Visit and Home

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We went on a visit with Chai and Yoshi for a few hours to Christine. Company was wonderful. Food was great and oh that spectacular garden but we can't forget Christine's doggy duo. Look who is saying, I call this shot - who are you? We truly enjoyed!

Dennis held down the fort and clicked away.

I am ever so tired and have a truly full day of grooming tomorrow. It is Dennis day off and Thursday it is mine. I have dinner out with Ronnie and it may be a margarita festival. 

Nori was so excited to see Yoshi return - beyond words. We almost took her but hadn't had the opportunity to ask her mom. 

Everyone had a coolish day but a great o

Tonight Logan, Panda, Tenshi and Jasper departs. Tomorrow Koda, and Harlow and a slew of dogs for groom and day visit. 

Everyone had fun!

Happy 1st Birthday!

Maury was very spoiled today.  We visited our local dog bakery and picked up some yummy treats and he had a little birthday party with his dog buddies. 
Dear Darlah & Nathan,

Today is Kandoo’s first birthday and we went to the cottage last weekend to celebrate her birthday, here is a few pictures to share with you, also we are celebrating again today in our home tonight and will send more pictures later.

My husband and I couldn’t thank you guys enough for this little puppy, she brought lots of joy and happiness to our lives and we love her to the moon and back , Asal still doesn’t love her but they are so happy together 🤣😉 

Also happy birthday to Maury , ( Kandoo’s brother) hope they can have a play date together soon ,
Love ❤️
Atousa and Mehrdad  

Exhausted But Fun

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These 2 are going to miss each other - Ollie and Opus. Opus departed this afternoon and Ollie I just finished grooming and he departs tonight. I think their personalities are very similar. They so love to play. But so do many others. It's been a riot around here.

Ms Harlow decided Yoshi was a pillow and she laid on top of her. Maybe she thought - take my bed and I will teach you a lesson. It didn't faze Yoshi in the least.

Guess who Tenshi or anyone else was playing with? You maybe can catch it in the gallery. We didn't capture everyone but we did capture some. 

Birthday blog yesterday - another coming today!

I have been doing a lot of grooming so, I miss some. I hate that. I just finished my last one for today. I need to comb out others but all I want to do is snuggle with dogs and fall asleep. I know, pretty pathetic. Dogs or humans won't let me sleep. 

Happy 1st

Happy Happy Birthday Fudge - can’t believe he’s 1 already ! 

Mr Fidgety Fudge stayed true to his name and refused to wear his hat and the only way he stayed still for .0005 seconds was because he was focused on his birthday cookie behind the camera :) 

Fudge is our comfort and our fun, he just loves to play and keeps us on our toes but also snuggles up and warms our hearts ! 

Happy Happy birthday and Thank you Ella for bringing such a joy into this world and thank you Nathan and Darlah for bringing him into ours :) 

Hope his siblings - Maki, Moose, Nika and Hazel are also having a treat-astic day !!!! 

Happy birthday tomorrow to Kandoo & Maury ! 

Have a wonderful one everyone ! 

Megha, Gian, Eshanika and Fudge 

Rain Then Cloudiness

Shall I go out or not says Rocky. LOL He chose not to. 

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I think the dogs are sick of the rain. Me too. But I had 8 dogs to groom - same tomorrow so the 1st time I walked outside was 10 minutes ago. I even ate in my grooming room. Thank you Dennis for making me lunch.

Nathan got his holter off. He complained it stuck to hair so it hurt taking it off. Then he promptly went swimming and then to a shower. He said it was too cloudy but he was determined. 

Lots of dogs depart tomorrow. A number arrive. Everyone gets along and enjoy each other. 

Tuesday we visit a friend - 1st time going to anyone's house since before covid other than Nathan's brothers. 

Dennis said the dogs enjoyed a massive run today. Inside, outside play was grand. Let's hope the coming week is rain free!

Rain and More Rain

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We have had mostly an indoor day. Tenshi is wrapped around Nathan's neck and Lola is just above her. It's a rain and more rain day so we have been trying to keep them entertained. Dennis has been known to run them in the halls and they do that gleefully. Ms. Coco said enough to play after she ran with Dennis. She was ready for a nap and a couple of dogs said why till she said, enough so they listened. She was tired as she was the one leading the pack. Everyone got into it though. 

I can't mow the lawn. It literally sinks. I should be happy but really it looks terrible. 

Nes - a puppy is a non stop - play with me Yoshi and barks at her if she decides to lay down so she indulges him. Farleigh, a puppy was here for grooming. What a cutie. He didn't get to play. 

Astro cuts corners on the run game. She sets herself up midstream having done this before and then starts running just before they reach her. What a smartie pants. 

Then we have a few that watch and bark and well they are the ones rah rahing the rest on. 

Everyone is enjoying but we are looking forward to dry weather. Can it come?

