Changes at Talemaker Havanese

Daisy just went home tonight after her bath. It's been raining off and on today so wet dawgs we certainly had.

Milo and Hugo go home tomorrow. Their parents are going to love seeing them. We got to see Hugo's littermate and boy do they look different. Do bichons actually all look the same? Nah...

If it rains tomorrow, it certainly going to be a challenge keeping this duo clean. I will deserve one of those awards. hahahahaha But we will try and we will succeed.

Rain, rain go away come again another day!

I have really been enjoying Oscar. He rather enjoys my company and I his. He also likes a few of the gals here. He goes home Saturday and we will miss him!

On Sunday Charlie and Kitzie arrive and we may be heading to our friends (weather is supposed to be good) to give the pups exposure in a safe environment and for us to relax and our adult dogs to enjoy. I am really looking forward to it after 2 of the pups going home.

No photos today. I am too tired and vowed the paperwork has to get my attention and so do the pups as they are leaving soon and I need my snuggle, watch tv time with Hugo, Milo, Oscar and our crew. You should see the dogs draped all over us at TV time.

More tomorrow.

Daisy Joins us Overnight

Daisy always enjoys it around this place and she enjoyed seeing Oscar as well. Daisy is a regular and will be here overnight once a week. This way she gets her play going on with the Talemaker crew but she will certainly miss the puppies. She also has Hugo's number and bats her eyes and he follows. hahahaha

Oscar didn't mind all the gremlin puppies around today. I swore I caught him smiling. He seems to be really enjoying himself.

Hugo and Milo has settled in a big way. They didn't like going up the staircase when they first got here especially Hugo but that soon went and now they attempt to run up the stairs. We practice walk vs. run.

The gang had time with our grandkids, our family and everyone seemed to enjoy that. Oscar really liked all the humans around. It gave him a ton of snuggles.

Daisy goes home tomorrow night after her bath and Milo and Hugo head home after their baths on Friday.

Our home is constantly changng and our dawgs and visitors are better off for it. Constants and new visitors add a good and healthy mix of socialization.

Check out today's photos.

Havanese Conversations

Today has been a chillin' day and I do believe Oscar gives the very best hugs ever. Oscar is spending the week here with Hugo and Milo. He is such a laid back dog and loves the walks.

Today has been overcast but we managed to go out a number of times. Oscar is adapting to the puppies and Hugo thinks they are bigger than they are. <heh>

Our son from Iraq is here and I overcooked the roast, almost overcooked the gravy. I could go on but its good to have him here. I usually cook a truly fine roast but hey in life things happen - don't they.

I imagine the dawgs wil love the leftovers. <heh>

No photos today as I am not sure I am capable. I mean what would I do to the photos being this distracted so tomorrow. I hope you understand.

Hugo, Milo & Oscar at Talemaker Havanese

We were down to just Hugo and Milo till Oscar came tonight. Just a couple of photos of Oscar as he came late but there will be more tomorrow.

It's going to be fun getting to know Oscar.

We had a fun filled day and Nathan and our son is out with puppies and dawgs tonight playing retrieve as I type.

They are really enjoying the weather warming up and so are we. I got all the dawgs brushed today. Oscar will wait till the morning as I don't ever brush them the 1st day unless they are regulars so they don't get overwhelmed. Tomorrow he will get his daily grooming like the rest of the crew. Tonight he will get extra snuggles and a slow immersion so he gets his comfort level.

We do this with each dog that is new and it works. We make sure they bond by cultivating relationships one on one and once bonded to one, the rest all comes together. We take this dawg business serious and want them to have as much fun as we do having them here.  

Check out today's photos. We had so much fun playing that I hardly snapped - sorry! I promise to do better.

PS: the almost black puppy of Wasabi's is out playing with Hugo full tilt. Hugo is throwing a toy in the air and the puppy is trying to get Hugo and they toy. Oscar is at the stage of - are the puppies gremlins? They all react that way at first. Then they realize they are just miniature dogs.

Here's a photo of Oscar taken tonight hanging out with Nathan.

Archie and Oreo Going Home & What the Hey Snow!

Archie went home this morning and Oreo goes home tonight. Hugo and Milo will be hanging out and we will have a brand new visitor Oscar tomorrow that will be with us till Saturday.

I know I wasn't going to do a lot but well it didn't turn out like I imagined. I groomed all the visitors and took a break from my own. It just means more work tomorrow but what the hey!

But I had a wonderful meal, brr cold outside. Wanted to read my manual and take a nap but here I type. Ah - to be a mom.

And... it bloody snowed last night. What is THAT about? You should check out the photos to see.

