February 21, 2007

Best Friends - Warning: Have a box of Kleenx at the ready

WARNING: Have a box of Kleenx at the ready before watching this video.

I just recently finished taking care of my friend's Pug, I for sure sent her a link to this video as well.

I don't know if you noticed how dark the Pug's mussle was at the start of the video and how gray it became by the end. They look like the were truely best friends.

Thanks to Babbys, the author of this video for sharing. I cried.

February 18, 2007

Havanese and Pug Playing together

Here is another video of Caillee and Daisy playing around and having fun.

February 17, 2007

Annual Havanese Rescue Aucton Count Down... 14 days left!

Havanese fanciers of Canada run an annual on-line aution which will be happening in 14 days.... save your pennies and check out all the fabulous stuff at 2007 Havanese Rescue Benefit Auction.

Daisy, Pug, having fun in deep snow

Here is Daisy yesterday having some fun trying to meet the neighbour's dog, Stricker. Daisy belongs to a friend of ours who is vacationing in Florida, Walt Disney World no less. See what you're missing Daisy's mom! Snow and more snow.

February 15, 2007

Daisy Update... Day 10

We win a battle here; we lose a battle there.

For example, I thought Daisy was doing so much better in the past few days, except for the ‘catch me if you can game’ outside when I am in a hurray to go. Daisy decides that she needs to do a number 2 in the kitchen and then I am chasing her around, and around, and around the kitchen table to get her to finish her business outside. Oh yeah, she knew she was in trouble… She was running and running, pooping and running. Kevin caught her and got her to finish off outside.

I took her outside again just before bed. She went right away – great… that pumpkin must be working! After she was finished, she sat nicely in front of the gate, ready to be picked up and taken in…. oh the praises she got! Now that’s a good girl.

Happy Flag Day Canada from the Pretty In Pink Dogs Crew

Did you know that today is Canada's Flag day. It marks the day back in 1965 when the Canadian flag (red & white with a red maple leaf) was first raised? I do now. For more information you can visit Canadian Heritage website.

February 14, 2007

Happy Valentines!

To all the doggies and their owners, happy valentines day and may all the doggie tell their owners "I wruff you".

Daisy Update... Day 9

So just after I wrote that discouraging post yesterday about Daisy, she completely contradicts me and does all her business right away right after dinner.

Even this morning, except for crying straight since 4:30 am, she was good.

I must ask Daisy’s owner where she got her dog food, its call Orijen and my dogs seem to like it. The writing on the bag sounds good as well; there are no grains in it which is one of my biggest complaints about commercial dog foods.

February 13, 2007

Dasiy Update.... One Week Later

Daisy has been here for a whole week so far; yesterday was a pretty bad day for Daisy. I don’t think she went ‘potty’ once all day. I didn’t see her do anything and neither did my husband. I don’t really want to see Daisy needing to go to the vet again for this so I have been adding a bit of pumpkin to your moist food. So far, this seems to be doing the trick.

Not only did we not see her go potty all day, she didn’t eat breakfast… no big deal… she can go hungry all day and eat again at dinner. Worked fine.

Not only did we not see her go potty all day; she didn’t eat breakfast; and she cried most of the day since 4:30 yesterday morning. When one of my boarders came home, she started up again with her crying and cried for 2 hours straight! Cry, Cry, and Cry… She was really getting on my nerve yesterday.

Again today she started crying since 4:30 in the morning. I am super tired and trying to fit off a cold. No potty problems today though I still can not get her to go to the bathroom while the other dogs are outside with her.

Daisy is a marvellous drama queen and really knows how to play it up and pull on the heart strings. I thought I had made it clear after the first two days she was here that diva-play is not tolerated here. I look at Monday as a set back and I am hopefully that daisy can stop crying and go potty outside when she is asked to. That will be a successful stay!

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February 12, 2007

Shake Your Booty Josie

Here is Josie shamelessly shaking her booty for the camera. Look at her go! That's some doggie dancing.

Havanese Weaves - Agility Dog Bella

Look at Bella Go! Isn't it great to see Havanese doing agility!

Bella is a friend of Josie and Caillee from BC. We look forward to viewing more videos of Bella in action.

February 10, 2007

Daisy Evening Update

As I type this sounds like everyone is tuckered out because all is quit right now. No one sounds like they are running around the kitchen.

Daisy still isn't all according to the instructions but at least she is eating something and isn't starving that I know of anyway.

Last time my husband took Daisy out for a 'potty' break she made a break for it and ran down the street. My husband of course chased after her... good thing our street is generally quite in the evenings. She is feed, tired, and safe back inside the house. So no harm was done except for a very good scare.

I now better right down those tag numbers..... just in case.

Daisy Update for a Saturday afternoon

Daisy is in her crate while I try to clean the house this afternoon. She starts crying ever time she sees me walk by but she is learning some hard lessons that crying in this house doesn’t work.

She really is learning that lesson; why last night she was quite the whole night and didn’t give me grief when I tried to put her in her crate either. So this morning when she started to cry I took her seriously that she may need really go out to the bathroom. I took her out and she went right away. I put her back in her crate because 7 am was too early to get up on a Saturday morning, I gave her two treats: one for going in the crate so nicely and another one for going ‘potty’ right away. This is a far cry from the first morning she was here: I stayed outside with her for a long time until she finally went ‘potty’ – I won that battle that day. I am not sure if I would have missed work to win that battle but the thought did cross my mind at the time.

Arthur Want-a-Be


Arthur Want-a-Be
Originally uploaded by Pretty In Pink Dogs.

Here is Josie pretending to be Arthur, Dave & Morley's dog from the Vinyl Cafe Stories on CBC Radio hosted by Stuart McLean.

Dave kept calling the heating repair guy each season becasue his bedroom was colder than any other part of the house and in summer that same room was always the warmest room in the house. Dave thought the repair guy was crazy for not beleiving him each time he called and the repair guy thought Dave was crazy for always calling him.

Turns out it was Arthur, the dog, who would sleep on the rad each night for warmth or coolness depending on the seaon. All the children knew that it was Arthur's favourite spot, everyone but Dave of course. And that's how Stuart McLean reads off wonderful stories.

Arthur Want-a-Be Again


Arthur Want-a-Be 3
Originally uploaded by Pretty In Pink Dogs.

Here she is again resting on the vent.

February 9, 2007

Shopping On-line

Wouldn't the Pretty In Pink Doggie Girls look wonderful in these bows? I was thinking of ordering these bows from Petedge.com this weekend along with a few other things that I can seem to find locally. A whole box of a hundred should last a while, uh?



Daisy at our house update...

Daisy has been really good today. She has started to learn that crying and wailing to get your way doesn't work at this house but of course Josie could have told her that; she is the diva extraordinaire in this house.

She is eating but not the amounts instructed so at least she isn't starving herself while she stays here.

Daisy got alot of play time with Caillee today. Josie doesn't seem to be all that interested in playing with her; she is a Diva you know.

Sorry no pictures tonight.

Birthday!

Happy Birthday! Since its your birthday, could I have a treat?

Caillee

February 8, 2007

Caillee and Daisy playing together in the kitchen

Diva Daisy, Pug, is finally settling in to her new environment and enjoying some finer moments in life: playing with Caillee in the Kitchen just before breakfast.


February 6, 2007

Daisy staying with us...

Daisy is staying with us for the next 12 days while her owners go off to Disney World. Gee I would love to go to Disney World. Daisy is much bigger now than she was in this picture but it is such a cute picture of her, wouldn't you agree. Her mommy will be checking out this website to read daily updates on her Daisy-poo and my girls and I will try to keep Daisy's mom & dad up todate.