What Fun

Thunder was here and truly had a blast. It was fun for the pups and the adults to have his enthusiasm. Kai was ever so pleased! Kai has become a tad boisterous and has to be reminded that the Leti pups are younger so having someone that can keep up with her was welcomed. 

Here is the gallery.

They say you can now comment so comment away and let me know if it is fixed. It did take a long time - sorry. It was out of my control. 

We are off to the movies to see Star Wars tonight. It has been a very long time since I got out so it is welcomed. Shlomo departed today. He will be missed. Stormy and Raven is going stir crazy being in heat. Raven wants to cuddle deep in the bed and Stormy is still the crazy gal she is but can't understand why she can't be with the rest of the crew. It is going to be a long 3 weeks.

Elvis' mom sent some tendons over for everyone when he arrived and the dogs think this is amazing. Elvis - you share - why thank you! Clarity even wanted 2. heh 

Sparky doesn't like all the puppies but he really likes Kai. Funny how some say - you are okay - you are an irritant. No, I don't have a milk bar.

Tomorrow night Kai goes to class. We will fill you in on that blog tomorrow.

Dogs are welcoming the weather reprieve but they say the cold is coming back from Colorado. Well you can keep it!!

Just Cloudy

It was snowing lightly earlier but not much since the morning.

Here is today's gallery.

Thunder is here for an overnight. Unfortunately the photos were clicked before he arrived. I have to wash another dog tonight so blogs will be short. I will try to get Thunder on camera for tomorrow's gallery. He is having a blast! Adele was excited to see him and so was Willow. 

Raven is now in heat. What craziness so instead of my recliner or couch being back here, the room is open so we can keep adding girls in heat. hahahaha

Farley decided to do the Risa shimmie in the snow and Clarity pounced on him jumping up and landing on him right while he was in the midst of bliss. Oh he was upset and i swear she thought it was grand fun. 

That's the kind of days we have - laughing at such antics.

Cold But Better

It was cold but not painfully cold today. Here is today's gallery.

The dogs played their hearts out. We played outside with the dogs and the Leti pups along with Willow. You can see what they did on their respective blogs. 

It's been snowing all day. The comments are still getting worked on. We are adjusting to Stormy being in heat till February - wow. 

Wednesday Nathan and I go to a movie and Thursday Kai heads to class. Shlomo departs on Wednesday. We will miss his fun. Elvis is having the time of his life. Teddy is trotting and running and having a grand time. He LOVES the recliner and he claims it as his own. LOL Everyone loves that recliner. Sparky, if I blink I think it's Kat. 

We played running games, retrieval and Dennis played hide and seek games. The dogs are tired. Life is good! Can I take a nap? LOL

No Gallery Day

I apologized. I had a lot of grooming to do, a puppy that departed, 2 dogs that departed that needed baths and 1 that arrived. We are also changing over the Leti pen and getting Willow used to being out with the big guys so... tomorrow I promise to do better.

It is still very cold out. The dogs are having fun. Dennis played fetch and retreive with them. He played hide the treat with Teddy and Risa. So everyone is having indoor fun. We do go outdoors but only for short time frames. Here's to warmer weather.

PS: Saffron will be out of heat tomorrow. Stormy is having a heat - starting today. My luck keeps rolling in.

Cold Again

Yes, it is that cold again. Everyone finally got combed today. I did a little here and there. Those that are/were departing got the full spa. This gallery was taken early so I am not sure if you see anyone that is brushed. Archie departed and I should have taken a photo of him after his bath as he looked great. 

Here is the gallery.

Everyone needed baths of sorts as we had mud when we had the meltdown. Now we are back to the deep freeze. 

The blogs are still having an issue across the service. I can comment no one else can so you can send me your comments and I will post to darlah@potechin.com They tell me they are still working on it. 

Archie, Zoe, Noah, Skylar and Reggie departed today plus I gave baths to the 2 pups. So blogs are late. Tomorrow Murphy and Ozzie depart. Plus Cara departs tomorrow. See the Jeannie blog for more info. I was unable to do too many videos. It happens. I try. 

Dennis is busy trying to build a server that hasn't been updated for 10 years. 

Hope you are managing to stay warm.

Pouring Rain Then Freeze Then Snow

Yes some weather. It was balmy but rainy today so each time the dogs went out they got soaked and muddy and so did our floors. 

We only got a dusting but boy did the dogs appreciate it in a huge way. Me too. I have a crew to rinse and when I started rinsing I realized they were so muddy they need baths - each and every one. 

Here is a small gallery.

Got dogs to finish so short blogs today.

