Deep Fall

We are slowly getting brushed and combed out today here and there as the human is able.

The gallery is HERE.

After having words with Misty (see her blog), it has been pretty quiet. Jamie and Charlotte arrived and they are now gleefully in bed with Nathan and so is Harlow and Winston. Nathan usually takes whomever wants to go for a nap then says he gets no sleep. LOL Katie decided to stay downstairs and play and now she is snoozing.

Harlow has been here enough that she has her spot in bed, in the tv room, in the kitchen. She likes to sit on a chair next to Dennis while he plays a game and hope he treats her. Oh she has his number.

Our pool is still not closed and I called and yes this week or next. This will be the latest closure but if they are this busy, it means others are closing late too. They say there is a record number of pools this year. I best get my opening date early. LOL

Misty particularly was having a meltdown about Halloween trick or treaters. She has pups to protect. She had me so stressed last night and today.

Dogs are going to have a great run next door with Dennis after Nathan is up. He just has a sea of grass and let's us use it while he is away. They all love it! When the pool cover is on they will love that too.

Hope the white stuff stays away till December. I may have to get jackets for the pups. LOL

Ready for Halloween

Pepper says Happy Halloween!Rusty and Luna are ready for Halloween. Are you?

Halloween Day

We hardly get any trick or treaters and tonight we will be shutting off our lights as the dogs really dislike the ringing of the bell constantly so why insist on irritating them. We have been so busy, we have not had time to get candy besides. I think last year we had 2 kids. So lights out. Sounds selfish - I know but I care about bombarding the dogs with the door. That's my take. What are you doing?

Here is the gallery.

Winston arrived today for a short stay. Kally and Rocky departed. Dogs here for grooming will depart. Dennis is now in bed till 10pm. I have been so busy that I have been unable to update blogs.

I almost had a meltdown today. I do not have my comb that helps me demat and I had dog to demat so my hand is on fire. The comb has been discontinued. Sherry came to the rescue and is bringing me her comb. Now that is a true friend. I usually get through it but with juggling, pups, grooming etc..... well it will pass. I so worry about pups at this stage. I watch them on my ipad while grooming. Even when there is nothing to worry about, you just do. Much responsibility with dogs and pups. I take it serious. If the dogs aren't having fun, I am not happy but they have been having fun so I do smile. Good news, they are always having fun and why not. They do not have to do anything but rest, play and put up with my grooming. To be a dog - at least here... the best!

Hope you all have a Happy Halloween. It's time to feed the dogs and I need to help as Dennis is sleeping till 10. Look forward to taking a non groom day weekly and maybe a day off when the pups are 5 or 6 weeks old. It can't be a full day off as this is the play upstairs fun time at that age.

PS: Dennis did do the run game with the dogs. Thank you no rain!

Getting Normal

Here is a mini gallery. It's wet outdoors. The dogs really do not want to be out in the wet. I can't blame them. Can you?

Short Blog Again

Here is the gallery.

I need a day or 2 to regroup. If Sage had her pups last night instead of a long labour, I would need less, I suppose. As we have Spirit in heat, Nathan slept with the boys and Dennis with the girls. This happens when gals are in heat.

Rocky hadn't been here since precovid and he was a bit unsure at first as we are finding occurs at times due to covid but like a flower, he has already opened up and is playing. It is so nice to see the dogs you have not in awhile. It is so nice when you see them go ah ha  it's this place - the fun safe place.

Oakley goes home today. I need to figure out when I can fit in grooming for everyone but recovery first.

I am now on puppy watch. Nathan is napping and Dennis will nap when he gets up so he can do night duty.

I am having salsa and chips for lunch as it is easy, Yesterday was a soup day for all meals.

May or May Not

Vet says today or tonight for Sage so I am doing a short blurb here in case I am otherwise distracted. Opus has cancelled. Harlow is not here. Maui will go home shortly. He's been having a blast.

Here is the gallery.

Thank you Dorothy for soup.

That's it. Hope you understand.

Happy 4th

Hi Darlah and Nathan, 

Today is Bonnie’s 4th birthday!  I can’t believe she is 4 years old already.  She has been such a joy! Bonnie says hello to her parents Adele & Stone, as well as all her litter mates…. Bailey, Marlie, Thunder and Finn!

Denise & Bonnie 🎉🎂

Happy 11th: 2 Updates

Hi it is me Doozie. It is my Birthday and I am 11 and just as cute as ever.  Happy Birthday to my brothers and sisters.

Costco & More

Is anyone going to Costco in the next few days and can pick up a couple of items for me? One is something I should have had on hand for Misty and the rest of the dogs as they love it so. It's Bacon Crumble.

and the other is Pistachios - they get me by. I need 2 of each and can pay you. We do not have an active membership and Nathan really can't go far with Sage. Nathan really needs to activate the membership.

Let me know. Don't do it without me knowing as I can't pay for 8 so laughing. Do appreciate it if you can.

The crew is a mess. I figure I will play catchup. Brushing out visitors already and a dog here and there. We always ir shall I say I always manage to get there.

