Merry Christmas!
Love,
Marquie, Petal, Lassie & Ella
♥
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
Category Archives: petal
Merry Christmas!
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!
♥
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.
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…
Snow Race
Ready… Set… Go!
Off she goes! Straight for the finish line!
And she’s picking up speed.. you can tell by the way her face stretches back from all the wind she’s getting!
And she stubs her toe. Ouch!
Ow, ow, ow.
Better luck next time!
Shameless Facebook plug: Two Collies and a Mutt on Facebook!
We would love some more Facebook buddies!
♥
Jingle Bells!
Jingle bells..
Jingle bells…
Jingle all the way!
Oh, what fun
it is to ride
in a one horse open sleigh
Hey!
Jingle bells…
Jingle all the way!
Oh, what fun
it is to ride
in a one horse open sleigh
Hey!
We put jingle bells on our collars to make us look festive!
Now everyone can hear us coming!
Petal’s Second Birthday
Today sweet little Petal turned 2!
I can’t believe how quickly she grew.
But at the same time..
I can’t believe how quickly she grew.
But at the same time..
Has it really only been two years since I brought this sweet little puppy home?
It seems like she’s always been here.
We celebrated with a romp in the snow, presents and some yummy dog cookies!
And, of course, plenty of pictures.
But don’t worry. I limited myself.
Sort of. ;]
Present! A Kong Frisbee (Petal is my first dog who has shown some real interest in a frisbee and we had been playing with our collapsable water bowl for awhile) and some (not pictured) dog treats! Okay, so it’s really a small bag of Orijen kibble because it was cheaper then the actual training treats, haha.
Cooookieeees! And two eager doggies. ;]
Petal gets the BIG cookies, of course.
Nom nom nom.
Mmmmm.
Family photo!
A quick video of Petal opening, or at least partially opening, her present.
Happy birthday sweet Petal!
Now that you’re 2, I expect better behavior. ;]
Just kidding, you’re a good girl.
♥
Sleepover!
On Thursday Petal’s little friend, Pepper (a Cocker Spaniel/Poodle mix), came over and is staying with us until Sunday. Petal and Pepper have been playing nonstop and wearing each other out, it’s so nice! Haha.
These girls get along so well together and are about a year apart in age. They love to wrestle each other the most and sometimes they like to chase each other, too. But Pepper has a habit of biting at Petal’s ankles, which Petal doesn’t really like, so she ends up running with her butt tucked underneath herself and then she quickly sits down. It’s too funny.
They’ve been having a blast playing in the snow and wrestling in the kitchen. They’re so cute!
“Look Pepper! I’m an Ostrich!“
Have a lovely weekend everyone!