Not Impressed Plus Show Update: 2 Updates Today

I am Miss Roxie and this is my 3rd heat and I am not impressed but girls rule!

Mommy says she needs Kat tuckered out as he is so focused on me so I just jump all over. He can't catch me and I mount him. He gets plenty tired. That makes Mommy happy as he has no energy to whine.

Daddy says I will probably have a mating by tomorrow but we shall see. For right now I am in Mommy's office or running with the gals until Daddy gets home and I tucker him out more.

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Show update. Muntuno beat Cali. He is quite the adorable thing. He is now being shown by Val this afternoon for 'best baby puppy in show' and coming home here for a bath. We co-own Muntuno. So, Lucia will show him tomorrow freshly bathed.

Jeannie lost today. Adele, even though Nathan had to do all sorts of silly things did walk (Nathan said he used to have pride) and she won Winners Bitch and Best Puppy. He did hear from a ringside judge that when she walks she is a very nice dog and he should go places with her. We knew that but - condition, condition, condition. :-0

Tomorrow is a new day and I get to wash all the dogs (4 tonight) as we get up at 4am so Nathan can do it again. Shoot me now - will you?

Tomorrow Lynda drops in and we are looking forward to that and Dusty departs. It will be a quiet week with only the Daisy snuggling with me in bed. After dinner I may take a nap with the dogs. I have a long night with bathing it seems and I know Nathan will be tired. hehe

Holiday Moments

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Each year we have a tradition of scanning any cards we receive and placing them up - well when they have dogs in them. Today's card is Coco and Doozie. Thank you Carol for coming to the show and giving Nathan the card. He almost forgot to tell me as I think he was fried.

Lucia was more fried as she stayed till the end as Muntuno won group as well.

I bathed the dogs for the show (they get to be bathed again before bed as they get up at 4am). Looking forward to Sunday and Lynda's visit to show off the pups and enjoy her company and then Sunday night crawling into bed. ROFL

I have already been out with the dogs 3 times playing but no photos today. I may get to them but I need to get to the class ones. :-)

Sorry About That!

We are not going to get to the total Recall photos today - perhaps tomorrow. The lighting was so bad that I have to tweak the lighting on all. Its those lovely lights they have in there.

But here are a few photos from today. Logan and Panda had their bath. They were not crazy about the small table. My large one is at the show but its done for another 2 weeks. :-)

Mommy, don't you ever groom me? Well she did managed to get brushed today but 2 seconds later she looked almost as bad as this. It's so Spice!

Roxie is still in heat. She is now dancing with Kat but no connection. She's just wearing him down. I don't expect one till Sunday but I will tell you now that he knows he is getting the girl he is in a better mood. Now Truffie is not. Oh well, can't please everyone.

Nothing from Panda yet. I still hope it will be any day.

By the way Daisy gives the best face baths especially when you want to watch TV. hahahahaha

Show Update

Adele refused to move - never having a handling class and maybe being in a fear stage - this is her class I suppose and she will get conditioned. <smile> Not worried about it. She is a structurally sound dog.

Jeannie beat specials with Val showing her. She is now 3 points away from her championship. Val thinks I made her hair too greasy so she is going to keep her and wash her herself. That's one less dog to wash. Plus the socialization will be good for Jeannie.

Cali walked well in the ring but I knew going into it Muntuno if he behaved would win and that he did. Congrats to Muntuno and his mom who never showed a dog in her life. Wow!

There are a lot of Havanese at this show. Thanks goes to Carol, Helen and Suzie who came out to cheer us on.

So all in all it was a great day for Talemaker even with Adele holding out all stops. hahahaha

We do it again tomorrow but today I get to wash Cali and Adele again.

Today is a New Day

Last night Adele was in class with a number of Talemaker dogs. Let's see we had Tuffie, Bailey, Molly and Pepper. Plus we had a number of other dogs. I will try to place up some photos later today but I won't till Nathan is back. The photos are poor quality due to lighting and me paying more attention to dogs vs camera work but hey I have my priorities.

I figured this was a perfect photo of Adele with forked tongue and red eyes. hahahaha Is it Halloween yet?

We had to wake up at 5am so Nathan could depart. Tomorrow is a later wake up and Sunday is a 4am wakeup.

We had ground lean sirloin mixed in with the food today. I am not sure anyone even lifted their heads for a second. Amazing how that works at times.

Daisy said - I want MORE. Even Abigail ate with gusto.

We have been out twice thus far. It is warm(er) so we will be doing walks and having our usual fun.

