In Or Out

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We are sharing a camera - Dennis and I so not many photos but looks like we are figuring it out. It means less moments captured but still some. Sort of that half empty, half full thing. if too expensive to repair, may have to save up for a used one - joy not!

We have Abby and Zoe here overnight. We also have Maurey, Brodie and Brewer overnight. 

We are looking forward - I think to watching the Blue Jays tonight with the dogs. 

We have started to do days off starting next week. Nathan frowned as he has to do more when either Dennis or I am off but we all need days off. Not all of us can watch tv. LOL

We have a dental clinic coming up. Are you interested?

We also have 2 pups available. See Yoshi's blog. 

If you are going away over the winter break and need boarding, let us know as we cap this timeframe.

Harlow rolled in the leaves Dennis raked and well they are not raked anymore. Ok, I am laughing as dogs will be dogs.

Happy 2 Years Old

Happy Birthday to our delicious caramel mocha swirl! (It was yesterday but bad mommy missed it while working!)

Wet and More Wet

Messy times with rain gallery.

Harlow and Willow are becoming the best of pals. Usually Harlow prefers Ella but lately everywhere Willow goes, Harlow goes. It is interesting how relationships change and will she snuggle with Ella? Time will tell. I think she loves them both!

It is wet outside and our floors reflect it and so do the dogs. I started brushing out and 10 minutes later it looked like I never touched them. That is because it truly is wet outdoors just in time for Halloween. 

We will be keeping our lights out as it is just too crazy to have the door be revolving with dogs barking. That is our excuse. It is just too stress-filled with dogs and costumes on kids to not be proactive. 

Also, if you are participating, block them from exciting out of the home. You do not want a tragedy.

Dental Clinic: November 7th

If you are in need, we have a date setup - Send mail to nathan@potechin.com

Happy 2 Year's Old

Happy 2nd Birthday to Rain, Hope, Mocha and Petey!   Malla is such a wonderful and loving dog who will be spending her special day with cuddles and chicken!  It's hard to imagine life before she came into our lives.  Thank you again for such a great experience and we are lucky to see you often!  Have a great day

Update on Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 3:39PM by Darlah

My camera is in the shop so I am not going to do a gallery today plus it is raining so everyone looks like the motley crew. Enjoy this weather... ???

Here is the gallery.

It is a cool brisk day especially at 7am. brrr but the dogs do not seem to mind. 

The dogs are having so much fun today. Stryker needs his bath today. Nava needs her comb out. Logan needs his tummy done.

I need to find socks. LOL

It is a low key day.

Nathan has bursitis his endocronologist thinks. I think that is good news!

Oh the Fall Of It!

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It is cool out but the dogs really enjoy it like this. I guess after all that heat, it is time for crisp air. 

Our grand daughter and boyfriend came by to get their dog as they were in Japan. I got to see so many wonderful photos and spend time with them. It was wonderful. Unfortunately they came when Nathan was napping so he didn't get any time with them. They played with the Yoshi pups as Stryker was napping too.

We did manage to get a case for Harlow of mousse but it wasn't the starter mousse so she refuses this flavour. Picky picky...

I may make satin balls - a small batch. 

Hallie and Cassie chased a rabbit - sigh. Harlow watched and tried to cut it off at the pass but this rabbit is very fast.

Tenshi has managed to get her spot in the tv back as Cassie departed. Sometimes I think it is 'me' 1st or musical chairs. No arguments but a few pouts when this occurs.

Happy 8th

Hi Darlah and Nathan, 

    Happy 8th Birthday to my gorgeous girl Bonnie.  She is an absolute pleasure, and brings joy to me every moment.  Bonnie loves meeting people, and I call her my social butterfly.  She always brings smiles to the people she meets when we’re out and about.   Havanese are truly special, and I cherish my girl Bonnie everyday!

Thanks for allowing me to be her Mom!

Denise

Oh Out in General Population

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Even Harlow likes Stryker. He is so happy to be with the big dogs. They seem very happy to have him join them. No growls. No signs of irritation. Just fun. We will try him with Yoshi's pups later on. They are sleeping.

Harlow kissed and nose touched him. 

