Remember When

I was looking through old photos to find Truffie at the same age as the pups now. As these are full siblings - just a different breeding, I thought it may be interesting to compare. See Fiona's blog to see what I mean.

But as I was walking down memory lane I caught this photo of Kat doing what he so loves.

It brought a smile to my face and I hope it does the same for you.

Yes, some Havanese like to swim. Some have a passion like Kat - well his passion is over the top.

It's as if he won the best prize in the world when Nathan gets on his swim trunks and thge pool is open for business. Can't wait till the next season and a bonus is pups swimming in the pool too.

Not much to report today. I have been grooming and washing. Dogs have been truly enjoying the day - me too other than the work. 

Tomorrow I will click more photos. Today, I take a break from so much work for the blogs. Hope that is okay!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Cooper's parents gave us permission to use one of his photos all dressed for the festivities. Doesn't he look quite handsome?

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I am far behind today. Balancing grand daughter and blogging and dogs and washes have been interesting.

Coco and Zack are now home. Instead of showing you what I clicked here, this is a photo of Moseby and Murphy when they got home after playing here.

It's nice to know they came, they ran, they played and now they are home chilling and probably having doggie dreams about their adventures. Ah, I just LOVE the dogs!!

Changes Always

Charlie departed - Zack and Coco soon and Frannie came to visit. But did I get photos - no was too busy taking the wee ones so forgive me....

Promise tomorrow to do better with photos. But hey I hope you enjoyed the photos of the little set on Treasure, Spice and this blog. It's busy around here but lots of fun.

When I combed out Shady today he kept licking his lips knowing the drill - hey where is teh treat - massage - will ya?

Tired and Needing Sleep

Well the Murphy, Moseby and Charlie will be heading out after a bath and they will be missed. They have added a lot of fun to our house. It's stayed relatively nice today. The dogs are all enjoying each other. They are now waiting to eat and have been lazing in the tv room with Nathan after hard play.

They do need down times and sometimes they don't get that so you do a sedate activity and suddenly they realize they are tired. Then and only then they will catch some serious zzzzzs.

Here are a few photos of the day.

Our grand daughter is over so our twin bed is in the spare room - the one that resides next to the bed so the dogs have more room. It was an interesting sleep last night.

What a Day

Sorry but its been a day. Got 2 dogs washed - last minute thing - didn't mind as I love seeing them but set me behind and our grand daughter was in emergency this morning and is back admitted. So, Nathan is off to get our other grand daughter to stay here and then off to the hospital and back here before dogs are picked up.

I am also busy getting bedding washed for a bed that I usually have up against ours for the dogs so our grand daughter has a bed. ROFL.

I've groomed, I conquered, I washed and well I am tired and very behind in blogs.

Everyone is having a ton of fun. Not a single dog isn't playing and enjoying themselves. That does my heart good.

Here are just a few photos that were snapped but I have no time to get them all up - sorry.

The last is Shady after his bath... lazing and staying clean so far. Will he make pickup clean or will he not?

Snow Disappearing

Time to get out there and enjoy the last white stuff. Spring is coming they say? Now how long will it take? Two weeks or 1 more month? Care to make a wager?

Well with spring comes rain and mud and twigs and oh I want the growth on plants to come up fast. I a months time we will have pups out in the garden. Life will begin anew again outside.

Just think, Fiona's pups will be the first puppies to swim this year. How fun is that?

I bet you Kat will be the first adult to swim. When you have a passion....

The dogs were groomed today. They are not getting as muddy today without the rain. They say the rain is returning tomorrow - joy.

Researching or trying to create new indoor games. I believe a busy mind is a happy mind. If you have some games you try with yours - do share. Today we tried group training out - well let's just say that was interesting.

Really Wet & Mucky

Remy says we still have ice in parts of the yard but oh my we have mud and leaves and will those plants survive the little ones? I rather doubt it.

Jeannie and Dusty are overzealous pruners - that's all I can say.

Remy prefers the ice and the dryer spots - only Remy and Fiona seem to care.

The rest - well I had mud tracks in the house, lots of cleaning with paws, the under carriage. I almost want to give up.

So when I washed Simba and Cody to go home, they didn't go back out. I may be a glutton for punishment but that would have made me totally insane.

So we practiced standing, sitting, downs and played games. I don't expect them to just chill and wait.

Cody is rather good at standing for a long time.