Land of No Sleep

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I had a bout of food poisoning from salad. Dennis shared the salad with me and his ended in 6 hours or about. I have been sick since afternoon yesterday. I was up all night. I took 6 showers. Now I am going to try to eat something other than saltines. We shall see how that goes. It was supposed to be Nathan's day off today. He will take tomorrow off. Hopefully I am up to grooming tomorrow. Not today.

So, Dennis took photos. Nathan did the dogs and he didn't complain about the holter he is wearing till Sunday or Monday?

Dogs had fun today. I did sit outside in the heat but it didn't feel hot to me. That was okay. Dogs had a big bowl of water filled with huge ice cubes. Some played in it. Why not? The dogs are so intelligent. They know how to have fun and they know how to cool off. 

Now we are feeding - well Dennis is. We all help out. The dogs are so looking forward. They get 100% of Dennis attention. It's funny!

Not That Many

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Not that many photos today but bonus Ellie is no longer sinking in the mud. She's had a lot of feet cleanup. LOL Do not think she is getting a full groom so she may need one at home.  That rain has been insane. It arrived last night but not as bad as they were telling us and today in and out sun.

Think Nathan is good. He had a lot of tests due to afib. He made it through the treadmill and all the other tests and he is now wearing a holter for 72 hours and crabbing about it as he can't take a shower. I am so relieved. Yes, of course, as he reminds me, if something is seen on the other tests, that will have to be dealt with but they wouldn't have let him go if it was serious cause they have cardiologist at the center. So - good news, imho!

Dogs are enjoying the overcast and I can't blame them. I thought of swimming but ... 

I am finding - especially the boys are getting knots due to the physical play. I just finished Ollie and could tell the places on his body that they jump, play bite and well be physical all in fun gets mats so I am keeping on top of i

Wild Dogs

Opus looks mighty wild looking here. It is my day off so he gets a repreive from a combout for 1 day.

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He's not the only one. I have lots of grooming tomorrow and a combout day. 

Nathan is off for his stress test. I am so trying to get him to go get some potato salad from Village Grocer. He got Deli today. He keeps saying sorry wrong way. I want to go get it myself but he doesn't like the car too far away. Maybe he will feel he can or I can after his stress test if it turns out okay.

It is a hot one out there. Dogs do not want to stay out too long. Dennis watered the plants and we are supposed to get a big rainstorm thunderstorm tonight. He should have checked out the weather. We went to the pet pharmacy to replenish Harlow's perscription. Never been. Nathan has. It is an interesting pharmacy. I noted that they have skunk off. I am thankful we do not need it. LOL 

The beans that I thought would never produce anything finally has flowers. Thank you for the seeds! My cukes are flowering too. 

Dogs have really appreciated the air conditioning today. They come and sit with me on the couch and whine to go back indoors. It's rain or high heat. What a lovely summer. 

Off to get my potato skins I am cooking for Dennis and I. Yum - I think. Depends on what kind of a job I did on them.

Brave Ones

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This is Astro mighty merssy. Not to worry, she got brushed out later in the day. But I will tell you, I said to Nathan when I placed her on the floor from the table, give her a T-R-E-A-T and yes I spelled it and she came running. Usually I give her the treat one the table but I brushed her out on the table near the back door. She knew exactly what I meant.

It is hot, hot, hot today. Started out with wetness and overcast and got mighty hot. Over the next few days we are under a heat warning. Still, they are calling for chances of showers. Can you believe? The grass is so wet that the dogs kick up the grass and mud when running through it and therefore mighty muddy. 

Dogs are having a blast. My day off is tomorrow. Must do something. Give me ideas of something local. LOL

Am I the Only One?

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Am I the only one that is tired of the rain? Yes, rain again off and on all day. For the most part due to heavy rain, they have pent most of it indoors. Even when it stops, I open the door to go out with them and they go - I don't think so. Really, you want me to go out in wet? The grass is so wet it squishes and sinks. Yes, that is one saturated lawn. You can't even mow grass like that. 

That is okay as we  manage to have a great time indoors or out.

Tiny and Marco departed. Ollie arrived. Ollie and Koda is playing in the photo above. Astro is saying do you want to play?

As you can see Dennis has mats down for his VR play. Sometimes he is in such an active game that the dogs think he is playing with them and they move back and forth and jump and play. It makes the game more difficult for Dennis but it's amazingly funny to watch. Dennis figures it makes it more of a challenge and besides he likes that the dogs are playing like they are. 

Personally, I need an August with just sun, please. I never washed so many feet and under carriages as much as this summer.

Still, despite the weather, the dogs are truly enjoying and that is what it is about!

Messy and Rainy

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Yes, we have had rain yet again. Is this spring? Boys will be boys. They surely get messy when it rains. It is laughable! But you have to laugh as spring weather it has been most of the summer. rain and more rain.

Lots were washed and departed today. 

I did jump in the pool this morning as they said rain was impending. I didn't take anyone in. Thety played. They got dirty and I kept cleaning.

