Thirsty

Take a drink... lol. I was trying to find a stand and use it as a bird bath but the dogs have something else in mind.

Here is the gallery.

Nathan asked me if I wanted to swim at 7pm. I said I think not. I have to do a blog. <sigh>

It's been a day. We are having a tough time finding a faucet that works as a grooming sprayer. Shoot me now. Helen told me fun stories about Ali and Hugo. It was fun!

I brushed all the dogs today - visitors and my own and my arm feels like it belongs on someone else. hahahahaha

I did a fair bit of clipping so people could walk down the paths today. I also use a product to disinfect outside that is safe for pets and plants. It is so easy to use and one bottle does my whole yard, decks and pathways.  I do that every 2 weeks. Dogs tend to pee and all and urine is not what we want to smell. Even people with 2 dogs every once in awhile it's great practice. What a subject.

We had Ella's puppy Charlie here - the one with the black head. She's a tiny thing and so delicious. She played and played and played. 

Brewer decided he wanted the recliner today and he was often laying on his back comfie as ever inbetween play. 

Well, I am tired. Need a mindscape. May sit outside with dogs and not do anything. I need to weed the path but not today. I have fresh cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce of all types already. Since I netted my tomatoes and cukes, no nibbles. I am pleased and cheaper than another trug - which a faucet takes precedent.

Till tomorrow!

Happy 8th

Hi Nathan! 

It's so nice to hear from you!! I hope that all is well with you, Darlah and the family (both fur and not lol).

It has been a while... I'm so sorry we haven't kept in touch but life just gets away from us somehow. We are all doing well - we have an almost 3 year old and a 1 year old who both absolutely adore their big sister Mia. Three years ago we moved to Nobleton where we have 2 acres for all of them to enjoy. 

Mia is doing very well! It is indeed her 8th birthday today but she still has lots of "puppy" in her and she is so wonderful with the boys. Honestly, she's really the most amazing dog and one of the loves of my life. I took some photos of her playing with the boys today which I have attached, and also a photo from our Christmas card and our younger sons newborn photoshoot last year.

Say Hi to Darlah for me! We would love to connect sometime - are you doing the picnic this year? 

Stella turns 8 today , how time flies. She’s the sweetest dog ever and I’m thankful to have her in my life. We start our sick kids hospital visits on July 4 . Thank you for my precious girl. - Val

Siblings are Stella, Mia, Molly, Jenkins and Murphy. Did I forget anyone?

This will be the only blog entry up. I have way too much on my plate, at the moment. I am a blog failure. We will play catch-up hopefully tomorrow. 

It's raining and Sparky needs his bath next. He's seeing his mom and dad tomorrow so he needs to look a little less unkept. LOL

Painting Day

It's a crazy day. The original cabinets that I wanted, our handyman said didn't fit and I had to get ones that lifted from the bottom. He knew the sizing etc. He said the others were way too big. Well, he tore them open and didn't retain the packaging and they are too small. So I had to go pick up the original he said wouldn't work and now all my tip money is gone. They won't take the ones that don't fit as its lacking packaging. So, this is getting costly. I am not happy but it was an honest mistake on his part. Now to figure out what to do with them. I just wish it didn't cost me as I truly didn't make the decision. I wished I didn't listen. Oh well, mistakes... and we have a faucet that we need to figure out too - a 4" deckmount that has a sprayer that turns on and off. Oh boy - most are 8" or wall mounted.

Paint is drying slow as we have high humidity. The cabinets had to be assembled. I have a full day grooming tomorrow. Am I grooming out in my entry way? Time will tell and we go through this again when we get the sink. I had an argument with them too. What a day. Sink is supposed to be done in a couple of days then it takes 2 days to get a crate and 2-3 days to arrive here. I said then order the crate today so it is ready when the sink is ready. Oh, you want me to do that? Yes! Why didn't they think of that?

My sliding doors may have to wait till the sink comes in so I may be working without closing the closet. No biggie except it will be a hair magnet. It's almost 8pm and he doesn't have the cabinets up yet. 

Here is today's mini gallery.

Dogs had fun. I ran all over town as one place had 1 cabinet, another had yet another - not all at one location. I thought this was going to be a swim day - yeah - right. Dogs don't mind any of this and love not getting combed. Tomorrow I have solutions to find.

Ali is in her forever home. She is busy getting Hugo to remember play and he is. They are in love and I certainly understand. We felt that this would help them with the loss of Milo and help Hugo find his play again and he is but the first few days was difficult on Hugo's part. I said 3-4 days and it was that.