I think everyone else is napping so maybe that manual reading is a - must do that now instead of updating here so I hope you understand that I am keeping this short and taking my opportunity.

From the Talemaker crew to yours, hope you have a wonderful Mother's Day.

Do what Oreo is doing - stop and smell the flowers along the way. It's the little things that make those moments to treasure.

Havanese Windy and Rainy Days at Talemaker

Run, run, run as fast as you can. It's a bloody windy day and we had that white stuff flying. What the hey is that about?

It made for some interesting photos with hair flying. Our neighbour had a BBQ fly off his patio and smash to pieces. We were lucky. We don't go out nor leave anything up when it is THAT windy.

It's been raining most of the day off and on. I want to put my bathrobe on and some cozy fuzzy socks and melt into a chair with some dawgs but I am typing and was resizing photos and now updating the blogs and then I may even get a popcorn to munch on.

Today I was trying to eat a sandwhich and Fiona was in my lower part of the recliner and when I went to move her so I could get up, the plate went flying and so did the glass. One more glass gone.

WE made sure the dawgs was safe and Nathan went and picked it up and I got the vacuum to get the residual.

It's been ONE OF THOSE days.

Still, our visitors are all managing to get crazy and enjoy and we are enjoying. Catch the photos to see what I mean. Something about Havanese, well they are just so darn photogenic.

Eating Time & Play

Oreo is here to hang out and spend sometime with his soon to be new packmate.

WE did an introduction and hopefully tomorrow we will get outside to get some play in. If not, we will be taking Oreo and his new packmate into a room upstairs to get them connected. Why so much rain. <sigh>

I can already tell that they are going to be best of buds.

Archie also joined us today and he came in tail wagging having a great time. He was excited to see everyone and us him.

The crew played outside till the rain set in and then we got them playing inside. Inside, outside, inside, outside - that's the usual around this place.

Check out today's photos.

Wild Times Havanese Style

Daisy went home today and we didn't get a shot of her freshly bathed. Her mom came before she was done and did I remember to get the after bath shot - nah.

Tomorrow Archie comes to visit and so does Oreo. We are also doing an introduction to a new daycare/boarder tomorrow. It's going to be fun meeting a new dog. Thanks Daisy's mom for the referral.

Tomorrow and Saturday is going to be a busy one. I think I will take a timeout and let the guys around this place handle the dogs etc while I learn my camera. Yeah, I still haven't got to it. Oh, I am using it but I like to really use it. :-) I may even have Nathan do the blog. hehehehehe You won't see photos if I do till Monday.

I should be doing the garden but....maybe I will take a nap with the dawgs. What a decadent day and maybe some of the kids will help with the weeds. We shall see.

It will be a dawg day for sure!! I hope it will be the same for all of the moms out there, canine and human alike!

Photos of today are finally up. Sorry for the delay but it was Flickr.

Archie came to play for the day Milo and Hugo came last night and the Daisy goes home tomorrow.

But today we had rain and wet and dirt and I had lots of grooming but I wouldn't have it any other way. I believe in the dogs having fun.

Check out the photos of the crew mucking it up in and out of the rain. Plus there are a few more in the puppy pages on either Wasabi or Abigail's photos where the crew are hanging out with the real younger set.

We didn't let Archie out in the huge downpour as his dad was coming and sending home a sopping wet dog is not what we do but Milo, Daisy and Hugo got sopping wet. I had to dry and brush a brush them. They didn't mind as they got a treat. Archie was all brushed before he went home.

The crew was really enjoying each other today. It was a delight to catch them on camera and to play with them.

Tomorrow Daisy gets washed and goes home and on Friday Oreo gets to come and visit his new packmate for a couple of days. Oreo's family is getting one of the Wasabi pups. This way both of them get to know each other.  It's going to be an exciting weekend.

Can't wait till we see Archie again and maybe Saki wil pay us a visit...hint, hint!

Milo and Hugo Arrive Tonight

Is that cool or what? We or shall I say Daisy and our crew will be having a rip roaring time tonight and exhaustion will be the norm as they are all play monkeys in a big way. Then when they go home, Charlie arrives on the 16th. So, the fun will continue.

Charlie will be here when pups start going home. It happens way too fast but we look forward to them playing with Charlie.

It seems way too quiet around here after the Xmas month.  

New Photos Available

Got today's photos but if Daisy's mom is looking for her, she can find her in the puppy gallery on Abigail's page.

Talemaker Pups 8 Weeks 1 Day

Yep, just like Saki and Tia she was playing up a storm with the pups.

