While the girls were running around chasing each other and having a blast, Lassie was a great ruler and king
and laid in his snow throne and commanded his kingdom. ;]
a little bit of chasing action
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Playing Tug
Ella and Petal absolutely love to play tug together.
They will tug on anything.
Seriously.
It doesn’t have to be a dog toy.
You name it, they’ll play tug with it.
They will tug on anything.
Seriously.
It doesn’t have to be a dog toy.
You name it, they’ll play tug with it.
Socks? Of course!
Any other article of clothing? Let’s do it!
Paper? Totally!
Teeny tiny pieces of cardboard? Why not!
Blankets? Oh yeah!
Sticks?
Who wouldn’t?!
A New Year
It’s so strange to see, on the right hand side, under “All Posts”, a new year.
A third year of blogging.
2010 has a pathetic amount of posts and then 2011 easily outdid 2010 as far as post count goes.
I wonder if 2012 will be able to keep up and outshine 2011.
I’m curious to see what this new year will bring for me and my dogs. I hope it’s good.
A third year of blogging.
2010 has a pathetic amount of posts and then 2011 easily outdid 2010 as far as post count goes.
I wonder if 2012 will be able to keep up and outshine 2011.
I’m curious to see what this new year will bring for me and my dogs. I hope it’s good.
Especially if it’s supposedly the last year before the end of the world.
Then it had better be pretty darn amazing!
(I still think that the Mayan’s just got too tired and figured someone else would finish the calender for them if people were still around come 2012).
2011 brought a lot of new experiences and memories with the dogs.
Like Petal’s first camping trip.
The dogs tried bully sticks for the first time.
Petal learned how to p a i n t.
Lassie earned his CGC.
I caught two pets, that supposedly don’t enjoy each other’s company much, SPOONING.
The dogs found a new l o v e.
And the girls took up yoga.
Petal made a new friend and had a sleepover.
We wrote our very first review and really enjoyed it.
And so much more!
(I still think that the Mayan’s just got too tired and figured someone else would finish the calender for them if people were still around come 2012).
2011 brought a lot of new experiences and memories with the dogs.
Like Petal’s first camping trip.
The dogs tried bully sticks for the first time.
Petal learned how to p a i n t.
Lassie earned his CGC.
I caught two pets, that supposedly don’t enjoy each other’s company much, SPOONING.
The dogs found a new l o v e.
And the girls took up yoga.
Petal made a new friend and had a sleepover.
We wrote our very first review and really enjoyed it.
And so much more!
2011 was a great year.
Thank you all for following, reading, commenting and just being awesome in general.
Bring it on 2012!
“What’s that, Lassie?!”
“I think it’s a new year, Ella!”
Ella’s Puppy
Thursday, while running errands with my Mom and little sister, we ended up at a thrift store, looking through toys. I found two really cute stuffed animals, a dog and a piggy, one for a dollar and the other one for fifty cents. Now when I found the cute, burgundy dog, I immediately thought of Ella because we use to have this sweet little blue dog stuffy and Ella carried it everywhere with her when she was a puppy.
So of course I had to buy the cute little thing.
And what was the first thing Ella did when I walked in the door?
She stuck her head in the bags (too see what I got, as always) and pulled out the burgundy dog.
And she’s been clinging to him ever since.
See that blur of her tail? Wagging a mile a minute.
I knew it would be a big hit, I just didn’t realize HOW big of a hit he would be.
“C’mon, Ella! Give me a turn!”
“No! He’s mine!”
Nap time.
If only they had two!
Happy New Year, everyone!
Christmas loot
For Christmas these lucky dogs got some new toys! And a few treats, too.
They’ve been having lots of fun with their new toys.
They got…
A new rope to play tug with…
Three (super cute) squeaky balloon animals…
And a Planet Dog light bulb!
The dogs are pretty pleased with their new stuff.
They love to chase down the bouncy lightbulb, squeak the balloon animals and play tug and keep-away with their rope.
Hope you all enjoyed your holidays and are ready for a new year!
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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
Love,
Marquie, Petal, Lassie & Ella
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Short road trip!
Yesterday we all piled into the car with the dogs and went about two hours out of town to visit with some family and exchange Christmas gifts.
Fun, fun day.
We went out for lunch and ate out on the patio with the dogs and then we took them to a park.
They all behaved so well. Petal was her usual, talkative self, but other than the barking, she was a pretty good girl. Ella was outstanding on the other hand. Ella usually has a hard time with such activities and being around a lot of strange people, but she did very well! And Lassie just absolutely loves being around lots of people and going out to eat, so of course he was on his best behavior, as he usually is.
And now, today, all three of them are doggone tired (they even let me sleep in) and they’ve only gotten up to drink, eat and bark at the garbage truck.
Gotta love sleepy dogs. ;]
“Are we there yet?”
“No? Okay, I’ll just go back to sleep then.”
All cozy in the car.
I think going out to eat was their favorite part (they got lots of snackies), but the park was also fun.
Petal barked at dogs, birds, strollers, a balloon, frisbees, etc. etc.
Lassie peed on trees and showed off his loveliness.
And Ella… well Ella spent her time trying to get her Gentle Leader off.
“Get off! Get off!”
She was also rubbing her face all over our legs, nearly tripping most of us.
She learned when she was a puppy that when you rub your face in the snow, the Gentle Leader will get wet and stretch and then you can slip free!
Not completely free, of course, because it does clip to her collar (thankfully), but free from the weird thing on her face!
She doesn’t seem to realize that it was the snow that got it off.
She seems to think it was just the ground in general.
So she ended up walking around the park looking like this:
Crazy mutt!
And while Ella seemed to enjoy the warmer weather in Nevada, I think Petal may have been wondering where all the snow went.
“It’s gotta be around here somewhere!”
While Ella was busy trying to free herself and Petal was busy looking for snow and barking at dogs, birds, and a remote control car; Lassie was busy being… well, Lassie.
A camera ham and attention seeker.
Our little day trip was so fun and it was really great to see my Grandma, Aunt and cousin.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!
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Pants!
I don’t know if you guys have noticed this, but..
The first thing I noticed and thought of when I saw a picture of Petal for the first time was “That Collie is wearing pants!”
The first thing I noticed and thought of when I saw a picture of Petal for the first time was “That Collie is wearing pants!”
February 2010
Check out those brown pants!
Note: this was not the first picture I saw of Petal. This one was taken after she came home to live with me.
April 2011
Nowadays they’re red and strawberry blonde pants. ;]
She never leaves the house without her pants on. Such a modest little doggy.
She even wears a bra!
May 2010
And yes, Ella is looking through a Delia*s catalog there on the floor. What can I say? My girls have a thing for fashion.
Now if I could just get Petal to stop running around topless…