Five Random Facts: Petal

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Marquie

I thought it might be fun to share five random facts about each of the dogs with you readers.
I’ll start with Petal; ladies first, right?

1: Petal sometimes (often) makes these really strange noises that I call her “dinosaur noises”, they’re like these strange and adorable grumbly sounds. She makes them when she’s nibbling on something or rolling around on the couch (which is a classic part of her morning routine).
2: She loves getting packages in the mail. She likes to help me open them and whatever is inside is hers and Lassie and Ella better not take it.
3: Her tummy does not tolerate anything with sweet potatoes.
4: You may already know about her overbite, but did you know she uses it for e v i l? She hooks her front, exposed, teeth over things, like the rim of a cup, and pulls them down from those hard to reach places.
5: Petal got her name because of a marking on the top of her head that resembles a flower petal.
See:

That’s it for Petal!
Next up will be Ella, so keep an eye out for that. ;]

Hello Camera!

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Marquie

“Hello Mr. Camera! Get a close up of me! Ignore the girls in the background!”

“Don’t ignore me, Camera! Look at my tongue!”

“No, Camera! Look at MY tongue!”

“And watch me squish Petal into the ground!”

The camera witnesses some brutal things sometimes.
Y’know, when dog noses aren’t being shoved in it’s lens.

Collie Butts

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Marquie

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but…
Collies have such big booties.

Seriously. They do.

A windblown Collie butt!

And they’re proud of ’em!
Or, at least, I’m sure mine are.
They sure act like they are.

Lassie always greets people with a sweet, enthusiastic Collie smile and then shoves his butt against them. For a butt scratch, of course!
(Or he’s just crazy; that’s a possibility).

Or maybe I’M crazy for photographing dog butts.

Petal also enjoys butt scratches.
(Or is also crazy).
But she’d rather use her giant butt for evil.

Like the other day, for example, Petal literally knocked Lassie off his feet with her big butt.

I almost fell on the floor laughing.

Ella, with her itty bitty little mutt butt, is totally jealous of the Collies’ fluffy butts.
But(t :P) she’s also glad she doesn’t have a giant booty that knocks things over.
That tail of hers, however, does some serious damage.

We’re all fancy with a water fountain

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Marquie

On Tuesday we got a package in the mail!

Everyone was super excited, hoping it was dog treats! Or toys!

But nope. I didn’t buy them any treats or any toys.

Sorry guys.

Instead I (with the help of my lovely siblings) bought them a pet fountain.

What!?

A boring old water bowl!?

Whyyyyy?

Why?

I’ll tell you why.

This little stinker right here

does not drink nearly enough water.
Dog mouths are not meant to be sticky, Petal.
They’re suppose to be slimy.

And who wants to see that cute face all dehydrated?
Yeah. No one.

The cats are needing to drink more water as well and I’ve read, in numerous places, that animals are attracted to moving water.
I knew that had to be true because Petal would rather drink out of either a) a water bottle being poured out or b) the gutters or any moving water source regardless of whether or not it’s clean and mud free (eeeww).
Option B is not allowed.
And option A is just not practical for every day.
So a pet fountain sounded like the perfect solution!

Until I went to price them.
Holy cow.
$109 for a stainless steel Drinkwell 360?!
I don’t think so.
Yes it looks like a fantastic pet fountain, but I just don’t have that kind of money to spend on a water bowl right now.
They offered them in plastic for a considerably smaller price, but plastic just didn’t seem practical with 6 pets. And the finicky cats aren’t fans of plastic dishes.
And I wasn’t too fond of the idea of taking apart and cleaning a plastic one.
Of course I didn’t have to get the Drinkwell 360. There are plenty of other pet fountains to choose from. But the 360 seemed like the very best choice for 6 pets.
So I checked out Amazon.

How I love you, Amazon.
Amazon offers the Drinkwell 360 for $67 with Amazon Prime.
And we also happened to have an Amazon gift card.
And my siblings decided to go half on it since it would benefit their cats too.
So with all of that, I got a $109 pet fountain for $10
*happy dance*

This is the fountain and so far it’s a hit.
There are five interchangeable spouts, right now we have the one with 3 spouts on it.
It holds much more water than it looks like it would. About a gallon.
But the best part?
Petal drinks out of it.
And not just one slurp once a day. I’ve seen her drinking from it several times since it arrived Tuesday.
YAY!

Lassie and Ella have been drinking more as well and my brother’s cat is in love with it.
She’ll spend most of the day staring at it, playing in it, drinking from it and sleeping next to it.
The other two cats are still warming up to it, but they like it.

Overall, it’s been a really great buy so far.
And with Petal drinking more water, I have one less thing to worry about.

Wordless Wednesday: Happy Collies

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Marquie

Sassy girl (did you immediately think of Petal?)

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Marquie

My dogs (*cough*Petal*cough*) don’t always take their jobs as doggy models very seriously.
Sometimes all they (*cough*Petal*cough*) wanna do is talk, talk, talk.
It’s not very professional.

Petal, stop talking and pose!

:O “Well! That was rather rude!”

Alright, let’s try this again.
Maybe in a down position this time.

“Roooooooooo”

“ooooooooooo!”

*exasperated*
One last time.
Just look at the camera. And don’t bark.
That’s all you have to do Petal.
Can you handle that?
Yes?
Okay.