But now Hugo is melting as he has a girlfriend. LOL We miss her and had no intention of doing this but we knew this would work. It is what everyone needed. If it didn't work out, she was coming back here forever. A part of me didn't want to lose her but how can I not help fill a void and well they dote on her like she's a princess. I am happy for her journey. It is the most difficult part of breeding and the best part of breeding knowing you made others tell stories and get excited with every new experience. Nothing better and they have filled me in every step of the way. 

Tomorrow we get a 5 year old havanese back. He will stay here for a bit and get rehomed. With a new baby, a full work schedule, he needs more attention. More in a couple of days. We will always take our dogs back. We realize life sometimes is what it is.

So, lots of changes around here. We do what is best for the dogs - always. It's not about us but them. when they are happy, we are.

Long Day

Rusty is home and tired just like me. LOL He is such a lovee!

This is Meadow watching the videos. Check them out.  I took a few videos of the swimming.

I have my grooming room ready now to be painted. I will have new cabinets installed. The sink is not here but we have to do this in stages. The room looks so large when my equipment is not in there.

It was a ton of work. Walls had to be washed. Appliances pushed out and cleaned behind, cabinets and closet emptied and cleaned. The floor washed. All my equipment had to be moved out. Then when this stage is done, I get to put it back and groom. I need to groom on Thursday - yikes.

Here is today's gallery.

It was a lot of work and that is why I am blogging at this hour. 

I want to go to sleep but back to it. 

Warm But Busy

This is the Gucci gal!

Here is the gallery.

I just finished grooming and I have a very full day tomorrow. I have to empty my grooming room out, wash walls, pull out all my equipment, empty a closet, move out my shelving unit that holds towels to have it read to paint Wednesday. Dogs had a great time today. Me, not so much and I suspect it will be like that for a bit. So - short blog. Enjoy the gallery. 

Happy Cool Father's Day

For Father's day - no feeding, washing dog dishes, cleaning up after the dogs and nap and read books and do what you want. This is Nathan's day. I am glad he is having it.

Here is today's gallery.

It's a no swim day. Nathan tried to lay outside with the dogs but he found inside warmer. 

The next few days is going to be slow blogging. After I am done here, I am starting to box up all my shampoo, conditioner, dog supplies etc and I will be taking each out as I need it. I have overhead cabinets, a shelving unit, a closet - all to empty. Tuesday night I need to wash the walls and make sure my table, cabinet, dryers, grooming wheeling cart etc are all out of that room. Come Wednesday morning the room will get painted. The cabinets will come down, the doors fixed (daughter broke the mirror doors when she lived here). All of this will be done and when the sink arrives, we get to do it again. I say we as its just me. I am not looking forward to any of this but it will look great when it is done. 

We have a few pups here and they are playing like banshees. Oh are they having fun!

I hope all of you are gaving a wonderful Father's Day.

To Meetings and Fun

Look who met each other in the park today!  

What a wonderful surprise!  

Actually Meadow surprised Pablo!

 My girlfriend, Petra, met Michelle in the park recently and she noticed how beautiful Meadow was then started asking all about her.   Michelle starts telling her about Talemakers. My girlfriend put two and two together and said "My friend has a dog named Pablo that I think is from the same breeder!"

OMG!

We were coming over for lunch today.  So they made a secret plan to surprise us.  

Petra says "I have a sweet surprise for you."  I'm thinking...Yummy she has done some baking!

So fun!

-------------------I was out today but the dogs did play. Here is the gallery. Tomorrow I play catch-up grooming. Though I did brush Scruffy and Pepper who departs tonight. Teddy and Moxie tomorrow. Everyone is getting along like crazy. 

Much to my surprise, I did buy two large planters of flowers - 2 for $40 in St. Jacobs - mighty cheap. I vowed not to buy anything but veggies. LOL You never know. 

Now - Father's Day tomorrow!

Not Warm Enough to Swim

Here is today's gallery. Elvis is just chilling.

No one went into the pool. It was warm but the wind brought the temps down - or it felt cooler. I had a lot of grooming anyways. Dogs went home today or just came for grooming. Dogs going home tomorrow that needed to be groom. I am finally getting my Mother's Day present from my daughter. She finally has time to take me to St. Jacobs. I am looking forward to it even if it rains. 

Charlie pup - Raven's boy was here and had a blast!He has such silky hair and a personality that said - oh my its party time. He rather enjoyed having Pingo here and of course that Misty gal. Pingo is full of fun always! It was a fun day!