Oh it is Saturday

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This is Chloe who was here for a few hours. What a riot this catch was. This is Lulu's sister that departs tomorrow. Jax departed just a bit ago. We are down to 2 of Paula's pups that will be departing tomorrow morning. It has been a puppy filled weekend.

There has been a LOT of play today. There was also a lot of barking (didn't take photos then) of Nathan jumping in the pool. 

So many depart tomorrow. Will it remain quiet? I doubt it. LOL

The dogs are truly having a magnificent time. 

Two Blog Day

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We have extra pups in the house. Four are here and earlier it was 6. Tomorrow 2 and Sunday they are gone. Jax departs tomorrow. He will so miss this fun! We are doing a favour for a friend and going out to eat with them tonight. Of course we also have Jax, Yoshi and LuLu who they fawned over.

Dogs are so playing. They just finished eating (early today)Ms Coco, Charlie and Teddy arrived. Sully and Simon and Louis departed. 

Koda is an opinionated dog who loves to play. I am so laughing. Marco thinks he's a kid in a candy store. He's not the only one. They are just having a total blast.

Harlow had a burst anal gland but seems to be healing nicely and has no issue telling Opus, I play when I want to. LOL I could go on with the stories but not enough time. Sorry!

Happy 1st

Hi Darlah and Nathan, 

Happy Birthday to all of Theo's siblings!

David, Linda and Theo

Hi Nathan and Darlah,

With Frankie's first birthday tomorrow, here are a couple of pictures with her and her best friend Gehry the cat. 

Best,

Calvin 

Hi Darlah!

Just a little post for the blog later today if it's okay.

Rosie would like to wish her siblings (Dash, Maggie, Frankie & Theo) a very Happy First Birthday!

May you all get to do your favourite things and get lots of snuggles from your family!

Many thanks to you, Darlah, Nathan and Tempie for our sweet girl. She is an absolute angel and she makes each day so much brighter! Can't believe she's a year old already. Time flies.

Cathy, Stephanie and Rosie :)

Maggie (Magnolia) is a year old today. She is a delightful wee gal weighing 7.7 lbs. She is full of mischief and fills our hearts with love

Short Blogging

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Dogs have played and had an exquisite time. They are enjoying this lovely weather. Everyone just loves the no rain thing. The play is wonderful!

Tonight we have to go to the hospital to see Ruth. 

Everyone is enjoying each other.

Oh the Play of It

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It's Dennis day off. A dog chewed on his VR cable (hidden costs lol) and no matter how much he tried to repair, it would not function. A new cable - $150. So, I bought him another. Really hated to cost but Dennis does a lot here. Now he wants something metal to protect the cords. I have no clue where I will get that. But it was a costly cost of having dogs.

Dogs were and are having fun. They are awaiting Nathan and his feeding blitz. They have all eyes on him. It is a riot. Usually we feed by 430 but Nathan took his nap till 4pm. 

There is a lot of fun and playing going on. 

To note - each time I put up Astro's hair she messes it up and destroys it. I think I captured some of that in the gallery.

Changes

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It's been an insane day of grooming and my hand up my arm hurts so I am having a gin and tonic with mixed berries. That's my excuse. I started grooming at 7am and just finished. Dennis day is off tomorrow and let's hope for an easier day. I need one. 

Dogs had a delightful time. They are already tv timing it with Nathan and some are in with me and well in the kitchen and hall and everywhere.

Lulu was chasing a butterfly today. She was fascinated.

Everyone had f

Muggy Day

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Dennis and I switched days off so today is my day off. 

It is muggy. Many dogs are going home today. Logan and Panda days have been extended as they are moving. Moving is not fun. Ask Sherry. So, it is taking them longer.

Mr. Tuppy is one of the pups departing so only Lulu and Yoshi will be in bonded play.

Benji, the white glorious one is departing tonight. We had 2 Benjis here. We haven't seen departing Benji for quite sometime so it was rather nice. I won't go through everyone but it has been an exceptionally fun week. 

Had Taco Bell yesterday. Remind me why I never have Taco Bell. Well the food reminded me. LOL 

I sat outside on the outdoor furniture while Nathan napped. Someone should have taken a photo. I had dogs over every single part of me except my mouth and that was due to maneuvering them so I could breathe. 

Nathan is swimming, I had a very quick swim but the sun kept going out so I just enjoyed the mugginess - that and the dogs enjoyed it with me.

Lean ground beef is on the menu for the dogs tonight as their topper. It is time for feeding. LOL

Out of Steam

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This is Ms Holly after her groom where she proceeded to mess herself up. LOL

I have had a long day of grooming and got 1 more dog to do but figure I best get the blog done. 

I have not had dinner and doesn't look like we have anything in the house. Oh well. Nathan ate the last steak. I am grouchy - hungry and still have work to do so short blogging it.

Dogs had fun. Many depart tomorrow. Two arrive plus more grooming. No pool. That's it - sorry!