Updates in Dogworld!

Long time, no updates here. Things have really been busy with school starting. All is well around here. I have played musical pens with a few of the dogs, much to their dismay! LOL Bella was the main one to let me know SHE DID NOT LIKE THE NEW ARRANGMENTS! She would not stay put. So did a little more doodling and everyone is happy for now. I had put Jasmine into the smaller pen that Diesel was in, so I could put Diesel and Piper together in the bigger pen to share. That little squirt Piper CLIMBED OVER the fence!! At least she went into Bella's pen and wasn't out roaming somewhere. So now Piper is by herself in the smaller but much taller pen..........so far, so good! She climbs these fences like a dang spider! LOL 

I have taken away Ace's automatic feeder, or "free feeding right". He guarded that feeder with his life and really was putting on too much weight. He has gotten used to the fact that I come with his food now, in little cups. So far he's starting to look like he's trimming down.......some. He just about knocks me over if he jumps up on me! I've thought about putting him on the weight control food, but,  I believe he's just eating TOO MUCH of the regular, so we're trying this first. 

I think one reason Bella was so against the pen moving and getting out, is that she's appearing to be coming into heat. This is going to be a loooong 3 weeks! LOL She seems to like to get into messes and create uproar during her cycle. We're still awaiting for Cookie to come in. Hopefully her knowing about Bella will kick her into gear........that always seems to happen around here. She's really late. I'm sure missing some sweet little babies around here! Come on Cookie!! :) Mattie will be bred early winter with Ace again, for some more awesome pups.

Diesel has gotten SO big just recently. It's like he grew overnight! He's such a goofball, absolutely just cannot stay out of water and loves to play play play. His blue is starting to look really nice, getting lots of mottling and little speckles in there. And he's so wonderfully soft too! And we are happy to say that he has tested for prcd as PRA "A"!!!! We're thrilled!

Piper is doing good. What a little varmit some days though! LOL She's into everything, all the time. We are trying to get her used to staying outside some of the time, instead of indoors all the time. She's not quite liking it. She loves sitting in her water tub......it's too cute!! LOL She is a climber and jumper. I swear she wears springs on her feet sometimes. :) When she's in the house, we have to keep all doors to everyone's rooms closed. Otherwise, she goes in, and will drag out anything she can get her mouth on. Oh and she LOVES the bathroom..............she attacks the toiled paper rolls! That is NOT a fun mess to clean up either.........so bathroom doors shut too! Oh and shoes, boy does she love to chew shoes. She's our little mess for the moment! LOL She loves going exploring in the woods when the kids go. They usually pick a dog to go with them and have been taking her lots to get her used to more stuff. They all have fun!

I guess everyone else is just the same 'ol same 'ol. Jasmine is just slowing down, getting old and gaining weight. Since she's retired, I've been tossing around giving her up to a new home, just to make a bit more room here, that I really need. It's so hard to decide. I definitely would not even consider it if she weren't going to a top notch, VERY caring and loving home, with lots of attention. And too, this will be Cookies last litter more than likely. After that, I am considering a new home for her too. I guess it gets to a point, when your older gals get to the retiring point, and you need to bring in younger, you will eventually be taken over by too many mouths too feed and not enough time for everyone if you don't move the older out.........I don't want that. I would feel good about it if they go to caring homes. 

I have gotten in a few new pics from Bella's litter that I will have to post later. For now, my laundry is calling and so is some photo processing. Ya'll have a great day! :)
Amy

And more ACTION!

I came across these pics, taken a few weeks ago, that I forgot about. Diesel and the kids were having a blast jumping off the patio and me taking their "action" shots! It's really not QUITE as high as it looks here, so no harm done. I was practically laying on the ground! I don't know why, but every puppy we've ever had, loves to jump off this patio! This went on, over and over, for quite some time. They had a blast though!

 

Diesel the Cook??

LOL..............he was very much interested in the grill!! I'm sure he was really just smelling all the dried leftover chicken, hamburger, hotdogs debri stuck in there somewhere! LOL But nonetheless, he was very smitten with it. He eventually got ON TOP of the thing too! LOL He's all about his food! You know how these Heelers are.

 

Now for some pretty poses.............

Finally, after all the horseplay and chasing and rough housing, these young 'uns decided to chill out for a bit, letting me get some nice pics of them for a change. These dogs are so hard to photograph! LOL Diesel is now 19 weeks old, Piper is 10 weeks.

Ready.........set...................ACTION!!

Piper and Diesel playing yesterday evening. These two are NON-STOP! Enjoy!

 

Piper is her name.......

Yep, that's what we decided on for our new little girl's name.........Piper. It just kinda of come up and it was actually a name that EVERYONE agreed upon, believe it or not! LOL It's amazing how much she's grown and filled out in just 10 days too! Quite the spunky little gal she is. I believe we have "one of those Heelers" on our hands, you know, the ones that are totally FULL of mischief and into EVERYTHING?!? LOL If we don't watch her closely, she will be in the bathroom, unrolling the toilet paper out the door and across the room......I don't know how many feet of toilet paper I have already wound back up. She has a thing for paper, of any kind, she just wants to attack it, shred it and then chew on a wad and clamp down for dear life...........you literally have to pry hard to get her mouth open and get it out!! Anytime we put her up, she instantly starts looking for a way out. She escaped from her pen in the garage overnight. We've been keeping her there at night time and then she's in with us during the day. I'm guessing she climbed over? As we have caught her climbing part way up........we're talking a 3 ft fencing panel, for a little pup, that's a long way down! Definitely going to be a climber! LOL She loves going with Clayton of a morning to help feed the chickens. And she is very much a velcro type dog, at my feet everywhere I go, or anytime I'm just standing or cooking, she comes and curls up on the tops of my feet to sleep.......awwwww. :) We're still working on potty training. I'll admit, I'm not the best potty trainer in the world, so we're still having some accidents in the house. I think her little bladder is still growing and it's hard for her to hold her pee for any length of time. We go out and 15 minutes later she's peed in the floor. But so far, so good. I'm sure she's going to be keeping us on our toes big time! I'll have new pics soon. There's so much going on at the moment that I can no longer think of what I'm typing! LOL So, we'll call it a day here and I'll finish up with my chores. Stay tuned for updated pics of everyone! Have a great day ya'll! :)
Amy

School day!

It's that time of year again. Unbelievable! Where has summer gone?? And did we REALLY go on a vacation?? Time has just flown by to say the least. The first full day of school was today. Cole did great by the way. He's such a big boy and was so excited to start Kindergarten. We're proud of him!! :)  They all have great teachers and I think it's going to be a great year!!

 

Big things come in small packages...................

Introducing our newest little gal.......................

Little no name still. We just can't seem to come up with anything, or anything "good" that is! LOL She is such a dainty little gal, but do NOT let that fool ya!! Her firey little attitude takes up for her size, for the moment anyways, right? :)  She's upbeat, sweet as can be, follows me everywhere, is Cole's biggest buddy, loves the piled up laundry in the laundry room, has the cutest bebop bounce to her step, very curious, outgoing and can definitely stand her ground. She put Diesel in his place this morning. On their first meeting, she let him know that she means business! LOL And she was not sure about the chickens, she also let them know not to mess with her.........she growled and barked like she was gonna eat them up! LOL But anyway, we look forward to growing this little gal up and her becoming a part of our family. The kids argue over who's going to hold her............is she going to be spoiled or WHAT!?! Many thanks to LaVonda with Happy Trails ACD's!! Stay tuned for a new name! LOL Ya'll take care.

Amy