We were very, very excited when at 10 pm last night a delayed Lady walked through the door. Then we remembered we were kind of mad at her and gave her the cold shoulder.
Lady had a wonderful time at her conference. She is tired but happy.
We had a wonderful time without her. The Man did a good job at keeping us busy. He said we were very good while Lady was away.
It might take us the rest of the week to fully catch up/get back into our routine.
Have a great day!
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Monday, May 26, 2014
Mischief Monday - The Fence that Just Appeared
Recently, after a walk in the woods, the Man was throwing the ball for Phod down our private road. The ball rolled under the horse fence and of course Phod went with it.
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| "Man, we have a problem, a fence has appeared." |
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| With some coaxing Phod went back to where he went under and with some help came out. He was a little confused but happy he had his ball. |
This kong rope toy has been in this tree on the road for months. It is really stuck. We have had some very windy days and yet it has not budged!
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Be Safe
We would like to express our sincere sympathy goes out to the 6 families in Langley B.C. whose dogs lives were cut short. For those of you who may not have heard this story, a dog walker has been accused of leading to the dogs death by leaving them in a hot car. You can read the story here. It is such a tragic accident.
I found this reminder online and am sharing it!
I found this reminder online and am sharing it!
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If you haven't heard, there is a great auction going on to help The Baby. You can click here to learn more.
We will be off the grid until next week as Lady goes to Chicago for a conference. Lady hopes to use some of her spare time to catch up with all our friends (she has been crazy busy trying to get ready to be away for the weekend). She does have free wifi in her hotel!
We wish all our American friend's a wonderful Memorial Day!
Be Safe everyone!
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
How the Day Actual Went
I got to sleep in until 7:30ish. I took the dogs for a walk around the property, fed them, took them out again and then sat down to get some work done. I needed to get a couple hours done.
Hailey scratched at the door for like 30 minutes while I was working and Man was still sleeping, as she didn't think she had enough of a walk. Often on weekends I schedule the walk for later in the day, but my girl likes her schedule. Since she was scratching so much I locked her in my office with me, where she paced and sighed.
At 10:30 I was done work, Man was up and Hailey went out again.
They both settled for a while and stayed inside while we did the yard work we can't do with the dogs outside (like cut the lawn). Then they went out, Hailey tied to her tree, Phod roaming around and they spent another hour outside while we did some more stuff around the yard. Phod was super and stayed in the yard while we were working.
Next, we headed to the lake for a swim. We got dragged there. We ran into Ghost and Shadow again. Ghost was great, did his sniff and went home. Shadow was not so good. He stole Phod's toy, which Man got away and then he left. Then he came back and got the toy again and wouldn't let go. While Man was trying to get it from him, Shadow started to growl so Phod raced over to protect the Man and Phod and Shadow had words. It was a little scary but no one was hurt. We decided beach time was over. Phod didn't like that I was holding the toy and not throwing it, so he kept jumping up on me and hurt me. We got dragged home.
We had a few hours peace.
The evening the dogs were out a whole bunch, but Hailey kept asking. She didn't enjoy having bug spray on her but the bugs seemed to stop. We decided to eat our dinner on the back deck for the first time of the year, leaving the dogs inside. It was relaxing the first 10 minutes until Hailey decided she needed to be out and she started scratching the door, and she scratched and scratched for 20 minutes until we came in.
Our plan was to have a little bonfire last night. the Man went out and got it going while I was getting ready to go out. I tired to sneak out, but Hailey got free. She was a great girl and just ran to Man. I got her leash and she sat by the fire for a bit.
I then brought the dogs back in as they don't sit well by the fire. Stupid me didn't make sure the leash drawer was closed and this happened:
Someone chewed the coupler apart in the 30 minutes we were outside. I would like to point out that we came in as soon as the fireworks started because we knew this would cause Hailey to panic and we were hoping to end our weekend on a good note. Sigh!
Not as relaxing as my dream date with my pups, but at least it wasn't boring!
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We visited many of your dates yesterday but didn't comment. Some great dates. Thanks Sarge for organizing this!
Hailey scratched at the door for like 30 minutes while I was working and Man was still sleeping, as she didn't think she had enough of a walk. Often on weekends I schedule the walk for later in the day, but my girl likes her schedule. Since she was scratching so much I locked her in my office with me, where she paced and sighed.
At 10:30 I was done work, Man was up and Hailey went out again.