The dogs are enjoying this balmy weather.

Nathan had to call CAA as it seems he ran over a screw and they fixed it. We had no clue where the spare was but they showed him and didn't have to use it. Finally something working. Now he is out food shopping - what is new?

We should be out finishing outside but.... dogs and I have a grooming to get done. That is ok too.

Update on Monday, October 27, 2025 at 5:12PM by Darlah

See Yoshi's blog to see Stryker with the Yoshi pups in the hall the 1st time.

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Due to being busy, here is a real mini gallery.

This is Cassie and Opus.

We had 2 pups depart today and we continue to try to get the stuff that needs to come inside in so busy we are. The dump run we were supposed to do didn't happen. Now they are closed till Wednesday. Who closes Monday and Tuesday? I guess the city.

Opus departs tomorrow after Luna departs. I will wake up and groom him/bath etc. Then Luna will depart. Stryker will have to deal with the older dogs and learn to sleep with us at night.

We wash and vacuum many times a day and all sorts of things get strewn all over our floors. I almost want to resin leaves down on my floors and pretend the debris belongs there. See what fall does to my brain?

We have to deal with leaves. I said to Dennis we are going to use the forced air dryer to get the leaves in a pile so he can bag. Will he listen or will he rake?

Tomorrow we take down 1 pen and put the Yoshi pups in the large pen after sterilizing. We sterilize twice a day each pen. We are OCD about it. We like the pups to have clean environments. By having a clean environment the pups learn and appreciate clean. 

We find the adults are thinking this cool weather is invigorating. I am not. I hate cold. I mean I really hate cold and my snowpants - which I found are way too big for me. I am laughing. Do I buy new or get them taken in or never go outside and send Dennis and Nathan outside all winter. What do you think? 

Happy 4 Years Old

Dear Darlah and Nathan
Today is Chubby’s birthday and we congratulate all of his siblings! Chubby is such a sweetheart in our family and we will never stop thanking you for letting this beautiful happiness into our lives.❤️

 Sophie, Svetlana, Simeon 

Busy Times

Here is the gallery. We are moving furniture and continuing to move plants. We are also doing dump runs from things that collected in the garage. It's a very physical day. 

We had Jon come over to help Dennis move furniture. It saved my back. I just can't heavy lift. It tells me I need to start doing weights as not being able to lift heavy is driving me crazy when I used to be able to and was sadly out of shape. 

I need to start taking my sweatshirts out and find my comfie sweats. Dennis keeps finding me things to do so I am losing it. LOL Every day I start at 7am and don't stop. I need to have time off.

As Pippin says there is nothing like fresh air. Doesn't matter that it is cool, it is time to get an exchange of air before we can't open the windows.

Ozzy has departed. Dennis and Nathan doing another dump run today and tomorrow continuing. It means I am it for dogs. No exercise yet. No eating yet but we are trying. after Smores departs.

Dennis is waiting till Nathan gets up from his nap so they can continue so I figured I would finish the blogs. I am going to exercise after they get back and try to eat too.

Dogs really are curious why the furniture and many plants are gone. We still have some plants to take in. It seems like it never ends. 

I am understanding Harlow more. She starts to cough when her tummy gets full and when too full, the tummy pushes up against the lungs making it hard to breathe. This is a strong indicator that she needs to be drained. When she gets drained, she is back to being happy. Now that we understand the process, we are not giving cough meds as all that does is suppress not eliminate the reason. 

We just ran out of mousse - other than 3 cans. Can't find it locally so if you know where, let me know. Harlow uses it for meals to maintain and she uses it for her meds. I usually get it from Petsmart but although their site says in stock, it is not. Frustrated as she really needs it. I should have started hunting a week ago. Just wasn't thinking.

Nathan tried to take Stryker to bed but he only wanted to play so he brought him back down. Going to be interesting Monday night when he is the only one left. 

Now Dennis wants me to pile any boxes we maintained so he can bring them to the dump. Is there a theme there?

Are you hibernating or doing Fall cleanup. I want to hibernate.

Sorry Late

Here is a mini gallery.

