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Father and son reading the ipad together.

WE have another update below.

Happy Father's Day Everyone!

Shady and Nora sent this photo and said Happy Father's Day to Nathan and Phantom!

This gives me the opportunity to say happy father's day to all the dad's that love the pups the way you do. Thank you for being you!

This is the Simba. He just had a spruce up. :-) I just adore him as he is yet another play monkey!

This is the wet duo. We had rain and more rain and luckily its been sunny this afternoon. Go figure. If we had known the pups would have been seen in all their glory running around like banshees. Oh well, next time.

Pepper and Scruffy get their baths tomorrow. Lori and Roger get to snuggle with the freshly bathed, not sopping wet duo as long as it doesn't rain but maybe we will dress them in rain suits. They say rain again tomorrow.

I have really got used to having 2 Spice's around and what I mean is oh my gad are they alike. Scruffy oh my gad his hugs are like out of this world so they will be missed but I understand Mommy and Daddy are counting the minutes. I guess Nathan's line - what dogs won't work in this case. :-0

Levon gets to tucker Scruffs out before he goes. Pepper will do that on her own with this dog and that dog and...

Then Tuesday its a quiet day without a soul so maybe I will knock down some of my 'to do' list but we shall see.

Falling Down on Job

Life is so crazy busy the last few days so I am falling down on galleries and photos but its life. We had friends over and they swam. I had Abigail and the 4 pups to wash and I have a dog to demat but won't get to him anymore till tomorrow.

I tried to get Pepper and Scruffy in the pool but I admit I didn't try overly hard as Abigail jumped in AFTER I did her bath - yes Abigail, Roxie, Kat so I had a lot of blow drying and brushing to do and I was out of steam. I had already groomed everyone. But still I kept asking and they kept running away much like Fiona when we asked her. They were simply not in the mood and that's okay too. Monday is supposed to be warm so I will take them in before they get their baths. They are knot free so I do not have to worry about it.

This is Roxie and Hugo and Milo and I will tell you they too are smitten with her and she looks away so disinterested in Milo. I have to laugh at that face!

Here Roxie is launching herself off the side. She has learned a kick to the side gets her further.

Pepper and Scruffy got to play with Bailey. Check out this cutie patootie on the Fiona page. She was so excited to see him it was unreal. I have to do a gallery of them playing together. It was priceless!

We had a lot of snuggles time. Scruffy is FASCINATED with Dennis hand-held game machine. He often hangs his head on his shoulder to watch.

I have a ton of photos but to be realistic, I can't do them tonight. I am TOO TIRED. Its a half hour before bed and I have not had down time at all today so I am being proactive to me and finishing this blog then taking 10 minutes for me before bed. ROFL

Two Washed Today

These were two of the pups I washed today. Washed more but... these I clicked. This one is Zoe.

This is Magic...

Two more updates today so look below!

Many Faces of Levon

Got these photos from Shannon of Levon and they are so cute I wanted to share!

Tricks Class

Thank you to Ty, Kona, Magic and Cha Cha's parents for taking them to Tricks class with us. It seems Jeannie is the only one that has never learned a trick. I guess we have been concentrating on handling stuff. How boring!

She has a lot of practice to do. You all were stars and well Jeannie was playing massive catchup looking around going hmmm all of you already know all of this?

Update on Friday, June 14, 2013 at 6:26PM by Darlah

Short updates today - no more. I am exhausted I had about 4 hours sleep, lots of grooming and baths today so too tired tonight. I apologize but thank you Lynda for making Nathan's father's day special tonight.

Scruffy and Pepper are delicious. Face baths and all they make my day. I promose I will do better tomorrow though I have puppy baths then. heh

Missing the Trio

We are already missing Steven and My's trio. Here are a few photos after their bath today.

The Ray Ray Boy!

Mac - he was the easiest to get to pose - the other two were so excited it was funny trying to capture them.

Monty doing a dance with Nathan. He is such a character!

Dusty was also here for a bath. Simone got to help socialize the pups.

Be sure to check out the video on Fiona's blog where Griffin conquers the fish.

It suddenly got really quiet here. Jeannie starts Tricks class tonight. Not sure who else is in the class but it is bound to be fun.

I am already too tired for it. ROFL

Everyone is knot free and taking a nap with Nathan in bed. Can you believe? Only Abigail is downstairs with me.