They both settled for a while and stayed inside while we did the yard work we can't do with the dogs outside (like cut the lawn). Then they went out, Hailey tied to her tree, Phod roaming around and they spent another hour outside while we did some more stuff around the yard. Phod was super and stayed in the yard while we were working.Next, we headed to the lake for a swim. We got dragged there. We ran into Ghost and Shadow again. Ghost was great, did his sniff and went home. Shadow was not so good. He stole Phod's toy, which Man got away and then he left. Then he came back and got the toy again and wouldn't let go. While Man was trying to get it from him, Shadow started to growl so Phod raced over to protect the Man and Phod and Shadow had words. It was a little scary but no one was hurt. We decided beach time was over. Phod didn't like that I was holding the toy and not throwing it, so he kept jumping up on me and hurt me. We got dragged home.
We had a few hours peace.
The evening the dogs were out a whole bunch, but Hailey kept asking. She didn't enjoy having bug spray on her but the bugs seemed to stop. We decided to eat our dinner on the back deck for the first time of the year, leaving the dogs inside. It was relaxing the first 10 minutes until Hailey decided she needed to be out and she started scratching the door, and she scratched and scratched for 20 minutes until we came in.
Our plan was to have a little bonfire last night. the Man went out and got it going while I was getting ready to go out. I tired to sneak out, but Hailey got free. She was a great girl and just ran to Man. I got her leash and she sat by the fire for a bit.
I then brought the dogs back in as they don't sit well by the fire. Stupid me didn't make sure the leash drawer was closed and this happened:
Someone chewed the coupler apart in the 30 minutes we were outside. I would like to point out that we came in as soon as the fireworks started because we knew this would cause Hailey to panic and we were hoping to end our weekend on a good note. Sigh!
Not as relaxing as my dream date with my pups, but at least it wasn't boring!
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We visited many of your dates yesterday but didn't comment. Some great dates. Thanks Sarge for organizing this!
Monday, May 19, 2014
Date Day
Sarge is hosting a Blogville Date day. I have no idea how to photoshop so I decided I would write the perfect day I would have with my pups.
On my perfect dog day:
The dogs would let me sleep in. They would wake up and not be desperate to go outside so we could spend some time snuggling in bed. Then we would get up and go for a long walk in the woods. There would be no pulling or tangling. It would be a relaxing. If we saw evil Red John Squirrel, they wouldn't jump or freak out, we would just keep walking nicely.
After a nice long relaxing walk, the pups would be busy with their puzzle toys while I sit and drink a warm cup of tea. The tea would be warm the entire time I drink it, and not once during my drinking would there be scratching at the door or bugging for belly rubs.
Next on the day, would be bake a bone time. They can supervise as I make batches of cookies. While each batch was cooking, I would have the time to leisurely read all the blogs I love.
Once the cookies were cooked, we would do some training time. Everyone would have their listening ears on and wouldn't get so excited they didn't hear what I was saying.
Later in the afternoon we would go down to the beach. On the walk there, we would all be calm and there would be no pulling. Phod would have a great time swimming and fetching. Lee would love to putter around the beach and trying to catch the waves.
After dinner, we would spend a quite night on the couch, cuddling and watching TV or a movie. During the climax of the film, no one would scratch at the door. If there are dogs in the show, no one will freak out and bark and bark and bark.
Then it would be off to bed, for a good night sleep.
That would be my perfect date with my dogs.
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To our Canadian Friends:
Happy Victoria Day!
The dogs would let me sleep in. They would wake up and not be desperate to go outside so we could spend some time snuggling in bed. Then we would get up and go for a long walk in the woods. There would be no pulling or tangling. It would be a relaxing. If we saw evil Red John Squirrel, they wouldn't jump or freak out, we would just keep walking nicely.
After a nice long relaxing walk, the pups would be busy with their puzzle toys while I sit and drink a warm cup of tea. The tea would be warm the entire time I drink it, and not once during my drinking would there be scratching at the door or bugging for belly rubs.
Next on the day, would be bake a bone time. They can supervise as I make batches of cookies. While each batch was cooking, I would have the time to leisurely read all the blogs I love.
Once the cookies were cooked, we would do some training time. Everyone would have their listening ears on and wouldn't get so excited they didn't hear what I was saying.
Later in the afternoon we would go down to the beach. On the walk there, we would all be calm and there would be no pulling. Phod would have a great time swimming and fetching. Lee would love to putter around the beach and trying to catch the waves.
After dinner, we would spend a quite night on the couch, cuddling and watching TV or a movie. During the climax of the film, no one would scratch at the door. If there are dogs in the show, no one will freak out and bark and bark and bark.
Then it would be off to bed, for a good night sleep.
That would be my perfect date with my dogs.
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To our Canadian Friends:
Happy Victoria Day!
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Black and White Sunday - That's a Wrap
On our first walk of the year through the bush behind our house, the pups, who were coupled together, got wrapped around a tree. I just waited them out and my smart girl figured out how to get out of it!
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