Wet Havanese Times

This was the 3 stooges - ahem Havanese that got sopping wet before they got groomed today. We had rain last night so where there are puddles some dawgs will go.

I say some as our Shoshi gets her feet wet and goes eeew and then turns around to come back inside. Sometimes she will sniff the air and say that weather is not for me but she does adore the snow, Funny how rain doesn't float her boat, so to speak.

Havanese are very intelligent. They can also be mischievous looking for that one puddle or wlking completely around it. Each have their own likes and dislikes and it all unfolds as they develop.

With our pups, at least for now, I do not see any issues with rain. They embrace it as this trio does.

These are Dawg Daze

Every now and then there are such days as these where it rains. You go out, you play and then play inside. Treasure doesn't get the rain and would rather play outside non-stop. We do so when the weather is good but when it isn't, we do running sessions in the house getting the various toys and all sorts of things but still, she's like some of us humans that just embrace the outside.

Tonight she is excited as we have Daisy that just arrived, and Saki and Tia that go home tomorrow. Treasure will have Daisy all to herself well not if Abigail will have her way but you get the idea. Then Hugo and Milo come before Daisy goes home and then she will really have a full out and out workout. A bath she will need.

Tomorrow, bright and early Saki and Tia will get baths so they are going home nice and fresh. It's been a rather muddy visit. We are sort of dawg conditioned, don't ya know!

More tomorrow...

PS: no photos today as Nathan had the camera with him. Blame him ROFL!

Big and Little Havanese Play

Saki and Tia are truly enjoying the puppies and they are also enjoying Abigail who found her play again with the big guys, Treasure and Shoshi. Fiona even joined in a little today.

We truly didn't get enough time outside as I was (am) under the weather but we made the most of times inbetween rain and had fun inside.

Check today's photos out on the visitors and boarding photo page. Here you will also see some with the pups.

Saki Joins Us

I do not have photos to share but I should. I will tomorrow. Saki burst into the scene and Tia has been playing with her non-stop and when not playing with each other - well they are playing with the pups.

What I did notice is Saki is the fastest dog I ever did see. I swear she is faster than Wasabi.

Instead of taking photos, we just watched and played and well that's okay too.

Tomorrow we will have photos - I promise - maybe video of Saki and Tia running.

Havanese Play

Tia is visiting and she has been having a ton of fun with Treasure, Shoshi and Abigail. Yep, Abigail is back playing up a storm again and it is so nice to see.

This is a repeat visit for Tia and she fits in here so well. She gets her snuggles, her play and even doesn't mind the daily grooming.

Her mom suggested I wash her early as she was a tad dirty but I just used a waterless bath. This way when she goes home, she will be fresh and snuggable.

Saki comes tomorrow so I bet these two will play up a storm. Then Daisy will be coming before this duo goes home so it will be a real fun Sunday for sure.

It's been quiet enough for what seems too long. Catch the action this weekend here. We wil be telling you all about it!

Havanese Grooming Video

We hope this free Talemaker Havanese grooming video offers you some tips on how to wash and maintain a Havanese coat.

Yes, it's long. Yes, it looks like a home video - a videographer, I am not but this should give you an idea of one method of grooming. I am a bit strong in my method of brushing but I actually don't break much hair but do get a full and silky look and feel. It does depend on what the dog has to begin with but you can improve on any coat. Check it out  here or below. It's large so Youtube would not allow a video of such size. Then tell us what you want here. Maybe we will do shorter ones that give you ideas to make a method that is your own.

Havanese Hair Tips Video

 Treasure was bathed today and we took a video of it. It's a bloody half hour video. My apologies but if you are interested, we will be uploading it. I only show one method with various tips that I have learned. Realize there are other ways to take care of a long coat too but I tried to show you what I do for her hair. Sometimes I mix it up with her and use various products and methods including Show Sheen in the tub but now to find a site that can handle the size.

Our puppy owners will have to get it burned on DVD. :-) .

Tia is visiting us tomorrow again. We are so excited. Watch for news on the video tomorrow.

More Photos Added to Archie's Gallery

We got some more photos in Archie's gallery that show movement and his fun nature. Check them out.

Havanese Archie Comes to Visit

This is Archie's first visit for daycare and he has been playing with Abigail, Treasure and Fiona. He has also got acquainted with the puppies but he's not totally sure what to make of them when they run in unison around him wanting to play.

He's sniffed and touch noses but as most larger dogs are that haven't had experience with the real small set, he is doing a wait and watch and see.

If you want to see what he is doing today, check out today's photos that I uploaded so his parents could see that he's truly enjoying his time here.

Look here.