Haven't taken a photo of Pepper or Scruffy as I was too busy washing, grooming and playing with pups. Still, they are their usual sociable selves playing their hearts out so much so that they are catching zzzs with Nathan. I believe I got Pepper playing with the pups earlier but none of Scruffy. I will make sure tomorrow I do better.

I tell you Nathan and the dawgs have the life. heh

Fun Filled Day

I will start with an endearing slideshow of Monty and Nathan. Some are out of focus as I was clicking so fast I was not paying attention to the focus and I am learning my camera and was in full manual mode. It's about time I play and truly learn the camera. I left the blurry ones in as it tells a story and I am sure you will get that!

Roxie and Kat also went swimming and I did a gallery of that as Roxie jumped in repeatedly. Bravo, Roxie. I tried to get everyone else swimming but no one was interested but these two. I decided it wasn't worth trying to coax them. Maybe they were simply not in the mood. After all they did get brushed and combed this morning and a swim would have meant another brush out. Still, I tried extra hard to convince Steven and My's crew as they go home tomorrow. They will be getting baths tomorrow morning as they are simply too dirty from the weather we have had. If they had swam I just would have shampood them tonight and be done with it. Better to do it tomorrow morning so they look extra clean. :-)

Still we managed to have an event-filled day. Everyone is sniffing up Roxie and she's about had it. We had hoped when she went into the pool it would stop but they are all in love with the gal. Raylan to an even bigger degree. I wish I knew what it was. They used to react to Abigail like this before pups.

Here is Raylan and Monty staring at Roxie. We almost thought she was coming into heat again but she is not. Is this doggie attraction perfume of sorts?

Monty and Mac went squirrel hunting. They didn't full out chase but they watched and followed and had him stuck under the deck for a bit. Then Wasabi went under the deck and chased it out. She can catch squirrels but only grabs their tail and lets them go. It's a curious game that she delights in.

When I had Panda around the pool and tried to get her in she went up on the deck and remained. No pool for me! Maybe if I hadn't brushed them all this morning they may have been willing? There have been days in the past that they do this. They are either in the mood or not. Even Abigail who adores getting wet said NO WAY! Okay - that meant only Kat and Roxie to brush out and dry.

The day can't be complete without a little ipad chillin' that Nathan is famous for.

I believe Scruffy thinks this is the life!

The day is not over but they are all in the tv room cuddled up to Dennis and Nathan. Me, I am typing. I am mulling over if I should wash Mac tonight or wait till morning. I think morning will do. :-)

Suns Out

Well it's almost night and it FINALLY came out. Nathan is off to a meeting. It's just Dennis and I and the dogs. I did some weeding. The dogs watched with interest but I really didn't do hardly anything in the scheme of things. The thought of nonstop for a year may get this garden in shape. Dennsi keeps saying you didn't do this and you didn't do that and I say who has time?

When we groom they all stand in the hallway waiting their turn. This was today and boy they needed something. :-)

Logan enjoyed playing with the pups.

Raylan for some strange reason wasn't interested today. The pups tried and tried and he just wanted out so that's where he sat watching. I think he was more interested in watching.

I was weeding to the right of Pepper and guess who was under the deck? Scruffy went under to get a toy Dennis threw the wrong way and Pepper just stared intently as if to say you are too big for that now? Scruffy found he could have his toy under the deck, lay there and no one would try to take it. Smart boy. Not even Pepper tried. She just watched and watched waiting till he came out to pounce on him and finally she got the opportunity but I didn't catch it with the camera.

This was a plant that we wintered inside and it needs to be cut back. Monty finds it to be a curious thing. I am not sure he knows what it is and in the state it is in I am not sure I do either. My excuse is I am waiting for the rain to stop and then I will start gardening - yeah right! Okay I am waiting for 36 hour days? We will get there.

Dogs were happy that they got some time outdoors today for walks, for play. We had some rain but nothing like it has been and tomorrow is supposed to be sunny and warm. Looking forward to what we can do tomorrow and tonight!

It's All About the Rain

Well, we started playing at 7am. Some are now chillin' watching TV with Dennis and Nathan while I have the pups and some of the dogs here. My camera batteries are charging. I really need to get more than two as I use 2 at a time.

We had a lot of dancing today...

We had a number of meeting of the minds. No one wanted to hang outside or play as its truly been raining most of the day so its been inside creative play other than the number of times they go out. Dennis started walks but they came back so saturated I said let's expel their energy inside or I will be grooming all night. So, we did!

We did do grooming cause why not. Steven and My's 3 already know the routine. Brush, comb - TREAT!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, I meant the explanation points.

