JULY 24 - 50 DAYS

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE,

HOW IS EVERYONE DOING WITH THEIR TRAINING? I HAVE HEARD FROM EVERYONE AND THERE ARE SOME STORIES TO BE SURE OF ;-)

LAST PUPPY WENT HOME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THE NEW OWNER'S LATE PICK UP.....

'XLY' (MAROON COLLAR) AND 'XODA' (PINK WITH BLACK COLLAR) ARE BOTH STAYING WITH US. I WILL NEVER ADVOCATE THAT SOMEONE PICK UP TWO PUPS FROM THE SAME LITTER..... IT IS WAY TO CHALLENGING....

XODA WENT HOME TO HER NEW HOME BUT THE TIMING OF THIS PLACEMENT WAS NOT RIGHT AND SO SHE HAS COME BACK TO US..... XODA, AS EXPECTED, WAS THE MOST CHALLENGING TO CRATE TRAIN, BUT WITH PERSEVERANCE AND PATIENTS SHE IS NOW IN HER CRATE AND, IF NOT LOVING IT SHE IS AT LEAST TOLERATING IT.



DOESN'T XODA LOOK STRESS ALL ROLLED ON HER BACK SLEEPING IN THE CRATE?? THE SWEET SOUND AND LOOK OF SUCCESS!!!

XLY, GOT TWO DAYS OF TRAINING AND THEN WENT BACK OUTSIDE WITH THE REST OF THE PUPPIES NOT YET PICKED UP. THIS IS NOT IDEAL BUT WITH 5 OTHER DOGS IN THE KITCHEN REQUIRING ATTENTION, THIS WAS THE BEST I COULD DO..... HE'S BACK IN THE HOUSE AND BACK IN THE CRATE AS OF LAST NIGHT.... THIS TIME IT'S NOT TAKING AS LONG.... I DID GET ABOUT 4.5 HOURS SLEEP AND THEN TOSSED AND TURNED WAITING FOR TONY TO GET HOME FROM NIGHTS SO WE COULD TAKE BOTH THE PUPPIES OUT AT THE SAME TIME... AGAIN, ANYTHING BUT IDEAL.....

THIS MORNING THE PLAN IS TO HAVE MORE CRATE AND POTTY TRAINING..... THEN, CLIENTS START TO ARRIVE FOR TRAINING....

YES, BOTH XLY AND XODA HAVE STARTED PUPPY TRAINING.... 'RAG WORK', THIS IS BUILDING EYE-MOUTH COORDINATION AND PREY DRIVE. IT ALSO GIVES THEM A POSITIVE OUTLET FOR THOSE NAUGHTY SHARP TEETH THAT LEAVES THEM TIRED AND NOT LOOKING FOR MY FAVORITE PAIR OF SHOES.....



OUR KITCHEN HAS BEEN BEYOND BUSY THIS LAST MONTH... I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE IF I WAS ACTUALLY AT WORK AND NOT OFF WITH HAND SURGERY... OMG IT HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING AT TIMES...... UMI, THE PUPPY'S BIG HALF-SISTER NEEDED SURGERY AND CAME INTO HEAT ON THE SAME DAY. SHE HAS BEEN CONVALESCING ON THE KITCHEN FLOOR FOR THE PAST 4 WEEKS. UMI HAS BEEN SOLD TO A LOVELY LADY THAT REQUIRES UMI'S SPECIAL TALENTS TO KEEP HER SAFE IN HER DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER SHOP. SHE ALSO HAS A PART IN THE MOVIE, CEASAR, NEXT WEEK BEFORE SHE GOES TO HER NEW HOME.



ROSIE, THE COTTON CANDY PINK POODLE HAS HAD A 'DO OVER' AND IS NOW THE LADY BUG ON LEAVES AND HAS BEEN STAYING WITH US FOR THE LAST MONTH WHILE HER SMALL OWNERS HAVE BEEN AWAY ON HOLIDAY. I'VE TOLD HER THE KIDS ARE HOME TOMORROW BUT I DON'T THINK SHE GETS IT....


THIS WEEK WE WILL BE WORKING ON SIT FOR FOOD LEADING UP TO SIT AND WAIT FOR THE MEAL DISH INSTEAD OF JUMPING UP AND SPILLING IT OUT OF MY HAND, YIKES!!! FORTUNATELY, THE MIN PINS AND THE POODLE ARE UP FOR THE TASK OF FINDING EVERY LAST CRUMB THE PUPPIES LEAVE BEHIND ;-)



XLY



XLY AND XODA TOGETHER. HARD TO TELL APART BUT THERE IS A HUGE SIZE AND WEIGHT DIFFERENCE.....



XODA PEAKING FROM UNDER THE MIN PIN BED....



XODA'S NAUGHTY LOOK...



'MINUTE' THE MIN PIN PUPPY, THAT WAS RETURNED, AND IS NOW 7 MONTHS OLD... SHE IS AN INSTIGATOR OF TROUBLE ;-)



NAUGHTY XLY, CHEWING THE CHAIR.... GOTTA KEEP AN EYE ON THEM EVERY MINUTE....



I KNOW IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE BUT THERE IS MORE TO US THAN OUR CANINE FRIENDS... WE ALSO HAVE BEE FRIENDS... (WE SQUEEZE THIS IN BETWEEN TRAINING AND WORK) THIS IS AN AMAZING PICTURE FOR BEE ENTHUSIASTS THAT SHOWS SEVERAL QUEEN CELLS. BETWEEN MICHELE, DARCY AND US, WE HAVE 14 HIVES THIS YEAR, YUM!!!



LOOK AT THAT DROP OF DELICIOUS HONEY FALLING FROM THIS FRAME... CAN HARDLY WAIT TIL HARVEST TIME!!!! 3 MORE WEEKS!!