Before they get bathed I make sure they go out to do their duty and I watch and make sure. As you can see by looking at Simba we still have snow piles but those are fading. Those are only the snow piles that we shoveled up high to make paths. The garden area is, as I said muddy, the deck except for the extreme side is snow-less.

But as I went out a few minutes ago with the dogs, we are getting some white stuff flying but I don't think it will amount to anything.

I find the dogs love the cold - the rain not so much. So, me and the dawgs are in full agreement on that one!

It's been a too busy day grooming. I am not up to par so let's say that I may be crawling into bed at exactly 10 vs the 1030ish it usually takes us to get there. So there...

Wet Day

Spent most of the day grooming. I must admit I think the time change has done me in. I am ever so tired or maybe its the weather. My tummy is upset, I am tired and there has been a ton of grooming to do as it is raining. It's supposed to rain all week too with the exception of Thursday.

So we are all tuckered out.

I vowed to get photos of Marlee and Jazmyn but mom came early. Nathan was busy with dogs and their feet was wet. Patt said it was fine but I felt bad. It is true they were going back out and getting wet again so not much you can do but they were knot free and clean except for the feet. No photos though... sigh

I actually only got 1 photo of Coco chilling on the couch. Can the rain stop? I would much rather have snow.

Panda is now home with her human mom so that will be easier for Panda and for us - Thank you, Linda!! You are a dear friend!

I may crawl on the couch, let Dennis watch the pups and have dawgs all over me so I can feel better.

The Daisied One

Have to laugh at Daisy. I get her all bathed and look what she did to her face. I think I brushed her 10 times before Mom came and I only had her done 20 minutes before pickup. I have to learn to say wait a minute - got to brush her - give me a second and that way I am only doing it once more. hahahaha

Daisy has a LOT of hair so she takes a solid 2 hours as I line comb her. Line combing means going section by section and brushing then combing out.

What does she do 2 minutes after placing her in my front hall? Rubbing her face of course cause she can.

Dawgs are Dawgs and I love them for it. I purposely did not place her with anyone as she really would be a mess as she is a huge play monkey and adores the pups. She lets Dusty jump all over her tummy. It's a riot.

Well today we investigated the garden. One wonders if this is it for the snow melting or we will get more snow. We played a fierce game of retrieve and everyone participated. I did a hide the treat game till they got a tad overzealous with that game.

It's only 430 and the dawgs are crashed out yet again - some with Nathan taking a nap and some with Dennis. Hey, where is MY nap?

With the time change and less sleep I could have used it but oh well.

Miss Panda Bear stayed with Dennis last night and woke the house up at 5am. Hoping tonight she adjusts. As she is in heat she has to be separated. Abigail will be done tomorrow so Panda will get to hang out with Treasure. It will be good to have Abigail back in bed with me.

I will be glad when the heats are done - April...where are you. :-) Heats last 3 solid weeks.

Will also be glad when Dennis can sleep at night in the room with Fiona vs. staying up - I figure a few days and he will. Life is always evolving.

What a Warm Day

Nathan and Dennis have been out playing with the dogs off and on all day. I have been out with Fiona as she has had to go a great deal. :-( Weather is GORGEOUS!

No photos as Nathan didn't think of it. I was busy grooming, taking care of Fiona and feeding pups. I was also washing Fiona's back end and drying each time, doing laundry and cleaning the whelping box more than the usual.

Panda is also here as she is in heat and not being bred but she is not totally happy about not being able to be with the boys. She is with her mommy though and with me and at night with Dennis.

So, give us a few days. I will post something each day - just not my usual.

I thought this was an interesting photo I just took. Mia is in her usual spot behind Nathan or on his neck. Kat was saying hi to Nathan.

Everyone is exhausted. They are so exhausted from playing and I mean every single one that Nathan is getting the food ready and all but Dusty hasn't even got up to see what he is doing. They are tired. I believe they loved the outside today. Even Mia is now settled into the back of the couch and catching some serious zzzs.

It's nice when the dogs play till they need to take a nap. It tells me they all had fun. Not a single one is awake - now Dusty has fallen asleep. Hmm wonder if they will get up when Nathan starts putting out dishes. :-)

Day Off

Sorry we have a lot to do so we are focusing on the dogs not on the blogs but here is some puppy play to tied you over. Nothing is wrong in the least - just have to have an ah moment of not doing constantly.

Everyone is playing, eating, doing well and having a ton of fun.