Mac wants the treats forget about the brushing - do you really have to do THAT? Let's make a deal. You can ignore that and well I will give you long cuddles. hmmm it's an interesting proposition. How about I do the snuggles, still brush and you get a treat? Mac is great on the table. I just think he thinks the process is silly. Where Raylan wants to be rolling and messing himself 2 minutes after the fact. No matter what I do with the front of his hair - well he looks like Raylan.  I think Monty is the most tolerant will all this silly cleanup.

It's been a terribly wet day. The sheets will be soaked tonight and muddy if I don't muster the energy to clean feet and legs yet again before bed. Realize we go out at 10pm so that would mean as they come in I would be cleaning before bed. Clean the sheets, wash all the feet and undersides - well even if I opted to clean only the sheets the dogs come morning would still need a cleanup so what would YOU do?

Such a silly thing to be pondering. I think I will try out that mat Steven and My brought us. hmmmmm

Stay tuned tomorrow. I forgot about that. Silly me!

PS: Lori and Roger's duo could care less if I try to groom them morning noon or night. She must be doing a lot of conditioning. But oh boy Scruffy should be both of their names. But that means they are having oh so much fun so truly deep down we don't mind.

I am Tired

Abigail says it all about how I feel.

Boo had a bath and went home. He is a party dog and will be missed. Gracie who never visited before played her heart out and is probably snoozing at home. Darcy came to visit for a few hours and played with her sister Pepper.

I groomed everyone all morning and bathed up legs of a few boys and bathed Boo and dematted a dog. I have done a tremendous amount of baths, brushouts and maintenence grooming since Thursday. I go crazy before events as people want their dogs to look beautiful and I don't blame them.

Throw in that the pups are in that transition stage to get them to be without mom and sleep through the night - oh boy!

I was crabby this morning. When Nathan told me off for getting up and then told me it was my responsibility and my fault the phone was stolen I reminded him that when he dropped his ipad I didn't blame him. Crabby I was but get some caffeine in me and I am better. Still, the phone thing is really still *&^%$ me off!

Despite all that I enjoyed the dogs today.

Chewey and Riley dropped in but I was so tired I forgot to click photos. Thank you for bringing them. Chewey is a Wasabi and Kat pup and Riley is a Coton.

Here are a few more photos I clicked today.

Raylan is overly smitten with Jeannie. It's funny to watch and well Scruffy has his Pepper but it seems he has his Roxie back.

I call this the blonde moment!

Scruffy the cheater was giving kisses to Darcy. Should Pepper and Roxie get jealous?

I had all 4 of the Kat crew in a photo at the door but Monty was doing something we can't post. Use your imagination. They didn't cooperate so I couldn't get another. Tomorrow is a new day.

Interesting enough Monty was way unhappy about our son Tal's hat. Tal is off to New York for a couple of months so we won't get anymore conditioning in but no matter how old the dogs are there is always something that they find different and may react to. At least I think it was his hat. When they tell you to do scavenger lists to expose them to silly stuff its impossible to expose them to everything they will encounter. He is not the only one that has reacted to him. He is also into all this natural smells on him so maybe that may be strange too. It certainly makes the dogs sneeze. <sigh> It's too bad he is gone as I can't explore it.

Jeannie thought today she would tell some of the other dogs what to do.  We stopped that immediately. Miss Bossy pants, I don't think so. That's not YOUR job. Oh she played wonderful too but we had a lot of visitors today and she thought she could try this out for size. Good thing she listened.

Okay, it's been a day but we had a lot of fun too. WE had play. We had snuggles and we had a lot of work. Tomorrow will be an easier day as I am not washing a soul. Can you believe?

Can't wait till snuggling time in bed. Till then its caffeine.

Wait till you see the Goldfish that Darcy passed on to the pups that she doesn't use anymore. It's sooooooooooooo cute! Thank you!

What a Day

Crazy day and hardly any photos that didn't have the pups in it. I did get one of Gracie who is literally having the time of her life:

I did get photos of Woofstock but I have to sift through those. I had my iphone stolen so unfortunately I am dealing with that changing passwords and all that fun that comes with it. It was wonderful to see the dogs that we did. We missed Kobe, it seems. Never saw Molly. We missed others, I am told.  I never got to see Kim as I think my mind was on my iphone. Then Nathan topped it up with well it is YOUR responsibility to make sure no one steals anything from you in a crowd. Is that an insult to injury statement or what? I had my phone in the side slot of my purse as I was trying to connect with Bailey's mom. Luckily she found us anyway. So, photos of Woofstock will have to wait. Photos of the other dogs will have to wait except check out Abigail's blog as I will be uploading Raylan and the pups. Mac thought they were Martians and well Monty was highly curious but not enough to play but only to sniff them all up. Raylan played and played.