Stormy is out of heat and is being her usual fun self too. Spirit and Sky are segregated till the 21st - 1 more week. When will we have consistently hot weather?

Oh well, I did clean all my grooming stuff - bottles, supplies etc getting ready for a sink that was supposed to be done this week. Have the paint now for the room and the cabinets. It will be a huge undertaking and painting will have to occur on a day that I am not grooming as all my equipment will be out in the hall. Still haven't figured out a faucet that will work for my needs. Boring stuff to all of you. 

We had the pest guy here again. He said it looks like the rodents are now under control. Chewed electrical cords are not fun. They are also quite costly. 

Moxie, Elvis and Murphy, Scruffy and Pepper departs tomorrow. they will be missed but we have new ones arriving. It's going to be a wonderful weekend. Happy Father's Day to all. Maybe Nathan will get his Lobster sandwiches again. 

Short blog tomorrow as I may be home late and it will depend on the camera taking.

Rainy Day

Here is today's gallery.

This rain needs to go. It's hard keeping anyone clean and hey it's supposed to be warm. We have Pingo here and we are excited. He's a Stormy puppy. Stormy is finally out of heat so she is able to play with him and play they have off and on. But Misty thinks she is the one he must play with. What a pushy thing. LOL He doesn't mind. 

Tomorrow I have a scary busy grooming day so tonight I am going to relax. 

For all the dad's out there for humans or canines - I do so hope your weekend is a fabulous one that brings you smiles. 

New Swimmers This Year: Gallery Added

Pablo came for a visit and swam but didn't jump in.

Sage jumps off the side or diving board.

Misty jumps off the side or stairs and when she jumps off the stairs, she jumps up high. 

I had an extremely busy day grooming today. 2 was unexpected but it was for a good reason. It was a no swimming day for me. It wasn't that hot and they say rain is coming. 

I believe Saffron is out of heat today so she survived this. 

We are looking at doing a picnic in August at Yvonne's new place - next door to her old one, Stay tuned. It will either be the 10th or 17th. We are solidifying the date in the next few days. 

Dogs have had fun and love chilling outdoors in this weather. 

Just learned a new way to organize socks - gad help me. 

Here is the gallery.

Lazy Day

It's a big stick day and no we didn't buy it for them. Someone thinks they need to garden around here.

Here is a tiny gallery.

It's Father's day this Sunday and the daughter is taking me out to St Jacobs on Saturday. It's the 1st free day she had. So far its supposed to rain but after waiting this long, have umbrella will travel.

As it was a warm day but not a hot one, the dogs truly enjoyed just lazing in the sun. Everyone needs a down day. I managed to get Nathan a gravity chair on sale for Father's day as his old one was flipping him over every time he leaned back. I know it sounds comical and it was after the fact but during the event, it was downright dangerous. His fave chair is a gravity chair. Not sure why but as long as he appreciates it... and I get an XL one so the dogs can sit with him on it. 

Tomorrow, Pablo, Chester and Scruffy and Pepper. Harlow arrived and has taken over the coveted spot in the kitchen that Elvis has been enjoying. We will see how that goes and who gets it tomorrow. 

Till then.... 

Some Cameos Today

As it is a rainy day, hardly any clicking went on. 

Happy Spicy visiting seniors today, got to try the swing! 

Elvis chilling in the best bed!

Oscar looking at me!

Tenshi waiting for nap time with Mr. Nathan.

Wet and comfie, Murphy!

Moxie asks - will the rain ever stop?

They say tomorrow it will. Hooray!!

Sink Ridalco for Sale

I know someone who has 2 of these for 800 a piece and that includes the faucets. He's used them only for a few months and decided to opt for Flying Pigs version. They are 60x24 with stairs etc. Wish I had room for 1 of them but I also wanted a cabinet. Mine is only going to be 36x24 - so this is almost twice as long as mine. With a high end faucet - it's such a steal too. 

Play and Hot

This is Moxie and Murphy playing like crazy!

Here is the gallery.

Tanner didn't go in the pool today as Nathan had the gals in heat outside. they were jumping in as you will see in the photos. I missed a lot of jumps but you can see some and then you can see them swimming.

You will also see Tanner playing with this one or that one. Murphy and Moxie have been playing liek saffron and Murphy play but Saffron is in heat.

I have my first burn of the season. They say rain tomorrow and then hot again. I bought flat beans I need to plant but I am waiting till it cools off. Maybe tonight. Oh - it is tonight. LOL

Tanner is a Fish

I say Tanner is a fish as he not only jumped in a number of times but he also dove in head first. I was in the pool so I wasn't clicking so that's disappointing. We will try to do better tomorrow.

