Yay! More snow!

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Marquie

Yesterday, at midnight, we finally received a generous amount of snow, just in time for December!
Ella acts pretty excited about it, but that doesn’t mean she wants to be out there any longer than it takes to do her business. ;] So she stayed in the nice warm house while I took the Collies out to play in the snow! And now I have pictures and a video to share with you all.

Petal zooms!

Petal & Lassie. Note that in the last picture Petal is showing Lassie the yellow snow (that she created) and explaining to him that we don’t eat the yellow snow. ;]

Pretty little snow angel.

It was really windy when I recorded this and the sound was super obnoxious, so I threw in a Christmas song instead. Enjoy!

Is anyone else enjoying some snow? What do your dogs like to do in the snow?

I’m gonna get you!

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Marquie

Here I come, Lassie!

Petal loves running at Lassie from great distances.

And body-slamming him.

And chewing on his mane.

And taking toys from him.

And just generally picking on him.

And Lassie is ridiculously patient with her.

Probably because Petal is basically the dog version of me.

Yeah, I pick on him, too.

He’s just so darn lovable and pickable and squishable!

Snugglefest

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Marquie

One of Petal’s very best friends is my sister’s cat, Harriet. They play together, wrestle together, lay together and snuggle together. Harriet cleans Petal’s face and chomps on her legs and Petal likes to stick Harriet’s head in her mouth. They have the best dog-cat relationship I’ve ever seen. They’re adorable together.

Some thoughtless person dumped a pregnant cat on our property (or nearby, at least, if not directly on it) and my family took to feeding her and her kittens. Harriet was one of those kittens and we very quickly grew attached to her, so we kept her.
She warmed up to the dogs very quickly and we tease her about being part dog. ;]
She’s a great little kitty. We just love her.

Whooosh! BAM!

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Marquie

Yeah… I got hit this time.

Reasons to smile

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Marquie

Five reasons to smile..
1: Silly dogs
2: Playful dogs
3: Running dogs
4: Sweet dogs
5: Beautiful dogs

Hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving! :]

Another Collie bathed.

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Marquie

Friday it was Petal’s turn to get a good scrub down. I used the same shampoo on her as I did on Lassie and my family’s reaction was “Wow! She’s so white!”

I used Cain & Able’s Peppermint conditioner and made her smell so yummy, like Christmas candy.

She’s also ridiculously soft and could put a Poodle to shame. ;]

My sweet and sassy little Red-Head.

And yes, Petal did follow in the foot steps of her big brother and stuck her head in the garbage the very next day. Thankfully she was caught before she could get dirty.

I don’t know what I’m going to do with these Collies.