Sorry short blogs across the  board. As it is getting cold, we have to bring plants in, setup lights etc. It is a lot of work. I also have to bring out the hallie and Nami pups and do the pen change, cleanup and dishes and on and on as Dennis is trying to get plants in that do not need my help. My back is killing me as we had to move exercise stuff to setup for it.

Lulu was here as you can see on the stairs. Ty is here. River is chilling. I could go on but don't have enough time. Sorry but everyone is doing well. Nathan is watching tv with the dogs so Dennis and I have a lot of work to do. 

I will do more blogging tomorrow. I would like to get to bed before midnight.

Look at Me

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It is raining off and on so we only have brief periods of time to go outside but they make the most of it. 

Interesting enough Ty and Nes seem to be gertting along famously. I am not sure Nes has been here when Ty has been.

We have a great group of dogs here at the moment.

Reminder if you are going away even if you do not have the exact dates in December and January, let Nathan know. We do fill up and we do cap the amount of dogs we take. 

Wet and Messy

Here is a mini gallery.

The dogs were out in wet and they so need brushouts and my floors - oh my. We had to wash floors before Nafas went home and Dennis washed them at noon. What a riot. They had such a great time that they look deliciously funny and messy.

I swore they brought all the leaves in. Guess when it dries, it is time to rake or blow the leaves. LOL

I should have taken a photo of Harlow as it took me a half hour to remove all the leaves as she rolled in them. She is hysterical.

Let Me In Or Out?

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So out or in? You tell me? LOL It is like this all day. Someone goes outside. Someone stays inside and we let dogs in and out ALL DAY LONG. 

They do have fun and always someone has to be outside to monitor them. Why? Well you see you want to make sure everyone's output is okay. If you just wait till next spring - YUCK then how do you know. I can't believe someone does this and they must as there wouldn't be services that do it come spring. 

We also play and chill with them. You never know when a raccoon or some critter is out there. It is happening more and more in the city. 

It is also a moment that you say ahhh fresh air yes even in the winter. I do hate cold but the dogs are so worth it. 

Today it was relatively warm for this time of the year. They were out a lot. I felt like we had a revolving door and we did. But it was fun!

Fun Was Hard Ins and Outs

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Meadow said - is it time for that car ride yet? Meadow, Abby and Mocha departed for their long drive back.

Pippin arrived. Barney, Alfie, Coco, Rusty and Luna departed. Socks and Hazel departs shortly. The pups will miss Hazel as she plays with them so well. 

Pippin, Nes and Harlow was busy seeing what creature they could find but didn't find one today but oh they so tried. 

It is already after 7pm. I just finished eating and blogging. I was doing it at the same time. 

Sorry if we are short blogging but it has been busy. 

Got to Do What We Got to Do

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Sorry just finished grooming and tomorrow is going to be the same. A puppy also gets groomed to depart Tuesday - first born.

Dogs came and went. It was busy, busy busy. 

But the dogs had fun. Me, I am tired. 

I have 3 dogs that depart in the morning and they can't go outside as it is wet and dirty out there. LOL So pads it is. That is the benefit of using both.

Hmm Nice Weather But

Real small gallery.

Not sure what happened. It must be Dennis enjoying that great weather but he hardly took many photos and didn't even get everyone. Hmmm what happened? He will have to play catch up tomorrow cause thsi is when I have tine for a blog.

The dogs played hard and they had leaves and debris all in their coats as I was busy combing and pulling it all out. 

Ms Nora and Ellie departed. A number arrived. It has been a very busy day but an enjoyable one.

I need to exercise and shower. So off I go or I will never do it. LOL

Rain and Then No Rain Then Rain

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It rained. It didn't then it rained again but we had enough breaks to get the dogs outside. 

Harlow was outdoors investigating with her new friends. Harlow so loves to eat in a huge way. Elvis and Meadow was doing the investigating thing. Is there a squirrel close by?

Dennis ran with the crew today and then he is napping. LOL I guess it is strenuous play but they love it so! Some dogs participated and some watched. 

For some strange reason the dogs woke me up half the night so I am a tad tired. 

But they are full of life today. Go figure. 

It was a good day!