemi is feeling under the weather this morning). This meant I looked a little bit ridiculous in my skirt, walking sandals, and purse I need to carry my stuff. But I am ok with this. Of course, today would be the day that the police were investigating something to do with cars right up the street. This very handsome police officer was photographing the cars. Lee did not like this and was barking a lot at this officer. He put the camera down, looked up, smiled and laughed.  I smiled and kept walking. Oh Lee!

We've come a long way baby!

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Then:

This picture was taken in the fall at a fashion show.

Now:

Best friends!

An embarrassing moment

On a beautiful sunny day on a long weekend  I used the excuse of a good cause to convince my husband that we needed to drive across the city to a dog park. Hopeful Hearts (a wonderful dog rescue that I did research when looking for Hailey, but in the end we found Lee at another wonderful rescue Catahoula rescue) was holding an event at Bruce Pit. I have always wanted to go there, and thought this was a great time to take the 30 minute drive.

The dogs did not love being in the car. They whined a bit, but they loved the Pit. We started with a walk. It was a very nice day and they were both so good running and playing.

After they had a good run, we stopped by the Phodographer’s for a picture. There is going to be an amazing picture of the 2 of them, I will post it when I get it. Then we thought we would get Lee’s nails cut.

This is when I was embarrassed. Lee screamed like someone was trying to set her on fire. People were staring. Gemi was trying to figure out what the heck her problem was. They could barely hold her down at times (and it was 2 vet techs doing this, not just people like me). In the end after much trial and error, they got all but 4 cut, which was better then I thought they might. My girl does not like girlie things! I guess I am going to have to use my behaviour analytic skills to desensitize her to these sorts of things. (I thought my dogs were my break from work and not another project!)

Lee running at the pit

2 hot and tired dogs after running

Hungry or concerned about lip care?

When asked why she went upstairs and got the lippy from the bedside table, brought it downstairs and ate it, Lee said "I needed a snack. It smells so good when the Lady puts it on, I try to lick it off. If my people fed me more I would not need to do this type of thing!"

I don't like that show!

The other evening, Miss Cricket used her head to change the TV channel. Apparently she does not enjoy the Cleveland Show and would rather watch UFC. (Perhaps all this UFC is where she is learning her new rough play with others!)