Here is some puppy play photos.

This was taken before Magic had her bath. Now she is all clean and waiting to go home as the fluff ball she is now.

Spice continues to love even those that aren't her pups. She seems to have a special bond with hers but she still plays with the others.

3rd Birthday & More

It's crazy busy day today so I rushed to do baths for 3 getting picked up. This is Breeze who turned 3 along with Raylan, Finnigan, Coco. Big Happy Birthday to Breeze and all her siblings. How did 3 years go by so fast.

Chinook also had a bath but I have to get Nathan to take some more photos after my camera battery charges. What timing......

Finn we did manage to get photos of but he refused to stay still but 2 minutes. He's so excited to see Brewer - wait till he sees Pepper and Scruffy too.

Here is a series of photos I attempted to get of Finn after his bath. What a mexican jumping bean.

Messy Dogs

This was Shoshi about 2 hours after I brushed her out. She was sticking her head in the snow outside. What is one to do with a dog that you brush and 5 minutes later looks - well like this. Well, she is knot free. She just looks funny. You learn to laugh and take photos and be quick to get one before she does this.

Someone asked if their dog had a long tongue. This is only a partial view of Shoshi's tongue. I call hers an ant eater tongue. It's the longest I ever did see.

I also gave Cha Cha a bath and she is a - got to get to be a mess dog. So, I may not be OCD about mine, I think I have brushed Cha Cha about 6 times waiting for her mom. Nathan finally took her upstairs to take a nap in hopes that I don't have to brush her 6 more times. We shall see.

It's so funny but I think she KNOWS what she is doing. Hahahaha I got you brushing me again and I get a TREAT. Oh, do I have YOUR number!

Well, got a bit more grooming to do. This blog will be short today. I hope you don't mind.

Everyone is having fun.

Lots of Grooming

I brushed and brushed today except for Shoshi and Risa and told Nathan those 2 are his. Let's see how many times I have to ask or I will just do them too.

Daisy has decided that if the only way she is going to get treats is to get groomed then groom me many times a day - will you? She's too smart for her own good. By the way the Daisy head shots are so interesting as you are seeing her hair as the background. Look and see what I mean.

Logan and Panda have started what I call maniac hour when Mom comes for them so we are working on it. It's rather funny but shhh you didn't hear me say that but we are trying to tone down the excitement as it can escalate. I just love those 2.

Cha Cha will get a bath and Mommy will pick her up and let's see if she does the maniac door visit thing too. :-) Cha Cha really loves playing with Jeannie, Dusty, Finn and Truffie. She is such a play monkey.

Marlee I believe is 6 years old and still a puppy in nature. Her housemate Jazmyn is such a laid back thing like Fiona and Marlee is a wild child.

Finn has the treat thing down too. He wants me to brush him 40 times a day - just treat me - will ya. hahahaha

I must say I laugh and laugh at Chinook and Breeze. Breeze is always doing her dominant thing with Chinook and he just ignores, ignores and then goes for it - full out play.

Here are a few photos today.

Stella & the Rest

Stella didn't visit but she did visit our mailbox - well her photo did so I thought I would share it with you - the beautiful Stella!

We have had a lot of fun today. I got everyone groomed early. I got Paula's dogs ready to go home all nicely bathed. She came in for a short bit and then we had the Brewer come in for a bath. See Spice's blog. Oh my was he fun today. Spice was so excited.

Levon dropped in and played up a storm with all sorts of silly play and gave Nathan a big kiss or two or three.

Here are some of today's photos - not all came out. Nathan said something about being on the wrong setting or something. Most are his photos. Some are mine. So, we got what we got.

What a Day

I have been doing lots of washes including Fiona. I am going to update Fiona's page again as I got a belly shot and oh my gad has she grown. Wait till you see.

I had to get Phantom. Tangles and Envy washed up, organized for Paula as they will be heading back to Sudbury. Nathan has done a ton of snuggling with the dogs. Dennis was running and playing retreive and slidiong on the floor as they ran after him. It was a riot to watch out of the corner of my eye while I bathed.

Here are a few after bath photos and some head shots I took trying to learn this camera.

I also will include Timmy in his onesie as he just had a snip snip. Poor guy. All I can say is Irma will fill you in but I am sure she won't mind me telling you that he finds laying in the snow soothing - that is without the onsie.

What a cute onesie!Now on to the head shots and then on to the bath shots.