Here is the gallery.

It was  nice day out. Misty was let out so I went out with her despite Nathan being out already. Soon Dennis will crawl into bed till 10 and we start another day tomorrow. LOL

Our neighbour is off to Italy so we may - when it gets dry have the dogs run in their yard. They love the big open space and he doesn't mind. People are travelling. Numbers are low - which is wonderful!

Some of the dogs are miffed they can't be in here. That is okay. They have the entire house. Dennis had them downstairs as he has a pile of books that are Nathans and he said for the holidays he would organize them in some fashion but on the floor waiting for time to do it. You can see a video of the dogs playing downstairs. Having an issue as videos are iploading but not to my channel. Oh boy.

Short Blog

It will be a short blog today due to Misty. The dogs had fun. They were not crazy about going out but they did inbetween rain.

Photos are sort of uninteresting so I will add them to teh gallery tomorrow.

Ms Harlow just finished her full groom and will be doing home in a half hour. She loves to go. She loves to come. It's the way it should be. She's a riot as the more she stays, the more you realize she says lady you put teh water down too slow in the morning. We get up at 7am. Water is down after going out at 710. She does the same about food.

They say no rain tomorrow. We celebrate. Tomorrow on my day off (not a day off anymore) I was going to go to Purdy's and get some cherry cordials and some Sweet Georgia Browns. Misty must have been saying - lose weight mom. Yes, I am laughing.

I had planned to do so much but here I am feeling I accomplished so little. Dennis will be on night shift. Me, I will be in bed and Nathan too. Tomorrow is a new day in wait for Sage. Looking forward to the xrays. Looking forward to Oakley coming.

Staying Comfie

Here is the gallery.

If you are wondering do we take the dogs out when it rains - the answer is yes. Not all enjoy but we do have the 2 gazebos so they can choose to stay relatively dry. I do dry inbetween and they do get to be wet rags but they do have fun.

Today has been an exceptionally wet one. We had Astro over but I do not think Dennis clicked her. sigh.

We finally put our heat on to a reasonable temperature and I do believe the humans and dogs are happy about it. We try to hold out as long as we can.

Ms Harlow departs tomorrow night so Wednesday she can stay clean. LOL

Fun Times

We had a great time. Coco just departed and she was jumping up and down to see her human dad. I laugh as they have a great time and then they go home and rest or chill or...

Here is the gallery.

Tomorrow we get to see Astro and Logan and Panda.

Starting tonight I will start updating Misty and Sage's blogs daily.

The dogs have been playing and playing all day. Now Nathan is draped in dogs. Me, 2 more blogs then making room in here.

Such Play

This was Benjamin and Coco playing their heart out. We have a fun group here but most will depart tomorrow. I miss the dogs go but so appreciate those that share them with us.

Here is the gallery.

Tomorrow we also figure out this room and set up for the moms. I have to always move stuff out and each time what I move out is different. It makes it interesting. It gets crowded or shall I say cozy around here, at least in this room. As soon as pups arrive the dogs are not allowed in here. It's just the moms. 

Update Dennis wants me to make room but doesn't want any xpens up so he has room to play his VR. LOL He wants to finish the game he is on so that means I organize in here today and Thursday we setup.

Other things that change is Dennis does night shift and we do day shift. It also means my day off goes. So, this Wednesday is my last day off till next year. We also head into the land of no sleep. But there is nothing like oohing anf ahhhing over little beings and the moms that so smile at - look what I did. So - fun times.

Snow will come. We will have a blast with snow. Holidays arrive. Hopefully we will see dogs and you will all go away. LOL We are finally starting to climb out of covid. They say by March we will most likely see no restrictions. Imagine that!

Okay, enough of that. Everyone got combed out. They got treats. They played games and Nathan has still not finished his office. Sigh

A Day Of Course

Here is the gallery.

Murphy, Coco, Coco (yes 2) and Sadie arrived today and all are having fun. Ruth has covid so prayers. So, on this vein the blog is short. I need a distraction. Sorry about that.

Dogs have been having a blast. Till tomorrow!

Enjoying a Snooze

The weather was hit and miss today so we went downstairs. Everyone needs a comb out and I finally got to them a bit ago but here is a gallery before I combed. LOL Not sure what is wrong with some of the photos but it's blame Dennis as he clicked.

We had Shlomo and Pepper here. Both had a great time. Pepper is a sage puppy and she's hysterical. She is so thoroughly happy and it's as if you took her to an amusement park and she can't decide what she wants to do 1st. Shlomo was running and playing. I held my breath hoping he stayed clean and he did.

talked to my vet about Sage and Misty. I will post in Sage's blog about that.

Day Off

Harlow says when is that bloody pool cover going on?

What did I do for my day off? Went to Walmart as Loblaws is seriously reducing name brand food and replacing it with theirs so now I am finding stupid stuff like Velveeta mac and cheese which Dennis loves in Walmart. When Nathan asked the manager where are the Lays BBQ chips and Mac and cheese he was told they will no longer be a super store and will be using half their store for storage. Really? Time to shop elsewhere even if its close.

