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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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!”
Being cute
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!
♥
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
Love,
Marquie, Petal, Lassie & Ella
♥
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!
♥
How to Make a Collie Snow Angel
Today Lassie is going to show you all— Collies and NonCollies alike— how to make a Collie Snow Angel in just five easy steps!
Step 1: Pick a good spot in the snow, lay down, and commence rubbing your snout around in it.
Step 2: When ready, begin kicking legs around in the snow while still rubbing your snout around in it.
Step 3: Begin rolling your whole body around in the snow.
Step 4: Keep rolling! You may have to lick a little snow off of your face and, if you have any, you may also have to ignore your doggy sibling/s if they try to distract you and get you to play with them instead. You mustn’t get distracted, this Collie Snow Angel making is serious business.
Step 5: Once you’re satisfied with your snow angel, get up and shake off all that snow!
And that is how you make a Collie Snow Angel! ;]
Quick little note: I updated my Q-tip Review with a little note about the Precision Tips. The smaller, Purse Pack of the Precision Tips are not available for sale, see the post for more details. Thanks!
Fun with the Kong Flyer
As you may know, for Petal’s second birthday I got her the KONG Flyer.
And she is in love with it.
Which makes me so happy. I was worried she would rather play with the collapsable bowl, haha.
But she loves this frisbee so much more than that bowl!
She loves to carry it around in her mouth. She’ll even carry it out into the yard for me.
She runs like a crazy little Collie and even tries to jump up and snatch it out of the air.
She hasn’t succeeded yet, but it’s still cool to watch.
I’ve been using treats and the clicker to teach her to bring it back to me so I won’t have to chase her down for it, haha. So far so good! We’ve only worked on it twice with the clicker and she’s catching on really quickly.
Gotta love clicker training.
And a bright Collie. ;]
Anyway, on to the pictures!
Chasing it down.
Bringing it back like a good little Collie.
Posing with it.
Throw it again! Throw it again!
I know, I know. There are hardly any action shots.
Turns out holding a clicker, treats, camera and throwing a frisbee all at the same time is rather difficult!
So I got distracted with having her pose with it instead and by the time I decided to try and get a few more action shots in, the camera battery died, haha. Oh well. Next time. ;]
Also, just thought I would share this because I find it pretty funny: I fell down the stairs today.
Well, okay, that’s a little dramatic. I slipped off the last step and landed on my butt in the snow and hit my back against the steps. Yeah, it hurt, but mostly it was just really funny because Petal turned around and looked at me like “Why are you on the ground?” Then she play bowed and started hopping around in the snow. “Is this a game?! It’s a game, isn’t it?! I wanna play! Let’s play!” Silly dog. And while she was doing this Lassie was sniffing me and making sure I was okay, then he stood nice and still so I could use him to pick myself back up.
And now my back is sore.
But Petal’s reaction still makes me laugh.