Cha Cha who has since gone home was in-between Raylan and Monty with the pups if you know what I mean.

We got to visit with Stella and Val and she was such a gracious host. It was GREAT fun to see the dogs together. I think someone was hugging Roxie and Roxie was loving it! Woofstock was fun despite the issues of crowds and the phone and I will go through the photos.

I hear tell we will see Darcy, Scruffy and Pepper tomorrow. Pepper and Darcy are littermates. I do have a photo of one of their other littermates from Woofstock but as I said I think I am emotionally spent. I worked really hard to get to be able to get everything setup so I could go for a morning and someone said - silly woman... Oh well enough whining!

We did get a ton of treats and we brought home Maxine for a play session and she will be departing first thing in the morning. Not enough time for me.

What a Day

A huge shout out to Coco, Doozie, Carol and Malcolm for all that they do with the dogs. The dogs both took their CGN (citizen good neighbour) test today and passed. This is them at home quite pleased with themselves and they should be! This pair does an amazing job with dancing too! Carol is truly a special lady doing what she does with them.

I have been grooming and grooming and grooming the last couple of days for other people but I also managed to get Shoshi, Spice, Roxie and Jeannie done as well. But to say I am tired is an understatement and you will have to read on Abigail's blog why I am extra tired today. I will be updating that blog shortly.

Cooper and Truffie connected this visit. Truffie (with no gals in heat) has slowly got back to his playful usual self. I hate what heats do to gals and to the boys. But I do love the end result - the pups.

My day started today with a brush out and comb-out of Cooper. He's such a good boy. I love when he visits.

Gracie and Cha Cha arrived at the same time. Gracie is not one of our dogs but she connected with Cha Cha in a big way but she is also playing with everyone else. As you can see due to the rain the paws are getting muddy and I decided to wash them once not many times a day. hahahaha

We are heading to Woofstock tomorrow. Dennis is here with the dawgs with Jonathan. We are going early and coming back early. It's always best that way as you avoid the crowds.

Simba dropped in today and Shelton was smitten by him giving him kisses and Simba was giving kises back. Oh my... be still my heart!

Steven also dropped by and brought us a present for the dogs. Wait till you see it on the Abigail blog. The pups LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it. Thank you. What a cute and fun idea that was.

Well that's all I can muster today. I have a magazine to get out as it seems I am the one that knows how to do all that. Dennis is playing with the dogs sliding on the floor and the dogs are running after him. It's a riot. It's raining but it best not tomorrow. Just know we still manage to have fun no matter what the weather is!

No More Martians?

Guess the pups are no longer martians to Cooper. He truly thought Fiona's was. Abigail did have some words with him about the pups. She simply stared. He looked away and we told her it was okay and then it was. He actually was gentle and quite nice to them - highly curious!

I am washing dogs today. People are going to Woofstock, I suppose. But I did have 2 cancellations tomorrow as they are heading to their cottage vs. Woofstock. They will miss some event. hehehehe

Tomorrow I wash Logan, Panda, Roxie and Jeannie. Today I still have Shoshi and Frannie to do and it is raining and raining. So I have to do Frannie just before arrival so she looks beautiful. Shoshi needs to be done as she is overdue. Yeah I could put her off till Monday as she has no knots but a part of me says just do it.

Look for more about the pups on the Abigail blog later. I also started on class photos for the Spice and Fiona pups. Yeah, I didn't forget. &^*( life gets in the way. Can I have 36 hour days and feel bright eyed and bushy tailed or however that term goes?

Nathan and Dennis have been mega busy playing with the crew and laughing their fools heads off then Nathan took a nap surrounded by dogs. I am jealous!

Levon's Bath

This is Levon before he went home today. I thought it may be fun to see the first time he went home. Check it out here.The pups are going to miss you Levon! Logan will have to do. :-) Maybe we will get Frannie and Panda playing.

We had play sessions with the pups so be sure to check out the Abigail blog for Logan and Levon playing their hearts out.

Frannie was caught snoring on her back outside on the comfort of the pillows while we made some of the loudest noises.

