Can you say cold natured?

Our Cairn Terrier must be cold natured.  Her favorite past time is laying on the sun baked bricks in the middle of the Alabama summer time.  It is like we are roasting a canine bricked baked pizza. 

Well, if she does move soon, I am going to have to go over and flip her.  We need to make sure she gets done on both sides.

Let us in please!

Look what I found peeking into the french doors when I raised the blinds....Lu and Lex!  Too cute to pass up, so I snapped the shot for all to see.  You can just 'hear' what they are thinking..."Let us in please!"

More Cookies Please!

My sister flew into town to be here for our mother’s surgery. Lexi was a little unsure of this new addition and spent the first three days jumping on my sister every time she turned around. She quickly discovered my sister was her new “Favorite” friend and with that friendship came benefits…..COOKIES! Both Lexi and Lulu were in cookie heaven and I think they consumed on average a package of butter cookies a day! The plus side, Lexi no longer jumped instead she stayed parked at my sister’s side to ensure she did not miss any treats! She has only been gone for a day and I think they are already experiencing cookie withdrawal. “Come back soon Aunt “P”….we need more cookies please!”

There is a thief among us!

The other day I was feeding "big dawg" a cookie when I notice "little dawg" was no where to be found. I went upstairs to down load some photos, when I notice Lulu was in peering out at me from the opening in her kennel.

Now, it is uncustomary for Lu to be in her kennel in the middle of the day unless she has been banished there for bad behavior. So without hesitation I peered into her kennel inquiring as to what was wrong (like she was actually going to answer).

What did I see staring back at me but this...............................................

Well that answered several questions.....like 1) Why she was missing in action when big dawg was chowing down on butter cookies and 2) Why my mother can never find a set of matching socks!

Of course I may have played a part in why she is such an refined and effective nabber of the socks. When she was young and she would discover a sock and have it in her mouth I would offer up a cookie in exchange for her sock booty. I didn't realize at the time that I was conditioning her to "steal" socks because she knew she would receive a tasty treat in exchange...my bad!

So now I have a very cute, very seasoned sock thief on my hands and yes before you ask she did get a cookie for surrendering the booty. My mother on the other hand didn't fair so well, all she got out of the deal was another pair of soggy socks.........sorry mom!

Who let the dogs out?

It is hard to believe it has been (8) years since we first set eyes on Lulu Belle. At the end of February she celebrated her 8th birthday, complete with all the trimmings. Our daughter through a birthday party for her and invited a few of her friends, and of course their K-9 companions. Mom and "O" baked home made dog cookies for the special occasion and "O" made a giant cookie just for Lulu. She topped it off with a big "8" candle and we were off and running. Here are a few photos for your viewing pleasure suffice it to say a good time was had by all!

Snow Day January 30, 2010

Well we got snow last night 10 inches to be exact. The girls were really excited and were up and about by 8:30 despite keeping late hours in the form of a sleepover and not hitting the bed until after 1am. Lexi loves the snow and nearly drove us crazy ringing the bells on the door to go outside and play. Lulu not so much, I think it had to do with the fact that the snow was taller than she was. All in all, I spent most of the day drying clothes, which were caked with snow. The plus side it didn't reach about 25 degrees today so there was very little melting. By the forecast it looks as though we will have this white stuff around for a few days. We should be able to play in it just long enough to get sick of it! Enjoy the show.

Visit with Santa

Our humane society held a fund raiser at the local PetSmart this weekend. It was bring your dogs or cats in for a photo with Santa. The cost was $10.00, for that you received a picture of your pet with Santa in a Christmas frame and $5.00 of your purchase went to the humane society in support of the animal shelter.

Our daughter's friend invited her to work the photo booth as part of a volunteer opportunity. She called wanting me to bring both of our dogs down to have their pictures made. Our "big dawg" can be a little squirrely at times, so we elected to bring Lulu decked all out in her Santa outfit, complete with a hat.

Santa said it was one of his favorite pictures as there had been no other dogs there that day who had the 'complete' Santa ensemble. Believe me when I say she wasn't as 'scared' as her eyes would make you believe. She posed pretty for the picture, but was glad when it was all over. We made it to the car just in time to catch the first snowflakes of the season. It wasn't cold enough to them to stick but they were pretty just the same!

Frost on the pumpkin....dog in the bed

This morning we awoke to frost on the ground as the temperatures dipped in to the high 20's. This is basically our first "frost" of the season, and as such I feel compelled to exclaim to all in the house..."There is frost on the pumpkin this morning!".

One of the first things I do in the morning is to let the dogs out. Well, this morning I was unable to find the "little dog". I know she left her kennel, however somewhere between her kennel door and the back door she went ah' missing. Fancy my surprise when I found her perched upon my bed all nestled in the down comforter. Isn't it convenient that she is white and so is our comforter? I guess she thought if she laid really still I wouldn't notice her...fat chance!

Fit for a Queen

As you recall we "flipped" our daughter's bedroom and our spare bedroom. We are still working on "finalizing" the decor, to include hanging new pictures and posters in her room, adding wall pops to the wall, hanging her dry ease and cork board etc.

For the spare bedroom it was all about hanging new curtain rods along with new curtains. Putting out the new lamps, hanging new cellular shades and of course adding the new bedding, to include this luscious chocolate fur throw. As you can see our "little" dog must have thought we were doing this all for her, as she wasted absolutely no time in plopping herself upon the new bedding and stretching out for a nice relaxed stay.

She was so cute perched up on the bed and the only reason I even let her lay there for the split second it took me to snap the picture is because she had just returned from the groomers and was sparkling clean. After snapping this photo, I wasted no time in scooting her rusty dusty off of the bed...I am fairly confident she didn't stay gone for long!

From Cool Days.....to Pool Days

Well, I guess our "Spring" is officially over as we have gone from 40's in the evening to 70's and near 90 in the day. For our Cairn this signals one thing and one thing only.....the pool opens!

She is an absolute water hound, well only when it comes to outside water really as she still doesn't care much for receiving a bath. When the temps topped the high 80's the other day, I pulled out her pool, filled it up, and she wasted no time in jumping in for a cool off.