Puzzle Time for 4

First, Lee was sassing me in yesterday's picture because I was trying to make her jump (without a cookie) and she didn't want too. It cracked me up that she sassed me as she got into position to jump (and she did jump but because I was laughing at her, I didn't get a good picture).

On Monday, I worked half a day to spend half a day with my parents. I decide part way through the day that the pups all needed puzzles. Tendra and Barley had never had puzzles before.

It went like this:

Hailey happily played with her favourite puzzle the bottle. 

After finishing his puzzles, Phod went over to show the guest how to do a puzzle. 

Tendra took a few minutes, but started to get the idea of it and without Phod's help would have likely done very well.

Barley, well I realize in the chaos I never took a picture of him (I meant to). He just stood around thinking this whole puzzle thing was stupid and no amount of showing or suggesting was going to make him to it.


3/4 dogs give puzzle time 2 paws up!

Wordless Wednesday - Sassing the Lady

We Didn't Go Fishing

Lady lied. She wanted to do a quick post indicated that we would be away for a bit and that was the first thing that came to mind.

We didn't go anywhere.

We didn't do anything fun.

Life was very, very boring.

Instead of a fun fishing trip, Lady's business was very busy (it is a good problem to have as much as she complains) and she needed a few days to catch up on that and all the other life stuff. She was a little overwhelmed a lot bit cranky.

We did check in with you as much as we couldn't but didn't comment much. We will see how this month goes, Lady doesn't expect business to be too much slower, so we will do the best we can!

Mischief Monday - Living with Four

Barley

On Thursday, The Lady's parents (Grammie and the Big Guy) arrived. They spent Friday with Lady and Man before leaving Barley and Tendra at our house and going to the city to be with Aunt C, Uncle D and cousin Maggie (their house isn't really Lab friendly).

This left Lady and Man the only people in the house with 4 dogs from Friday pm until noon on Sunday.  This is Lady's dream, she wants more pups (don't worry, Man has said no).

Overall, it went really well. The going out during the day is easy, 3 can be off leash and one needs to be on leash. At dawn and dusk, when they need to be on leash due to the wildlife either both people need to go, or the Lady takes them in pairs and the Man one by one. For meal time, Lee and Phod ate in the kitchen and we feed the visitors in the garage.

One of the problems with all four was sleeping. 3/4 are use to sleeping with their people (Phod is a floor sleeper). On Friday night Lee slept at her place at the bottom of the bed and Barley slept horizontally across Lady's pillow, so his butt was on Lady's shoulder all night, pushing Lady to the middle of the bed and crowding the Man. Tendra sleep parallel to him at the bottom of the bed. It was a little cozy. On Saturday, Lady and Tendra slept in the bed, Lee was on and off, Phod took his place on his bed on the floor. Man chose the couch over either of the 2 guest beds, and Barley slept on the one of the guest beds. Everyone was happier.

Sunday, the girl dogs were good but restless. Not sure if it was because they knew Grammie and Big Guy were coming (and Aunt C, and Uncle D, and cousin Maggie and Uncle Chris - next weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving and we celebrated it early as we could all be together), or because they were there, but one of the female dogs were annoying pretty much from 10 am until 6 before everyone settled.

Overall, the girl dogs get a C+, the boy dogs get A+, so our average was B+ with 4 dogs. It is a good thing that everyone gets along and it is doable because the pups will be living together later this year for 2.5 weeks when Man and Lady go away.

Tendra (left) and Barley

Tendra

Black and White Sunday - Jazzi's Tacos

Yesterday was Angel Jazzi's taco day and we celebrated it at dinner. The Man forgot to keep some meqt separate for us, so we had modified tacos (aka shells and maybe some cheese, but not too much as our house guests are on a diet). To make up for our lack of tacos, the Man ate a lot and the Lady did a taco salad (she is weird, she doesn't like taco shells). Tacos are one of the Man's favourite foods, so he made sure to eat extra in Jazzi's honour. 

Four pups patiently waiting - Tendra, Phod, Lee and Barley

The people's spread

Sample of Man's Tacos

Now finally it is our turn:

Hailey

Phod

Tendra

Barley waiting for his (he got some, I just didn't get a good picture of him)

Jazzi, we miss you, but your memory lives on in our hearts and on taco day, in our tummies!

Taco Day

Today is National Taco Day dedicated to the memory of our dear friend Jazzi.

We haven't had our taco's yet, we will have them tonight and post our pictures later!

Happy Taco Day!

Smile!

We saw today was a smile blog hop.

Here are our smiles!

Lady's current favourite picture of Hailey

A fav of Zaphod

Why the big smiles?

1) We are back! We will catch you all up on our adventures later.

2) Grammie, the Big Guy, Tendra and Barley are here for a visit (we will fill you all in on that too!)

Happy Birthday Grammie!