DIVA DOGS!

[Christy]

We had our big fundraising auction last night and the chair arranged for a foster parent to bring a litter she is fostering. They auctioned off 10 minutes of play time and it went for $1900. The great part is, you only really need 10 minutes with 8 week old pups before you get tired of being gnawed on.

 

[MissySki]

We had our big fundraising auction last night and the chair arranged for a foster parent to bring a litter she is fostering. They auctioned off 10 minutes of play time and it went for $1900. The great part is, you only really need 10 minutes with 8 week old pups before you get tired of being gnawed on.

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I love this so much!!

 

[MissySki]

As promised, here is the clip of Sookie telling the puppies she loves them.

 

[Jenny]

As promised, here is the clip of Sookie telling the puppies she loves them.

Sounds to me like Sookie wants a sibling . . .

if you rearrange the buttons, does she still go to the right one for what she wants - meaning, if food was on the end and then you put it in the middle, would she go to the end first, but realize it wasn’t the right word and then find the one she really wanted?

 

[ski now work later]

We ended up with a pink and blue, they are both so cute. I realized that wearing one suit for 14 days would be a bit of a stretch, so bought a second from my vet’s office after the first couple of days. It was helpful to be able to swap out and wash the worn suit every few days.

Good luck for an uneventful surgery and recovery for your pup!

Thanks! I ordered a 2nd suit for that very purpose.

 

[ski now work later]

most adult dogs seem to understand that puppies are crazy

Love this! So true....

 

[ilovepugs]

Another doggy camp photo… it was Libby’s birthday so she had to wear a feather boa!!

 

[Jilly]

Had to hunt Baxter down there!!

 

[ilovepugs]

This little Bubby? He’s such a little goober!

 

[diymom]

I wasn't thinking fast enough to get a photo, but I still need to share the story. Archie is a mooch pooch, and will stand underfoot when I am prepping veggies. Carrots are one of his favourites. Last night I gave him a piece of carrot when I was starting to make dinner. He carried it off to the other room like he usually does when he deems a treat to be extra special. A minute later he came back. He opened his mouth, and dropped the carrot on the floor in front of me. Then he just stood there and looked at me. I stood there and looked back at him. After a minute, I picked the carrot up. I saw nothing wrong with it. A bit slobbery by now, but not soft or bad or anything. I rinsed it off. Then I peeled it and gave it back to him. Off he runs, happy as can be. The mutt actually returned his carrot to me to be peeled!

 

[ilovepugs]

I wasn't thinking fast enough to get a photo, but I still need to share the story. Archie is a mooch pooch, and will stand underfoot when I am prepping veggies. Carrots are one of his favourites. Last night I gave him a piece of carrot when I was starting to make dinner. He carried it off to the other room like he usually does when he deems a treat to be extra special. A minute later he came back. He opened his mouth, and dropped the carrot on the floor in front of me. Then he just stood there and looked at me. I stood there and looked back at him. After a minute, I picked the carrot up. I saw nothing wrong with it. A bit slobbery by now, but not soft or bad or anything. I rinsed it off. Then I peeled it and gave it back to him. Off he runs, happy as can be. The mutt actually returned his carrot to me to be peeled!

What a cuuuuutie pie! Go Archie!

 

[MissySki]

Love it, he has you trained well @diymom !

 

[Jenny]

I wasn't thinking fast enough to get a photo, but I still need to share the story. Archie is a mooch pooch, and will stand underfoot when I am prepping veggies. Carrots are one of his favourites. Last night I gave him a piece of carrot when I was starting to make dinner. He carried it off to the other room like he usually does when he deems a treat to be extra special. A minute later he came back. He opened his mouth, and dropped the carrot on the floor in front of me. Then he just stood there and looked at me. I stood there and looked back at him. After a minute, I picked the carrot up. I saw nothing wrong with it. A bit slobbery by now, but not soft or bad or anything. I rinsed it off. Then I peeled it and gave it back to him. Off he runs, happy as can be. The mutt actually returned his carrot to me to be peeled!

Adorable!

 

[MissySki]

My foster puppies were adopted at the event today.. and it is way more heart wrenching than I had thought it could possibly be after only a week with them.

I gave my number to the adopters along with all of my notes on their likes and routine and such. I am hoping so much to get updates.. I’m so happy for them, I’m just super sad for me that I won’t wake up to them at home tomorrow.

 

[VickiK]

You did a brave and kind thing, @MissySki .

 

[Jenny]

My foster puppies were adopted at the event today.. and it is way more heart wrenching than I had thought it could possibly be after only a week with them.

I gave my number to the adopters along with all of my notes on their likes and routine and such. I am hoping so much to get updates.. I’m so happy for them, I’m just super sad for me that I won’t wake up to them at home tomorrow.

What does Sookie think of their absence?

 

[MissySki]

You did a brave and kind thing, @MissySki .

Trying to hold onto that..

I did get an update from Mars’ family already. He is settling well and seems very happy playing with his toys, following his new mom around, and getting outside. She also said they’d keep me updated and I should reach out anytime for updates. So that cheered me up a bit. Hoping to hear from Saturn’s family too, but have not yet.

 

[MissySki]

What does Sookie think of their absence?

I was gone all day and she was home with dad. She definitely kissed the heck out of me when I got home, and is now curled up sleeping against me on the couch. She doesn’t seem bothered at all that the puppies are gone currently.

 

[ilovepugs]

Well, I’m home from Banff and I guess I missed out on Pippin tearing into a bag of rice and everyone (including the bonus dog Banjo) having an uncooked rice buffet. Poor DH.

 

[RachelV]

I am sorry that Larsen had to deal with that but your Pet Hall of Shame award is very funny.

Wondering if anyone has experience with this - Lark has had something that started off as kennel cough (which is I guess just what they call it anytime your dog gets a cold at the kennel, no matter what causes it), but it's been about 6 weeks and she's still sick. We've been through 3 rounds of antibiotics, she's currently on steroids just to make her feel better (she's quite wheezy when not on them), and we're about to start down the path of specialized vets (a vet internist! I feel ridiculous) to scope her lungs etc and see if we can figure out what's going on in there.

If anyone else has had this happen to their pup I'd love to know how you finally got to the bottom of it.

Relatedly, apparently there is also weird respiratory stuff going around in dogs this year. What a weird time we're in.