Mine! All mine!

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Marquie

Think your dog loves his/her dog food?

Well Lassie is sure that no dog has ever loved their food as much as he loves his.

Lassie says he’s willing to lay down his life for his food.

Don’t believe him?

Well, you’ll see for yourself.

But first, a little background on the subject.

Usually we order our dog food online for the price and the connivence, plus I can’t get a 40 pound bag of the food I feed anywhere in town.

So our dog food comes to the front door and Petal is always there to receive it and guard it away from Lassie and Ella.

May 2011
She’ll even open the package at times!

“Ooohhh, fooood!”

Petal has come to the firm belief that it is her job to guard any and all packages that smell like food until I have had the chance to put them away.
So naturally, when the food arrived yesterday, Petal went straight to work on guarding it.

Yesterday was a little different though, because yesterday Lassie decided that enough was enough. It was his food too and gosh darn it! HE was going to be the one to guard it!

So, ignoring Petal’s protests, Lassie climbed on top of the food and, ~~figuring he may as well make himself comfortable~~ risking his life, he laid his body across it to protect it.

“I’d like to see you try and get past me to take this food, Petal!”

These dogs crack me up.

I think they might be addicted to their dog food.
Is there a support group for that?

Happy Saturday, everyone!
Have a lovely weekend!
♥

Note: This blog post is not an endorsement, though it may seem that way. I was not asked nor paid to write this post. My dogs are just ridiculously obsessed with their food and I couldn’t resist sharing these pictures to prove it. 😉

A Lovely, Cloudy Thursday

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Marquie

Yesterday was very cloudy, breezy and cool.
It made for perfect Collie walking weather.
(Ella stayed home. She doesn’t come with us everyday, due to hip issues)
It also made for some fun photos for me. 😉

It wasn’t quite as dark as it appears in some of the photos.
It was, however, very beautiful and cool.

“Ahh, cool wind through my fur!”

Can you tell we walked in the early morning, before I could brush their hair? Bed head Collies! ;P

It was beautiful weather.
Wish we would have weather like this more often!
♥

Spoiled Collie and a Fur Bunny

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Marquie

This is Petal,

She is spoiled.

This is a Fur Bunny,

It’s made of the undercoat from Lassie’s neck.

This is Lassie,

He’s hairy handsome.

(Thankfully you are not obligated to laugh at my ~~awfur~~ awful jokes)

Petal’s not as spoiled (yes she is, don’t believe that) as she is a spot thief. The moment you get up from your seat and walk a good four steps away, she’ll be in your spot. Then when you come back for your spot she’ll look at you with these innocent eyes as if to say, “What? I was here first.” or, “Surely you wouldn’t make such a sweet little Collie move?”
So you find someplace else to sit.

As for that Fur Bunny, it all came from Lassie’s mane.
~~While he was on a train.~~
~~To Spain.~~
~~In the rain.~~
While he napped on the floor (a few weeks ago), I took the undercoat rake to him and made that lovely little Fur Bunny.
Then I took pictures of it, because, well, c’mon, who wouldn’t take pictures of something like that?
I needed proof of the great amount of hair that came just from his neck!
His neck is so silky smooth now.

Wordless Wednesday: Lassie

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Marquie

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Wordless Wednesday: Collies

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Marquie

The Barkers Dozen

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Marquie

What is The Barkers Dozen?
It’s a doggy bakery, of course!
They make delicious dog cookies that’ll have your dogs drooling and performing all of their very best tricks.
They’re the great company that helped to raise funds for Daffy.
They’re also the sweethearts that sent my dogs free treats to thank us for blogging about their fundraiser.
They sent us five bags of goodies in four different, tasty flavors.
They’re after my dogs’ hearts!

Blueberry Bone-Anza (that’s right, it’s gluten free!) and Organic Carrot.

Organic Peanut Butter and Organic Chicken.

So far I’ve been unable to decipher a definite favorite among the dogs. They’ll gobble any one of the four flavors up without dropping it (or a single crumb) on the floor.
When my dogs don’t hesitate to take it from me or drop it on the floor and sniff at it first, I know it must be really good. Not a single crumb goes unnoticed or wasted.

I also know it’s a good, healthy treat when I can actually read and pronounce all of the ingredients.
I like giving them treats without worrying about paying for it later.

(In the form of inconsistent poo.)

I don’t like feeding them treats with strange ingredients that I have no hope in pronouncing. Lassie turns up his long Collie snout to such treats anyway.
If the dog won’t even eat it, it can’t be good. He eats poop!*

These cookies, however, are Lassie (and Ella and Petal) approved! They come running whenever they hear me opening up a Barkers Dozen bag or when they hear the word “Cookie!”
The Barkers Dozen has been added to our list of favorites, that’s for sure.

Good to the last crumb!
😉

*Lassie would like you all to know that he USE to eat poop, when he was a young and foolish pup.
But I would like you all to know that he’s somewhat lying; he’s a recovering cat poop-aholic.

Today

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Marquie

Today we walked along a walking/biking/jogging/running trail.

Ella stayed home because she prefers to do her leash walking without the company of Collies. And sometimes not at all.

Petal wore a backpack. She’s a working dog, you see. 😉
It was filled with goodies and useful things.
And a few useless things, to try and make the weight even on both sides of the pack.