You can see some of him swimming or running around on the videos.

Misty thinks he is a present. Guess she is missing Meadow so she took over Tanner.

Here is the gallery.

We had Helen and Suzie plus Hugo over. Ali went home with them. More in a few days.

The dogs are loving this weather. Us too!

Daisy, Scruffy, Pepper and boy Murphy departed today. 

Let's see who we can get in the pool tomorrow if the weather cooperates!

Awwwww Sun

Brewer is just loving the sun. They all are and can you blame them. We are the same!

Here is the gallery. 

We had a low key day as I had a lot of serious groomings so we hung out. I took a quick dip. Nathan took a quick dip but not the dogs. Tomorrow we have Helen and Suzie over with Hugo. We are going to see if Ali gets along with him. 

Misty is adjusting to no Meadow. She's back into trying to chew this or that. I may kill her yet. Just teasing!

That's it for today. I am heading outside to hang out with the dogs. Got to make the most of it before rain comes on Monday!

Exciting Times

I laugh at this. Misty had a stunning jump in before this one. I didn't expect it so I didn't capture. It looks like we will have more opportunities. I am posting this one as it's a funny one. 

Sage consistently is jumping off the diving board. Two new swimmers - bravo and the Wasabi Spicy line vs the Roxie and Kat line. I also cut Sage down as she had a heavy play, bite the head hair look. This way it will grow and hopefully those that are chewing her hair will stop. I find heats are awful as they mount and chew on each other etc. It is what it is.

Yesterday we had rain. Today, we have sun, sun and more sun and its still warm outside. I have a busy day of grooming tomorrow but I am hoping to jump in the pool between groomings. We shall see. I hate to miss a day of sun that we are finally getting. 

I got a couple of locking garbage cans. My clothes bags are all gone to nearly new. Well, that is a lie. I did 2 more bags but those will go when they can. Nathan is going through his and saving old thing - but with memories. Next rain day, I start in doing a cabinet in the kitchen then my grooming room. 

Here is the 2 day gallery unedited.

We still have gals in heat though Ali was supposed to be finished. 

I have strawberries already and my bearded iris are all starting to bloom. 

I found a surface pen for $40 (CHEAP) and its a dream to use in photoshop. Though all I did was test it on old photos. Now that it is warm weather, I am going to have to sync my laptop to my desktop and do blogging outside but I am still figuring out the most time effective ways to use lightroom on both computers and have them synced automatically. I am not sure if it will be seamless but we will figure out what works. 

Shoshi's test results came back this morning positively. Kat was jumping in the pool repeatedly. Our oldies are doing well and enjoying Summer. We hope you are too. 

Sunny Days NOT!

Read the birthday celebrations below. Tomorrow we return to our regular schedule - gallery and all!

Happy 1st

Hi Darlah and Nathan!

We are so grateful every day for having dear Emmy in our lives!  She brings so much joy and love - from the moment we get up in the morning she's right there at the sound of the alarm...running and bringing us her toys to play with and doing this happy jump (so excited to see you!), down (because she knows we won't pet her unless she calms down) and twirl (so affectionate!)...it's hilarious.

We wish Emmy's siblings Ellie, Desi and Sky a very happy first (!) birthday today.  

Emmy got a special cake!  She wouldn't pose for pictures though...just wanted to dive right in. OK fine, just this time!   

Thank you both!

Emmy, Rosalie and Ulrich

Happy 1st Birthday to my lovely sisters Sky, Ellie and Emmy!  Love to our beautiful Mommy Ella!  Darlah and Nathan, I am coming to visit you this summer!  💕💕

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Ellie would like to say a very happy Birthday to all of her wonderful siblings! Happy 1st!!🎉❤️🐾🐾

Ellie’s a petite 8.5 pounds, loves belly rubs, cuddling with mom and playing tug of war with her brother and sister. One of her favourite things is daily car rides to her sister’s dance studio 😊she’s small but mighty, with such a personality..we all love her so much.

Here are a few reminiscing pics of her as a puppy and a montage of her bday celebration 😊

Scroll down to see yesterday's 1st birthday celebration!

Happy First

Happy birthday first birthday to all my Cinnamon/Stone litter mates! I hope you’re all having fun!

Loads of licks and lots of woof,

Lexi

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Lexi, Ali, Wally, Joey, Chloe and Javie - May it be the very best!