I may take a nap this afternoon with the dogs. Dennis can sit in with the pups who are doing really well. Then Nathan will come home early afternoon and tell me how tired he is. :-)

Now who washed the dogs and got all the stuff ready to go? I hear tell Carol is visiting Nathan at the show and Helen and Suzie. Now that sounds fun! Plus Val is there to help him show and groom and well he can socialize. I best get a nap in as hes going to be tired. hahahahaha It's hell getting old.

Busy Day

As Nathan has a show tomorrow I am only placing up a couple of photos as we also have a total recall class.

Miss Daisy gal tries to bat Leti around like she is a cat. She lives with cats so maybe she thinks Leti is a cat too? hahaha Leti doesn't pay her any mind. She just says oh another one to irritate - how fun. Daisy is learning that if she goes and lays down after play Leti leaves her alone.

If you look real close you can see Leti in the background of this photo.

Don't get me wrong. Daisy is having the time of her life. It's just funny to see the interaction between the 2.

This is Dusty and Cali. As you can see Cali was rather grungy after play. She is not allowed to go outside tonight. It's called use the pad as Mom is not going to wash you again - the person who lets you out will. Yeah... we will see how that works.

Good thing about having to wake up at the crack of dawn 530am - gad help me is Nathan gets back early.

It's a quiet day tomorrow so maybe we will take a nap before he gets back.

Tonight we have Total Recall with Roxie and I know we are seeing Molly there. Wonder who else we will see. Naybe I will get a chance to get a few photos when I am not helping. Let's hope.

Trigger, Keeper and Chewie News

Hi Darlah and Nathan,

Darlah, I mentioned the boys had been sleeping closer since coming back - that actually means Levon is using Trigger as a pillow. lol. I guess little brothers aren't so bad after all. ;)

Shannon

Keeper is now on Instagram. :-)

My heart just about melted as I watched Keeper and Lu race and chase in the back yard.  It was exactly a dream come true of a perfect homecoming! 

We'll see how the night progresses. Just couldn't resist sending this video along!  Keeper goes from bed to bed in true goldilocks style trying out all of Lucy's toys and Lucy hasn't put down the Cookie Monster!

So so happy!

-Stephanie

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This is how chewie acts very time we drive to pick Samantha up at school

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Michelle:

I think Chewie adores Stephanie. They have really grown up with each other. It is so nice to see how they have developed such a great relationship. He is surely attached to her!

Keeper Departs & More

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The Keeper has departed. We are going to miss this one! We hope to see him from time to time. He settled in so easily. Here you can see him with Stephanie (human mom) and human daughter Chloe) and havie sister Lucy. We want to hear how it goes - don't forget!

We also had a busy day. Molly dropped in for play and a bath. Daisy dropped in for a stay and you will see photos of her tomorrow. By the time she dropped in we didn't click any photos. But she has been her usual play monkey self. Pepper and Scuffy have been playing their hearts out. It's been such a fun day!

Here are a few photos from this morning.

The last photo I imagine its Risa saying to Panda, okay Panda now tell me why you are good enough for my son.

Trying to Stay Dry

We had a lot of play indoors - some outside but I am not a glutton for punishment. After I got the Coops cleaned up and brushed out I didn't let him fly around the back yard. That's okay as I timed it so he still had his fun before brush out.

I had everyone brushed out by noon. But as you can see I am later than usual with the updates.

Mr. Coops has departed. Keeper is Not departing as his new humans missed a plane. So, he will be departing tomorrow and will need further cleanup again. I need the practice, don't you know. (smile)

Got a lovely tip and flowers from Russell and Anne - deepest appreciation. Coops is always a pleasure to have here and he doesn't even clue into the heats - nice!

Here are a few photos of the crew playing but I will have some on the other blogs too.

Logan's fave chair before his brushout.

Cooper LOVES, LOVES, LOVES the toys.

Princess Fiona happier than ever.

I have more but I am cutting it short today. I am going to Lime it with a tad splash of gin after Brewer departs and maybe watch some TV with Nathan. The son never made it skiing. He has yet to wake up yet so I gather the ski conditions were poor. Such is his life. Dennis on the other hand is up and helping.

Panda is not in heat but we are already playing boys out, girls with Roxie out separate sort of thing. Watch, Panda and Jeannie will come into heat in 3 weeks just because Roxie will be over. Nothing like 6 or 9 weeks of heat. hehe

Lime'n

Hey the son just brought me limes and tonic water. hahahahahaha

Wet and Well Soaken Times

We have news. Roxie is in heat - day 2. That means pups in Feb. We shall see if she brings in her sister Panda. I prefer them to have the 1st pups together. Time will tell. Its hard to believe they are now already 2.5 years old. How did they get that old so fast?

