Ella is nutty

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Marquie

Ella had a lot of fun in our Valentine’s day snow (the majority of which has melted away already, bummer). A lot more fun than I thought she would.
She likes to rub her body against the fence outside, especially when there’s a nice layer of snow over it. She likes to sprinkle the snow over herself and then shake it all off.

Because she’s a little nutty.

After rubbing and slinking along the fence,

I get a lovely dusting of snow along my back! I look like a powdered sugar covered Mutt.
Mmm, I like sugar.

Now it’s time for the shake off!

And now you’ll have that lovely wet dog smell that the humans love so much!
You’re welcome, humans.

P.S. See my social media buttons up in the right sidebar? The Chronicles of Cardigan helped me put those up and I didn’t even have to pull my hair out or scream. ;]

Gotcha! Miss Petal

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Marquie

Today is Petal’s Gotcha Day.
Two years ago today she came here to live with us.
And she fit right in, like she’s always been here.

To celebrate two years with this crazy, silly, and amazing dog, I thought I would put together some pictures from her very first year with us. One month at a time.
This will be a very image heavy post, of course.
But it’s filled with adorable puppy pictures, so how can you resist?
That’s right, you can’t.
Because saying no to puppies is like saying no to sunshine and happiness.

So enjoy!

FEBRUARY 2010

First two pictures: going home!
I miss those ears. They were to die for. So cute.

MARCH 2010

APRIL 2010

MAY 2010

JUNE 2010

JULY 2010

I failed and didn’t take any pictures of her in this crazy busy month. Oops.

AUGUST 2010

SEPTEMBER 2010

Yes, that is a bee in the third picture.

OCTOBER 2010

NOVEMBER 2010

DECEMBER 2010

JANUARY 2011

She’s changed so much, but at the same time, she hasn’t changed a bit.

Happy Gotcha Day, Petal!
♥

Wordless Wednesday: We Got Snow for Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Marquie

Five Random Facts: Lassie

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Marquie

So.
We’ve seen five random facts about Petal and Ella, that must mean that Lassie is next!

1: Lassie, despite what the name may suggest, is indeed a boy. For those of you who didn’t already know. I originally wanted a female Collie, because I knew Lassie meant girl, but my Mom wouldn’t let me get a girl dog at the time (she didn’t want to deal with a female going into heat, can’t say I blame her). So I got a boy and stubbornly stuck with the name I so badly wanted to give my Collie. I ignored anyone who tried to convince me to call him Laddie instead.

2: He’s my best friend and second shadow. He has been since I was 13. And, from the time that I was 13, all of his training was/has been done by me. He went to one training class, because my Dad and grandma insisted on it, at Petsmart. He already knew most of the commands the trainer taught (him and I were also the youngest dog/owner there), but it was still fun.

3: My Mom and I built him an agility course when I was about 14 or 15. He loved doing all the jumps and the weave poles were kind of fun, too, but the jumps were his favorite. He still, to this day, prefers jumping to anything else. He’d rather jump for a ball thrown straight into the air than run after a ball thrown straight ahead.

4: Children = Sheep. Lassie loves any and all “sheep” though he will herd them any chance he gets. Lovingly, of course. ;] But babies will always be his favorite. He’s so gentle and sweet with them.

5: Suitcases upset him. He knows they mean I’m leaving for more than just a few hours and he might not be going with. He gets ridiculously excited when he does get to go.

That’s my handsome boy that I could ramble about for hours and days.
But I’ll spare you and stop here. ;]

P.S.

My Dog Does Yard Work

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Marquie

Oh Petal.
When she’s not being sweet and innocent, she’s being demanding and crazy.
But she does yard work, so I can’t complain.

What?
You don’t believe me?
See for yourself!
My dog does yard work!

Here she is working on pulling out one of those pesky, weird stick things (hush, I don’t know what they are).

She got it!
It’s pretty much impossible to tell in this picture, but she did get the entire thing out, root and all.
Ella does this too sometimes. They pull one out, run around the yard with them, toss them aside, then start all over again. It’s like a weird little game.

Ella, however, doesn’t take her yard work as seriously as Petal does.
It’s not all just fun and games, she says.
You’ve also got to rake the yard.

It may appear that she gave up too quickly, but she was really just tired, after all, she had just finished raking the other side of the yard.
(No, not really, but wouldn’t that have been cool? She has pulled it around a lot more than she did in this video, I just unfortunately didn’t have the camera on me that time, so you’ll just have to take my word for it).

Disclaimer: Petal is not available for hire at this time.
You’ll have to get your own dog to do the yard work. ;]

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