Hopeless

Really I comb and comb and comb and they look like the cat dragged them in and had a party. We need the rain or melt to stop so we can save my hand and arm. This is crazy - seriously. 

Here is the gallery.

We are now expecting this to stop tomorrow and have a dusting of snow over ice. It's a far cry from the big storm they said was coming.

Short blog today as I am grooming too much. LOL

Oops No Clicks

Everything is  mega slush pile and the dogs come back in so soaked that you have to wring them out - well not really but it certainly is a mega towel day. So, hardly any photos were taken - sorry and I mean hardly any.

Here is the mini gallery.

They go out, get soaked. I dry them and comb them and well they do it again. I was doing that so much that nothing else was getting done and then we had Bailey departing so.... 

Not to worry. Fun is had by all. Skylar arrived. Tenshi and Brewer was here for the day. 

Nathan thinks he is getting sick - oh boy...

Off to finish the blogs.

Slushy Weather

It's warm enough that the dogs are staying out longer with us and that means we can snap but we don't just go out and click photos. We play with them and we go pickup on site. They are expelling more energy now that it isn't as cold.

Here is the gallery.

The dogs were all brushed out and are now wet rags. It's that wet snow. I comb them out again but instead of putting each under dryers I give them warm heated towels and blankets and set up 2 dryers to get them feeling toasty. Then I brush them out again. It's a crazy process but the dogs love it. Nothing like burrowing into warm blankets and towels in the tv room and taking a nap. Of course some prefer the kitchen or the hall but the absolute fave place is the tv room. It's like the kitchen table area for a family without the food. Everyone gathers and enjoys each other and has some downtime.

We have cameras in the house so one day Dennis had the display of all the cameras on the tv. Murphy (Safs sister) was watching it and was highly fascinated. Yes, some dogs do watch tv. Watch out for that Pet Channel. Some dogs will bark at it. :-) Not all but... some.

Snowing Today: Another Gallery Added

Yes, it snowed. It warmed up. We got an early play session in a bit after 715am.

Here is the gallery.

Doing to blogs early so I do not have a very long day. Hope you don't mind. This way I can head out with the dogs and play with them vs. clicking and I do so enjoy that.

Kat is in crazy mode. Saffron is in the prime of her heat. 6 more days and counting!

Risa LOVED shimmying in the snow and truly enjoying the experience. Good for you, Risa. 

All the dogs loved the warmer weather. Me too. Hope the deep freeze is gone for good but rain... not looking forward to THAT!

Hope you are also enjoying the weather. It's time.

Here's the last added video for today.

Still Cold

Many left, still some remain but I think this crew has had it with this cold weather. They are playing indoors more and more and saying are you kidding - you want me to go out in that?

Here is the small gallery.

I only got a few photos. Sorry. They say rain come Thursday but not enough to make a dent. That means ice - joy - can't win.

Dogs are still enjoying and I am going to watch Voice UK. It's the 1st time in a long time I get to watch tv.  Have things to do but I said - I must. Miss the time with the hubby and the adult dogs. Time in bed not enough lol

Way Too Cold

This is Zach. He says, it is way too cold. Zach, Coco and Chase depart tonight. They had a blast considering how cold it is/was. We managed to still have fun upstairs in the halls running like banshees and having short stints outdoors. They say we have broken records in the most consistent days of a deep freeze. Joy...

The gallery is small as its just too cold for humans, dogs and the camera to be outdoors. I need those touchscreen winter gloves. 

We had a full day here. Tomorrow another full day as another puppy departs.

Hoping you are coping with this cold better than I. The poor dogs just don't get it and neither do I. Then on the otherhand, Inula the tibetan terrier thinks its perfect weather. 

Late Again

Tchibo got a bath and trim up tonight. He departs tomorrow morning. I will blow him out and freshen him up first thing in the morning along with minor trimming. He has WONDERFUL hair. My hand is screaming due to this daily marathon I am doing. 

Here is a mini gallery. Realize it is still very cold so outdoors is happening many, many times a day but for short periods of time. 

Everyone was playing silly games with Dennis upstairs today. they had a blast but Dennis hates videos or photos taken of him so take my word for it that they were DELIGHTED.

Tomorrow we have 2 pups going home and a number of visitors. 

Archie. Murphy and Sparky arrived today. Simba and Pepi just departed minutes ago. Everyone is tucked into blankets and beds in the tv room and enjoying their down time. 

It's been a very long number of days.

We still have 10 more days of Saffron being in heat. We are counting the days.

Late Blogs

I can't believe it is 10pm and I am just now finishing up this blog and still have water dishes to do. Tomorrow is exceedingly busy again. So, again we will do the best we can.