Also check out the Fiona blog for a photo of Bailey and Griffin and a new house Bailey received.

The dogs are now watching tv with Nathan and Dennis. I wonder if they too like Game of Thrones or just tolerate it for their sakes and extra snuggles.

Levon and Frannie

Our day started out in full steam with Frannie and Levon rolling all over each other in full out play.

I think they stopped to eat breakfast and started in again. Frannie wasn't into playing early but Levon kept egging her on and then it began and never seemed to stop.

No swimming occurred today. It's too cold but we have had a great deal of chase me games. We played a rip roaring game of get the toy if you can. I say that as everyone participated and it wasn't obvious who was going to get it. The best part is they all played with everyone having fun and not with the attempt of it MUST BE MINE! They were real team players - nice!

BY the way Logan now runs to me to get groomed and so does Panda. They have an internal clock. It must be Mommy pickup time. ROFL! Just love that duo!

Levon & a Pup Plus a Video

Levon was doing his best to get to the pups trying to sniff them up. He is indeed fascinated by them.

Frannie comes to visit tonight. It was too cold to swim today. We played retrieve and the dogs played the chase with each other. Levon was in front then it was Kat then it was Spice and then Roxie. Risa just laid down saying I am too old for this. I bet you some of you can relate - me too!

Nathan laid on the ground and they played carpet with him. What does that mean? They walked all over him while he tried to stay still. I just laughed.

Check out this video of Risa (12 years old) playing and Levon was right in the mix! Sorry for the poor quality. Nathan took it on his ipad.

Afternoon Visit

This is Piper, Levon's sister. She is a Teaser and Truffie puppy. She's here while Mom and Dad are watching the soccer game in the BMO field. We were lucky that they decided to go as she got to see Levon too!

Instead of rough housing they are investigating everywhere together. It's a riot. Now the crew is watching TV and I want to go for snuggles too. Be sure to look at Cooper's update as well below.

Then don't miss Fiona's blog as the pups came to visit.

Busy Day

Cooper just had a bath and he is heading out soon. His antics will surely be missed! Piper is coming for a visit while they go to a game. Levon gets to see his sister - wow nice! I will be sure to click that. We have a Fiona puppy get together. I am hoping it doesn't rain as the kitchen is not large enough nor will the play be the same. We shall see.

Bailey is going to hang out till the evening so Fiona will be thrilled. Us too!

More as the day unfolds!

Hugo and Milo are now home and we are hearing funny stories.

Very Early Day

We had to get up at 4am so Nathan, Tracy, Jonathan and the gals could go to Ottawa. Dennis stayed sleeping in till 7am. Me, I kept the dogs occupied and relatively quiet so he could sleep in. Then at 7am I woke him up so we could feed the crew. In that time I read a newspaper, drank my coffee to pretend I was awake and watched this lovely play between Cooper and Levon.

I also cleaned the puppy pen, started laundry and started grooming the dogs.

Milo was first as he is going home tonight. His hair is a challenge as he has tight curls and he's not getting a bath so a dirty coat tends to mat. So, I brushed him out and then combed him out and although I have been doing him daily completely he was an hour job this morning of nonstop combing.

I used the table in the kitchen and as I was grooming these two played the entire time and then some.

After Milo was done, I did Hugo and then Jeannie.

Then I started on Levon and I am working my way through all. But I also had a play session with the pups outside of their pen and tried to do a video at the same time doing it all myself. Who knows how the video came out but not even going to look at it till I finish grooming. Then I want to head outside in-between the rain and get some playing done despite all this grooming cause hey I am a glutton for punishment.

Nathan has already arrived. It looks like its about to rain so I best get outside while I can.

But maybe no swimming today as its really too busy but fun is absolutely on the menu.

Oh, and the camera the error was the connection between the lens and camera so I wiped it off and it seems to be working. Let's hope it continues as some say to clean using alcohol and some say not. Think I will wait and call the service center and ask them Monday. :-)

As we have Fiona pups coming tomorrow and Piper coming for a visit while parents go to a game, I best have my camera working.

I may or may not update this later on. Let's see how busy the day remains.

Here are a few more photos I took today.

No one wants to stay outside for any real length of time except for short bursts and they don't want to run like the wind either. It's simply too muggy and I suspect they also got up way too early like me. Tomorrow is a new day. When the sun or clouds go down and Nathan is home, we will try to get them running when it is a tad cooler.

They are playing in the house but there is nothing like running outside. Cooler weather they say is coming.