Frito Feet

Earlier this week I woke up to a smell...I couldn't quite figure out what the smell was. I thought hmm it's like some kind of snack food. But I don't have snack food in the house. I rolled over and guess who was there. 

Her two front paws in my face.  Ohhhh, Frito Feet - that is what I was smelling!

Hey do you mind....I'm sleeping here. Quit with the flash will ya!

Miss Reese was sleeping on the bed. She usually sleeps on her bed, on my bed, when she is not sleeping in her crate.  However, I think on this night she had slept next to me with her head on the pillow all night.

Sleeping beauty never wants to get up. She is not a morning girl.

"Seriously! You get up and go to work, I'll stay here and guard the bed."

Does your dog have Frito Feet or Popcorn Feet? You know who you are - I want to hear from you!

Wordless Wednesday 4

Dog Bed, Who Needs A Dog Bed?

A couple posts back Reese tried out a new dog bed that, um, didn't quite fit her bum. We talked about the possibility of getting her a new bed and that she would have to accompany me to the store to pick it out herself. But then, the other day I came into the living room to find this....

Hmmm, I guess

She decided the couch made a mighty fine bed....

I mean really, who needs a dog bed, when you can have a couch!

High Flying Kites!

Today I went to a kite flying festival. It was a little chilly with the wind, but of course, without the wind there would not have been much kite flying.

They were pretty cool. Most were so big that their kite string was staked into the frozen lake (where the contest was held).

Addictions and Withdrawal

We have let a little problem develop. Reese is addicted...she is addicted to these

Busy Bones and Biscuits

She has been taught to go into her crate to get a biscuit. She goes in her crate everytime she wants a biscuit. She also gets a biscuit when I need her to go into her crate and then I leave. We are cutting down on the biscuits and it is not going to be fun.

She really has an addiction to the Busy Bones. She would have one every night if she had her way - because she NEEDS them. The ones in the picture are the small ones. These she will eat. The larger ones she will hide. Then she will find it a few hours later and re-hide it. Then the next morning she will check to make sure it is still there. Then she will re-hide it again... you get the idea. This goes on for days until finally, she decides it is time to eat it.

So we are beginning our painful withdrawal from Busy Bones. Yes, I know she had an enabler in this addiction and now it is time to rid ourselves of this horrible vice.

Wish me luck and sanity with this monster I have created for the next few weeks. I'll need it.

Wordless Wednesday 3

Running Dogwalk Day #????

Lost track long ago what video number this is. But this was our running contact work from earlier tonight. We did about 4 on a flat plank and then raised it. I lowered it at about an inch at the end. Playing with how to raise it, tonight I used some cutting boards. When we get high enough I have bricks to use. She was a bit bouncy in the beginning when I used treats. She seems to run better towards the end when I use the ball. So from now on we will just work with the ball and see how that goes.