Here is Chase doing what we do around here - getting mighty comfie. Someone said you need to get off that bench at our front door. I said this house is dog friendly. They are welcomed even in the bathrooms. hahahahaha

Here is a small gallery. 

Dogs had a blast. They are now outdoors with Nathan for one last romp before bedtime. Yes, we go out with the dogs. If they are asked to freeze, we should too. 

On that note, I need to get to the water dishes. We have 8 of them down each day and we freshen them throughout the day. It is important your dog always has access to water during waking hours - not at night.

Catch you tomorrow.

Long Day

Just finished grooming. Supposed to do 1 more for a early departure so I will get up early tomorrow to get him done. Gallery coming but have to create them etc. 

Chewie, Riley and Rosie depart tomorrow. Pepi and Simba arrived. Pepi was a dog we took in for someone that decided to keep 1 dog and not Pepi so we found him a home. He's a lovely dog but he is now old, has cataracts and was irritated with my comb out. I didn't get to Simba tonight. No energy and the arm doesn't work so well at the moment. Tomorrow I will do him.

I still have to do the stuff for pups departing and as a matter of fact I wash a puppy that is departing on Friday. 

So, dogs had a great time. 

Now they have tv time and I am blogging. After blogging I get things ready for pups departing - the remaining stuff them clean 6 water dishes, mats, get food ready for leti, pups etc So - still a long night to go.

Here is the gallery.

Cheeky Fun

Milo departed today but oh boy he just loved the girls. I have to laugh. He should have been called Romeo.

Here is today's gallery.

Dogs are going, dogs are coming. I also have my usual grooming schedule. So, I had 8 dogs yesterday, 8 dogs today (full grooming) then I combed out the rest. This is our busiest time next to March Break that tends to be more spread out. 

Then I am staying up till 1130ish cleaning up and Nathan heads to bed at 10pm. The dogs that hang out with me till I can go upstairs are looking at the stairs saying HELLO - let's go. Why they stay down, I don't know. I suppose to keep me company. 

The dawgs played hard today. Those going home got groomed. Chester and Red depart tomorrow and Rosie, Pepi and Simba come tomorrow and Clarity and Farley arrived tonight. 

It's a busy but fun house and I will tell you I feel like I am going insane. I didn't eat today till 6pm and that was a fast thing. Going to be like that for a few days. I think about the 8th it calms down but just by some. LOL

Nathan is yelling TV time but not for me tonight. I am still blogging. 

Warmer But Still Cold

I groomed ALL day and in-between I did laundry and making sure pups had food and tomorrow I wake up to do it all again. I tell you this as I am tired and I need to make the blogs short.

Just know everyone is having fun. I hate yellow snow. There is nothing like puppy kisses!

Here is today's gallery. 

Happy 2018 - everyone!

Too Cold

This is what happens when it is too cold and when this happens we bring them right inside. Chase is saying this snow is too cold. One would hope this cold spell would go but doesn't seem to be any end in sight. 

The dogs had fun despite the cold but we practice safety and take them out MANY times a day for very short time frames vs. longer as no human or canine could do this outdoors for anything beyond a quick outdoors.

Here is today's gallery.

Now everyone had some prime rib added to their food - yum! They also are cuddled right into the number of blankets, on couches, on a recliner etc while it becomes cuddles and tv time and all the dogs love it after a full day of play. I want to join them so I am wishing you a happy New year from all of us to all of you. May it be the very best new year yet!

Still Cold But Playing Some

Milo arrived today and Momma Roxie was so delighted. She gets so excited to see Tchibo as well. Bonus she gets both her sons here for the next couple of days. She is loving it!

See today's gallery - as much as we could be outdoors. We make the most of what we can.

Tomorrow Jesse, Murphy (Kat's brother), Toby and Skylar depart. they may sleep for 2 days after so much fun. 

I can't believe tomorrow is New Year's eve. No champagne here. hahaha Who had time to get it. I have to have a gin and tonic. My fave drink anyway.

Off to play with Adele and Jeannie pups and eat and well then do more blogs.

Bitter Cold Still

Tia says - really cold white stuff... really?

We are not getting many good photos. Even the lens is fogging up. Have to laugh but here is today's gallery.

In top form Saffrom climbs right over the xpen - really. So a closed door is a must. 

Everyone is staying inside but out for tiny body breaks though we do have pads down. Not everyone knows what a pad is but we are trying. With it being cold for a number of days, it is useful especially when some say - are you joking - you want me to go out in THAT!

Soon tv cuddle time!