That's okay, Roxie, Momma Abigail and Fiona will help you. You just wait!

It is a wet day and oh boy I washed Keeper to go home to his forever home tomorrow and well he will need a cleanup again after looking at him. Heck all of them will need a cleanup. Tomorrow is Nathan and my anniversary. Don't ask how many. We don't do that. I don't want to know. You see then I know how old I am and I try to avoid that too. What are we doing? Well Jon has our car for skiing and we have Keeper going to his forever home and Cooper departing so if I can somehow get a lime I may have a drink at least but doubt I will get that as Jon is leaving early and coming back late. Oh well.

I am down 12 lbs now from the exercising. It is nice not to squeeze into clothes like I am a stuffed sausage. Sorry but that is how I felt but why we wait till that point, I don't know. At least I am moving it.

I have brushed out Jeannie as she is in a show this weekend and lined combed her. As you will see in photos why did I even bother. Dennis and I will be holding down the fort and having fun during the time Nathan is at the show. It will be Montuno and Cali's first show too as baby pups. It means I will have 4 dogs to wash for shows. heh But we won't go there just yet.

Here are some photos of the day.

There are benefits to being taller. You don't wick up but let me tell you he doesn't look so pretty now but he will on pickup tomorrow. :-)

Keeper doesn't even look like I gave him a bath. Oh why did I try. I can't believe he is going to his forever home tomorrow. I believe he is going to truly enjoy his journey. Look for photos tomorrow with his new family.

We won't post photos of what Cooper looked like a bit ago or it may scare Anne. Let us just say he was totally drenched. Tonight before bedtime, I get to do it again. ROFL.

But guess what - they had amazing fun!

Gourmet

Nathan ground up lamb and added it to the food and not a single dog lifted their heads. It was magic. hahahahaha

Here are a few photos from today.

Momma Fiona and son had a great time today when he dropped in for a short play visit.

There is a funny story with this one. Levon was laying on his back and Cha Cha pounced on top of him. He was actually trying to engage Leti in play and Cha Cha was going to have none of that. He was hers to play with. hahahaha

Cha Cha was a delight. She played and played and played. Hope she is resting at home now.

Soon Brewer will depart and everyone will miss him. Miss Gracie already departed and it got quieter. That gal needs agility as she just loves to play her heart out.

Bailey played with everyone and maximized his time here. He was only here while mom was at the hairdressers. He is going to love another pup.

Levon says - treat please. He's off on an adventure with Trigger. They moved in to a new place and his parents had the experience of - why would we ever want to move after THAT! I hope they love their new digs even if its in transition. Boxes can make fun games. :-) Yeah to internet tomorrow!

We had many more photos but I think I would rather snuggle with the dogs. You don't mind, do you?

A Truly Fun Day

I had a great practice session with Grace today when Cooper came in. Grace is not one of our dogs but we love her none the less. She has a difficult time containing her enthusiasm so when she can't she gets stressed. She yawns. She does a high pitched noise. She is just a fun, fun, fun who needs to maximize all her time so when I ask her to be quiet and just sit, its simply very hard for her. So, for her to relax the entire time Cooper's family was here was amazing. I kept making this strange sound saying ooooohm and she cocked her head as if to say what kind of a whacked sound is THAT? It threw her off her focus of getting lost in the moment of wanting to go, go, go. I had to use it several times but it worked and I told her how amazing she was when it did. The point is if something is not working, don't get upset. Be creative. Interrupting a behavior is usually effective. Interrupting in a way that gets them focused on you and curious, bonus!

I just love Grace. She simply wants to play her heart out every moment as if its her last.

Risa was doing her own massage or snow angels or cooling off today.

Here are more photos of the dogs and the fun they had.

The fun is still continuing. It will till the moment they are in bed when they will crash and sleep soundly. Back to the fun...

PS: They all had some turkey and some sausage pieces with dinner. Yum!

Warmer and Crazy

Well, we have had a great day but a busy one. It's almost time to groom up Logan, Panda and Brewer before they depart. Its my ritual before they depart.