Here is the gallery.

Then I sat outside with the dogs. I enjoyed the sun, the rain the sun all in 30 minutes. Most of all, I enjoyed sitting with the dogs. Dennis is organizing the tool boxes so he asked me to label them. Funny how that works out. He's downstairs now organizing books to be in order in the bool shelves. Nathan can't let go of the books even though he reads books in his reader. Me, I heeved my last one in the decluttering and I read on my ipad.

It did manage to get chilly so we all came in. Found out the microwave panel can only recognixe 1, 2 and 4. Of course it recognizes defrost and popcorn. Another thing dying. Why do mictowaves not last? 

Nathan has the HFC calendars coming. Well, he gets them tomorrow and we will be selling them from here. 

I get to see Pepper and Shlomo tomorrow. I put in the calendar 1 hour office clean DAILY till pups. Think it will happen? That's a Nathan thing - not me. I decluttered everywhere else. Though my desk needs cleaning. hahahaha Not bad but not on my day off. 

Tired but Lovely Day

I have earned my day off. Eight dogs I groomed today starting at 6am and 1 took 4 hours. Oh boy. I heard I missed a wonderful day. I just went outside and clicked Jersey and took in the fresh air. I need to groom my dogs but Thursday. Tomorrow I may stay in bed. LOL

Here is the gallery.

Dennis spent a good chunk of yesterday using the wet and dry vac to suck up leaves. Not sure where he thought of that but he said it was easy as he sucked them up, put the leaves in a bag and went on and did more. Good for him.

It was Dennis' day off and Nathan didn't get his nap due to my grooming schedule. Instead he had some quiet time outdoors with the dogs and he made me steak to eat in the grooming room. LOL That's called double duty but if i didn't do that, I would still be grooming.

This is a short blog as - well I am tired. Nice to see people going away for Christmas holidays.

Muddy and Cold

This is how you get dirty 10 minutes before you are picked up. Dennis can't help himself. He says the dogs must enjoy even if you just washed them.It wasn't these two but everyone cause - why not!

Here is the gallery.

You should have seen Kally before her wash and groom. Oh - you will in the gallery. What a personality along with Jersey. One looking like they just ran through the wringer and the other laughing her head off. The house is emptying. The mud is wet out back. Each year I think riverstones and it never happens. It's only me washing and washing again so silly of me not to do it. Remind me in spring, please.

I have to say the dogs have an outstanding time.

Dennis is blowing leaves. You see pool closing is booked till November. It will be our latest date. Sometime this winter I will buy a new chlorinator as it will be on sale in the dead of the winter. Our gas line will probably go underground next year. Just too costly and getting too late in the season. Our plants are all in - well the ones that we are saving. Call me nuts but I feel bad for those that will die. It is what it is. I replanted pots before coming indoors. This cold is brrr... I hate cold but we shut off our air and do not have the heat on yet. We won't need it till pups arrive. Lots to get ready.

Some of the dogs that visit saddle up to Dennis. He sneaks them treats for the ones that can have and he plays their most fave game running around like a crazy guy while they run after him. They so love it. You should try. He says he always feels good after it for many reasons.

Cold and Getting Ready

I washed Misty and Sage today along with a number of other dogs.

Here is the gallery.

As I was transplanting plants to bring inside, Misty took her face and shoved it in the soil. I didn't know what to do - laugh or go oh my gad! What did you do? Well Misty's pups are characters. Now we know where they get it from.

Come Tuesday night we will be quiet again. Many depart tomorrow.

Dennis got the plants that are coming inside in and the rest we are letting go.

I did upload a video of Sage, Jersey and Coco. Jersey was hysterical saying hello to Sage.

It's already 8pm. How did that happen?

Really going to miss the gang here. they have been so much fun. It was great to celebrate a birthday with Benny. Magical!

Mighty Wet

Here is the gallery.

I had a full day of grooming and someone asked if I take the dogs outside. I almost laughed. Unless it is pouring, they are playing outside in and out all day long. We do silly things like the chase game that mostly Dennis does. We do a game of hide and seek but not all get it till the some that do get it. Does that make sense?

During tv time, on the big birthday this week, I filled up treat balls and each had their own. They were exceedingly happy.

A few videos are up today. Wish Nathan took more but he doesn't carry the phone around all the time and he has improved on his video taking skills.

Weather was mighty wet last night and this morning. I had dogs that I groomed and Dennis let them out. I actually had to do 2 dogs twice. I am so laughing. Now the sun is outside and they are saying time to eat guys. No, not yet - usually 430.

Sun is out and not a soul wants to go out but after dinner.

We have a full house this weekend. By Tuesday it will be mighty quiet. We had a new dog today and he was absolutely grand - kissy kissy even while grooming. It makes your heart swell, I swear - well me it does when you groom and they kiss you so you have to kiss and snuggle them back. You can't get a better day than that!

Ms Amy is departing now. Can't wait till snuggle bed time. LOL

Soon Vivi will be departing. She is a firecracker. Will she sleep on her way home or not?