Transition

It's that time again. Time to transition these little hairballs into proper Poodles!

Although, I guess that's all relative, since I'm not a professional groomer and really don't know what I'm doing. Oh, well, at least we'll give baths and trim them up a bit to so they appear to be Poodles!   *wink*


Here goes! First comes the "drowned rat" stage:

I think Lucy looks a bit like Sid the sloth on Ice Age here. You know, with the hair hanging over one eye and that skinny little body.

Paisley with her blue "merled" eyes. I love blue eyes!

Hahah....sorry Reese, but you look a bit like an old man with a beard here.

After the bath and a good "towel dry" it's time to finish drying  in the Iris pen. My, they look fluffy!

Paisley now we can see those pretty blue eyes again! You looked a bit like a hippy in that last picture.

Reese~now, that's a different look! Cute girl! This was the first time she had ever had her feet and face clipped and she did surprisingly well.

And my sweet Lucy Lou!

Now that The Three Amigos, Three Musketeers or some days, The Three Stooges are done, I can start on the adults. Dog hair, here I come!

New toys!

I don't know about you, but I always enjoy shopping for my critters, whether it's a new blanket for the horse, a special treat for the parakeet or new toys for the dogs!

Yesterday when I made my weekly trip to town for groceries and other essentials, I stumbled across some cool new "Zoink!"s at my local grocery store! (These had openings where treats can be inserted.) That heightened my awareness for other fun ones, so of course I was on the watch at my other local stops.

I love toys that are interactive to keep the dogs minds (and mouths) busy. So I was happy to find some new Kong toys at one of my other stops. I don't usually buy the rawhide sticks, but the Kong toys had a spot where you can slide a long treat through from one end to the other, with some nice rubber ridges in the middle "to massage gums and help clean teeth". (I love the bully sticks for the dogs, but since they can be a bit "spendy" I usually by them online or at Costco which is a couple hours away.)

And lastly, the cute little rope toys are always fun for the little pups, so I had to snag some of them also.

Now to go try them out the the official "toy testers"!

Poppy update!

We love getting updates on our puppies after they have gone to their new homes!

Recently we received this update from Poppy's new "mom" with the attached photo. (For those who don't know about Poppy, she was an older puppy that we placed in December with a family that already had a Pinewood puppy named, Zoey.)

"Hi Jennifer,

Poppy is doing great. She is getting comfortable I think. She was never as shy as we expected her to be. She immediately claimed me, to Zoey's annoyance, but they both sit on the couch with me now. It's amazing to watch how her and Zoey are figuring things out. For the most part they are getting along fine. Sometimes you can see changes not just by the day but by the hours. Poppy is a sweetie. They both are. You breed some awesome pups!

~M"

Party animals!

Well, the girls decided to host a going away party for Poppy the night before she flew to her new home. Unfortunately, they forgot to run this by me...

Sometimes I let "the girls" have free rein in the garage to run and play. With the amount of snow we have and the cold, it's not often they get to run around outside. And since our house is small, the garage is a good alternative to race around. (Especially since my family was here for a visit and we had five extra bodies in the house). Their litter boxes, toys and their play pen is set up out there, the wood stove keeps it toasty and the radio is playing.

Well, I let them out of their play pen to play and went back in the house. The family settled down with a good movie, and I totally forgot to check on the puppies. For.a.long.time. (Naughty mom!) All of a sudden it dawned on me, "THE PUPPIES!" and I ran out to see how they were doing.

OK, so right outside the laundry room door as you head out into the garage is a bench. I had ("had" is the key word) a twenty-four roll pack of toilet paper setting on said bench. You, guessed it, they had "helped" themselves to the T.P. and this is what I saw when I stepped out.

It was everywhere! I even found it stuffed in boxes that I had my recyclables in. Boy, had they been creative!
And actually, the pictures don't really give the full affect of what the party girls did. But all I could do was laugh! And holler at my family, "You guys have GOT to come see this!" Of course, the puppies were just bouncing around all happy, as if to say, "Mom, you're the best! Thanks for the new "toys"!

(Just for clarification, we don't put cars in our garage, "Do people really do that?" ;) But we do try to keep it tidy, although occupied with tools, dog crates and paraphernalia, garbage barrels, horse tack and containers of dog and horse food!)

I did manage to round up all of the missing rolls, or what was left of them!

Here's the culprits after I "arrested" them.

(Do you know how hard it is to hold four wiggly puppies for a picture?)

Well, it's nice to know Poppy's last night at home was a fun and memorable time with her "sisters".

And if you come to my house and use my guest bathroom, you might find some interesting looking toilet paper rolls under the sink.