Love how this click captured DaisyThe ChinookJazmyn SmilingMarlee Tuckered OutOkay I lied I have one action shot.... Dusty and Tangles - oh will Dusty miss Tangles for sure!

Now for bath shots - Fiona's will be on her blog as soon as I am done here.

Multiple Best in Show PhantomWasabi's baby Envy

Tangles, Truffie and Abigail's BabyThey cleanup nice and let's see if they last or I am doing mini baths before Paula comes. hahahaha

Envy is already a Canadian champion soon to get his American championship. Tangles will be out getting shown starting next month. Thank you, Paula!!!

Now off to update Fiona's page with that belly shot.

Nathan is Out

Nathan is out at his brothers visiting his dad so I am holding down the fort with Dennis.

We have had a full day. We had a ton of snuggling watching a movie. The humans watched, the dogs snuggled and we snuggled back. We still have the rest of a movie to watch perhaps when he is back. We shall see. We had - walks as it is getting cooler it felt good and the dogs relished them.

Everyone seems to be enjoying themselves. I combed everyone out. My hand feels it but everyone is done. Tomorrow I get Paula's crew ready to go home. That means baths, crates ready etc. I do favors for Paula and she does them back - we are friends - and that is nice.

Here are just a few photos from today.

There are days that we are doing so much that one has no time for the camera except when you sit down or the off shot. That was today. It's been a good full day and its not over yet!

Slow Day

When you rely on someone else to take photos - well this is what I got. He was learning night photography - being creative but those I can't share as they are the process you use to learn and they are blurry or so creative you can't quite see what is going on.

So, here are a couple he took that did come out.

He also got one of Cha Cha playing with Dusty but not much else. There is a reason.

I had baths to do with Logan, Panda, Spice. Tomorrow I am going to try to fit in Fiona depending on how she is doing. Sunday I have the Tangles, Envy and Phantom as they head home.

Early this evening we got the pleasure of Al and Shelley dropping in with Chinook and Breeze. Where was the camera then, Nathan?

Ty came for a fun visit and it was FUN. I just love that guy. I had a wonderful photo of him and without thinking I thought I pulled all the photos off the stick and told Nathan to format - oy how many other photos did I miss today - oh well one of THOSE days. This one will have to do with him looking at Nathan as if to say.... you fill in the blank.

Logan I hear was over the moon to see his Jon that just came home after a long stay away on a learning venture. I think the Panda was told by Logan Jon is his. oh Panda... don't let Logan get away with THAT. Jump all over Jon, keep him up and tell him you love him too and so there Logan!

We then sat down to watch Idol. I really didn't want to but it gave us an opportunity to sit together. To have Breeze and Chinook chill out while watching TV. It gave Truffie a different focus than Abigail. Gad I hate this show this year - but we share the moments with each other and the dogs so its good for something but if Nikki is on the show next year - click off!

It's been a day but no photos... other than the ones that are here - sorry...

Now Nathan is saying can you watch x and I said no dear, I need to do the blog and set up the whelping box as you are afraid we won't have enough time. tee hee

Update on Friday, March 1, 2013 at 8:22PM by Darlah

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Crazy Wet Times

I was going to wash Logan and Panda today but I am hoping we don't have slush tomorrow as it simply makes NO SENSE to wash anyone till it is less than wet. I will tell you I groomed everyone so meticulously and well they look a MESS. But oh they are having so much fun.

So enjoy the soaked look.

Cha Cha has been enjoying Scruffy, Jeannie, Tangles and Dusty. Dusty also had a trip out to visit Jazzy today. Cha Cha thought Ms. Pepper Pot was a Martian when she first burst on to the scene but Cha Cha went oh she's interesting and decided to play with that one.

The play seemed to be more friskier but more work today indeed!

Plus the fun moments were worth the extra work today. Nathan didn't groom today <sigh>

PS: Cha Cha has since been out and well let's just say she looks interesting again.

Early Morning Snow

That apricot ball of hair is Cha Cha and she is trying to jump all over Envy. What a full of life gal. Dusty who lives in snow country really looked at this stuff as if to say what the $%^&!

Dennis is out shovelling. I am getting ready for the vets and doing the blog in case I don't have time later on. There is always so much to get ready - crates, extra towels, wipes, brushes, toys etc. Let's not forget the camera and phone.

The dogs LOVE the snow but no photo day as we are too busy.