It's a tad warmer today so we had a lot of running play outside. I also made a turkey and the dogs had a snack - yum. We saved some for Cooper, don't you worry sweetie! Gracie came for overnight. Cha Cha is a play monkey. Trigger is playing with Cali and oh my gad Levon grabs him by the tail and tries to whip him around. Levon was surprised when we said, I don't think so. So off he went to do the same to Brewer and Brewer did it back and Levon's face was priceless but not caught on the camera. They do learn from each other and Levon was just trying to use a strategic move to win. You can't win that way as someone is going to call you on it, I am afraid. Yes, I adore Levon. Levon and Brewer are still playing so he didn't take it personal.

They are really having a grand time. Here are a few photos taken today. We have class tonight and I wish we could skip. I am tired today but we won't.

We are having fun and the dogs are thrilled with the turkey. :-)

Happy Holidays

I am going to have a decadent morning. This very nice couple got me Maui coffee and it is the best - well they are the best. Okay, they got Nathan some too. I will allow him a 1/4 cup. hahahaha

Then I may snuggle with this extra soft blanket with the pups. I have to do my puppy conditioning work and its a tough job, I might add snuggling - don't you think? hahaha

For those that celebrate Hannukah - Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love especially the canine type. May your candles burn bright and long. May you create memories that you will treasure for a lifetime.

The dogs help you overcome any obstacles you have in your life by living in the moment. If you can embrace that from time to time you too will have a lighter step. No matter what your struggle is, remember to stop and smell the flowers. In this case stop and watch the dogs. Observe their expression when they see you or when they are lost in play. Try to capture a bit of that for you and no matter how difficult your day is you will have smiled!

Happy Holidays everyone!

More Snow

From face diving moments to just watching and running like hey...

More later as we capture. For now Nathan is off at the vets for Cali's rabies shot and Leti's checkup.

Here are a few more...

2 Updates Today

Here are a few photos taken today. Also, we have Dusty and Griffin news in the post made today. Be sure to check that out as well!

Dogs have had fun and continue to do so but now it is eating time. We didn't click much today. We instead played and I am glad that we did.

Do dogs sleepwalk? heh

Oh Oh those sticks!

Nathan tells me I deleted a stick that he clicked. I may have. I had grooming, play, and well lots on my mind. I am even exercising daily. Tomorrow or the next day I make turkey - yum! The dogs will love me for it and so will the humans. I make a killer turkey. :-) I mean killer in a good way!

Griffin's New Toy & Dusty News

Check out this video of Griffin and maybe you will want this toy too, So, where did you get it? I want one too!

Hi Darlah:: 

Yes…Dusty is Official!.  The youngest pup ever to pass the first test with Adults.  There were four dogs, two passed, two failed.  The evaluators called Dusty "The Bomb"  …Bomb Proof.

Dusty was at Mount Sinai Hospital yesterday, had her picture taken for her ID…in line with all the other "people" in "Human Resources"…lol.  I can try to scan her hospital ID Tag. 

Dusty has to have 8 official visits at Mount Sinai, then in the New Year will be re-tested with children and then allowed to go into Sick Kids.  The dogs need two certifications to work with children, but in the meantime is visiting the students in the Epilepsy Classroom outside at Sick Kids  in front of the hospital as a very special treat.  Dusty of course still visits my long term patient from Sick Kids at her home, has done so the minute I brought her home.

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From us - way to go Team Dusty!

Winter is Here?

Well I guess winter is here. The dogs only wanted to do a short walk each and every one of them. They also wanted to play out more but for shorter timeframes.

That didn't stop Roxie and Zoe from playing like banshees nor Brewer running like the wind getting everyone to chase him.

But....

I will tell you inside and on his fave chair suited Logan just fine. I am not sure he has truly adapted to this frigid stuff. I am not sure I have either.

On another note, I need help. I got out all my baby comforters for the pups and I am finding them rough. Maybe its just me and my hands at this time of year but I am using softener. What do you use for the blankets to keep them soft? I may have to go out and buy some more baby comforters but maybe I can infuse some life into the ones I have with some help from all of you. Ideas?

Right now I am using Tide scent free and downy scent free and bounce scent free. Sounds like an awful lot of softening going on but doesn't feel that way.

Brrrr It is Cold

Griffin has had his bath and is enjoying the snow but its mighty cold out there. Its going to be quiet this afternoon. Maybe I will get that exercise in after all.

Poor Leti can only be out for but a moment and then she is way too cold. How did it get this cold this fast?

Adele rather enjoys the snow and this is her first snow weather.

Spice still takes care of her babies and has been teaching the little ones how to muck it up in snow. Spice rather enjoys the white stuff. Let's see how long this batch lasts.

We have many more stories and photos but I have to finish everyone. Busy times.